High School

Band Accessible to Everyone

Grant Cycle: Spring April 2008

Excellence in Education and other community organizations contributed funds to purchase musical instruments for North Tahoe Middle and High School’s band program. These instruments will increase the instrument rental fleet, making band participation more accessible to students.

Amount Funded: $25000
Grant Category: Art/ Music
Grant Applicant: D. Nordby
Grant Applicant: S. Gilberti
Site: North Tahoe M.S. & H.S.

Speaker system

Grant Cycle: Spring April 2008

Funding to purchase a speaker system to enhance multi-media student productions in the classroom

Amount Funded: $157.87
Grant Applicant: P. Padden
Grant Category: Technology
Site: North Tahoe HS

Social skills instruction

Grant Cycle: Spring April 2008

Social Skills Instruction for Special Needs Students - Funding to purchase "Circles 1 & 2," programs designed to teach students with special needs social skills.

Amount Funded: $1537.8
Grant Category: Life Skills & Health
Grant Applicant: S. Lang
Site: North Tahoe HS

Academic Team Buzzers

Grant Cycle: Spring April 2008

Funding to purchase academic buzzers and quiz materials for the Academic Team and curriculum enhancement in the classroom.

Amount Funded: $1469.75
Grant Applicant: J. Cunningham
Grant Category: Misc.
Site: Truckee HS

Marine Biology Dissection Enhancement

Grant Cycle: Spring April 2008

Funding to purchase organism dissection equipment and models to facilitate a greater understanding of anatomy, physiology and exploration.

Amount Funded: $2500
Grant Category: Mathematics & Science
Grant Applicant: T. Kirschner
Site: Truckee HS

Fitness Equipment

Grant Cycle: Spring April 2008

Funding to purchase equipment for a Health/Fitness class. The equipment includes spinning bikes, yoga mats, fitness steps and jump ropes.

Amount Funded: $5000
Grant Applicant: A. Thrasher
Grant Category: Physical Education
Site: Truckee HS

Micro Organic Chemistry Set

Grant Cycle: Spring April 2008

Funding to purchase micro organic chemistry glassware sets for each lab station in AP Chemistry

Amount Funded: $4192.58
Grant Category: Mathematics & Science
Grant Applicant: S. Lowder
Site: Truckee HS

AP Spanish Study Materials

Grant Cycle: Spring April 2008

Funding to purchase materials to help students prepare for the Spanish AP exam.

Amount Funded: $1150.04
Grant Applicant: K. Hutchinson
Grant Category: Misc.
Site: Truckee HS

Recorded books

Grant Cycle: Spring April 2008

Funding to purchase 25 Playaway recorded books to assist students increase their reading fluency. Playaways are MP3 players with books loaded on them.

Amount Funded: $1530.38
Grant Category: Literacy
Grant Applicant: J. Polochko
Site: Truckee HS

Graphing calculators

Grant Cycle: Spring April 2008

Funding to purchase 90 graphing calculators for the high-level math courses.

Amount Funded: $9784.96
Grant Applicant: D. Laroche
Grant Category: Mathematics & Science
Site: Truckee HS
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