- School District U-46
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- 2024-25 Grants
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2024-25 Teacher & Staff Grants
The U-46 Educational Foundation thanks YOU for your help in funding these important grants.
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The U-46 Educational Foundation awarded more than $17,000 in grants to 23 teachers and staff for the 2024-25 school year. Here is the list and descriptions of their grant requests:
- Whiteboard Learning
Description: Provide individual whiteboards to students for visible learning in small group team activities with engaged participation.
Submitted by Danalea Warrick at Clinton Elementary School
- Classroom Book Sets and Incentives
Description: Improve student participation with read-aloud book sets, improved seating and prize box.
Submitted by Miya Mesa at Willard Elementary School
- Place Value math boards and Improved Seating
Description: Providing alternate seating while helping students with problem solving and understanding math concepts.
Submitted by Ashley Lindemann at Willard Elementary School
- Flexible Seating
Description: Increased participation and motivation with improved seating options that help with focus and control.
Submitted by Sandra Lionello at Prairieview Elementary School
- Spot of Belonging
Description: Book sets that would help regulate emotions and create a “Spot of Belonging” for students needing help with Social Emotional Learning skills.
Submitted by Jennifer Schwardt at Horizon Elementary School
- Cheerleading Competition
Description: Transportation expenses for four competitions during the school year
Submitted by Kristen Rosenberg at Kimball Middle School
- Calm Down Corner
Description: Items that help with self-regulation would be kept in a designated area of the gym and be available to any student who needed access to the “Calm Down Corner”
Submitted by Katie Csapo at Illinois Park Early Learning Center
- Classroom Improvement
Description: Implementation of various items that would add to overall improvement, including alternate seating, LCD boards, privacy folder sets, and a Bluetooth sound bar.
Submitted by Sydney Bartlett at Willard Elementary
- Recognition Tees
Description: Customized t-shirts used as recognition for students in PE, Health and other Electives who show exemplary work.
Submitted by Tony Mangano at Tefft Middle School
- Indoor Outdoor Gross Motor Activities
Description: A rotation of supplies for indoor and outdoor use that encourage participation in team-building and encourage overall physical growth.
Submitted by Marina Reutenauer at Illinois Park Early Learning Center
- Flexible Deskible
Description: Flexible furniture that helps maximize a small space and gives it the flexibility to meet the needs of various learning experiences.
Submitted by Shannon Pennington at Dream Academy
- Essentials Exchange Upgrade
Description: Supplies and fixtures that will improve and stabilize the Essentials Exchange, a free Pop-up Shop that provides supplies for students at no cost.
Submitted by Genevieve Hebeka at South Elgin High School
- Caudill Book Sets
Description: A set of Caudill Award nominee books gives students more diverse choices in their reading, and students who read the books are eligible to choose their favorite, which the school may then submit in February’s official Caudill Award voting.
Submitted by Jennifer Svec at Sunnydale Elementary School
- Diversity and Inclusion Book Club
Description: Books that offer increased exposure to elements of diversity, and will be purchased in both English and Spanish in genres of Realistic Fiction, Historical Fiction, Non-Fiction, and Poetry.
Submitted by Abigale King at Heritage Elementary School
- Library Book Display Bins
Description: Library book bins with “face-out” displays, giving children an easier, less anxious experience when browsing for books.
Submitted by Judy Dutton at Sunnydale Elementary School
- 26-Day Read Aloud Countdown
Description: This grant supplies the books for an End-of-the-Year 26-Day Read Aloud Countdown that keeps students engaged as the school year winds down, and also motivates students to read over the summer.
Submitted by Nicole Senn at Channing Elementary School
- Student Success by Student Support Advocates
Description: This Student Success program motivates students to show respect, responsibility, and good citizenship by having a reward system administered by Student Support Advocates.
Submitted by Elizabeth O’Loughlin at Eastview Middle School
- Identity Through Art
Description: An after-school art project held from February thru May for 4th – 6th-grade dual language students. Students will work with the help of their teachers and Zoom sessions with Mexican artist Rocio Klapes, on sketching and painting canvases that explore bi-cultural identities.
Submitted by Erika Aoki at Hilltop Elementary School
- Calm Corner
Description: Supplies that make up a “Calm Corner” for students include sensory boxes, carpet squares, calming and sensory items, and more, which help students find calm and focus when needed.
Submitted by Yomaira Campos at Sunnydale Elementary School
- Care Closet supplies
Description: “Care Closet” supplies that are used to support students and families in need of help with calming and mindfulness.
Submitted by Megan Turner at Channing Elementary School
- The Arts in Preschool
Description: A collection of materials that gives young students more robust educational experience in art, music, and dramatic play – hopefully leading to a lifelong love of the visual and performing arts.
Submitted by Natalie Koessl at Sycamore Trails Elementary School
- Science Olympiad
Description: Supplies for various science experiments that will help keep Eastview students able to stay competitive in the Science Olympiad competitions in January and April.
Submitted by Heather Flick at Eastview Middle School
- Parkwood Drama Llamas tees
Description: T-shirts for the Parkwood Elementary 3rd and 4th grade Drama Llama club members to wear as their “costumes” when they perform for an audience.
Submitted by Jennifer Collins at Parkwood Elementary School
