2021 Grants

$5,000.00 Soaring With Sora: Royse City High School, Elizabeth Payne, Elizabeth Holland-Lindley, Elizabeth O'Neal

The libraries of RCISD continue to evolve and grow as we look for ways to keep up with the 21st century student. One of the ways we are doing that is by expanding our digital library to provide reading materials to all students in all places.

$4,990.00 Glow Dawgs- In Sponsorship with VLK Architects: Royse City High School, Lisa Davis, Kevin Babcock, Ashley Jones

3D Laser Printer that will be used in the CTE programs. GLOW Dawgs will provide these Instructional areas with the ability to create supplies/parts for their student created projects.

$995.00 Geocaching The Robotics World: Royse City High School, Kevin Babcock

GPS Sensors for Robotics Competition. Geocaching as a cultural phenomena was created to test the accuracy of GPS signals by hiding a navigational target at a remote "waypoint" in the woods; to be found later using only a GPS receiver. This will allow the real-world concept of GPS to be taught in conjunction with the robotics curriculum.

$4,947.00 Go PRO (Fessional): Royse City High School, Kevin Babcock

VEX 5 Robots for the Robotics Competition. Robotics is a 21st century ‘sport of mind’ that provides students of all abilities opportunities to develop technical and life skills they’ll will use in their personal and professional life after high school.

$504.67 Listen Up!: Fort Elementary, Amber Hutcheson

Literacy center with audio books. Many students are needing support in reading texts that are rich in vocabulary. Having a listening center allows students to read along with the video player allowing them to focus on the vocabulary, build confidence, and allows students to read more challenging texts on their own.

$1,622.50 Future Ready with PLTW: Fort Elementary, Angela Homen

Cross disciplinary modules in computer science, engineering, and biomedical science that engage students in hands-on activities, projects, and problems; empower them to solve real-world challenges and spark a lifelong love of learning.

$987.00 Interactive Learning is FUN Learning!: Baley Middle School, Kelli Wise

The Mimio Tech turns any ordinary whiteboard into an interactive whiteboard within seconds. This allows the students to get out of their desk and come up to the front of the classroom and actively participate in the lesson. Having an interactive whiteboard encourages student engagement, can help make the learning process more enjoyable, and help accommodate different learning styles.

$2,500.00 Fun Funds For Facts: Ruth Cherry Elementary, Katy Duke

Replacing outdated Non Fiction books that promote inquiry, creativity, discovery and community is vital in helping our students to develop a broader understanding of the world around them. Allowing our students access to an up-to-date collection of nonfiction books will support a wide range of curriculum needs and TEKS.

$3,172.5 Quiver, Quake and QuaverEd!: Ruth Cherry Elementary, Sharon Steele

Pre K to 4th Grade Music Curriculum. This curriculum will afford Ruth Cherry's students the opportunity to explore every aspect of music from playing instruments, dancing and singing to composing music with technology, learning about music history and the different music from cultures around the world!

$4,560.00 BROLLIN With My DAWGS. JoNell Mellody Innovation Grant: Ruth Cherry Elementary, Melissa Rager, Cheryl Strayhorn, Chris Raines, Alison Linnert, Melissa Tidwell, Rose Antony

Roller skates and equipment for all K-5 campuses to share. Roller skating has been around since the 1700s and kids are fascinated with it because it’s such a fun and exciting activity. Not only is it enjoyable for all ages, but through skating lessons, kids will build strength, improve balance, persevere, and gain self confidence.

$996.50 Experience Dyslexia: Ruth Cherry Elementary, Kayla Bailey, Hope Gaffney

Provides staff and parents the opportunity to EXPERIENCE dyslexia first hand. Typically, you don’t truly understand or get to experience what dyslexia is unless you have it. Statistically, dyslexia affects 1 in 10 students!

$2,543.73 We Got Games! Educational Board Game Library: Ruth Cherry Elementary, Kayrin Burgess

There is one type of play that grows cognitive abilities (reasoning, problem solving, and comprehension), strengthens intrapersonal skills (ability to manage emotions and cope with challenges), and encourages social skills (verbal, nonverbal, and visual communication skills with teachers and peers). That amazing form of play is Educational Board Games!

