Title: New Sousaphone
School: Groves
Teacher: Michael Burkett & Sean Smith
Amount: $3,642
The growing Groves Band requested assistance with the purchase of sousaphones for the marching band.
School: Groves
Teacher: Michael Burkett & Sean Smith
Amount: $3,642
The growing Groves Band requested assistance with the purchase of sousaphones for the marching band.
Title: Destination Imagination Global Finals
School: Bingham Farms & Derby
Teacher: Ralph Hickmott, Cyndi Setteceri, Eva Hseuh, and Leslie Sajovec
Amount: $3,000
The Destination Imagination Teams from Bingham Farms and Derby qualified for the Global Finals in Knoxville, TN and the BEF was proud to offer support to help them participate!
School: Bingham Farms & Derby
Teacher: Ralph Hickmott, Cyndi Setteceri, Eva Hseuh, and Leslie Sajovec
Amount: $3,000
The Destination Imagination Teams from Bingham Farms and Derby qualified for the Global Finals in Knoxville, TN and the BEF was proud to offer support to help them participate!
Title: Three tenor saxophones
School: Derby
Teacher: Lynnette Malburg
Amount: $3,000
The Derby Bands will receive three new tenor saxophones, which will help with their growing need for the instruments!
School: Derby
Teacher: Lynnette Malburg
Amount: $3,000
The Derby Bands will receive three new tenor saxophones, which will help with their growing need for the instruments!
Title: Exercise Bikes for Brain Breaks
School: Pierce
Teacher: Aaron Chalker
Amount: $746.44
Teachers at Pierce often use brain breaks as a way to help students refocus and stay engaged in learning. For some students, these brain breaks are not enough to help them refocus, and for these students, Aaron will be setting up an exercise area in the gym where students can come and use the bikes for a more intense break. Aaron will also use the bikes with students who are restricted from participating in various activities in gym for various reasons.
School: Pierce
Teacher: Aaron Chalker
Amount: $746.44
Teachers at Pierce often use brain breaks as a way to help students refocus and stay engaged in learning. For some students, these brain breaks are not enough to help them refocus, and for these students, Aaron will be setting up an exercise area in the gym where students can come and use the bikes for a more intense break. Aaron will also use the bikes with students who are restricted from participating in various activities in gym for various reasons.
Title: Setting the Choir Up for Success!
School: Groves High School
Teacher: Carolyn Priebe
Amount: $2,075
Support for the Groves Choir to attend a weekend choir camp in the fall of 2016. The students will be going to the Howell Nature Center, and spend the weekend learning from clinicians, as well as participating in team building activities.
School: Groves High School
Teacher: Carolyn Priebe
Amount: $2,075
Support for the Groves Choir to attend a weekend choir camp in the fall of 2016. The students will be going to the Howell Nature Center, and spend the weekend learning from clinicians, as well as participating in team building activities.
Title: Family Literacy Night
School: Bingham Farms
Teacher: Cyndi Settecerri
Amount: $800
Put on your best, and join Bingham Farms for a red carpet themed Family Literacy Night! The BEF is proud to be one of the major supporters of this great evening, which invites students and parents to come together and celebrate reading!
School: Bingham Farms
Teacher: Cyndi Settecerri
Amount: $800
Put on your best, and join Bingham Farms for a red carpet themed Family Literacy Night! The BEF is proud to be one of the major supporters of this great evening, which invites students and parents to come together and celebrate reading!
Title: Lego Story Starters
School: Beverly
Teacher: Cathy Reef
Amount: $771.63
Throughout this year, Mrs. Reef has been working with struggling writers to improve their skills, and Lego Story Starters has been a key piece of these efforts. After seeing the difference that the Lego sets were making with her students, Mrs. Reef wanted to expand the program, and the BEF is proud to be helping her with her efforts!
School: Beverly
Teacher: Cathy Reef
Amount: $771.63
Throughout this year, Mrs. Reef has been working with struggling writers to improve their skills, and Lego Story Starters has been a key piece of these efforts. After seeing the difference that the Lego sets were making with her students, Mrs. Reef wanted to expand the program, and the BEF is proud to be helping her with her efforts!
