Earlier Awards

Garden Business and Digital Storytelling

Tyler Nilsson and Hugo Vazquez; Adult transition, Saddleback High School Adult Transition Program Students in Tyler Nilsson’s Transition Program at Saddleback discovered the amount of work that goes into growing food and the work ethic required. The grant was used to establish a school garden that can be used in

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Dem Bones Gonna Dance Around

Mallory Aquino 6th, 7th, 8th, dance students Carr Intermediate An important component of dance education is understanding how the body moves, how to take care of it and prevent injury. Mallory Aquino’s Carr dance class used the Axis models of the human skeletal system and muscular system, taking conceptual learning

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Digging Up Dinosaurs

Elaine Eddow 2nd grade students, Jackson Elementary Using the “Dig it up Dinos” set, Elaine Eddow’s 2nd grade students at Jackson were able to dig up a dinosaur skeleton and put the pieces together like a paleontologist would! It was a fantastic tie in to the story in Unit 7-Investigating

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Artsy Smartsy

Megan Githens 3rd grade students, Heroes Elementary The Artsy Smartsy project provided Megan Githens’ 3rd grade students at Heroes with the art materials to use in opportunities to express their learning through different art mediums. In the third grade California Visual Art Standards, students learn to respond and make connections

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