Foundation for Saline Area Schools Grant Proposal History
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	2006 - Spring
	Year	Season	#	Title	School	Description	Amount Requested	Status	Amount Awarded
	2006	Spring	1	History Alive - Improving Adolescent Literacy Through "Considerate Text"	Middle School	Request to purchase History Alive textbooks which are formatted as "considerate text".  Textbook content is formatted such that columns are removed and all information regarding one topic appears on one page.  The textbook comes with maps, graphs, charts, and photographs that relate directly to the reading.  Budget is for 60 copies.	3,176	Rejected	-
	2006	Spring	2	Get Involved - Activities That Teach	High School	Request to purchase materials for the newly-updated ninth grade reproductive health curriculum.  Curriculum topics include (1) developing an awareness of the characteristics of a positive and healthy relationship, (2) identifying sexually transmitted infections, (3) increasing awareness of the consequences and risks involved with sexual activity.  Materials to support this instruction were developed by Su Nottingham.  Budget is for various classroom sexuality education kits.	420	Accepted	420
	2006	Spring	3	Enriching Literacy At Home and School	Houghton	Project to make literaracy take-home packs available to parents with ideas and activities they could do with their student at home.    Each pack includes books, games, puzzles, activity cards, and comprehension questions focused on a particular topic.  Topics include school, fairy tales, sea life, insects, careers, and space.  Each pack may be taken home by a student for a few days, and then returned for another student to borrow.  Budget includes $195 for an Alphabet Reader big book, $357 for six copies of Alphabet Reader student books, $10 for an Alphabet Reader CD, and $125 for five early literarcy packs.	791	Accepted	791
	2006	Spring	4	Dr. Richard Lapchick Presentation: Towards a More Inclusive School Community Presentation	High School	Presentation by Richard Lapchick, professor at the University of Central Florida, to promote a more inclusive school community, gain an appreciation to work for social justice, and foster a willingness to appreciate differences in a school community.  There will be two one-hour presentations to high school students and teachers.	1,500	Rejected	-
	2006	Spring	5	GAMEPLAN: Interactive Music Enrichment	HA, HO, PR, & WM	Project to use stimulating visuals and interactive manipulatives that facilitate comprehension of musical concepts in the elementary school music classroom.  The materials are called GAMEPLAN and include a box of charts and visuals, interactive music displays, and teaching guides.  Budget includes $2,805 for three sets of the materials and $100 for shipping.	2,905	Accepted	2,905
	2006	Spring	6	New Heights for "At-Risk" Readers	Houghton	Project to provide both fiction and nonfiction reading materials on tape to accelerate comprehension, fluency, and reading achievement for struggling readers.  New Heights - Blast Off! Is a reading program that includes twenty books on tape that are equivalent to beginning reading levels.  Budget includes $675 for books, tapes, and teacher guide, $55 for cassette player, and $68 for shipping.	798	Accepted	798
	2006	Spring	7	Lindamood Phoneme Sequence Program (LIPS)	Harvest	Request to purchase The Lindamood Phoneme* Sequencing Program (LiPS) to assist both special education and general students with in reading, spelling, and speech.  The program helps students focus on how the lips, tongue, and mouth produce the sounds that they hear.  Budget includes $298 for LiPS and $159 for the LiPS Magnetic Kit. * The smallest phonetic unit in a language that is capable of conveying a distinction in meaning, as the 'm' of mat and the 'b' of bat.	457	Accepted	457
	2006	Spring	8	Fluency Tools Improve Reading Comprehension	Pleasant Ridge	Project to promote fluent reading through practice, hearing a model of fluent reading, and using meaningful literature.  Students will listen to leveled audio books, practice reading the same texts, and then record and listen to themselves reading the texts.  Budget includes $625 for five voice recorders, $375 for five cassette recorders, $125 for five noise-reduction carousels, $120 for cassette tapes, $240 for batteries, $125 for a battery recharger, and $1,320 for twenty books and tapes.	2,930	Rejected	-
	2006	Spring	9	Guided Reading Books for At-Risk/Beginning Readers	Pleasant Ridge	Request to purchase books for early emergent readers to actively teach early behaviors that are crucial to the learning to process text.  The books will improve the variety of texts available to students so that they learn to flexibly process text.  Budget includes $160 for six Early Emergent 1 titles,  $160 for six Emergent 1 titles,  and $140 for six Emergent 2 titles.	460	Rejected	-
