2023 Project Grants
$104,883 funded for classroom innovations, enrichment programs, STEM, and literacy.
| School | Teacher | Program Name | Summary | Total Funded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alvarado | Jessica Smith | Communication Technology | Technical communication skills for special needs students. iPads & Go-Talk devices for speech; cases and stands. | $ 8,051.00 |
| Alvarado | Julie Catancio | STEM Garden Mural | STEM-themed murals for the school garden area walls. Paint each planter box with art and inspirational quotes. | $ 2,000.00 |
| Alvarado | Rachel Saucedo | Speak Your Truth - Poetry, Spoken Word, Rhyme Writing Club | Funding for a club for students who enjoy poetry, writing, etc. PA system, composition books, pens, t-shirts. | $ 1,000.00 |
| Alvarado | Nahida Feroz | 36 Equitable Classrooms | Cultural and emotional diversity classroom kits. Multicultural books, self-regulating tools, carpets, stuffed animals, headphones, etc. | $ 9,000.00 |
| Alvarado | Maureen Tecson | Kick Art Your Day! | Supplies for classroom art and creativity projects to develop a passion for art in young students. | $ 487.98 |
| Alvarado | Gabriela McKearin | Help Us Focus | Help Pre-school students in moderate/severe special ed classes to learn to sit and pay attention. Room dividers; toddler desk converter device. | $ 795.59 |
| Alvarado | Emilyn Leary | Speed into STEM with Robotics | Indi Classroom Kit to build 10 robots. Fundamentals in coding and robotics for TK-grade 5. | $ 2,000.00 |
| CCHS | Mary Diaz | Project Period | Supplies to provide an on-campus resource for menstrual supplies, reducing trips home by students for emergencies. | $ 1,000.00 |
| CCHS | Nicole Tancioco | Critical Media Literacy and Children's Books | HS students write and design a children's book on Canva to present to younger student. Covers cost of self-publishing the books. | $ 1,300.00 |
| CCHS | Nicole Tancioco | Senior Success | Graduation regalia. Caps and gowns for disadvantaged students. Craft supplies to personalize caps. Food and costs of senior week activities. | $ 1,775.00 |
| CCHS | Renee Whitworth | Poetry and Narrative Writing Book Proposal | Self-publishing costs for student-authored writing projects. | $ 250.00 |
| CCHS | Martha Utley | CCHS Chess Club | Chess sets and digital chess timing clock and tournament prizes for chess club. | $ 397.80 |
| CCHS | Lilia Reynoso | School Umbrella Paintings | Paint and supplies for mural art project to be painted by students on the metal umbrellas over outdoor campus tables. | $ 1,100.00 |
| CCHS | Nicole Tancioco | Conley Events | Food for Finals BBQs to be cooked by culinary class. Pizza and salad for Back to School Night. Utensils for gratitude potluck. | $ 1,700.00 |
| CCHS | Nicole Tancioco | Conley Caraballo Activities | $100/mo incidental expenses for monthly campus activities focused on post-covid, post-Logan community-building. | $ 1,000.00 |
| CCHS | Nicole Tancioco | Social Justice Novel Sets | Provide enough classroom copies of two multicultural lit novels so each student in the class has an individual copy to read. | $ 685.00 |
| CCHS | Nicole Tancioco | College and Career Fair | Career focused sessions with guest speakers visiting classrooms. Motivational speaker fee. ($500) Food for panelists. Thank you cards and gift cards. | $ 1,000.00 |
| CCHS | Nicole Tancioco | College and Career Fair Field Trip | Transportation costs for campus visits to Chabot, Laney, Ohlone, and Nelson Mandela skills training program. | $ 650.50 |
| CCHS | Kira Miller | Special Education Classroom Supplies | Access to educational support for special needs students on IEP. Fidgets. Therabands, Pencils. Math supplies, like compasses, protractors, and calculators. | $ 300.00 |
| CCHS | Kira Miller | Alternative Education - College Transition Binders | Preparation for educational future by organizing work as students transition beyond HS. Binders, file folders, writing instruments. | $ 161.36 |
| CCHS | Jessica Gonzalez | CCHS Sews | Add embroidery machine to student Sewing Club. Introduces a technical element for students considering a career in fashion. Embroidery supplies. | $ 1,500.00 |
| CCHS | Maricela Reynoso | Aztec Dancing | Musical instruments to create the foundation for a traditional Aztec dance group at alternative high school. Drums, rattles, ayoyotes. | $ 5,000.00 |
