2006 GRANT RECIPIENTS
Congratulations to the following schools for receiving a grant from the Joliet Grade Schools Foundation for Educational Excellence. Over $13,000 was awarded to our schools this year.
Dirksen Junior High $1,700.00
Purchase
“Dance 4 Fitness” 2 Dance Pads, 6 practice pads and TV monitor for grades 6-8.
Gompers Junior High $1,576.65
Cyber Science
materials – computer simulation and tutorial software for seventh grade.
Hufford Junior High $ 577.45
Paperback
books for Read 180 classroom library for grades 6-8.
Hufford Junior High $ 944.40
Teen Files
Video Series DVDs to supplement curriculum and textbooks for grades 6-8.
Hufford Junior High $ 585.00
Publish
seventh grade students’ stories in individual hardcover books.
Thomas Jefferson Elementary $ 636.35
Science
Reading Materials grades 3-5 special education students.
Edna Keith Elementary $1,084.07
Non-fiction
Accelerated Reader books and quizzes for Grades 1-5.
A.O. Marshall Elementary $ 843.74
“We Both Read” interactive shared reading books for
students/parents for K-3.
Pershing Elementary $1,656.00
Guided
Sator Sanchez Elementary $1,485.00
Purchase Super
QAR for test-wise students kits for grades 1-5
Carl Sandburg Elementary $ 195.00
Recorders and
music for third graders.
Five-jack
listening center, study corral and chairs for grades 6-8 SCILD and REI
students.
Purchase CDs recordings of solo performers for instruments and
voice and storage drawer for music listening library for grades 4-8 students.