	2006	Spring	10	AP Experience: The Tempest	High School	Request to purchase tickets and transportation to take AP English students to see The Tempest performed by the Royal Shakespeare Company at the Power Center in Ann Arbor.  Students will complete and in-depth study of the play, will engage in a college-level lecture series held at the University of Michigan, see the play, and then write a formal analysis of the play and their experience.	715	Accepted	550
	2006	Spring	11	Immigration to Saline and Michigan	High School	Request to print booklet used in Michigan History classes.  The booklet compares immigration to Saline and Michigan from 1850 to 1910.  Booklet content has been updated from its first edition in 1985.  A high school graphics art student will format the text and pictures for a class project.  Budget is for 150 copies of the booklet.	115	Accepted	115
	2006	Spring	12	Promotional Bulletin Boards and Showcase	High School	Request to purchase bulletin boards and a showcase for use by high school marketing students.  The boards will promote the school store and DECA events.  Students will research designs and messages to effectively market store merchandise.  Budget includes $1,200 for the boards and $2,000 for the showcase.	3,200	Rejected	-
	2006	Spring	13	Geography Alive - Improving Adolescent Literacy Through "Considerate Text"	Middle School	Request to purchase Geography Alive textbooks which are formatted as "considerate text".  Textbook content is formatted such that columns are removed and all information regarding one topic appears on one page.  The textbook comes with maps, graphs, charts, and photographs that relate directly to the reading.  Budget is for 35 copies.	2,117	Rejected	-
	2006	Spring	14	Six String Symphony - Guitar is for Everyone	High School	Project to teach beginning guitar to high school students.  Students will learn at least 16 different chords, accompaniment, basic music theory, traditional music notation, guitar tablature notation, and different musical styles.  Budget includes $2,500 for twenty guitars, $500 for twenty guitar cases, and $200 for guitar supplies.	3,200	Accepted	1,600
	2006 - Fall
	Year	Season	#	Title	School	Description	Amount Requested	Status	Amount Awarded
	2006	Fall	1	Little Red Riding Hood Play	Harvest	Project for second-graders to produce and perform Little Red Riding Hood.  Each student will have a part in the play, sing songs, help create props and backgrounds, and be on stage for the entire performance.  Play rehearsal will begin in January 2007 and performances will in March 2007.  Budget includes $234 for costumes and $131 for set supplies.	365	Accepted	365
	2006	Fall	2	Buddies Teaching Reading Comprehension	Heritage	Project to have Heritage School students "buddy" with Woodland Meadows students to teach reading skills using picture books.  Every 2-3 weeks, Heritage students will travel to Woodland Meadows to work with their assigned buddy.  Prior to each meeting, Heritage students will learn, practice, and prepare to teach a reading skill.  Picture books required by the project are needed throughout the year so it will be difficult to rely on the Heritage media center.  Budget is for 65 picture books.	975	Accepted	500
	2006	Fall	3	Classroom Speed Stacking - The Need for Speed	Heritage	Project to enhance the physical fitness of students through an indoor classroom activity called speed stacking.  Speed stacking is an individual and team sport where participants stack and unstack 12 specially designed cups in pre-determined sequences.  The project was begun last year with the help of a Foundation grant that funded 30 speed stacking sets.  This request supports classroom-, school-, and district-wide tournaments.  Budget is $700 for 30 timer mats and $89 for a tournament display.	789	Accepted	450
	2006	Fall	4	KIDS (Kindness is Downright Special)	Harvest	Visit the Saline Evangelical Home once per month for activities including bingo, dancing, singing, poetry, crafts, reading, and acting.  Budget is for bus transportation.	550	Accepted	550
	2006	Fall	5	Recycling Facility Field Trip	Heritage	Project to take 5th graders on a tour of Clean Tech, the world's fifth largest plastics recycler located in Dundee, Michigan.  Students will tour the facility to learn how recycled plastics are sorted and processed for reuse.  The tour will take place in November and will last about one-half day.  Budget is for bus transportation.	250	Accepted	250
