2009 Annual Report

Beyond the Books educational FoundationPo Box 908, Bloomington, illinois 61702-0908

www.BeyondtheBooksBn.org

Funding innovative enrichment programs for the students of Unit 5 and District 87 public schools.

Getting to Know Beyond the Books Educational Foundation

Beyond the Books Educational Foundation is a not-for-profit corporation whose goal is to provide a long-term, self sustaining financial base to fund innovative academic programs in District 87 and Unit 5 public schools which are beyond the limits of normal tax support. Organized in 1992, the foundation is a group of private citizens and is not part of either school district. The Boards of Education of both districts encouraged the Foundation’s formation and strongly support its efforts.

2009-10 Board of directors

President Julie PayneVice PresidentLaurel StraubtreasurerBlake Mier secretaryCathy Richards

Kelli AppelTim DavisSue Hurliman Neil FinlenPeg KirkPaul LawrenceAngela NullKim OlsonTerri PrenzlerSally PyneBrad SecordSandy SlingsbyJanet SmithHeather Young

Board oF education rePresentatiVesGail Ann BriggsUnit 5Joe ButcherDistrict 87

suPerintendents/designeesDr. Gary NiehausSandy WilsonUnit 5Dr. Robert NielsenDr. Teresa HillDistrict 87

adVisory memBersJan MeadowsUnit 5Jan CouillardDistrict 87

Welcome!Greetings,Can you imagine playing hide and seek using a GPS device? Or putting together a web based podcast…in Spanish? Or maybe even building a model car that runs on hydrogen? Over the past 18 years, Beyond the Books Educational Foundation (BTBEF) has funded projects that spark learning in innovative and creative ways.

Each year, the educators in Unit 5 and District 87 dream of new and exciting ways to enhance education and they put their dreams into grant applications. BTBEF board members pour over these grants, rank, deliberate, and ultimately select a certain number of grants to fund. Having read these grants for many years, the hardest part is realizing the number of projects that will not be funded because of limited dollars.

Last year, BTBEF initiated a plan to increase its endowment to one million dollars. Reaching this goal would significantly increase the number of projects we are able to support and the number of children who would benefit from these exceptional experiences.

Now we are in the midst of an economic crisis that has made the road to reach one million dollars appear much steeper. As the stock market fluctuates, everyone is wondering what investments will offer the best return. Perhaps we can look a little closer to home. Our children are a long term investment that one day will reflect the quality of their education and the value the community has placed on their future.

If you have already provided support to Beyond the Books Educational Foundation, please accept my sincere thanks on behalf of the current and past board members. If you are just now learning about this amazing Foundation, please consider your gift and allow us to add your name to those listed in this publication. Your gift will provide terrific learning opportunities for today’s children and also for their children and grandchildren. Now that’s what I call an amazing return on investment!

Thank you,Julie PaynePresident, Beyond the Books Educational Foundation

geocaching.. high tech hide and seekFox creek elementary

Financial UpdateThe Foundation is a Not-For profit 501(c)3 organization. All gifts are eligible for tax deductible status. Please consult your tax professional for details.

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Contributorscumulative: 1992-2008$50,000 - aboveBUSINESSState Farm Insurance Co. Foundation

$25,000-$49,999BUSINESSNational City BankMitsubishi Motors North America

$10,000-$24,999BUSINESSCommerce Bank Shares Foundation

$10,000-$24,999ORGANIzATIONPaul A Funk Foundation

$10,000-$24,999PERSONALEd Jr and Sally RustJack and Kim North

$5,000-$9,999BUSINESSStark Materials Inc.Clemens and Associates Life Agency LtdCommercial Bag Company IncPantagraph Printing and Stationery CompanyThe PantagraphBauer and Gudeman, Inc.Ryder Student Transportation Services, Inc.Heritage Enterprises Inc.

$5,000-$9,999PERSONALKatherine and David HurstDr. Jerry and Carole RingerRoger and Stephany JoslinBill and Sandy SlingsbyDan and Paula LeifelDr. William E and Janella CooleyRichard and Janet PercyGayle DustmanPhares and Harriet O’DafferDr. Michael and Carol HutmacherLeon and Sharron MaxwellDr. and Mrs. David KochMr. Jim RutroughKim and Donna BrunnerGary and Donna Grant

$2,500-$4,999BUSINESS First Federal Savings of Bloomington

$2,500-$4,999ORGANIzATIONUnit 5 Education AssociationIllinois Prairie Community Foundation

