FLB Foundation Awards Grants Totaling $6061.66

For the ninth year in a row The Fort LeBoeuf Foundation awarded several grants to teachers in all levels of the district from elementary to high school. This is the 24th anniversary of the Foundation, the grants would not be possible without support from the faculty, alumni and community. The Foundation’s mission is to enhance the educational opportunities of students in the Fort LeBoeuf School District. At Mill Village Elementary, Mr. and Mrs. Taylor will get money to purchase sets of books for their Breakfast Book Club which will meet in groups of grades K-2 and 3-5 allowing the children to work with students in other grades. Groups will be flexible and students will not be required to participate every month if they don’t want to. The Taylors are hoping to promote a love of reading and enrich literary opportunities for students.

At Robison Elementary at Ms. McGinnis and Mrs. McGowan’s request, second and third grade math, science, and social studies teachers will be receiving document cameras which will be used to display documents and objects, experiments, tools, and student work to classes. Students in grades one and four who have Ms. Hodinko and Ms. Woomer will get to work with items in a Buddy STEM cart such as math manipulatives like blocks, cubes, dice, and tangrams to work with each other in a more social, hands-on learning environment.

For working with third, fourth, and fifth graders  Mrs. Walters applied for $500 for Waterford Elementary to help produce the school musical. Working on a production helps the students learn many life skills such as cooperating with others and time management. The play directed by Mrs. Zylak, includes many other students at Waterford, and is enjoyed by community members each year.

At Waterford Elementary, Mrs. Bukoski was given funds to purchase eight LCD writing tablets, called Boogie Boards, for second graders. Students will be able to use the tablets for brainstorming, solving math problems, practicing spelling, sketching ideas, and more. 5th grade teacher Mr. Van Doren will be getting funds to start a rocket club where students will design, build, and launch rockets.

Mrs. Friedman, who teaches 6th grade language arts at the middle school, was given money to help purchase DVDs for a reading rewards program for her classes. Students who may not be avid readers will be motivated by being allowed to borrow the movie version of the novel they’ve completed. This will provide another point of discussion for Mrs. Friedman to talk to the student about the differences between the book and the film. The movies will require parent permission.

Two other middle school projects tied to the new STREAM LAB were granted. Mrs. Tarr received a green screen and video camera with software for student projects. Mr. Suscheck requested a book binder which will be used to help students create their own books in language arts classes and for individual projects with Mrs. Tarr in the LAB. Mrs. Bukoski, the advisor of our robotics team, Bison TECH, was given more funds to help the team purchase materials for the robot they have been building for competition.

At the high school, the Foundation once more contributed to Business Week, a week long program managed by Mrs. Humphreys that helps students learn how the economy works and discover their individual skills in various careers. Mr. Tost will be getting funding for liquid chalk markers to write on the black lab tables in his classroom to illustrate the multistep processes in biology that they discuss. He also asked for modeling compound for his students for creating models and stop motion animation.

For any questions on the Fort LeBoeuf Foundation, go to http://flbfoundation.com/.