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2012-2013 Virginia Beach Education Foundation Grants 2012-2013 Virginia Beach Education Foundation Grants 2012 VBEF Commemorative Print, Your Future, Your Choice by Tamara Seraph, network administrator, Department of Technology The Virginia Beach Education Foundation is awarding $80,000 in grants to support the teachers and students in Virginia Beach City Public Schools. This funding support is the result of community collaboration with the 2512 George Mason Drive, Virginia Beach, Virginia 23456 Phone (757) 263‐1337, fax (757) 263‐1009 www.vbef.org 2012-2013 Building Futures Grants . Members Neil Rose Welcome! President Nelson Adcock President Elect On behalf of the Virginia Beach Education Foundation (VBEF), I wish to congratulate the Robert Broermann . Treasurer recipients of the 2012 -2013 Building Futures and Schoolwide Grants. Randall Dubois Secretary In total, the Education Foundation is awarding $72,000 to support 58 grant projects. The Mike Ross funding comes from donations large and small, from corporate underwriters and personal Immediate Past-President Marion Akins donations made by teachers and community members directly to the Foundation or through Doug Bitterman United Way contributions. Ray Breeden Jane Brooks Barbara Deal Over the past 10 years, VBEF has awarded over $1 million in grants to Virginia Beach Nancy DeFord teachers and schools to fund projects. Tens of thousands of children have reaped the Catherine Gettier Charles Greiner benefits of our collective commitment to improving educational opportunities for students. Nancy Guy As a result, our students have become more civic minded through the many service learning Frank Malbon John Mazach projects and collaborative activities supported by our grants. It is truly an example of the Betty Michelson “pay it forward” philosophy. Kevin O’Brien Todd Owens Tony Pirrone Through the Building Futures Grants Program, the VBEF provides teachers with awards of Harry Purkey, Jr. up to $1,000 to cover the costs of materials, supplies and other expenses needed to Kathy Russell implement short- and long-term programs, activities, experiments and other innovative Ex officio Members learning opportunities for students. In varying ways, each grant supports the school Debbie Thomas division’s strategic plan for student success, Compass to 2015, by helping students Coordinator st Tony Arnold develop 21 century skills such as critical thinking, problem solving, collaboration, Pam Bennis sustainability and global awareness. Jill Burley Bill Brunke On the pages of this booklet you will find descriptions of this year’s 58 grant projects. They Joe Burnsworth Eileen Cox range from literacy programs and the development of sustainable habitats and gardens in Daniel D. Edwards school courtyards to student-led technology academies and leadership development Janene Gorham Lesley Hughes programs. Throughout the year, the Foundation will share with you photos, videos and Daniel Keever personal stories from students which highlight the impact these programs are having on the James Merrill Scott Seery children of our community. I encourage you to share these stories with others as examples Patsy Slaughter of the outstanding teaching and learning supported in part by the Education Foundation. Emeritus I offer a heartfelt “Thank You” to those of you who educate our children as well as to the Betty Broyles Charlie Cortellini individuals, businesses and organizations that generously contribute to the Virginia Beach Christopher Ettel Education Foundation and allow us to support innovative student learning. Debi Gray Bill Kamarek John Langlois In gratitude, Jane Purrington Emilie Tilley Ned Williams Tom Wilson Neil L. Rose President 1 2512 George Mason Dr. Virginia Beach, VA 23456 757.263.1069 757.263.1009 fax . www.vbef.org . 2012-2013 Schoolwide Grants 2012-2013 Building Futures Grants Advanced Technology Center Princess Anne Middle School Parent Connection Technology Academy Building a 21st Century, A Digital Reference Section Director: Linda Lavender Director: Jennifer Crow Team: Katharine Sargent, Claudette Team: Johnathan Perry, Elixa Zajac and Randall and John Joanides Courtney DeWitt Amount: $5,000.00 Amount: $5,000.00 Description: The Parent Connection Technology Description: This project will address the need Academy provides free classes, planned and taught by for creating a digital reference section in the school students that educate parents on new technology with library, which will provide students technological live, hands-on, interactive lessons. tools for research, including both hard ware and online resources. Green Run High School Flipping the Classroom: Turning Science on its Head Seatack Elementary School Co-Directors: Megan Bishop and George Thomas Hands Together, Digging Deeper- No