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Spirit of Lindbergh Teacher Grant Winners Announced

The winners received $5,200 in funding for their classrooms.

The 2011 Spirit of Lindbergh Teacher Grant Winners have been announced. The winners received $5,200 in funding for their classrooms during a series of surprise visits from the Lindbergh School District Foundation Prize Parade in January.

The Spirit of Lindbergh Teacher Grants is an annual program to reward and encourage creative learning projects in Lindbergh Schools classrooms. Individual grants range from $50-$500, and former Lindbergh Teachers of the Year design and evaluate the grant process.

The Grants:

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  • ·         Sappington Math Intervention
    Michael Bono, Sappington Elementary School
    The school’s developmental math department will use personal whiteboards to improve mathematical skills and fact mastery among struggling students.
  • ·         iPad Intervention
    Stacey Cervantes, Long Elementary School
    This project will use iPads to help at-risk students improve reading skills such as fluency, comprehension and vocabulary.
  • ·         Flip Camera for Blog Use
    Peggy Cooksey, Concord Elementary School
    The cameras will help kindergarten students “show what they know” on their class blog!
  • ·         Cultural Day at Sappington
    Katherine Crawford, Sappington Elementary School
    During Cultural Day, English Language Learners and their families will share traditions and cultures from their native countries with fellow students. The day will include games, food and different learning experiences.
  • ·         “QRious” About Books
    Karen Czaicki, Sappington Elementary School
    Students use QR codes to link printed library books to video book reviews that they record. Any student can then access the book reviews with his or her electronic devices.
  • ·         Create-a-Game
    Mary Driemeyer and Chris Thomson, Sappington Elementary School
    Students will use their knowledge of team sports to create a new game in small groups and record their efforts on an iPad.
  • ·         Everyone Needs a Little Nook - eReader
    Casey Feldt, Sappington Elementary School
    Through the purchase of Nook e-readers, students will create engaging and motivating literacy lessons.
  • ·         21st Century FACS
    Elaine Kimker, Sally Freese, Stacey Glover and Patty Wood, Lindbergh High School
    This project in the Family and Consumer Science classes allows students to use technology to determine the steps they must take to accomplish their goals.
  • ·         Food Power
    Beth Siegfried and Bill Loos, Concord Elementary School
    Food Power is a program sponsored by the University of Missouri and the Department of Nutritional Sciences, to help students understand the importance of healthy eating and physical activity.
  • ·         Middle School Family Science Night
    Sperreng Middle School Science Department
    The goal here is to increase family interest and involvement in science and support family understanding of middle school science.
  • ·         Concord Weather Station
    Sheri Strebler, Concord Elementary School
    Building a weather station for students to use will enable science curriculum goals to be met at every grade level.
  • ·         The LHS Flyer Forest Trail
    Steven Tomey, Lindbergh High School
    Students of all grade levels will work together to create a small trail in an unused, forested part of the LHS campus.
  • ·         Family Science Night
    Truman Middle School Science Department
    The goal here is to increase family interest and involvement in science and support family understanding of middle school science.
  • ·         Students as Teachers
    Megan Vallis, Crestwood Elementary School
    Second-grade students will use Flip cameras weekly to plan a lesson that they would like to teach to other students in the class.


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