$2,500-$4,999PERSONAL Peg and Bill WetzelKathie and Alan ChapmanMarc and Darlene MillerJohn and Laura DirksRobert and Susan NielsenMr. and Mrs. Vic Armstrong Jr.Reid and Cathy RichardsChuck and Susan HurlimanHarriett F RustParker Kemp

$1,000-$2,499BUSINESSIllinois Farm Bureau, Country Financial and GROWMARK, IncFarnsworth GroupKemp FoundationShirk FoundationBusey BankSnyder CorporationBank of IllinoisMercantile BankMiddleton Associates, IncCentral Supply CoVan Gundy Agency InsuranceUS BankDon Owen Tire and AutoBloomington Offset Process IncRon Smith Printing Co., IncKurt’s Autobody Repair Shop, IncBrandt Truck Line, IncC R Epperson Construction, IncGTE Telephone OperationsFelmley Dickerson Co.IBM Corp.Hanson’s CleanersUnion Planters BankCarpet Weaver’s, IncSchool ShopVitesse Cycle ShopNybakke Vacuum Shop, IncBLDD Architects, Inc.Bratcher Heating and Air Conditioning, IncBrock Oil Co.Jack Lewis, Inc Fine Jewelry

$1,000-$2,499ORGANIzATIONSam’s Club FoundationChiddix Junior High PTOPlumbers and Pipefitters Local 99The Merwin Foundation, Inc.Oakdale Elementary PTO

$1,000-$2,499PERSONAL Willie G BrownJeff and Cheryl JacksonHugh and Ellen FlanaganThomas and Carole Barger IIIJohn and Anne LibertVictor and Carin Gudeman

$1,000-$2,499PERSONAL, CONTINUEDSteven and Deborah WannemacherGail Ann and Robert W BriggsTodd and Sally TuckerDr. and Mrs. Ashvin K PatelDon SullivanDr. and Mrs. David ChowJohn and Mary KingDr. Michael and Susan EmmersonDave and Mary Ann WebbAlan and Elizabeth Robb SenderSam and Norma Van ScoyocAnne BroughtonJerry and Alberta NewmanJames and Sue FreytagElizabeth SteinJames and Sharon WalkerJane and Rich BealMr. and Mrs. John D HansonJohn and Laura RobinsonWillie McCauleyMark and Susan GodleyMike and Patti DavidsonChris and Laurette StilesJulia W BastingDarrell and Karen KehlStan and Alice OmmenThomas Nielsen, M.D.and Kathryn Bohn, M.D.Ed and Ivey WeaverDr. Jeffrey and Julie PoulterDr. Robert and Carol LauderConnie and Rick LalemanAlexander and Connie HorvathKurt and Joyce MoserConnie J DeBordJane LegnerK Robert and Mary DooleyMr. and Mrs. William E Froelich IIIDr. Thomas TheobaldDr. Katherine WiderborgAdrienne IvesDr. Richard TrefzgerW Brad and Tonya BarkerJack and Ann IngoldLarry and Barbara EfawDiana CoombsPeter WhitmerNancy W CallisPat KaisnerWilliam and Mary Jo BarkerJohn and Marilyn FreeseGretchen CetinDr. Richard and Donna SensErik and Terri PrenzlerVickie Mahrt

Contributorscumulative: 1992-2008, continued

Judy MarkowitzPatsy and Jack H BowlesPatricia and Vincent TrosinoDr. and Mrs. John S EschGregg and Barby MecherleMr. and Mrs. Randolph BergDr. Stephen and Anne MatterSuzanne WilliamsJudge and Mrs. James and Ruth KnechtMr. and Mrs. Jack SecordSteve and Linda StocktonFred and Deb WollrabJudie BeyDr. John and Mrs. Betty FrischLarry and Debbie HopkinsParker and Sharon LawlisMichael and Connie TipsordVernon and Doris PrenzlerEldon and Jane HaabLinda StawickDr. Craig WitteMrs. Louise KruegerDavid and Kathryn SnyderRichard and Susan KasbeerDr. John and Margaret RandolphAlice F and Thomas E MulliganDuane L and Suzanne MillerNorman and Donna VincentDr. Harold A and Debbie NordMr. Gary NickumInez and Ernest StevensonDr. Susan J SilveyEdward L and Patricia L ManahanRex J and Reva M BatesDr. Holly NovakWilliam SchaffnitDr. Daniel and Kathy NordDr. and Mrs. James E SwansonThomas E and Helen S OchsMr. William S BachDr. William and Lynne VanderWaalPaul and Linda YoungBryon TucciWilliam Semlak David SnyderMr. and Mrs. Charles R WrightKarl and G Jeannie HeienDavis and Sharon MerwinLarry and Dixie RainesJohn and Barbara MeekDr. Mark UlbrichBarbara SilkMarsh and Marianne KaisnerDr. and Mrs. James PengTony and Suzanne BykowskiWilliam and Connie Mueller

