Grants, Wish List & Awards

Teacher Wish List | Student Enrichment Grants | Awards & Donors

Reflections
2009-2010 Theme: “Beauty is…”

Congratulations and best wishes to all Shorecrest Finalists; their entries will now go to Shoreline Council level!

Teacher Wish List Program
2010 - 2011 Edition

Teacher wishes are organized in two categories - requests for supplies and requests for services.

As always, if you grant a wish, please contact the teacher directly, but also email Donna Hoefer, donnahoefer@gmail.com, so she can thank you and take the item off the next posting.

In addition, our experiment with a “Reverse Teacher Wish List” continues, and we have received a few offers of supplies and services from parents and friends that teachers and staff can respond to.

Please send your offers to , , and we will pass them on to Shorecrest staff.

Thanks!

Wishlist coming soon

2009-2010 Shorecrest PTSA
Student Enrichment Grants – Fall

ENGLISH:

Jennifer Etter:
Shakespeare in the Schools, $1,500
Bring Seattle Shakespeare Theatre to Shorecrest to stage a performance of Midsummer's Night's Dream for all 10th graders.

Andy Barker:
Writers in the Schools, $1,600
Partial funding for a writers in residence program which provides professional, published creative writers and instructors to work with 9th grade students.

WORLD LANGUAGES:

Sachiko Smith:
Taiko Lessons for Students, Experience Japanese Tea Ceremony in the amount of $475 to be distributed between both events at teacher's discretion. Partial funding for Japanese language and culture experience in preparation for a performance at the Unity Festival; partial funding for fourth year Japanese students to receive tea at an authentic tea room at the Japanese Business Institute.

MATH:

Virginia Erickson:
Math Tutoring Funding, $820
Provide math tutoring sessions for students on a weekly basis.

SCIENCE:

Vince Santo Pietro:
Astronomy Night, $500
An interactive Astronomy Night designed to spread interest in the science of astronomy. Highlights include planetarium, telescopes, UW astronomers, and hands on activities for all ages. Shorecrest students will have the opportunity to teach what they have been learning to the community through fun interactive activities.

Kathy Ellingson:
Hot Plates, $1,200
Replace three old, heavily used hot plates used in science labs.

Brenda Krusemark:
Hot Air Balloons, $300
All 9th graders will design, build and launch hot air balloons to study density, pressure and movement through fluids.

DIRECTED STUDIES:

Marilyn Peterson:
Gross Motor Skills and Social Skills Building, $380
For the Severe and Profound population, partial funding to increase student's engagement through field trips and other activities such as swimming and bowling.

AVID:

Jennifer Etter:
ACT Preparation and Readiness, $225
Partial funding for the purchase of ACT prep books for students in AVID program.

2008-2009 Shorecrest PTSA
Student Enrichment Grants – Fall

ENGLISH:

Ms. Etter:
Staging Shakespeare, $180
A workshop for teachers to bring teaching Shakespeare to life in the classroom.

Ms. Etter and Mr. Kidd:
Act Theater Guest Speakers $200
Honors English 9 went to see Eurydice at the ACT theatre. Actors came to Shorecrest following a play for class discussion and in-depth analysis for each of the four classes.

Erin Lea:
READ 180 Materials, $646.92
Needed high interest literature at reading levels for lower level reading students. Plan to purchase Lexile library set to be used for class-led and independent reading.

WORLD LANGUAGES:

Siri Hulbert:
Barco de Vapor and Other Books in Spanish for Adolescents $380
Books with high interest in the Spanish Language. Plan to purchase 35 books of both fiction and non-fiction to improve a very limited library. This will facilitate literacy and open avenues to maintain their emerging skills.

Siri Hulbert:
Sing Star Karaoke Machine, $140
Encourages participation and engagement while learning the Spanish language and about Spanish culture through music.

Maureen Nemeth:
National Spanish Exams, $830
National Spanish Exams, an assessment tool given by over 3,000 teachers nation-wide. Serves III and IV year Spanish students. Allows them to compete for travel scholarships and assess their achievement.

Sachiko Smith:
Taiko Lessons for Fifteen Students in the amount of $500
Partial funding for Japanese language and culture experience in preparation for a performance at the Unity Festival

MATH:

Virginia Erickson:
Math Tutoring Funding $1,050
Wednesday night math tutoring 3:30-5:30 pm is open to all students. *Prior to last year math tutoring was funded by the activities budget, a change in their funding guidelines resulted in a loss of this source of funding.

Marilyn Leverson:
Wining at Math partially funded up to $769.43
20 study skills books for math, reaching various learning styles in a variety of settings for individuals and groups of students is class presentations and parent education

ENGLISH/COMMUNITY SERVICE:

Colleen Kiyonaga:
S.O.S. (Scott on the Scene Support) $350
Preparing a volunteer student response team. For example in case of extreme weather they could fill and place sand bags near impending flood zones. Funding used for supplies and district bus.