$1,687.57 Tools Not Toys: Davis Elementary, Jamie Way

Calm down box in every classroom and space outside of classrooms for students to calm down with adult supervision in a positive social emotional way through the use of sensory items aiding students to regulate their emotions.

$381.64 Games, Brains and Gaines!: Davis Elementary, Bonnie Geistweidt

Educational math games! What better way to learn than to play? This grant purchases over 400 games and activities for every 5th grade student. These games cover every single readiness TEK in 5th grade math!

$729.77 Riding In The Land of the Gym: Miss May Vernon Elementary, Rose Antony

All aboard the tricycle express! Join our littles and our Functional Academic students as they navigate the Land of the Gym aboard a Tricycle. These students will work on balance while using feet on the floor to make the bike move, instead of having to pedal.

$1,190.00 Break Out! Collaborate! And Listen!: Miss May Vernon Elementary, Heather Humphrey

Break Out Boxes are locked boxes that can be used in any grade level and subject areas to strengthen problem solving skills, communication, collaboration, critical thinking, creativity, and listening skills. Students will "race" to collaboratively solve subject specific problems to be the first to "break out" of the box.

$2,750.00 Picture Yourself at MMV!: Miss May Vernon Elementary, Kimberly Villarreal, Brittany Lancaster

Mobi Booth Aura photo booth will give students and community the opportunity to spread the good news about our school! Students will use creative technology tools, be motivated to set and achieve learning goals, and learn how to run a successful business.

$4,006.50 Future Ready with PLTW: Miss May Vernon Elementary, Kimberly Villarreal, Christi Mones

$4,947.00 Summers Bulldog Robotics- NorthStar Builders Grant: Bobby Summers Middle School, Timothy Gilmartin

Competitive Robotics program. Building, programming, powering, and maneuvering robots to turn, lift, grab, toss, and spin—all for the ultimate goal of competing against other robots—develops deeper thinking skills. Robotics teaches through trial and error; using computational thinking, students apply their growing knowledge step by step.

$4,704.15 ROLLIN With My DAWGS: Harry Herndon Elementary, Cheryl Strayhorn, Melissa Rager ,Rose Antony, Allison Linnert, Chris Rains, Melissa Tidwell

$4,632.99 RoboTech 2.0: Harry Herndon Elementary, Samantha Phillips

RoboTech 2.0 is gearing up with a new look and exciting changes that will bring our students, our program, and curriculum to the next level. But wait there's more, our RoboTech robotics program will also align with the robotics program at the middle school level as well as build on knowledge needed at the high school level and as an added bonus the kits also work with the Project Lead The Way elementary curriculum.

$3,267.00 Scott Scientists in Action: Anita Scott Elementary, Heather Neighbors

This equipment will increase student involvement as well as implement curriculum that is based on student investigation, which in turn will create more lasting and relevant learning experiences for our students. By addressing standards with hands-on activities that require students to engage and adapt as they learn, students are challenged to ask questions of themselves and their peers, define solutions to problems they see in the world around them, and explore how their ideas can change their world.

$3,918.95 Paint The Pad!: Anita Scott Elementary, Bethany Bunnell, Elaine Ricker

The goal is to paint the concrete pad with educational games to give students more pathways during playtime. Each day at Scott Elementary, 640+ students make their way onto the playground, excited for recess and the chance to play, explore, pretend.

$483.00 Books Become Bridges for Bilingual Learners: Anita Scott Elementary, Sandi Walker

Most emergent bilingual students are simultaneous bilinguals, which means they learn both languages together, instead of learning one language before the other. For our bilingual students, both languages are resources. Students access both languages, even when only working in one.

$717.10 The Case of the Bilingual Books to Empower Biliterate Students: Anita Scott Elementary, Mona Farfan Hernandez

Our English Language Learners in our Dual Language Program are mostly emergent bilingual students who bring rich cultural and linguistic resources to the classroom such as bilingualism, oral traditions, heritage, and culture. The benefits of bilingual books go far beyond the measurable language effects