$1,000-$2,499PERSONAL, CONTINUEDDr. Meng and Linda HorngSusan C JohnsonSusan BandyDr. Frank and Ruthann FoehrJonathan and Jane FossRon and Dee MatthewsDr. Ruel N WrightJerry and Peggy ReynoldsDoug and Suzan GildnerStephen and Susan KernCarl and Chantal SneedFrank and Gigi MilesSteve and Judy LehmannRobert and Lynn MeekerStefanie LewisRebecca LysohirDavid and Sally HillMr. and Mrs. Guy C FrakerWilliam and Mary ShepherdConnie Schroeder

$500-$999 BUSINESSPontiac National Bank/Freestar BankWinn Tire and Auto ServiceFirst Midstate, IncMcLean County Title CoThe Nanny Agency, Inc.Eureka CompanyHeartland Bank and Trust CoPaxton’s, IncBank One

$500-$999ORGANIzATIONNorthpoint Elementary PTOCommunity Foundation of McLean CountyKnights of Columbus Bloomington Council 574Laborers’ Local #362Bloomington High School Class of 1948

$500-$999PERSONALDr. and Mrs. Robert M and Vivian ReardonBrenda CinkovichDan and Kathy SteadmanMary Kay ScharfSusan and Russ WaringDr. Robert and Barbara MalitoPaul and Estelle BrownLeon and Sally zanoniRoger and Mary HuntJohn and Margaret KirkDonna LutkehausLynette and Rick MehallGloria J JamesonRobert and Mary WilliamsMarvis A Dickinson

Contributorscumulative: 1992-2008, continued

John PrattBill and Linda NichelsonRebecca and Russel FrancoisJudge and Mrs. W Charles and Donna WitteGary and Becky NiehausStephen and Rebecca WallaceThomas and Nancy RonquilloPaul Lawrence and Helen OgarDale HolzwarthJohn and Sue BoernerJames and Mary AndersonNeil and Lynn FinlenNancy J MazurGary L and Linda S FillinghamTrunella TrentDr. Clint and Dr. Pat BunkeMildred PrattDr. and Mrs. Robert NovotnyJoy and George SzmajMr. and Mrs. Lewis PlastDoug and Margaret WilliamsDave and Norma AshbrookJim and Sandi ThompsonLori and Scott LaughlinJohn and Lori LamarraJohn and Barbara CowdenGreg and Betty Ann FisherRuss and Donna HagenKimberly OlsonJeff and Julie Payne

Families are reading morePrairieland school

memorial giFts (honoree in italics)Mary ArnoldSandy SlingsbyHazel ChelmoGail Ann and Robert Briggs Gary and Becky NiehausUnit 5 Board of EducationJames HaneyJanella Cooley Anthony LyonsEileen BackmanBill McCormickDistrict 87 Board of EducationChester OttoDistrict 87 Board of EducationYvonne SmithDistrict 87 Board of EducationFrank YoggerstDistrict 87 Board of Education

Bequest Naomi Oesch TrustMyron Oesch, Trustee

matching giFtBrad Secord

good neighBor grant Steve WallaceState Farm Insurance Co. Foundation

honor giFts (honoree in italics)Anjali AvatapalliSrinivas AvatapalliMatthew and Makenna BarkerW Brad and Mary Jo BarkerJulia and Samuel BriggsGail Ann and Robert BriggsMrs. Kim CarhansJohn and Paula PrattSriya DarsiNandi and Lakshmi DarsiHunter DotsonStephanie and Michael DotsonAmanda GrimesDenise LydigsenAstha and Akita GuptaSunil GuptaJohn LutesGeorge and Beth Dulee