Title: Lego Story Starters
School: Greenfield
Teacher: Shelly Potter
Amount: $550
Ms. Potter is receiving a grant for Lego Story Starters. Ms. Potter says "Year after year, our teaches and interventionists meet to talk about our struggling writers, and year after year the same boys come up as needing more individualized and exciting programming to get them more engaged in writing. I've volunteers to meet with these students during lunch time, three days per week to help them. After getting to know the boys in this group and their needs, and after talking with the other experts in the district who've tried this program, I would like to incorporate Lego Story Starters in to our meetings.
The Lego Story Starters program engages students, especially boys, to develop language, boost non-fiction and fictional writing skills, encourages student collaboration, and promotes the sharing of ideas while integrating technology. I'm confident that this will be just the thing to get them excited about writing!"
School: Greenfield
Teacher: Shelly Potter
Amount: $550
Ms. Potter is receiving a grant for Lego Story Starters. Ms. Potter says "Year after year, our teaches and interventionists meet to talk about our struggling writers, and year after year the same boys come up as needing more individualized and exciting programming to get them more engaged in writing. I've volunteers to meet with these students during lunch time, three days per week to help them. After getting to know the boys in this group and their needs, and after talking with the other experts in the district who've tried this program, I would like to incorporate Lego Story Starters in to our meetings.
The Lego Story Starters program engages students, especially boys, to develop language, boost non-fiction and fictional writing skills, encourages student collaboration, and promotes the sharing of ideas while integrating technology. I'm confident that this will be just the thing to get them excited about writing!"
Title: Beginning a Makerspace
School: Pembroke
Teacher: Julie Green and Gina Paesani-Smith
Amount: $1,500
Ms. Green and Ms. Paesani-Smith are beginning a makerspace for students at Pembroke! This grant will help them to purchase the larger items to bring the space to life, including electronics and circuitry kits designed for kids to learn how electricity and circuits work! There are also some beginning robotics and programming items that will be included in their purchase. We can't wait to see the kids in action!
School: Pembroke
Teacher: Julie Green and Gina Paesani-Smith
Amount: $1,500
Ms. Green and Ms. Paesani-Smith are beginning a makerspace for students at Pembroke! This grant will help them to purchase the larger items to bring the space to life, including electronics and circuitry kits designed for kids to learn how electricity and circuits work! There are also some beginning robotics and programming items that will be included in their purchase. We can't wait to see the kids in action!
Title: Saving the Little Brown Bat
School: Pembroke
Teacher: Michelle Marcus
Amount: $500
For the third year, Pembroke students will take part in conservation efforts to save the Little Brown Bat. They will build 18 bat houses, to be sold to community members to give the bats safe shelter, and to raise funds for bat conservation. They will also have the opportunity to learn about the Little Brown Bat through an in classroom presentation from Cranbrook Institute of Science, including an opportunity to get up close and personal with the Bats they are looking to save.
School: Pembroke
Teacher: Michelle Marcus
Amount: $500
For the third year, Pembroke students will take part in conservation efforts to save the Little Brown Bat. They will build 18 bat houses, to be sold to community members to give the bats safe shelter, and to raise funds for bat conservation. They will also have the opportunity to learn about the Little Brown Bat through an in classroom presentation from Cranbrook Institute of Science, including an opportunity to get up close and personal with the Bats they are looking to save.
Title: MSVMA State Choral Competition
School: Derby
Teacher: Beth Buchanan
Amount: $360
After an excellent performance at the Michigan School Vocal Music Association District Choral Festival, the Derby Middle School choir was invited to take part in the MSVMA State Choral Festival taking place this April. The students will perform three songs for a panel of adjudicators, who will rate their performance and give feedback to help the choir improve further. Students will also have the opportunity to listen to other choirs from around the state.
School: Derby
Teacher: Beth Buchanan
Amount: $360
After an excellent performance at the Michigan School Vocal Music Association District Choral Festival, the Derby Middle School choir was invited to take part in the MSVMA State Choral Festival taking place this April. The students will perform three songs for a panel of adjudicators, who will rate their performance and give feedback to help the choir improve further. Students will also have the opportunity to listen to other choirs from around the state.
