2022 Red Apple Grant Recipients

Summary of the 13 grants awarded this spring:

Title: The Amazing Human Race

Synopsis:This is an assessment challenge where students apply their knowledge of Natural Selection to the popular game show "Amazing Race.”

Teacher: Robin Coffman

School/Grade Level: Lakeview Middle School Science

Title: Adaptive Omnikin Activities for Ultimate Participation

Synopsis: I wish to purchase eight Omnikin balls with replacement bladders to help increase engagement and participation in elementary physical education.

Teacher: Jacob Crone

School/Grade Level: Madison Elementary Physical Education

Title: Waders Refresh

Synopsis: Purchase of additional chest waders and dip nets for student engagement in creek explorations.

Teacher: Emily Gough

School/Grade Level: WCHS Science

Title: Visual and Hands on Learning for EL students

Synopsis: Learning how to read and gaining everyday vocabulary from these resources will not only benefit students' self esteem but also help their reading in other academic areas.

Teacher: Karina Hoover

School/Grade Level: Eisenhower K-6/EL

Title: Rolling with Physics

Synopsis: Use spheros to teach physics concepts to high school students.

Teacher: Whitney Ousley

School/Grade Level: WCHS Integrated Physics

Title: Tuner Clips

Synopsis: Tuner clips will help students to play in tune on their instrument while playing with a large group.

Teacher: Mark Ziegler

School/Grade Level: WCHS Band

Title: PBL Weather Unit

Synopsis: Students will use weather tools to measure weather and research the different types of severe weather in our area.

Teacher: April Aylor

School/Grade Level: Jefferson Elementary 2nd Grade

Title: Suture Practice

Synopsis: I would like to buy suture pads with real layers of skin modeled for biomedical students to learn how to suture.

Teacher: Rosemary Love

School/Grade Level: Warsaw Area Career Center

Title: "U" Can Play a Ukulele

Synopsis: A class set of ukuleles and ukulele storage racks for Madison Elementary music class.

Teacher: Rebecca Crim

School/Grade Level: Madison Elementary Music

Title: Technology Integration in the DLI Classroom

Synopsis: I would like for my students to have an enriched language-acquisition experience by integrating more technology in my lessons through interactive presentations, accessed through their iPads.

Teacher: Julian Luna

School/Grade Level: Leesburg 2nd Grade DLI

Title: Structured Literacy from the Start

Synopsis: The goal of this project is to invest in sets of decodable books and decodable resources that can be used for years to come in small group instruction and intervention with striving readers.

Teacher: Hilary Stouder and Catherine Cavanaugh

School/Grade Level: Lincoln Elementary Title 1

Title: Collecting Real World Data

Synopsis: I want to obtain interface devices that will allow my students to obtain real world data for their experiments.

Teacher: Mark Riege

School/Grade Level: WCHS Chemistry

Title: 3D Printer for Science Classes

Synopsis: Integrating a 3D printer into all Science classes offered through WCHS to increase the use of technology in the classroom and provide students with unique skills that can be applied in multiple industries.

Teacher: Rachel Wallace

School/Grade Level: WCHS Science