All Elementary Schools Lisa Winters, Instructional Math Coach, received $584.33 in grant funding to purchase math literature. She supports all the elementary schools within Sycamore Community School District 427 so there are a large number of students who will benefit from these books.
Southeast Elementary School
Southeast Elementary School received $1,500 in grant funding from SEF. Mrs. Cabral, Mrs. Henson, Mrs. Mallar and Mrs. Middleton submitted a grant for a shared reading book library to support their kindergarten and 1st grade classrooms. Their goal is to extend reading comprehension and teach higher level thinking ...
West Elementary School
Elisa Rubeck and Jolene Ward of West Elementary School received $1,405.13 in SEF grant funding to purchase new texts for their libraries. As reading specialists, they recognized a need for more diverse, inclusive and social emotional learning (SEL) picture books to enrich their program. These books will be ...
Southeast Elementary School Jonathan Walters, fourth grade teacher at Southeast Elementary School, received $1,477 in grant funding to purchase Apple technology to support a 3D printer in his classroom. Mr. Walters wrote a separate grant to 3M which was fully funded to purchase a Dremel Digilab 3D printer.
South Prairie Elementary School
Tracy Minnihan, Reading Specialist at South Prairie Elementary School, received $1,303.75 in grant funding to purchase decodable books for students. These new and engaging texts will be available for all staff in the building to use. These books can be offered to students who may require lower ...
Sycamore Middle School Liz Peterson and Jodi Gudewicz received $2,574.94 in SEF grant funding to purchase Little Bit Electronics Kits and Sphero RVR Robot packs to support G-Force Club, which focuses on empowering young women to grow, learn, and succeed in the fields of STEM.
Southeast, South Prairie and West Elementary Schools Katie Davis received SEF funding to support garden classroom programs within third grade throughout select elementary schools in the Sycamore School District.