COUNSELING:

Jill Gwazdauskas:
College Application Workshops $300
Two events designed to assist and encourage students to complete their college applications. Events staffed by counseling staff with instruction on writing compelling college essays.

SCIENCE:

Vince Santo Pietro:
Astronomy Night $500
An interactive Astronomy Night designed to spread interest in the science of astronomy. Highlights include planetarium, telescopes, UW astronomers, and hands on activities for all ages. Shorecrest students will have the opportunity to teach what they have been learning to the community through fun interactive activities.

Kathy Ellingson:
Gram Scales $425
Science grade balances sensitive to a tenth of a gram. Will purchase four economical, dependable, portable, and sturdy balances for massing substances. Will allow classes to function more efficiently.

DIRECTED STUDIES:

Sondra Wilson:
Experimental Field Trips, $300
Opportunities to increase socialization in real world situations for students in the PREPARE program. Generalization of social skills and appropriate behavior is best achieved when practiced in a variety of meaningful ways. They anticipate trips to Zoo, Aquarium, and a ropes course.

Marilyn Peterson:
Swimming and Bowling Activities Increasing Student’s Engagement and Participation Increasing Student’s Gross Motor Skills $500
For the Severe and Profound population: Engaging and accessible activities Physical Education

2007-2008 Shorecrest PTSA
Student Enrichment Grants Awards – Fall

AP Biology, Josephine Shain
Biology Lab Kits (durable) – $1200

Art Department, Laura King
Figure studies and perspective drawing resources – $250

AVID Program, Marilyn Leverson
Portable easels for tutorial sessions – $700

Career Center, Jill Gwazduaskas
College Application Workshop – $300

Counseling Resources, Jill Goetzmann
Chill and Spill Journals for three counseling groups working with kids with: Trauma recovery, anger management, anxiety, divorce, eating disorders, etc. – $370

English Department, Andy Barker
Romeo and Juliet performance by Seattle Shakespeare Company for entire 9th grade English class – $1600

English Department, Toni Nyman
Supplemental resources: Lively Art of Writing, The Elements of Style – $338.28

Library, Kate Pankiewicz
Books Boys Love, increase books with high boy appeal – $300

Library, Kate Pankiewicz
Connecting Kids to Books, Books on tape/CD – $500

Link Crew, Andy Berkbigler and Chrissy Meggitt
Activities to get freshmen connected by student mentoring and activities – $800

Math Department, Virginia Erickson
Had 25% reduction in funding after School Math Tutoring to keep tutoring at past levels – $540

PREPARE Program, Sandra Wilson
Scot Shoppe Work Experience – $150, and Pet Partnership, increasingly recognized form of therapy for kids with depression, anxiety, fetal alcohol syndrome – $340

Science Department, Vince Santo Pietro
Family Astronomy night – $500

Severe and Profound Population, Marilyn Peterson
Enrichment Activities and Curriculum Materials – $617.50

Special Education, Tristie McJilton
Student Planners for students who are not able to use iCal – $100

Unity Festival, Anita Sena-Johnson and Sachiko Smith
Promote unity and cultural awareness – $400

World Language Department, Maureen Nemeth
Headphones 4 classroom sets – $258.86

2006-2007 Shorecrest PTSA
Student Enrichment Grants

Food Handler’s Class
$300, Marketing, Susie Roberts

College Access Shorecrest
$250, Career Center/Counseling, Nancy Loviska

Weight Room Refurbishment
$1,000, Strength and Fitness, Brandon Christensen

Family Astronomy Night
$500, Astronomy, Vince Santo Pietro

Vacuum/shredder
$200, Structured Teaching, Pat Duncan

School Health Issue Update
$275, School Nurse, Betty Harrill

Enrichment Reading for ELL
$350, Special Ed., Anita Johnson

Mythology Enrichment
$350, English 9, Toni Nyman

Incentive Program for Chaku Skukum
$250, Directed Studies, Kathy Elwell

Spanish Enrichment
$100, Spanish 1V, Maureen Ryan

Family Friendly Schools
$500, Assistant Principal, Stephanie Clark

Unity Festival
$300, Family Advocate, Gayle McDougall-Treacy

Awards & Donors
Outstanding Educator and Gold Acorn Awards

2009 Winners

Outstanding Educator: Siri Hulbert

Golden Acorn: Mary Jane Goss

2008 Winners

Outstanding Educators: Vince Santo Pietro and Leann Rozema

Golden Acorns: Karen Dixon and Erin Gordon

2007 Winners

Outstanding Educator: Colleen Kiyonaga

Golden Acorns: Cathleen Numata and Sherrill Sparling

2006 Winners

Outstanding Educator: Maija Alves

Golden Acorns: Marlys Pickrell, Cheryl Shdo, and Laurie Boatsman