Title: Trappers & Traders Presentation at the new DNR Michigan Outdoor Adventure Center
School: Greenfield
Teacher: Kim Thomas, Sylvia Rowland, & Amy Denys
Amount: $272
Students will be immersed in a hands on learning experience that is directly aligned with the third grade curriculum. The presentation will focus on the fur trading between Native Americans and early European settlers. Also, while at the Outdoor Adventure Center, students will have the opportunity to explore other aspects of Michigan's vast natural resources and outdoor activities.
School: Greenfield
Teacher: Kim Thomas, Sylvia Rowland, & Amy Denys
Amount: $272
Students will be immersed in a hands on learning experience that is directly aligned with the third grade curriculum. The presentation will focus on the fur trading between Native Americans and early European settlers. Also, while at the Outdoor Adventure Center, students will have the opportunity to explore other aspects of Michigan's vast natural resources and outdoor activities.
Title: Read & Ride
School: Bingham Farms
Teacher: Russ Facione
Amount: $450
Students need to move during the day, now more than ever. This grant is allowing the staff at Bingham Farms Elementary School to pilot a project to let students who need a little extra help focusing to have access to exercise bikes in the school where the students can read while they pedal away. This will give students a much needed outlet for those days when students cannot get outside.
School: Bingham Farms
Teacher: Russ Facione
Amount: $450
Students need to move during the day, now more than ever. This grant is allowing the staff at Bingham Farms Elementary School to pilot a project to let students who need a little extra help focusing to have access to exercise bikes in the school where the students can read while they pedal away. This will give students a much needed outlet for those days when students cannot get outside.
Title: Makerspace Materials
School: Beverly
Teacher: Anthony Stamm
Amount: $1,500
Beverly Elementary School is in the process of creating a MakerSpace. They have already received a variety of donations from their school community, and have materials for students to begin creating. They were in need to some bigger items to go with the donated items, and through this grant the BEF is funding the purchase of these bigger items, including robotic equipment and reusable electronic kits. Through the use of these programmable items, students will learn the basics of coding and problem solving, through tinkering and building.
School: Beverly
Teacher: Anthony Stamm
Amount: $1,500
Beverly Elementary School is in the process of creating a MakerSpace. They have already received a variety of donations from their school community, and have materials for students to begin creating. They were in need to some bigger items to go with the donated items, and through this grant the BEF is funding the purchase of these bigger items, including robotic equipment and reusable electronic kits. Through the use of these programmable items, students will learn the basics of coding and problem solving, through tinkering and building.
Title: Cranbrook Institute of Science Experience for all 5th Grade Students
School: All 5th Grade Students
Teacher: Julia Alder and the Science Teachers
Amount: $7,220
The BEF is granting funds to purchase tickets for every 5th grader in the district to attend programming at the Cranbrook Planetarium, as well as a Physics demonstration at the Museum.
School: All 5th Grade Students
Teacher: Julia Alder and the Science Teachers
Amount: $7,220
The BEF is granting funds to purchase tickets for every 5th grader in the district to attend programming at the Cranbrook Planetarium, as well as a Physics demonstration at the Museum.
Title: $1,000 Grants to Schools
School: Quarton, Beverly, Harlan, Bingham Farms, West Maple, Greenfield, Pierce and Pembroke Elementary Schools
Total Amount: $8,000
Each year, the BEF offers a challenge to BPS teachers and staff: for each school where 100% of staff support the BEF's Annual Fund Drive, the BEF will award $1,000 back to the school. This year, 8 schools achieved this feat and will be receiving a $1,000 unrestricted grant! Thank you teachers and staff!!
School: Quarton, Beverly, Harlan, Bingham Farms, West Maple, Greenfield, Pierce and Pembroke Elementary Schools
Total Amount: $8,000
Each year, the BEF offers a challenge to BPS teachers and staff: for each school where 100% of staff support the BEF's Annual Fund Drive, the BEF will award $1,000 back to the school. This year, 8 schools achieved this feat and will be receiving a $1,000 unrestricted grant! Thank you teachers and staff!!
