Academic Advantage Grant Recipients 2008-2009
All Grants funded directly by Andover Advantage unless otherwise noted.
Cottonwood Elementary
- Learning Through Literacy – Marla Camacho, Janie Hachen, Kyle Hesterman, Rhonda Kindle
- Teachers Moving Away from the Computer – Shari Rooks
- Classroom Graphic Novel Biographies – Angela Carter
- It’s About Time – Cathy Durano, Shelly Barnes, Dotty Thengvall
- Literature for Everyday Math – Cathy Durano, Shelly Barnes, Dotty Thengvall
- Expanding Expression through Writing – Cathy Durano, Shelly Barnes, Dotty Thengvall
Robert Martin Elementary
- Priming our Prefixes and Suffixes – Tanya Hastings, Emily Lovelace, Sara Robinson
- Technology . . .At the Touch of a Wand – Kristin Downing
- The Listening Center for Early Learners – Glenda Rust and Mary Lippert
- Get "ACTIV. . .VOTE" 2008 – Shanie Rucker, Chelsea Reed, Sara Uthus
- Fraction Action – Lynn Henry
- Technology for the Tots! – Karen Bridges
- Note-Worthy Classroom – Katie Rhodes
- Listen and Learn – Jill Sullivan
Meadowlark @ Prairie Creek Elementary
- ELMO Display Projector – Carey Elsbernd
- Expanding Expressions – Tracy Flake, Lisa Urdak, Alexis Kamman, Kristen Reber
- The Kagan Bundle – Michelle Peckham
- Double the School, Double the Need! – Jody Baker
- Listening Center Book/CD Sets – Michaila Pfaff, Kay Lawrence, Dianna Funk
- Classroom Dictionaries – Michelle Peckham
Sunflower Elementary
- Inch by Inch – Kiley Wackerly and Chad Keethler
Wheatland Elementary
- Listen Up! – Kelli Wald
- Multiplication Wrap-Ups – Kelli Wald
- Readers are Winners – Julie Lee, April Platzer, Kelli Wald
- ACTIVOTES for Actively Engaging Students – Evie Unrein
- The “Bunch” Club* (Generously Funded by the Kim Harmon-Wielhouwer Endowment) – Kathy Franklin, Pamela Pauling, and Jenny Hurst
- A-Weigh We Go! – Pamela Pauling
- Starting Success for All Students – Betsy Bumgarner and Jennifer Clausing
- Active Learning with ACTIVOTES – Kim Lawson
All Elementaries
- Wanda Be ACTIV? – Mary Baker, Jill Hodge, Deanna Deutscher, Jill Sullivan, Kim Hague
Cottonwood, Martin, Wheatland, AMS, AHS
- Promethean ACTIVOTE Clickers for Instrumental Music Classes – Ray Linville
Andover Middle School & Andover Central High School
- AMS/ACHS Global Positioning Systems* (Grant partially funded by a generous gift from Intrust Bank) – Steve Chooncharoen and Linda Wells
Andover Middle School
- Classroom Set of Comprehensive Dictionaries – Amanda Carter
- Tools of the Trade – Using Microscopes in Science – Kevin Fox, John Garrison, Leah Hill, and Andrea Friend
- Engaging Students with Technology – Kris Osthoff and Amanda Carter
- ACTIVslate XR – Tenae Alfaro
- Playaways: Can’t Keep’em on the Shelves* (Grant generously funded by the Pat Terry Endowment) – Karen Terry
- Promethean ACTIVOTES – Ashley Smith and Andrea Friend
Andover Central Middle School
- Hands –On Standards of Excellence – Jill Fogle
- Robotics Challenge – Kim Breitenbach
- Increasing Interactive Insights – Amy DeGarmo, Megan Kohlman, Michelle Leedom
- Physics of Motion – Nancy Brown
- Battery Eliminator – Annette Nickelson
- Prometheans are Promising – Heather Wiens, Becci Hargrove, Jane Bradfield
- Ready, Set, Play-a-way – Heather Hawkins
- Got “SMART”s Board – Heather Hawkins
Andover High School
- Graphing Calculators to function with the TI Navigators – Mike Sprenkel
- Greenhouse Equipment and Supplies – Sherri Schaake Bushell, Ernie Hagar, and Cathy McGuire
- AHS Stadium Grounds Horticulture, Crafts, and Bakery Projects – Rodger Charles
Andover Central High School
- TI nspire Calculator Software – Mary Tyler
- TI Presentation Links – Mary Tyler
- TI nspire Software – Mark Brooks
- Knowledge Through Vision – Cathy Brown, Debbie Schrock, Doug Snyder, Scott Kincaid, Tom Audley, Darren Bentley, Stana Jefferson
- Reinforcing Spanish Language Learning through Hands-On Interaction – Kristi Pishko and Stephanie Garcia