	2006	Fall	6	Human Muscle Models	High School	Request to purchase human body muscle models for use in Anatomy & Physiology, Twentieth Century Health, and Human Physiology classes.  The models will provide a hands-on learning experience for students.  They will enable students to more easily identify where specific muscles are located, where they start and end, and how they relate to other muscles.  Budget is for ten human body muscle models.	1,000	Accepted	1,000
	2006	Fall	7	Beyond the Hype: Deconstructing Toxic Messages of Masculinity and Femininity in the Media	Middle School	Presentation by Jean Kilbourne, national speaker on gender and media issues, will present an interactive lecture that empowers students, teachers, and community leaders to actively critique and understand powerful advertising and influential portrayals of young men and women on popular sitcoms.  The presentation will take place in Spring 2007 and will welcome secondary students, educators, community leaders, and university students.  Budget is for speaker honorarium.	1,500	Rejected	-
	2006	Fall	8	We're All Eyes	Pleasant Ridge	Project to dissect sheep eyes enabling second-grade students to see the inner workings of the eye.  University of Michigan staff will come to assist the students.  They will supply rubber gloves, dissecting tools, and antiseptic rinse for the eyes.  Prior to the dissections, students will learn parts of the eye, how the eye works, and study a model of the eye.  Budget is for sheep eyes.	150	Accepted	150
	2005 - Spring
	Year	Season	#	Title	School	Description	Amount Requested	Status	Amount Awarded
	2005	Spring	1	Saline "Senior" Prom	High School	Project to host a "senior" prom for Brecon Village residents.  The event will enable students to learn the history and music of another generation.  Students will decorate the Brecon Village dining area, entertain the residents, and have dinner with them.  The event,  scheduled for April 28 , involves members of the student council, the jazz band, a choir, and the National Honor Society.	2,135	Accepted	1,135
	2005	Spring	2	SRA Early Intervention of Reading	Harvest	Project to increase the reading level of special education students.  Project will use materials that help students in phonemic awareness, letter-sound correspondence, word recognition and spelling, fluency, and comprehension.  Budget is for teacher materials.	597	Accepted	597
	2005	Spring	3	Bringing Plasma Cam Cutting to Saline Area High School	High School	Request to purchase a PlasmaCam cutting machine for use by industrial arts students.  The machine enables complex shapes to be cut on sheet and plate steel.  It would streamline the current paper pattern approach used and would replace the current outdated optical cutter.  Related materials would be funded by the South and West Washtenaw Consortium.	9,990	Accepted	9,990
	2005	Spring	4	Helping History Come Alive	Middle School	Request to purchase teacher resource kits that enhance learning of history.  The kits include materials that enable students to reenact historical events with background music and visuals.  The kits also include photographs, maps, documents, graphs, and timelines.  Budget is for four kits.	2,900	Accepted	2,900
	2005	Spring	5	CD Players for Heritage School Music Program	Heritage	Request to purchase CD players for use by students to hear examples of musical styles, ensembles, and eras.  Student method books now include CDs for use in class for drill and individual accompaniment.  Budget is for six CD players.	780	Accepted	260
	2005	Spring	6	Tough Guise	Middle School	Project to instruct young men and women on what is means to be a "real man."  Materials to be used in the project, developed by sociologist Jackson Katz, attempt to combat poor representations of manhood from coaches and the media.  Budget is for a teaching kit with video.	150	Accepted	150
	2005 - Fall
	Year	Season	#	Title	School	Description	Amount Requested	Status	Amount Awarded
	2005	Fall	1	Building Simple Electromagnetic Speakers from Household Items	Middle School	Project to have each student build an electromagnetic speaker from household items.  Students will learn about the science of sound and how sound waves and vibrations transfer energy.  The speaker will produce a sound of 80 decibels.  Budget is for enough materials (plastic cups, lids, straws, magnets, magnet wire, washers, screws, nuts, cardboard, terminal connectors, carpet tape, speaker wire) for 120 speakers.	500	Accepted	500
	2005	Fall	2	KIDS (Kindness is Downright Special)	Harvest	Visit the Saline Evangelical Home once per month for activities including bingo, dancing, singing, poetry, crafts, reading, and acting.  Budget is for bus transportation.	350	Accepted	350
	2005	Fall	3	Classroom Speed Stacking	Heritage	Project to enhance the physical fitness of students through an indoor classroom activity called speed stacking.  Speed stacking is an individual and team sport where participants stack and unstack 12 specially designed cups in pre-determined sequences.  Budget is for 30 speed stacking sets.	569	Accepted	569