ContributorsAustin and Emily MartinGail Ann and Robert BriggsGrace and Sam McCullersRob and Sam McCullersJan MeadowsAmy SchillageMark and Donnelle PressburgerMichael and Wanda ThrasherChad and Apsara SorensenJennifer and Caitlin FlemingAsha MorampudiNageswara MorampudiDr. Robert NielsenJohn and Laura DirksRobby PrattJohn and Paula PrattJhaqai and Ashtyn Rankin Michael RankinJanenne ScottFirst State BankLaurel StraubLewis SteinbachSteve and Laurel StraubLewis F SteinbachCaleigh ThayerJeremy and Christy Thayer Herbert TrueIvey WeaverNancy Brady

educator honor roll 2008-09 (honoree in italics)Mrs. Cindy MooreNikki and Lucas FirmandDawn ConroyBrad, Stephanie and Lane BrownEmily CoffeyBrad, Beth and Anna PetersonMrs. Jill HartkeRenee, Bill and Elijah YoungMrs. Kim BrandonRenee, Bill and Elijah YoungMeagan HardenGabe, Ruby and Aaron TrevinoMrs. NewtonJason, Brandy and Camry CapselMiss EversonJason, Brandy and Camry CapselMiss JohnsonJason, Brandy and Camry CapselRhonda GossKim, Michael and Radiance Campbell

Terri WestKim, Michael and Radiance CampbellMrs. BarrettsmithRajaram and Indrakaran PippaliMrs. Suzie MorganMaggie, Todd and Joey JeffersonCara OlsenKelly and Matthew MuttersMrs. BaldwinSasikala and Abhishek Vishnu SubashMrs. O’GradySasikala and Akshay Vishnu SubashMiss FraileySteve and Katharine StraubMrs. MatlockVirginia and Shawn SarmientoMrs. SchaberSara, Mitchell and Andrew DeckerMrs. NewtonSara, Mitchell and Andrew DeckerEmily ToppingCarrie Ann CourtadDuane ThoennesCarrie Ann CourtadLisa MolnarErik and Terri PrenzlerMeagan O’BrianJohn and Paula PrattJeffrey DobbsLaura and Robert ReardonJeff DobbsAlan LessoffTrudy KochLaura and Robert ReardonMrs. RouseyKeith and Lori BasolaMrs. CarthansSteven and Laurel StraubMrs. Jen GruppCarla Murillo-HuhnThe R TeamKathleen LorenzMrs. HartkeBrian MartieMs SkaggsChristine LacherMs ScarlatiChristine LacherMs ThompsonChristine Lacher

July 1, 2007-december 31, 2009

Contributorseducator honor roll 2008-09 (honoree in italics) Tim ArnoldStephanie and Doug GillamCindy WagnerMichelle SchweizerSally WhitcombMark ClaussMrs. ArmstrongMark ClaussGina LockenvitzPatty NatoliKathy MandrosPatty NatoliMrs. KinzingerRenee and Bill YoungSara GrulkeRenee and Bill YoungJulie JannuschEmily CooperBen EricksonRob and Denni ProctorColleen RowseyLori StevensDavid DoeEmily and Rick AndersonLyndsay TaylorValerie BarnettLori WoodardSarah BurnettEmily KabbesSuwada DanielsMrs. CumminsJeff and Andrea FlairtyMrs. ComadenaSrinivas GarapatiKathleen DawsonKelly GerharzMargaret WatsonKelly GerharzJan MeadowsAmy GreenBenjamin EricksonTracy and FJ HafnerMrs. Tani SchriftDeepa IyerMs. VhrenDeepa IyerCarley SchweinbergGreg and Nicole Jones

Michelle SchaberErin and Chad KeefeSusan CantrellDeanna KnollJulie SwangoDeanna KnollBarbara FisherDeanna KnollSue ZimmermanScott and Kara LackeyMr. DrengwitzNancy and Troy LambMr. HensleyNancy and Troy LambSue ZimmermanBill and Leslie McGonigleMrs. Adria CarterChad and Bobbie MerrittNathan ChalmersTerry and Dele OgunleyeCathy StraderTerry and Dele OgunleyeMiss MorganMandy OwensTeresa ArendellStephen and Kimberly PareMrs. McGrawGanesan PerumalMrs. MeadowsGanesan PerumalMr. HoveyGanesan Perumal

Mrs. ComadenaRasaram PippaliMs Amy BurnsWilliam and Marie PolandRon SchweinbergWilliam and Marie PolandMr. AndersonWilliam and Marie PolandLaShanta WilliamsPeter RothMrs. FosterTamara SchaafsmaMrs. LaurinSamir and Reshma ShahJoan BeattieRob and Dawn SheppelmanMs Sara GrulkeRick and Jennifer ShieldsErin GardnerKydia TrembleyMrs. ArendellKydia TrembleyMrs. BrighamRhonda and Tom WalshMrs. BolenderRhonda and Tom WalshNancy PyeMelanie WesleyMrs. WoodardBrian and Marti Young

