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2007

Education Foundation Awards Over $4,000 in Mini-Grants - 2007 Winners

Published: Monday, November 5, 2007, C-T

Thirteen Chillicothe R-2 teachers have been named recipients of 2007 Chillicothe Education Foundation mini-grants, totaling $4,305, which will be used for various educational learning tools. The Chillicothe Education Foundation allows teachers to apply for mini-grants at the beginning of the school year. Each of the mini-grants are for projects for up to $500 each.

2007 Winners

This year's recipients are: Jana Shira, "A Slice into Chillicothe History," $500; Deborah Wilson, Christine Jones and Stephanie Affield, "Float Your Boat," $396; Rosie Smith and Tiffany Acree, "Extra, Extra, Read All About It," $431.90; Penny Huff, �Count on CACE," $485; Kim Kieffer, "Plug Into Reading," $498; Traci Norris, Rachel Hunt, Deanna Morgan, Barb Thurmon and Annie Shipp, "Walk and Talk," $399 each.

Shira's project, "A Slice into Chillicothe History," is a program where sixth grade students are slicing into their local history with research through personal interviews, primary sources, Chillicothe's murals, posters and information provided from response student letters written to local residents and business owners. Shira explained that the students will take walking field trips to local historical sites and downtown. Students will be required to journal and photograph historical landmarks. Students will create presentations about Chillicothe's history which will be shared with other classes, parents and students in other communities. The culminating event will be a visit to the "Home of Sliced Bread" marker and original depot with a luncheon at Wabash. Guest speakers will detail the impact of the railroad serving Chillicothe yesterday and today.

teachers holding big check

Chillicothe Middle School teachers Deborah Wilson, Christine Jones and Stephanie Affield were awarded their grant for their "Float Your Boat," enrichment class where students are required to make their own boats out of cardboard and duct tape. Jones explained that the mini-grant fund will help pay for cost of duct tape, exacto knives and other supplies needed for children to make their own boats. The students involved in the class are given a budget for purchasing cardboard, duct tape, rental space and employee pay. Affield will also use some of the funding to purchase software to compile a video documentation of the students' progress on the boats.

At Field School, Rosie Smith and Tiffany Acree were awarded funding from the Chillicothe Education Foundation for their "Extra, Extra, Read All About It" program. Smith explained that this project focuses on low-grade level readers and children who are not fluent in English and are currently learning the language.