Spanish Fort Educational Enrichment Foundation

SFEEF awarded 16 grants to Spanish Fort classes in 2009. Over $22,344 was awarded for a variety of classroom projects to enhance our students’ learning experiences.

Spanish Fort High School                        $1462.80

1. Lights, Camera, Action -Media Specialist- Patty Johnson
   One Elmo Document Camera which will be for check out to all teachers so that students may view materials simultaneously from anywhere in the classroom.
2. Counseling Department Handbooks - Guidance Counselor Lee Cleveland
   Handbook to provide student and parents a concise and informative guide for the college selection and scholarship selection process. Handbook may encompass all key areas students need to be familiar with a as they move from freshman to senior year, including  high school resume, criteria for college acceptance, transcripts, and standardized testing.

Spanish Fort Middle School                      $7501.31

1. Reading Stars- Library Media Specialist Gloria Nelson with Gabby Peters
   STAR Reading software which allows teachers to determine the appropriate level of challenge for each child, ensure correct placement for new students and identify those who need individual help. As a web-based software program, this tool is designed to help teachers differentiate instruction of the skills students need to become successful readers.
2. Building Biographies- Media Specialist Gloria Nelson with Alice Taylor
   Library will  purchase biographies/autobiographies to offer challenging text as part of the Making Middle Grades Work program.
3. Creating Successful Students-Sarah Emes with Leshia James
   Purchase of second classroom computer for special education students who require additional help and practice in the areas of written language and math skills
4. Turn on to Reading-Sondra Bryant with Erica Cockrell
   Class sets of  6th grade chapter books as suggested reading for the 6-8th grade in the Alabama Course of Study.

Rockwell Elementary School                   $7679.56

1. Teaching with Technology-Anita Mattern with Lily Morris
   Lumens SXGA visual presenter document camera, Califone headphones with boom microphones and USB hub purchased for classroom.  Camera presents items with live feed to display science experiments, books, etc. so that each child may view items simultaneously.
2. Oh, The Places You Will Go- Karen Davies with Sam Hoover and Adelle Smith
   Purchase of 10 sets of classroom chapter books (20 books in each set) for 2nd grade reading.
3. Bringing Learning to Light-Tiffany Ansley with Kelliann Donovan
   Lightsmith Document Imager to display student work and 3-dimensional objects to be viewed by any student fro anywhere in classroom.
4. The 21st Century Classroom – Debbie Movelle with Mikenna Babbs
5. Interactive whiteboad, Airliner slate, bluetooth kit, sound , projector and installation for 4th and 5th grade Gifted Education Program (Project Jubilee)
6. Get SMART  - Pam Manders with Chase Riley
   SMART Document Camera to be used with SMART board in classroom. Camera not only provides live images to be viewed by entire classroom, it can capture an image, save it to video, store and be retrieved for later use.

Spanish Fort Elementary School            $5700.20

1. Toros become COWs (Collector of Words)- Brenda Brantley, Jessica Franklin, Stephania Cook, Mary Armstrong and Curt Luft
   Three classroom word building kits to be shared among 2nd grade teachers. These visual kits will provide students with word building skills in an active hands-on approach.
2. Bored to Board-Janet Wilhem, Amanda Ingram and Ashlee Milstead with Caroline Berry
   Two Promethean Interactive Board to be use in classrooms. Boards display a computer screen. The touch-sensitive board allows students to manipulate data, run live video from a camera and deliver Power Point presentations and more.
3. Lights, Camera & Action- Kelly Knapp
   Purchase of various backdrops and materials, music, and puppetry items for broadcast department run mostly by 5th grade students to further character education and various segments of Alabama Course of Study standards.
4. The Learning Rug- Karen Day, Carol Nabors, Julie McGough, Myra Schram and Mandy Gipson
   Rugs to engage children in activities for learning alphabet and numbers.
5. Six Traits of Writing Resources-Media Specialist Mealnie Davis and Katie Winn
   Program designed to instruct children about traits the traits of successful writing. Books will be available for teachers to check out when teaching writing lessons in K-5 classrooms.