July 1, 2007-december 31, 2009

route 66 Beautification Project, towanda elementary

BusinessIllinois Farm Bureau, Country Financial and GROWMARK, Inc Heritage EnterprisesJohnston ContractorsVan Gundy Agency InsuranceFreestar BankHeartland Bank and Trust CoCommerce BankMid-Illinois MechanicalKurt’s Autobody Repair Shop, IncUnion Roofing Co, IncLipic BuildersS & S Paint and BodyFelmley Dickerson CoBratcher Heating & Air Conditioning, IncAvanti’s Italian RestaurantReiser, Chinski, & Co, LLPAFNIApartment Mart, IncLzT Associates, Inc./Larson & Darby GroupSam Leman ChryslerBauer and GudemanBusey BankMiddleton Associates Architects, IncCEFCUFirst Midstate, Inc

organizationOakdale Elementary PTOWilliam T Kemper FoundationUnit 5 Education Association

Personal (includes Payroll Deductions)Joe and Gretchen MontiKim and Donna BrunnerBrad and Roseanne SecordJohn and Susan BoernerKim OlsonJim and Lisa SpachmanElizabeth A WeirBarbara A MeekTim DavisPat and Carroll OienSteve and Deb WannemacherJerry and Carole Ringer

Blake and Jess MierPaul and Kathleen TrumbullGary and Becky NiehausRebecca LysohirDanielle LewisSharon RiceGeremiah Lewis-SimsGabe TrevinoAnonymousSteven and Kristin JacksonMatthew and Rebecca OlmsteadMasroor and Tajammul MulbagalAlan Lessoff and Mineke ReindersSteven and Angela BakerScott and Patricia KellyCharles and Lynn BarkulisRocia RivadeneyraChrista and Matt HoderRome and Mary YountSteve and Laurel StraubJaveed Altaf and Afshan ArjumanJaime and Carey MooreAleta NordMarshall KaisnerJoseph ButcherRoger and Mary HuntHeather and Jeff YoungDarrin, Kristina, and Brogan ConderMark and Sandra WilsonPete WhitmerSam and Norma Van ScoyocDonna LutkehausDarrell KehlBill and Linda NichelsonSteve SnyderAdrienne Osborne IvesWilliam Ray and Katherine WiderborgLynn and Janis BarkerMary and Phil MitchellBob and Carol DennyFlorence LawrenceDan and Kathy SteadmanDon and Shari MorkinLinda StawickPhares and Harriet O’DafferNancy Sultan

ContributorsJanuary 1-december 31, 2009

sluice lesson rocks sheridan elementary school students

Personal, continued Kent and Mary JespersenChristine KiblerDavid and Pamela HayesJohn and Joyce RobinsonStevie and Roger JoslinRobert ReardonKimberly OlsonFred and Jamie DrakeIvey WeaverJan and Ernie HoffmanWillie BrownJohn and Sandra PuzauskasJim and Bobbie RutroughJane and Rich BealJay and Sue EdmondsonTom and Helen OchsMarge and Barry WeaverLaurette and Chris StilesMr. and Mrs. Ed Rust, JrSteve and Mary VogelKelli and Jeff AppelEric and Jan KiblerDr. Finn and Laura AmbleDotty MitchellPat KaisnerSandy and Bill SlingsbyChuck and Sue HurlimanJohn and Laura DirksJohn and Jan CouillardJack and Kim NorthMary and Jim AndersonBrad and Tonya BarkerChris and Carol NyweideGary and Toni YoungReid and Cathy RichardsMark and Kelly SchwambergerPaul Lawrence and Helen OgarSusan GodleyJulie and Jeff PayneTerri and Erik PrenzlerJohn and Peg KirkJanet SmithSally PyneDr. John and Regina FoehrBob and Juanita WardCarl and Chantal SneedJohn and Diane FarnsworthJennifer BanksAlan and Elizabeth Robb SenderAlan and Kathie ChapmanJudie BeySteve and Becky WallaceGail Ann and Robert W BriggsLarry and Barbara EfawGreg YountAngela Null