	2005	Fall	4	Stories to Share About Students with Special Needs	Houghton	Project to educate young students about other students with special needs through classroom mini-lessons using picture books.  The lessons will discuss students with vision, hearing, speech, and mobility impairments, attention deficit disorder, and other developmental disabilities.  Budget is for several books covering the various disabilities.	500	Accepted	150
	2005	Fall	5	Students as Storytellers	Pleasant Ridge	Project to train elementary-school students on the art of storytelling using professional storyteller Debra Christian.  Storytelling can enhance imagination, listening, and speaking skills.  The professional storyteller will conduct training sessions with the Pleasant Ridge media specialist and students from two classrooms.  The media specialist will then train students in all other classrooms.  Teachers will be encouraged to provide storytelling opportunities in their classrooms.  Budget includes $1,350 for three half-day training sessions, and $300 for storytelling books and tapes.	1,650	Accepted	1,650
	2005	Fall	6	Turn Up the Volume	Middle School	Request to purchase sound amplification systems for Saline Middle School classrooms.  Students spend up to 45% of their time engaged in listening activities.  The systems will enable students to hear information better and will result in better comprehension and understanding.  Each system includes a wireless microphone.  Budget is for 15 voice enhancement systems.	15,125	Rejected	-
	2005	Fall	7	Lindamood Phoneme Sequence Program	Harvest	Request to purchase The Lindamood Phoneme* Sequencing Program (LiPS) to assist both special education and general students with in reading, spelling, and speech.  The program helps students focus on how the lips, tongue, and mouth produce the sounds that they hear.  Budget includes $298 for LiPS and $159 for the LiPS Magnetic Kit. * The smallest phonetic unit in a language that is capable of conveying a distinction in meaning, as the 'm' of mat and the 'b' of bat.	457	Rejected	-
	2005	Fall	8	Promoting Academic Integrity	High School	Request to purchase subscription to Internet service that verifies the authorship of students' written work.  Students electronically submit their work to the service and the service checks it for plagiarism.  The work is compared with billions of pages, including published books and journals and other submitted works, and an originality report generated.  Budget includes $400 for a one-year subscription, and $1,800 for student licenses.	2,200	Rejected	-
	2005	Fall	9	Early Childhood Readers	Harvest	Request to purchase subscription to Internet service enabling books to be printed by the subscriber.  1,500 titles for all reading levels are available through the service.  The titles will be downloaded, copied, and distributed to students.  The service also has printable teacher materials to teach reading, phonemic awareness, reading comprehension, reading fluency, alphabet, and vocabulary.  Budget includes $400 for five one-year subscriptions and $200 for paper.	600	Accepted	400
	2005	Fall	10	Kinder Keyboards for Kids	Houghton	Request to purchase computer keyboard overlays to facilitate keyboarding by kindergarten, first grade, and special education students.  The overlays add lower case letters to keys so that younger students can more easily identify them.  Budget is for 94 keyboard overlays.	1,400	Rejected	-
	2005	Fall	11	Fluency Tools Improve Reading Comprehension	Pleasant Ridge	Project to promote reading comprehension through 'fluency' centers.  Fluency centers will be created in each third grade classroom.  Students will use the centers to listen to book readings, and record their readings of the same book.  Budget includes $625 for 25 voice recorders, $375 for five cassette players, $125 for five noise reduction carousels, $119 for blank cassettes, $240 for AA rechargeable batteries, $125 for five battery chargers, and $1,320 for audio-assisted books.	2,930	Rejected	-
	2005	Fall	12	Equal Resources for All	Harvest	Request for a general donation to expand the collection of books at Harvest Elementary.  The donation will help alleviate the difference in the amount of books between Harvest and older schools, Woodland Meadows Elementary and Pleasant Ridge Elementary.	1,500	Rejected	-
	2005	Fall	13	First Response Team/Safe School Procedures	Middle School	Request to purchase emergency safety equipment to better equip a First Response Team and to facilitate communication between the principal and the Team.  Budget includes $350 for ten two-way radios, $85 for ten flashlights, $100 for ten CPR masks, $100 for ten backpacks, $120 for ten First Aid kits, $20 for ten whistles, and $100 for ten emergency identification vests.	875	Rejected	-