Child Left Coker Inside Team: Rose O'Neill and Patti Shawn Director: Marie T.Culver Amount: $4,998.72 Team: Jessica Grell, Amy Bowles, Robert Description: With all class lessons and Reynolds, Deane Donohue and assignments available online, students complete the Coleen Bowles lecture component before class meets. This allows Amount: $5,000.00 class time to be used for inquiry based problem Description: The certified National Wildlife solving, hands-on activities and performance based Habitat at Seatack Elementary School aids in the assessment. study of ecological literacy, interdependence and global awareness, and brings the community closer to Landstown Middle School its goal of ecological responsibility. Project SELF: Shaping Every Lancers Future Director: Kelly Jackson Team: Allen Bostian, Diane Tarkenton and Cubbie Ingraham Beach Fund Awarded Grant Amount: $5,000.00 Underwriter: Optima Health .... Description: Health and Physical Education Bayside Tri‐Campus .... class is transformed into a total wellness program Triple E (Eagles Excel in Education) .... when participating students set their own fitness Director: Jeneshia Ferebee goals, develop fitness programs and evaluate Team:their Team: Shirley Haywood, Molly Swan, performance to continually improve. Dawn Carlucci, Sandy Stallings, .... Melissa Craft, Kirsten Rutkowski, .... Stephen Orr .... Amount: $5,000.00 .... Un Underwriter: Beach Fund of the Hampton .... Roads Community Foundation .... Description: One night per week for 10 .... weeks, 60 students along with their parents and .... siblings will participate in this school‐based .... program designed to strengthen and support the .... educational needs of the students, and improve .... family functioning and address communication .... styles, mental health issues, community resources .... and parent/teacher relationships. .... .... .... 2 2012-2013 Building Futures Grants Alanton Elementary Brooke Silvers, and Scott Varisco To Infinity and Beyond? No, to Algebra and Beyond Amount: $1,000.00 Director: Melissa Taylor Description: During this overnight workshop, Amount: $1,000.00 students work in groups to plan and organize projects Underwriter: Cherry, Bekaert & Holland L.L.P. that encourage involvement in family, school and Description: Algebra is transformed from the community circles. abstract to the actual for students involved in this hands-on approach to problem solving with the use of Bayside Middle School colored pawns and numbered cubes in executing "C" Straight: A Vision for College, Careers & algebraic equations. Community Co-Directors: Rob Lanz and John Chowns Bayside Elementary School Team: Nikki Moore, Dee Clark-Sprague, CIS (Club of Investigative Science) and Officer John Nicole Director: Mary Anne Decker Amount: $1,000.00 Team: Catherine Malley Underwriter: Best Buy Amount: $800.00 Description: Participants are educated on the Description: 475 students from third to fifth importance of college planning, career selection and grade, team up after school to put the scientific community participation via mentor-guided activities. method to use, as they investigate a new scientific theory or validate an existing one. Exhibits from the Bayside Middle School projects are shared with the student body on a Civics Leaders of Today and Tomorrow “science day.” Co-Directors: Deborah Welker and Christine Bullard Bayside Elementary School Team: Sonya Bennett and Shannon Watts Garden Buddies Amount: $1,000.00 Co-Directors: Mary Anne Decker and Catherine Underwriter: GEICO Malley Description: Through leadership activities, Amount: $700.00 conferences and participation in problem solving, Description: Students learn about sustainability students work with community leaders to enhance with this hands-on gardening project that allows them their perspective on empathy, accountability and to design, cultivate and maintain gardens in the critical thinking. school courtyard, while simultaneously learning about plant life cycle and weather in the classroom. Corporate Landing Elementary School How Does Your GREEN Garden Grow? Bayside High School Co-Directors: Joan Harwin and Joseph Andreana Etiquette and Empowerment Group for Young Ladies Team: Virginia O'Malley, Lee Jones, Co-Directors: LaTonya Cicero and Stacy Sedory Jessica Lessman, Amy Fitzgerald, Amount: $400.00 Lynda Kokes and Anne James Underwriter: Catherine's Catering Amount: $885.00 Description: Students are educated on important Description: The school butterfly garden will be life skills and issues such as positive interpersonal naturally and organically beautified with the planting relationships, family structure and etiquette, using of tulip and daffodil bulbs. A compost tumbler using mentoring, collaboration and problem solving; only natural ingredients will maintain the
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