Carol and Michael HutmacherJerry and Janis CrabtreeTom and Carole BargerScott and Lori LaughlinKurt and Joyce MoserBarbara Pratt and Gregg MecherleBob and Mary WilliamsBob and Laura ReardonJohn and Vickie RobertsonJack and Ann IngoldNeil and Lynn FinlenStephen and Linda StocktonKathy CooperPatricia GarbeBarbie HammerMichelle HardwickTracey WeaverLyndra WebbRuth AvesCheryl CorbittLisa Goeken GalliartJoanne LintonJane LegnerKarrie RuestmanErin BowmanHayley KintnerVickie MahrtJanice MeadowsEmily KabbesKay KroutilKim MatthewsLeisa BarbourBarbara CoffeyJean HarperJulie VarnerSharon AbnerSusan Canon PowellHeather PasewaldVickie WestTeresa BarnardKathy BerberichMatthew HarrBarbara HartseilKeith RiceJennifer RussellDavid BollmannMarvis DickinsonSarah HoustonCamille TaylorJohn BierbaumKathleen BritnellAngela CodronDawn SheppelmanDavid HirstMargaret ModglinOlivia NewboldMarty Tarmann

Lisa TomlinPatti AndersonPamela ComadenaConnie DeBordSally KerberAmy KnaufElizabeth LueringGail Scioscia McDermottJan MurrayBruce WeldyJill JannuschConnie SchroederMichelle HernandezKristy SiebertJulia BastingSusan BittnerDeborah BrownBrenda BurtonDawn KelleyLynn MonforeDebra WillenborgKathryn KalinaMary RileyCandice VercruysseKathryn GossardGretchen CetinDiana CoombsJames GillmeisterJulie SwangoTove ThomasGloria JamesonLisa HeaserWilma KoestererLaurie RothSusan SteinbachPearlie CalhounMirna BetancourtJohn Oldszahra ShieheeAmanda YeazleBruce BoswellMartin PickettConnie YoungNicholas BussanAnnmarie SteffenKaren MonhardtMichael GebhardMichelle MaurerSusan CortesiSuzanne McDowellDava zschauDeborah ReedDeborah VoorheesJanet KapperJulie RileyM Suzanne PulidoMary Polley

ContributorsJanuary 1-december 31, 2009

Sara GarrettWilliam WetzelBarry ReillyCindy HelmersErin KnuthGinnell BarkeJolynn PlatoLinda McAninchMaureen SvobAnnette LangellierCharlotte Brucker

Julie HilesLeslie FrizzellMary Kay ScharfFrances FryMary LitchfieldMary OlsonPatricia BucholtzDeborah TaylorKaren KleinPatricia WeaverJamie Wolfe

ContributorsJanuary 1-december 31, 2009

numbers tell a storynchs & northpoint elementary

Jeffrey LockenvitzRowena ChilesSusanne CaseyVictoria VanCauwenbergAnne BroughtonBrenda CinkovichDaniel BarbicJanet CrowleyPhyllis PedersonRita Buczyna

2008-09 grant awardsIn 2008, educators in Unit 5 and District 87 submitted 113 applications requesting a total of $103,573. The Foundation awarded $32,919 toward 60 projects. Your contributions help us narrow the gap between what is requested and what we are able to fund. Thank you.