| CCHS | Martha Utley | CCHS Library Book Grant | Drop Everything and Read program improves literacy and enjoyment of reading for students in alternative HS program. 80 library books. | $ 2,000.00 |
| CCHS | Veronica Castaldi | CCHS Garden Club | Soil, seeds, and plant food for the school garden project. Fruits and vegetables grown on campus while learning scientific principals. | $ 382.06 |
| CCHS | Fernando Buchner | Warriors on Wheels | Purchase bicycles for PE program, along with helmets and maintenance materials. Replaces outside service that is no longer available. | $ 5,000.00 |
| CCMS | Jessyka Cabrales | Project Enrichment Create | 5-week ceramic art project where students design and create ceramic bowls. Creative expression | $ 940.00 |
| CCMS | Alisha Valine | For the Love of Library Books | Materials to allow librarians to classify and incorporate donated books into school library. Covers, labels, tape, glue, stickers, etc. | $ 3,000.00 |
| CCMS | Caitlin Penney | Holocaust Literature Circles | A variety of titles for middle school literature Holocaust module. Adds Spanish version of Diary of Anne Frank and several newer titles in English. | $ 640.00 |
| DSIS / PLA | Erin Cross | Wellness Center Yoga | Yoga mats, blocks, and other supplies for student relaxation space. | $ 259.95 |
| DSIS / PLA | Tove Fox | DSIS / PLA Wellness Center | Create a center where remote learning students K-12 can come once a week to meet with teachers and participate in a school environment. Art supplies, puzzles, activities for casual use. | $ 1,500.00 |
| DSIS / PLA | Zoya Zilberman | DSIS / PLA Photo Day | Provide free photo experience and keepsake for independent study students. Senior photos. Yearbooks for needy students. | $ 969.00 |
| Eastin | Joe Reyes | Video Production 211 | Video production skills training to improve communication via engaging media. Video cameras, SD cards, memory sticks. | $ 500.00 |
| Eastin | Paul Nay | Eastin Students Walk Through the American Revolution | Historical reenactment where students portray key figures from the American Revolution and experience history live. Docent fees and program supplies. | $ 1,410.00 |
| Eastin | Jennifer Freeman | Eastin Students Walk Through California | California history re-enactment. Docent fees and learning materials from California Weekly Explorers. | $ 1,360.00 |
| Eastin | Laura Cox | Picture Books for Social and Emotional Learning | A selection of library book titles to help very young students manage their need for emotional support. | $ 709.90 |
| Eastin | Ramona Sosa | iPad for Learning | iPads and assistive technology applications for moderate/severe special needs students. Custom learning, augmented communication, and increased independence. | $ 3,177.67 |
| Emanuele | Sara Maes | Set the Stage to Engage - Glow Games | Supplies for glow-in-the-dark learning tools and games for TK students. Develop academic and social skills, collaboration and problem-solving. | $ 228.00 |
| Emanuele | Dandan Liu | Savor the Flavors of Language | Mandarin immersion program cooking project for cultural and language learning. Food supplies, cooking utensils, stove/oven. | $ 900.00 |
| ESC | Zetha Nobles | Equity Access and Achievement / District Kwanzaa celebration | Sponsor catering of light refreshments at the December 2024 NHUSD celebration. | $ 500.00 |
| Hillview Crest | Tracee Pembleton | Novel Effect "Read Aloud" Subscription | Subscription cost for Novel Effect Educator Plan for 7 teacher-librarians. Provides audio enhancements to the listening experience to better engage students in stories. | $ 310.02 |
| Hillview Crest | Katelin Chiarella | Power to Our Voices | Bluetooth microphone and speaker for use in an outdoor poetry slam. Students will recite poems they admire by diverse authors, or share their own poems. | $ 313.36 |
| Hillview Crest | Norma Pederson | Play to Learn | Develop social and English language skills. Props and costumes for TK students for imaginative and dramatic play activities. | $ 888.92 |
| IVCMS | Amanda Kairys | Recreational Piano Keyboard Instruction | Musical instruments / keyboards for music appreciation classes in grades 7 and 8. Headphones, splitters, adapters. | $ 1,800.00 |
