PAFE awards $167,000 to LPOSD teachers
SANDPOINT — Harness the power of the wind? Grow an edible garden? Embark on an exciting tour of college and career possibilities?
Sound impossible? It’s not! All of these opportunities and 62 more are available to students in the Lake Pend Oreille School District thanks to a new round of grants made possible by the Panhandle Alliance for Education.
“We have an impressive array of 65 innovative projects that will be incorporated into our public school curriculum next fall,” Vickie Pfeifer, PAFE’s Grant Committee chairwoman said. “These grants represent an investment of over $167,000 into classrooms for the 2010-’11 school year.”
The awards are the result of a competitive grants process where all teachers in the Lake Pend Oreille School District are invited to participate, Pfeifer said. More than 100 applications were received and reviewed by the PAFE Grants Committee.
“It’s not an easy process of elimination when all of the grants submitted are wonderful ideas that merit approval.” Pfeifer added.
The PAFE Teacher Grants program has been in existence since 2003. But 2010 was unique in both the number of requests received, and the dollars available for funding.
The PAFE program received a $28,727 boost — thanks to a generous gift from the Fenton Family Fund in the Idaho Community Foundation, in memory of Joyce Fenton, Pfeifer said.
In light of the economic environment and resent school budget cuts, Fenton’s daughters Julie Meyer and Susie Kubiak decided to direct the final amount from this fund to PAFE for full or partial funding of the following 12 grants for the 2010/11 academic calendar;
Those grants went Kim Queen for the districtwide Ovations program; Imogene Lyon, Sandpoint Middle School for “Great Reads;” Mary Bird, Sandpoint High School, AcaDeca curriculum; Julie Williams, Sandpoint Charter School, science lab materials; Julie Smith, districtwide, Accelerated Reading program; Nancy Williams, Kootenai Elementary, Science Lit. Jump Start;
Julie Reister-Keaton, Kootenai Elementary, library books; Teresa Kemink, Kootenai Elementary, community garden; Tom Pres, Clark Fork High School, “Wheels of Wisdom” program; Amy O’Hara, Sandpoint Charter School, artist in residence; Aaron Gordon, SHS, double bass project; and Jeanie Hunter, SHS, silent films.
“This is a remarkable gift and speaks volumes about the family’s confidence in the teachers in the Lake Pend Oreille School District,” said PAFE’s president Wendy Dunn of the Fenton family donation, “ These grants will touch thousands of students and leave a lasting impact on their love for learning.”
The Glass Slipper Award for Excellence in Education, which was established last year to recognize an exceptional grant, was awarded to Sandpoint Middle School science teacher, Perky Smith-Hagadone for her alternative energy grant. Students build working solar cars and measure the level of electricity generated under windmill power.
Annual distributions from PAFE’s Special Funds held by the Idaho Community Foundation are awarded to teachers at this time through the annual teacher grants process. Several of the 65 grants announced today fall into this special funds category, said PAFE director Marcia Wilson.
The Betty Ann Diehl Fund for Music and Arts Education in the Idaho Community Foundation was awarded to teacher Greg Schuh for his districtwide grant for supplemental saxophones in support of the sixth grade band program.
The Dave and Laurie Wall Fund in the Idaho Community Foundation will be divided to fund four grants in math and science, including: a districtwide grant from LPOSD curriculum development director Marshall Mayer for the Water Festival Science Grant, Sandpoint Middle School teacher Imogene Lyon for The Brain Unit, Sandpoint Middle School math teacher Patrick Lynch for the Geometry of Wind Chimes Grant and Sagle Elementary School teacher Liz Gollen for her grant titled The Weather Station.
The 65 grants announced this week bring the total number of teacher implemented grants in the Lake Pend Oreille School District to 340 since PAFE’s inception in 2003, Wilson said.
“The total dollars invested in teachers and classrooms made possible by the community are more than $916,000,” she added. “The results are priceless!”
Here is a complete list of the 65 teacher grant awards for 2010 totaling 167,909. They are listed by grant director, grant title, school and award amount.