Title: Detroit Chamber Winds and Strings Sectionals for Groves Band and Seaholm Orchestra Students
School: Seaholm and Groves High Schools
Teacher: Michael Burkett and Erin Little
Amount: $4,200
The BEF is proud to once again partner with the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs and the Anton Arts Center to offer musicians at Groves and Seaholm the opportunity to work with musicians from the Detroit Chamber Winds and Strings. MCACA has awarded the BEF a grant of $2,880 for the project, and the BEF will be granting $1,320 in addition to support for the project. There were also many in-kind donations made as part of the project, bringing the total support from the BEF, MCACA and DCWS to $16,750.
School: Seaholm and Groves High Schools
Teacher: Michael Burkett and Erin Little
Amount: $4,200
The BEF is proud to once again partner with the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs and the Anton Arts Center to offer musicians at Groves and Seaholm the opportunity to work with musicians from the Detroit Chamber Winds and Strings. MCACA has awarded the BEF a grant of $2,880 for the project, and the BEF will be granting $1,320 in addition to support for the project. There were also many in-kind donations made as part of the project, bringing the total support from the BEF, MCACA and DCWS to $16,750.
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Title: 3LCD Projector for GPAC
School: Groves High School
Teacher: John Rutherford
Amount: $699.99
The Groves Performing Arts Company will purchase a new, high powered projector to be used during future GPAC productions.
School: Groves High School
Teacher: John Rutherford
Amount: $699.99
The Groves Performing Arts Company will purchase a new, high powered projector to be used during future GPAC productions.
Title: Greenfield's Sound System
School: Greenfield Elementary School
Teacher: Sherri Levitt and Alison Bacon
Amount: $2,311.76
This grant will allow Greenfield Elementary School to update their aging sound system.
School: Greenfield Elementary School
Teacher: Sherri Levitt and Alison Bacon
Amount: $2,311.76
This grant will allow Greenfield Elementary School to update their aging sound system.
Title: New Video Editing Computer for Groves
School: Groves High School
Teacher: Aaron Guay
Amount: $3,888
This grant will allow Groves High School to purchase an additional computer for students in video editing classes to use to complete projects.
School: Groves High School
Teacher: Aaron Guay
Amount: $3,888
This grant will allow Groves High School to purchase an additional computer for students in video editing classes to use to complete projects.
Title: Essential Books for Guided Reading Instruction
School: West Maple Elementary
Teacher: The First Grade Team: Erica Lousia, Danielle Little, Madeleine Parthum, Laura Tull and Michael VanDoornik
Amount: $921.60
Funding is being provided for one set of engaging, leveled reading books for first grade teachers to use in small group reading instruction.
School: West Maple Elementary
Teacher: The First Grade Team: Erica Lousia, Danielle Little, Madeleine Parthum, Laura Tull and Michael VanDoornik
Amount: $921.60
Funding is being provided for one set of engaging, leveled reading books for first grade teachers to use in small group reading instruction.
Title: Family Literacy Night
School: Harlan Elementary
Teacher: Lynne Keller
Amount: $750
This grant is offering support for a Family Literacy Night to be held at Harlan Elementary School in March. Families will be able to take part in literacy focused activities, and each student will be given a book to take home at the end of the evening.
School: Harlan Elementary
Teacher: Lynne Keller
Amount: $750
This grant is offering support for a Family Literacy Night to be held at Harlan Elementary School in March. Families will be able to take part in literacy focused activities, and each student will be given a book to take home at the end of the evening.
Title: Harptoons Assembly
School: Bingham Farms, Beverly, Greenfield, Harlan, Pierce, Pembroke and West Maple Elementary Schools
Teacher: Sarah Smith
Amount: $1050
An artist from Cincinnati will visit each school to teach students how to draw cartoons using letters and numbers, combining literacy and art in to one exciting and educational assembly.
School: Bingham Farms, Beverly, Greenfield, Harlan, Pierce, Pembroke and West Maple Elementary Schools
Teacher: Sarah Smith
Amount: $1050
An artist from Cincinnati will visit each school to teach students how to draw cartoons using letters and numbers, combining literacy and art in to one exciting and educational assembly.
