Century Race Team, is a part of Century High School Engineering Design Academy, as an after school club activity open to all students of Century High School. Using performance engineering, the goal of the team is to instill teamwork, foster creative thinking, and learning the tools of the 21st century
Christina Vicente of Martin Elementary is seeking enhanced brain development for her Kindergarten students through the use of hardwood unit blocks and block play people. With the recent emphasis on technology, traditional developmentally appropriate toys such as wood blacks have not been funded. This mini-grant furthers children’s brain development with
Dr. Robert Reyes of Kennedy Elementary is able to enhance his Special Education students’ Victory Garden through the purchase of additional plants, soil, and gardening tools, enabling his students to practice life skills while maintaining their large garden. As they show this beautiful garden with pride to schoolmates, staff and
Teresa Garcia of Mendez Fundamental School purchased fabric, notions and rented sewing machines to support her summer school students’ enrichment program. By learning skills such as using a sewing machine, following patterns and taking measurements, her middle school students enjoyed the real-life applications of math.
Dr. Nora Garcia, 3rd grade teacher at Monte Vista, used the grant funds to purchased 10 mini-robots “ozobots” to teach coding and challenge and excite her students about science, technology, reading, engineering, art and math through exciting hands-on activities. My project was a great success. Students were thoroughly engaged, on-task and
Thank you so much for the grant. I invested the funds to purchase books for my classroom library. The books that I purchased are the “Who Is/Was …?” series, “What Is …?” series, and “Where Is …?” series books. The students adore these expository books which provide a wealth of
Susan Groff, science teacher at Middle College High School, has purchased “SWIVL”, a Robo Camera, enabling her to record lessons for better student review as they learn and implement key science principles. Photos: MCHS Global Perspectives students used the Swivl Robot to and document their Hunger Banquet while circulating and
William Alvarez, music teacher at Villa Fundamental Intermediate School, has greatly improved his students’ musical skills as they are now able to monitor their own performances through the purchase of a new Digital Audio Console. Grant money purchased a digital audio mixer for recording music and amplifying sound in the
Jedediah Jack 7th and 8th grade film, Carr Intermediate Carr film students had an inside look at the role storytelling plays in the creation of all Disney Theme Park experiences. Students explored how the storytelling skills bring theme parks to life through design, painting, copy writing, costuming, sculpting, engineering and
Jill Herrera, Dalene Lawson, and Veronica DeBruhl-Githens 4th grade students (3 classes), Carver Elementary All 4th grade students study the state of California and its history. The Sketchmasters project in three 4th grade classes at Carver gave the students the art resources and opportunity to learn how to sketch and