1. Marshal Mayer, Pend Oreille Water Festival, districtwide, $1,200
2. Jeannie Lyon, The Brain Unit, Sandpoint Middle, $2,345
3. Perky Smith-Hagadone, Alternative Energy, Sandpoint Middle, $1,708
4. Kim Queen, POAC Ovations, districtwide, $5,000
5. Jeannie Lyon, Great Reads!, Sandpoint Middle, $5,140
6. Kim Queen, POAC Kaleidoscope, districtwide, $2,000
7. Patrick Lynch, Geometry of Wind chimes, Sandpoint Middle, $1,742
8. Nicole Dash, non-fiction books, Farmin Stidwell, $1,428
9. Sandy Ross, Brainology Strategic Math, Sandpoint Middle, $420
10. Jayne Davis, Drown Proofing Teenagers, Sandpoint Middle, $840
11. Liz Gollen, Weather Station, Sagle, $686
12. Marcea Marine, Math Lab Materials, Sandpoint Middle, $732
13. Janet Hanson, 21st Century Brain POP, Clark Fork, $1,495
14. Wendy Conner, Arts Authors Us, Washington, $1,500
15. Jeralyn Mire, College Fair PTE Tour, Sandpoint High, $1,799
16. Rebecca Forell, Math Wrap Ups, Sagle, $790
17. Rick Kline, Edible Garden, Northside, $842
18. Ray Bird, Mars Rover Competition, Sagle, $1,395
19. Larry E. Smith, Joe Dirt Homework Club, Clark Fork, $1,200
20. Cindy Albertson, Student Mentor Training, Sandpoint High, $950
21. Jacki Crossingham, Brain POP online, Sandpoint Middle, $1,495
22. Martha Kelley, Pottery Kiln, Hope, $4,930
23. Mike Turnlund, Acadeca N.I.C.E., Clark Fork, $1,300
24. Irene Adler, May Baskets for Head Start, Sandpoint Middle, $350
25. Mona Stafford, Crafting a Future, Lake Pend Oreille, $2,500
26. Deborah McShane, Shakespearience, Sandpoint Middle, $1,100
27. Janet Hanson, Multi-Model Technology, Clark Fork, $2,270
28. Rochelle Chatburn, Interwrite MOBIs & ELMOs, Southside, $3,625
29. Shantelle Gillis, ELMO Projectors, Northside, $1,740
30. Mary Gilhausen, Visual Aids for Math, Farmin Stidwell, $569
31. Patrick Lynch, Math Counts, Sandpoint Middle, $2,195
32. Mary Bird, Acadeca Curriculum, Sandpoint High, $9,000
33. Malia Meschko, CAD/Residential Carpentry, Sandpoint High, $7,295
34. Purley Decker, ELMO Projectors, Hope, $1,350
35. Martin Jones, Scientific Imaging Equipment, Clark Fork, $1,500
36. Greg Schuh, Supplemental Saxophones, districtwide, $2,875
37. KC MacDonald, History/Gov Enhancements, Sandpoint High, $800
38. Naticia Litven, Kootenai Math Club, Kootenai, $1,785
39. Amber Mewhinney, Digital Projector, Lake Pend Oreille, $1,300
40. Liz Gollen, Sagle Math Club, Sagle, $1,442
41. Julie Williams, Science Lab Materials, Sandpoint Charter, $9,000
42. Jayne Sturm, Before School Tutoring, Northside, $2,835
43. Richard Kallage, Music Recording Equipment, Sandpoint Charter, $680
44. Amy Yost, E-Instruction Clickers, Sandpoint High, $8,200
45. Peggy Gaudet, Chess Club, Farmin Stidwell, $1,096
46. Julie Smith, AR Library Labeling, districtwide, $5,000
47. Nancy Williams, Science Literacy Jumpstart, Kootenai, $3,707
48. Diane Jones, Science Literacy, Southside, $3,500
49. Julie Reister-Keaton, Library Books, Kootenai, $4,500
50. Irene Adler, Friends of Rachel, Sandpoint Middle, $750
51. Jeannie Hunter, Microphones, Sandpoint High, $782
52. Teresa Kemink, Community Garden, Kootenai, $1,500
53. Debi Butler, Field Trip Transportation, Farmin Stidwell, $950
54. Alan Larsen, Interactive Technologies, Farmin Stidwell, $400
55. Patsy Olin, 21st Century Technology, Farmin Stidwell, $5,000
56. Teresa Randles, IREAD, Washington, $1,777
57. Rick Kline, Backpack Program, Northside, $5,000
58. Richard Ross, Saw Shop Safety, Sandpoint Middle, $3,250
59. Lee Jackson, Safety Table Saw, Sandpoint High, $3,700
60. Lisa Barton, Mock Interviews, Sandpoint High, $400
61. Tom Pres, Wheels of Wisdom, Clark Fork, $1,000
62. Amy O’Hara, Artist In Residence, Sandpoint Charter, $2,600
63. Aaron Gordon, Double Bass Project, Sandpoint High, $2,400
64. Jeannie Hunter, Silent Films, Sandpoint High, $3,200
65. Mary Bird (Yr. 1), Math Performance Technology, Sandpoint High, $14,064