Title: Seaholm Career Day
School: Seaholm High School
Teacher: Shannon Feliciano
Amount: $500
This grant will support Seaholm Career Day, which is offered in conjunction with the Optimist Club of Birmingham. Seaholm Juniors will have a career shadowing experience, helping to give them direction as they prepare for college.
School: Seaholm High School
Teacher: Shannon Feliciano
Amount: $500
This grant will support Seaholm Career Day, which is offered in conjunction with the Optimist Club of Birmingham. Seaholm Juniors will have a career shadowing experience, helping to give them direction as they prepare for college.
Title: Girls Explorathon 2016
School: Seaholm and Groves High Schools
Teacher: Marcia Wilkinson and Julia Alder
Amount: $450
This grant is allowing 33 high school girls to participate in the 2016 Girls Explorathon, taking place at Cranbrook Kingswood on March 23. Girls will take part in interactive and hands-on workshop sessions featuring dynamic women scientists, engineers, mathematicians, and health care specialists, and will showcase opportunities for women in scientific careers.
School: Seaholm and Groves High Schools
Teacher: Marcia Wilkinson and Julia Alder
Amount: $450
This grant is allowing 33 high school girls to participate in the 2016 Girls Explorathon, taking place at Cranbrook Kingswood on March 23. Girls will take part in interactive and hands-on workshop sessions featuring dynamic women scientists, engineers, mathematicians, and health care specialists, and will showcase opportunities for women in scientific careers.
Title: Berkshire Adventure Michigan
School: Berkshire Middle School
Teacher: Billy Jackson and Joanna McKinney
Amount: $1050
Funds from this grant will allow a greater number of students to participate in the new Berkshire Adventure Michigan Club, a traveling classroom experience which combines physical activity with education in history, science, math and language arts. The students traveling with the group this year will visit Mackinaw City, Mackinac Island and the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. In order to participate in the traveling classroom, students had to write an essay, as well as attend other meetings through the year.
School: Berkshire Middle School
Teacher: Billy Jackson and Joanna McKinney
Amount: $1050
Funds from this grant will allow a greater number of students to participate in the new Berkshire Adventure Michigan Club, a traveling classroom experience which combines physical activity with education in history, science, math and language arts. The students traveling with the group this year will visit Mackinaw City, Mackinac Island and the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. In order to participate in the traveling classroom, students had to write an essay, as well as attend other meetings through the year.
Title: Bringing the African American Hands On Experience to Groves
School: Groves High School
Teacher: Othamian Peterson, Jennifer Kondak
Amount: $500
Funds from this grant helped to bring a traveling African American History Museum to Groves High School as part of the school's MLK Day celebrations. Students were able to get up close and personal with artifacts from America's past and the civil rights movement.
School: Groves High School
Teacher: Othamian Peterson, Jennifer Kondak
Amount: $500
Funds from this grant helped to bring a traveling African American History Museum to Groves High School as part of the school's MLK Day celebrations. Students were able to get up close and personal with artifacts from America's past and the civil rights movement.
Title: Sectionals with musicians from the Detroit Symphony Orchestra
School: Groves High School
Teacher: Paul Shawver
Amount: $3,000
Funds from this grant will allow Groves Orchestra students to work work and learn from world class musicians from the Detroit Symphony Orchestra. Five members of the DSO (two violinists, one violist, one cellist and one bassist) will come to Groves to work with 120 members of the Groves Orchestra. The sectionals will take place on February 2, 2016 and April 25, 2016. Every student will have the opportunity for one-on-one instruction as well as group instruction.
School: Groves High School
Teacher: Paul Shawver
Amount: $3,000
Funds from this grant will allow Groves Orchestra students to work work and learn from world class musicians from the Detroit Symphony Orchestra. Five members of the DSO (two violinists, one violist, one cellist and one bassist) will come to Groves to work with 120 members of the Groves Orchestra. The sectionals will take place on February 2, 2016 and April 25, 2016. Every student will have the opportunity for one-on-one instruction as well as group instruction.
