{"id":140621,"date":"2011-11-10T14:28:03","date_gmt":"2011-11-10T20:28:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/?p=140621"},"modified":"2011-11-11T14:21:20","modified_gmt":"2011-11-11T20:21:20","slug":"grants-will-support-innovative-classroom-projects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=140621","title":{"rendered":"Grants Will Support Innovative Classroom Projects"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nTYLER \u2013 The Tyler ISD Foundation held its annual Grant Patrol Thursday at campuses throughout TISD. The Tyler ISD Foundation has selected eight teachers to receive grants totaling more than $22,000. In addition, the Foundation will be granting $25,000 in funds toward district-wide programs such as the Teacher of the Year Banquet, Teacher Retirement and Service Recognition and Convocation. This is more than twice the amount for grants to campuses and the district than last year. <\/p>\n

2011-2012 Grants:<\/p>\n

\u201cBrain Booster Backpack\u201d
\nCaldwell Elementary\u2014Katy Lee
\n$1000
\n\u2022 The Brain Booster Backpack Program allows students to take home a theme-centered backpack full of quality literature and follow-up activities. <\/p>\n

\u201cRed Light-Green Light\u201d
\nJones Boshears\u2014Olga Salas, Teri de Jong, Andre Lampton, Amy Mahurin, Hollee Williams
\n$2,450
\n\u2022 The objective of this project is to provide students with a working model of a city street. The purpose is to teach the meaning of and obedience to a traffic signal, a crosswalk, a few simple road signs and basic bicycle safety.<\/p>\n

\u201cHappy Healing\u201d

\nRice Elementary\u2014Robin Ewing and Tammani Frazier
\n$1878.00
\n\u2022 The long-term goal of this grant is to create a year-round program with Trinity Mother Frances Hospital and Tyler ISD schools that will allow artwork from every school and every grade to be displayed in the children\u2019s wing of Trinity Mother Frances Hospital in Tyler. <\/p>\n

\u201cSeussical\u201d
\nCaldwell Elementary\u2014Derek Johnson, Johnnie Patton, Katy Lee, Nikki Aubuchon
\n$2,500
\n\u2022 This elementary school fine arts team is seeking funds to produce the Broadway Junior Musical, \u201cSuessical.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Leader In Me: Building Leaders, One Child at a Time\u201d
\nJack Elementary\u2014Kim Hill, Robin Walker, Thurndotte Ray
\n$5,000
\n\u2022 With \u201cThe Leader In Me\u201d training component, this project seeks to teach children the 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. <\/p>\n

\u201cGreening Up the Future\u201d
\nHubbard Middle School\u2014DeAnna Malloy and campus population of Hubbard Middle School
\n$5,000
\n\u2022 This project mixes fun in the sun with learning about solar energy.<\/p>\n

\u201cFalcon Leadership Ambassadors\u201d
\nDogan Middle School\u2014Janna Dugle
\n$1000
\n\u2022 Dogan Middle School historically has had the reputation of being the school that does not excel in academics or community service. This year the students will participate in community service projects, school and community awareness programs, leadership techniques and school pride activities. <\/p>\n

\u201cSeeing is Believing\u201d The College Application Process Made Clear
\nJohn Tyler High School and Robert E. Lee High School\u2014Celia Tucker, Angela Jenkins, Pam Rodriguez, Jacob Walker and Greg McRae
\n$3375.00
\n\u2022 Applying for college can seem like a maze to those who are not familiar with the process. Project organizers say seeing and hearing the facts in vibrant colors on a screen together with support from the school can enhance understanding and empower individuals to be self reliant.<\/p>\n

\u201cTyler ISD Communications\/PR Events\u201d
\n$25,000
\nLaura Jackson and Jessica Poe; District Wide Encouragement, Recognition and Incentive Events
\n\u2022 Teacher of the Year Banquet
\n\u2022 Teacher Retirement and Service Recognition
\n\u2022 Convocation <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

TYLER \u2013 The Tyler ISD Foundation held its annual Grant Patrol Thursday at campuses throughout TISD. The Tyler ISD Foundation has selected eight teachers to receive grants totaling more than $22,000. In addition, the Foundation will be granting $25,000 in funds toward district-wide programs such as the Teacher of the Year Banquet, Teacher Retirement and … Continue reading Grants Will Support Innovative Classroom Projects<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-140621","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news-archive-archives"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-29 10:58:48","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140621","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=140621"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140621\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":141009,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140621\/revisions\/141009"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=140621"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=140621"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=140621"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}