| IVCMS | Briana Miller | Special Olympics Support | Team bench area supplies for special ed athletes for use during Special Olympics events. Canopy, bench, table, team banner, snacks. | $ 700.00 |
| IVCMS | Mara Loth and Maria Valadez-Santoyo | IVC Wellness Center | A place for students to relax and practice coping mechanisms to help students refocus and talk with a counselor. 2 massage chairs for relaxation. | $ 2,000.00 |
| JLHS | Justin Kurup | JLHS Forensics Needs a Champion | Enable disadvantaged Forensics students to travel with the team and compete in national tournaments. | $ 5,000.00 |
| JLHS | Jeremy Vitug | Critical Living Skills - Colt Brew 2023-24 | Independent living and vocational skills training for special needs students. Coffee cups, supplies, lids, labels, cabinet. | $ 3,056.53 |
| JLHS | Tomas Mijares | Puente Service Learning | Materials for service learning volunteer workshop for Puente students at Larry Orozco Teen Workshop. | $ 400.00 |
| JLHS | Johnny Lam | Tripping Network Social | Transpersonal psychology event for student mental health event to support socioemotional skills. Food, photo booth, sound, event supplies. | $ 2,000.00 |
| JLHS | Dharini Rasiah | Audio Visual Projects in the Community | File storage, hard drive and other devices for use by student videographers while learning pro filmmaking techniques at community events. | $ 1,183.68 |
| JLHS | Amy Guastavino | ATEP Café | Vocational and functional skills for special education students. Student-run café teaches order taking, cooking, and food delivery. Refrigerator, table. Chairs. | $ 539.00 |
| JLHS | Angela Karamian | Rembrance Dioramas / Nichos | Multicultural art project where students create personal dioramas for the Day of the Dead celebration, honoring someone or recreating a memory. | $ 433.59 |
| JLHS | Erin McShane | General Choir Program Support | Provide sheet music and costumes for Spring Break concert for choir program. | $ 400.00 |
| JLHS | Liz Miljas | El arte en la clase | Creative expression inspired by a Spanish-speaking artist, broadening perspectives. Paint, brushes, paper, and other supplies for student artwork. | $ 370.00 |
| JLHS | Vida Stoeber | Books for Filipino Classroom | 10 books of traditional Filipino folktales and stories in Tagalog and English to introduce reading in a foreign language. | $ 200.00 |
| Kitayama | Fatima Ashufta | Student Equity Council Leaders | Collection of books celebrating diverse cultures of elementary school students and use art to spread ideas. | $ 850.00 |
| Kitayama | Jennifer Ravera | "Way Cool" Keyboarding at Kitayama | Sheet music books to teach elementary students to read music and play piano. To be used in the existing keyboard lab. | $ 1,425.33 |
| Kitayama | Betty Silva | Read Naturally | Tape recorders and other supplies for after-school program to develop reading skills in struggling students. | $ 500.00 |
| Pioneer | Branessa Kunitz | Pioneers Walk Through California History | California history re-enactment. Docent fees and learning materials from California Weekly Explorers. | $ 1,770.00 |
| Pioneer | Amy Kruschke | Super Sensory Room for Little Learners | Support learning skills and self-regulation of TK-grade 1 students through sensory experiences in a safe environment. List of classroom items provided to extend supplies funded in a prior year. | $ 1,344.49 |
| Pioneer | James Malone | Classroom Headphones | Set of classroom headphones for students to use while reading out loud, learning a language, or listening to media. | $ 2,205.00 |
| Pioneer | Chris Mayer | Pioneers Walk Through the American Revolution | Historical reenactment where students portray key figures from the American Revolution and experience history live. Docent fees and program supplies. | $ 1,410.00 |
| Pioneer | Nancy Santiago | Culturally Responsive Classroom Library | Books for K-grade 2 classrooms. Teach respect for diversity with culturally responsive titles. 305 books. | $ 9,731.64 |
| Pioneer | Rachel Sowell | Get Kids Moving! | Rubber animals for classroom playing designed to help students incorporate moderate to vigorous physical activity into their school day. | $ 346.98 |
| Searles | Jeremy Taylor | IXL for Mr. Taylor's 4th Grade Class | Improve math and ELA study through the use of the IXL personalized learning application. Classroom softward license. | $ 1,074.00 |
| TOTAL | $104,883.35 |
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