Title: Family Science Night at Beverly (in conjunction with the Ann Arbor Hands-On Museum)
School: Beverly Elementary
Teacher: Janice Hausman
Amount: $500
To help increase interest and curiosity in science, Beverly will sponsor a Family Science Night in conjunction with the Ann Arbor Hands-On Museum. The event will take place for two hours on January 22, with the whole school invited to come and experience the science based fun! This will be the second year that Beverly has hosted a Family Science Night.
School: Beverly Elementary
Teacher: Janice Hausman
Amount: $500
To help increase interest and curiosity in science, Beverly will sponsor a Family Science Night in conjunction with the Ann Arbor Hands-On Museum. The event will take place for two hours on January 22, with the whole school invited to come and experience the science based fun! This will be the second year that Beverly has hosted a Family Science Night.
Title: Presentation from a "real" lumberjack
School: Quarton Elementary
Teacher: Stephanie Barnes
Amount: $300
Funds from this grant will allow the third grade at Quarton to experience a presentation from a real lumberjack. The presentation will help to deepen student understanding of Michigan's logging industry.
School: Quarton Elementary
Teacher: Stephanie Barnes
Amount: $300
Funds from this grant will allow the third grade at Quarton to experience a presentation from a real lumberjack. The presentation will help to deepen student understanding of Michigan's logging industry.
Title: Electrical Engineering and House Wiring Unit
School: Berkshire Middle School
Teacher: Matthew Anspach
Amount: $1,366
They money from this grant will be used to build sixteen more wall units for learning basic home wiring. The students will learn the basics of electricity first, such as terms, what electricity is, how it flows, how a switch works, and basic circuitry. The students will then be taught through hands on work how to wire a circuit from a breaker panel to an outlet, and so on.
School: Berkshire Middle School
Teacher: Matthew Anspach
Amount: $1,366
They money from this grant will be used to build sixteen more wall units for learning basic home wiring. The students will learn the basics of electricity first, such as terms, what electricity is, how it flows, how a switch works, and basic circuitry. The students will then be taught through hands on work how to wire a circuit from a breaker panel to an outlet, and so on.
Title: World Drumming for Success!
School: Berkshire Middle School
Teacher: Carolyn Priebe
Amount: $1,200
Ms. Priebe will purchase a variety of world drums including congas, bongos, talking drums, cajons, djembes, ocean drums and tubanos for her classroom at Berkshire Middle School. With the drums, Ms. Priebe will engage her sixth grade music stations with a series of lessons, activities, and songs involving world drumming. She will also use them to stimulate musical interest and learning in her special needs students, currently enrolled in choir. Several of these students are non-verbal and often struggle to participate. She is a board-certified music therapist, in addition to a music educator, and she will call upon her experiences to create activities with applicable learning targets which will benefit all students. She fully expects that drumming will become a regular part of her curriculum.
School: Berkshire Middle School
Teacher: Carolyn Priebe
Amount: $1,200
Ms. Priebe will purchase a variety of world drums including congas, bongos, talking drums, cajons, djembes, ocean drums and tubanos for her classroom at Berkshire Middle School. With the drums, Ms. Priebe will engage her sixth grade music stations with a series of lessons, activities, and songs involving world drumming. She will also use them to stimulate musical interest and learning in her special needs students, currently enrolled in choir. Several of these students are non-verbal and often struggle to participate. She is a board-certified music therapist, in addition to a music educator, and she will call upon her experiences to create activities with applicable learning targets which will benefit all students. She fully expects that drumming will become a regular part of her curriculum.
Title: MINDS (Mental Illness Needs Discussion)
School: Groves and Seaholm High Schools
Teacher: Brian Hafner, Abigail Mencotti and Mary Schwartz
Amount: $2,000
This grant allows the high school health teachers to bring in a presenter who will talk about their first hand experiences with mental illness. All students will be made more aware of the causes of mental illnesses and treatment of the same, as well as strategies for helping others struggling with mental illness. The content of the presentation aligns with the health curriculum, and aligns with the district's emphasis on character education regarding compassion and empathy, independence and making good choices.