elementary/early childhood schoolsBent, Debora Armendariz, $300, Logic Games ALL Winter LongFox Creek, Amy Schumacher, $300, Roll Out the Red Carpet!Glenn, Erin Bowman, $150, Learning Resource ScannerGlenn, Jennifer Gibson, $140, Using Technology to Increase Technical WritingGlenn, Denise Holmes, $180, Weather Collection EnrichmentGlenn, Denise Holmes & Catherine Troyer, $200, SunWise School ProgramGrove, Kim Carlock, Susan Cantrell, Nancy Goelitz, Donna Sliney, Cindy Wagner, and Cameo Williams, $1,000, Build a BookGrove, Donna Sliney, $600, Storytelling ClubHoose, Lora Boyd, Tara Bennit, $300, Family and Schools Working TogetherHoose, Michelle Potthoff, $300, Notable NonfictionIrving, Sara Garrett, $1,200, Orff InstrumentsIrving, Pamela Hedger, $300, Differentiating Math InstructionIrving, Courtney Jokisch, $257, Family Math PacksIrving, Ginnell Barke & Erin Knuth, $300, Leap FrogTM Leap Pad Mobile CenterNorthpoint, Holly Tindall, Maureen Backe, Susan Hospelhorn, and Lori Woodard, $1,500, Assessment ExpressOakdale, Barbara Skaggs, $1,018, Junior Great BooksOakdale, Brigham, and UNITY Center Lyndra Webb, $2,880, CONNECTIONSOakland, Amy Oberts, $500, Reading Never Sounded So GoodOakland, Sara Porter, $1,199, Writing SMARTerOakland, Molly Uhren, $700, We all Smile in the Same LanguageOakland, Molly Uhren, $196, I am from India Oakland, Molly Uhren, $199, I am Learning English!!!Oakland, Kristen Foley, Janenne Scott, Eden Davis, $300, Super Science KitsParkside, Mary Aper, Tena Sprau, Meghan White, $300, Dramatic Adventure!Parkside, Mary Aper, Tena Sprau, Meghan White, $800, Magnificent Math MindsPrairieland, Britta Armstrong-Mitchell, Carrie Kieser, Amy Lucas, Kathy Mandros, and Kelly Murray, $615, Math Mini-LessonsPrairieland, Debra Foster, $750, VerVision Document CameraPrairieland, Debra Foster, $100, RCA Small Wonder Digital Video CamcorderPrairieland, Carol Johnson, $300, Energy of the Future: The Power HouseSarah Raymond, Deborah Lamberti, $300, Parents as Teaching PartnersSarah Raymond, Christie Vellella, Cindy Lehr, $1,050, Come to Your Senses!Sheridan, Leah McCray, $1,200, Orff Instruments for Hands-on Music InstructionSheridan, Phyllis Pederson, $2,300, The Sluice, The Whole Sluice, and Nothing but the SluiceStevenson, Katharine Corley, $300, Bringing the Outside into a Kindergarten ClassroomStevenson, Dani Loseke, $276, Literacy from School to HomeStevenson, Dani Loseke, $275, Literacy Through ListeningStevenson, Dani Loseke, $300, Interactive Reading BooksStevenson, Erin O’Grady, $269, Cool Classroom Communicators!Stevenson, Amanda White, Katharine Corley, $300, This Kindergarten Class Likes Writing with Their Fourth Grade Buddies!Stevenson, Chris Baldwin, Katharine Corley, Tanya Wolfe, Megan Yontz, $796, Leap FrogTM Literacy LearningSugar Creek, Katie Nelson, $300, Phonemic Awareness for Kindergarten StudentsTowanda, Stacie Finlen, $300, Sensory BasketsTowanda, Jason Nourie, $135, Pod CastingTowanda, Susan Steinbach, $275, Reading ManipulativesWashington, Anne Waldorf, Christy Adams, Vicky Vancauwenerge, $279, Your Turn to Write

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Grant Awards

Grant Awards2008-09 grant awards, continuedJunior high/middle schoolsBJHS, Sandra Graham, $300, Student Driven Learning in GeometryBJHS, Kristen Ayers, $500, Recumbent BikeBJHS, Kristen Ayers, Debi Katkus, $280 Lunch Buddy ProgramBJHS, Michelle Sapp, $550, Don’t Agonize...Organize!BJHS, Michelle Sapp, Jamie Wolfe, $530, Label Jars...Not PeopleBJHS, Irving, Oakland, Sheridan, Stevenson, Washington, Michele Reckers, $298, Band Accompaniment through an iPODPJHS, Shawn Schwerman, $300, Scanning for your SMARTboardPJHS, Shawn Schwerman, $300, Writing to Learn with Comic Life

high schoolsAVC, BHS, Suzanne McDowell, $600, Entrepreneurship Week Culminating ActivityBHS, Lisa Thomas, $255, Vocabulary Building with MusicNCHS, Northpoint, Jennifer Coppersmith, Connie DeBord, Lori Woodard, $693, Numbers Tell a StoryNCWHS, Berny Chiaro, $500, Freshman Mentoring and Team BuildingNCWHS, Mary Jo Douglass, $485, Wiring a Solar Powered HomeNCWHS, Megan Ernst, Peggy Modglin, $1,499, Opening Up Opportunities for Cognitively Impaired StudentsKathy Whitney, $290, Dance, Dance Revolution Game

2009-10 grant awardsIn 2009, educators in Unit 5 and District 87 submitted 122 applications requesting a total of $96,371. The Foundation awarded $28,429 toward 53 projects. Since 1992, $311,152 has been awarded to support 459 projects. Your contributions help us narrow the gap between what is requested and what we are able to fund. Thank you.

