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The Demopolis City Schools Foundation, Inc. |
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With a giant check and a bouquet of balloons to mark the occasion, 27 teachers or groups of teachers in Demopolis public schools received $60,004.02 from the Demopolis City Schools Foundation September 28, 2997. The DCSF Prize Patrol surprised the teachers during morning classes as their students looked on and joined in the celebration. With this latest round of grants, the Foundation has |
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$60K awarded to educators |
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The Grants Committee reviewed the 38 applications requesting $115,651.42; 12 were fully funded, 18 partially funded and eight received no funding. Demopolis High School Allene Jones, “Projecting into the Future,” $5,534.50 partially funded, for LCD projectors Annie Robertson and William Martin, “Blast to the Future,” $3,500 partially funded, for technological equipment to enable the school to administer the Microsoft Office Specialist Certification. Bridget Cain, project leader, for all English teachers, “Just Play It, II,” $3,700 fully funded, for CDs of classic literature. Cynthia Phillips, “Reading in the Science Classroom,” $320 fully funded, for 30 subscriptions to “Current Science.” Cynthia Whitlock, “Technology: Still Bumping Along!” $7,000 partially funded, for laptop computers. Danny Wasson, “Projecting History for All to See,” $1,800 partially funded, for laptop computer and projector. Dr. Isaac Espy, “School Collaboration: Sharing Innovation for Excellence,” $333 fully funded, for substitute teacher pay so that department heads can study practices at other schools. Dr. Isaac Espy, “Dual Enrollment Scholarships,” $2,970 fully funded, to provide tuition aid for students in the dual enrollment program at Alabama Southern Community College. Jody White, “Theater in Our School and Our Community, ”$2,390 fully funded, to sponsor two student plays and instruction on set design, lighting, costumes and music from theater professionals in the area. Leslie Gibbs, “The Year in Pictures,” $550 partially funded, for laser printer and cables. Leslie Gibbs, project leader, “Vocabulary at our Fingertips,” $1,350, partially funded, for classroom dictionaries. Leslie Gibbs, project leader, “Tools for In-Depth Analysis of Literature, Part VI,” $1,100, partially funded, to supplement the novels in all English classes. Nancy Tyson, “Leadership Conduit – Can Do It,” $1,320 fully funded, for a day trip to Montgomery for teen leaders in YOUthLEAD. Regina Hill, “The Empathy Belly,” $1,100 partially funded, for a pregnancy simulator and carrying case. Sydney Chasteen and Amie Attaway, “Continuation of Technology in the Foreign Language Program,” $1,834.92, for electronic translators. Demopolis Middle School Linda Edmonds, project leader, “sci-videos.edu@DMS,” $2,000 partially funded, for video resources for seventh-grade science. Megan Edmonds, project leader, “Collaborate with the Classics, Part II,” $2,000 partially funded, for sets of classroom books of classical literature. Traci Pearson, “Creating Character Creates Great Students at DMS,” $517.50 fully funded, for the Project Wisdom Series 3. U.S. Jones Elementary School Katie Kirkpatrick, “Working with Words,” $830.58, fully funded, to develop listening and interactive centers for reading. Katie Kirkpatrick, “The Reading Corner,” $785 partially funded, for a classroom library. Brooke Davis, “Critical Thinking Challenge,” $700 partially funded, for games to promote critical thinking skills in a fifth grade classroom. Penny Stanford, project leader, “Voyager Reading/Writing Center,” $2,599.50 fully funded, for mobile reading/writing centers for 10 third-grade classrooms. Stephanie Polk, “Hands on Math,” $402.05, fully funded, for math manipulatives. Tanya Patterson, “Magnificent Math Minds!” $500 partially funded, math manipulatives. Westside Elementary School Angie Armstrong, project leader, “Little Einstein’s,” $4,854.15 fully funded, for kindergarten science enrichment. Beth Fleming, “Listen to Learn 2,” $635 partially funded, audio books for a listening station. Debbie Butler, “Focusing on Phonics,” phonetic readers for all classrooms. Melissa Latham, “Interventions for Reading,” $1,208.31 fully funded, to provide interactive reading materials for students with disabilities. Tracy Stewart, “Westside Medical School,” $200 partially funded, for a program to stimulate interest in the medical field. |
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impacted classroom education with $595,000 in funding for programs, projects and equipment that can’t be paid for through the school system budget. |