School: Groves and Seaholm High Schools
Teacher: Brian Hafner, Abigail Mencotti and Mary Schwartz
Amount: $2,000
This grant allows the high school health teachers to bring in a presenter who will talk about their first hand experiences with mental illness. All students will be made more aware of the causes of mental illnesses and treatment of the same, as well as strategies for helping others struggling with mental illness. The content of the presentation aligns with the health curriculum, and aligns with the district's emphasis on character education regarding compassion and empathy, independence and making good choices.
Title: Bagels & Books, the Groves Book Club
School: Groves High School
Teacher: Pamela Landgraf
Amount: $300
The Groves Bagles and Book Club is in its fifth year and is a collaborative reading group, led by both staff and students. It is open to all Groves students. The purpose is to encourage reading for pleasure, as well as giving students the opportunity to discuss selected titles. The books for this year have been selected based on their literary merit, as well as their appeal to a broad spectrum of readers from ages 14-18, with a particular focus on books that will attract boys to join the club, as well as girls. The group will meet five times this year, during X block, and 12-16 students are anticipated at each meeting.
School: Groves High School
Teacher: Pamela Landgraf
Amount: $300
The Groves Bagles and Book Club is in its fifth year and is a collaborative reading group, led by both staff and students. It is open to all Groves students. The purpose is to encourage reading for pleasure, as well as giving students the opportunity to discuss selected titles. The books for this year have been selected based on their literary merit, as well as their appeal to a broad spectrum of readers from ages 14-18, with a particular focus on books that will attract boys to join the club, as well as girls. The group will meet five times this year, during X block, and 12-16 students are anticipated at each meeting.
Title: Farm on Wheels
School: Birmingham Covington School
Teacher: Julie Frishman, Scarlet Butzin, Morris Wallington, and Lynne Parkin
Amount: $627.50
Farm on Wheels is a self-sustaining classroom ecosystem that is designed and managed by students to grow vegetables, fruits, herbs, spices, and fish in a aquaponics system. The hands-on nature of Farm on Wheels stimulates daily learning across many educational disciplines, culminating in real-world problem solving. Farm on Wheels has been utilized to harvest a wide selection of crop including food, fiber, and fish.
School: Birmingham Covington School
Teacher: Julie Frishman, Scarlet Butzin, Morris Wallington, and Lynne Parkin
Amount: $627.50
Farm on Wheels is a self-sustaining classroom ecosystem that is designed and managed by students to grow vegetables, fruits, herbs, spices, and fish in a aquaponics system. The hands-on nature of Farm on Wheels stimulates daily learning across many educational disciplines, culminating in real-world problem solving. Farm on Wheels has been utilized to harvest a wide selection of crop including food, fiber, and fish.
Title: 4th Grade Trip to see the Detroit Symphony Orchestra Live
School: All Elementary Schools
Teacher: Elementary Music Teachers & Laurie Frick
Amount: $3,318
All district fourth grade students have the opportunity to attend a live performance of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, which is programmed with students in mind. Students will attend once during the year, either in October, March or April.
School: All Elementary Schools
Teacher: Elementary Music Teachers & Laurie Frick
Amount: $3,318
All district fourth grade students have the opportunity to attend a live performance of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, which is programmed with students in mind. Students will attend once during the year, either in October, March or April.
Title: STEM & FIRST Robotics
School: Groves and Seaholm High Schools
Teacher: Bernie Simms
Amount: $5,000
Funds from this grant are used to support the BPS High School Robotics team in the FIRST Robotics Competition. FIRST Stands for: For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology. The competition is designed to foster interested and innovation among high school students as they team with engineering mentors to design and build a robot for the design challenge. FIRST has over 3,000 teams worldwide. This is the fifth year that the BPS team has participated in the FIRST competition.
School: Groves and Seaholm High Schools
Teacher: Bernie Simms
Amount: $5,000
Funds from this grant are used to support the BPS High School Robotics team in the FIRST Robotics Competition. FIRST Stands for: For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology. The competition is designed to foster interested and innovation among high school students as they team with engineering mentors to design and build a robot for the design challenge. FIRST has over 3,000 teams worldwide. This is the fifth year that the BPS team has participated in the FIRST competition.