elementary/early childhood schoolsFox Creek, Amy Schumacher, $800, Legacy Project Documented: The Better to See You With My Dear!Fox Creek, Amy Schumacher, $700, Hear the Joy of Reading and Learning!Fox Creek, Linda Kitterman, $300, Interactive Boardmaker StorybooksGlenn, Jennifer Gibson, $500, School Book Club: Beyond the Books Glenn, Colleen Moore, $425, Fitwall Strength Training Mount SystemHoose, Leisa Barbour, $279, Teaching American History Using Primary SourcesHudson, Matt Sterrett, $1,500, Studio FunIrving, Peggy Dunlap, $500, Integrated Art Education Units Irving, Maureen Svob, $272, Think Globally! GPS In the Classroom and Beyond Irving, Ginnell Barke, $150, Leap FrogTM Electronic Books Northpoint, Betty Kinzinger, $630, Kaleidoscoping in the Classroom!Northpoint, Cristie Koechle, Rebecca Spears, Betty Kinzinger, $375, Flippin’ for ScienceOakland, Annette Langellier, Laura Bass, Kathy Johnson, $699, Listening and LearningOakland, Julie Hiles, $300, Soaring with an Airliner Oakland, Mary Kay Scharf, $250, Healthy Kids FairOakland, Meagan O’Brian, Stacy Hornbacker, $250, Project ConnectPrairieland, Marylynn Meredith, $1,568, Artists and Art Careers for KidsPrairieland, Candice Vercruysse, $1,409, Developing WritersPrairieland, Debra Foster, $1,400, Response and InterventionPrairieland, Kathryn E. Kalina, $950, Document CameraPrairieland, Britta Armstrong-Mitchell, Carrie Kieser, Kathy Mandros, Kelly Murray, $660, Literacy Station Learning Prairieland, Linda Lenz, $300, Math Manipulatives to Create Real Life Experiences!Prairieland, Sherry J. Sharp, $300, Wii Game System and Wii Music for Cognitively Impaired andGeneral Music ClassesPrairieland, Carol Johnson, $300, Airliner Wireless Slate: Be Smart Anywhere

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Grant Awards2009-10 grant awards, continuedelementary schools, continuedPrairieland, Carol Johnson, $280, Math ManipulativesStevenson, Barbi Dennis, $300, Increasing Reading Fluency in First GradeStevenson, Dani Loseke, $300, Beyond the Books and into SoftwareStevenson, Katharine Corley, $300, Exploring Language and Skill Development Through Dramatic PlayStevenson, Katharine Corley, $300, Let Me Listen! Who’s That Reading What I Wrote?!?!Stevenson, Lisa Ellis, Karen Klein, $300, Wii Put Fun in FitnessTowanda, Judy Lancaster, $300, What Did You Do At School Today? The Home/School ConnectionWashington, Jamie Wolfe, $244, WOLF Binders (Well Organized Learning Friends)Washington, Jamie Wolfe, Misty Baley, $291, Ready, Set…..LISTEN!!!

Junior high/middle schoolsBJHS, Luisa Gomez-Bonner, $1,730, Character Development and LeadershipBJHS, Debi Katkus, Dava zschau, Kristen Ayers, $1,550, Go Green!! BJHS, Michelle Sapp, $900, Compact Confidence BJHS, Kristen Ayers, Debi Katkus, $800, Job ExplorationBJHS, Michelle Sapp, Ashley Schnittker, Linn McDonald, $537, Spoken ReflectionsBJHS, Yesenia Nicoson, Mary Aplington, Suzie Hutton, Michelle Nauman, Nancy Pichla, Diane Gallucci $300, MP3EASE (MP3 Enthusiastic, Achieving, Self-Sufficient, Enriched)BJHS, Michele Reckers, $300, Learning from the Pros!BJHS, Jayme Corcoran, $300, Wide Open SpacesBJHS, Jenny Setterlund, $260, Using Voice Recordings to Improve Language Arts SkillsBJHS, Jayme Corcoran, $165, Digital Social StoriesBJHS, Michelle Sapp, $150, Ready, Set, Read!PJHS, Christine Mitchell, Ellen Main, $300, Playaway and READ!

high schoolsBHS, Rhett Felix, Amanda Van Allen, Robert Behrens, $1,800, Holocaust Personalization and Literature ExperienceBHS, Becky Frangella, $300, Vocabulary MartBHS, Becky Frangella, $300, The Book BistroBHS, Julie Marcy, $300, Increasing Learning with MP3 PlayersNCWHS, Lisa A. Tomlin, Mary Jo Douglass, $380, The Airliner AdvantageNCWHS, Lisa A. Tomlin, $294, Take Time for Science NCWHS, Dan Phelps, $268, Exercise Bands to Expand Resistance Training ExperienceNCWHS, Lisa A. Tomlin, $63, Leaf Lowdown

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