	2005	Fall	14	The Theory of Singing	High School	Project to initiate a music theory class at the high school.  Students will work towards a deeper understanding of the various building blocks of music including melody, harmony, rhythm, meter, texture, and form.  Students will complete compositional assignments using a computer, music keyboard, and music software.  Budget includes $880 for 40 copies of text Basic Music Theory, and $210 for three copies of text The Practice of Harmony.	1,090	Accepted	1,090
	2005	Fall	15	The Magic Flute for 2	Heritage & HS	Project to combine high school and fifth grade students in the study of the music and libretto of The Magic Flute written by Wolfgang Mozart.  The students will be formed into small groups to develop scenes from The Magic Flute that have both dialog and music.  Budget includes $19.95 for Mozart's Magic Flute: The Magical Game CD, $27 for The Magic Flute DVD, $75 for The Magic Flute book and CD, $78.75 for 35 copies of the Papagena duet, $122.50 for 35 copies of the Die Zauberflote scene, $200 for various instruments, costumes, and props, and $100 for guest artist Alice Pierce.	624	Accepted	623
	2005	Fall	16	R5 Productions - Diversity Day - Grades 9-12	High School	Project to have national motivational touring group R5 Productions perform their message of tolerance to high school students.  The group will host two assemblies.  They will then meet with various student groups including FCCLA, DECA, NHS, SADD, Student Council, and sports captains.  The project goal is to encourage students to look beyond what they thought they knew about certain people and see what makes each of us unique.	1,000	Accepted	1,000
	2005	Fall	17	R5 Productions - Diversity Day - Grades 6-8	Heritage & MS	Project to have national motivational touring group R5 Productions perform their message of tolerance to middle school and sixth grade students.  The group will host one or two assemblies.  They will then meet with various student groups including FCCLA, STAND, Student Council, sports captains, and Leadership.  The project goal is to encourage students to look beyond what they thought they knew about certain people and see what makes each of us unique.	2,000	Accepted	2,000
	2005	Fall	19	Golf for the Little Ones	Houghton	Request to purchase golf equipment to introduce the youngest students to the game of golf.  Students will learn how to grip a club, address the ball, and chip and putt.  Budget is for two sets of clubs including irons and putters, six putting targets, four chipping targets, 16 chipping mats, 320 golf balls, and four storage cases.	3,704	Rejected	-
	2005	Fall	21	Power of the Press Campaign	High School	Request for help in the purchase of a two-color offset printing press.  The press will be used by students in the Graphic Communications and Visual Imaging Technology programs.  Students will be able to design and produce meaningful and useful printed products.  Funding for the press will also come from the South and West Washtenaw Consortium.	29,000	Accepted	1,000
	2005	Fall	22	Strategies and Tools that Facilitate Success with Nonfiction Reading/Language Comprehension	Heritage	Project to enhance reading skills of at-risk students using science and social studies books at their instructional reading level.  Budget includes $200 for reading comprehension kits and $400 for nonfiction books.	600	Rejected	-
	2005	Fall	23	Math Carnival - Making Math Fun	Houghton	Project to provide students and their families with materials to practice and develop math skills at home.  The first portion of the project is a Math Carnival consisting of nine stations.  As students visit the nine stations, they play the math game there and build a math kit to take home to their families.  The kit contains instructions and materials needed practice math at home.  Budget includes $161 for take-home math kits and $246 for math carnival materials and fees.	407	Accepted	407
	2005	Fall	24	For the Love of Sewing	High School	Request to purchase an embroidery machine for a Needle Arts course at the high school.  Students will design artwork and use the machine to apply it to clothing.  Budget is for one machine.	3,174	Rejected	-
	2005	Fall	25	Woodland Meadows Music Improvisation Initiative	Woodland Meadows	Request to purchase percussion instruments and notation software to facilitate improvisation instruction.  Budget includes $255 for software, $300 for three instrument stands, $525 for a alto xylophone, $324 for mallets, $456 for mallet holders, $232 for rosewood claves and wood blocks, and $144 for shipping.	2,236	Rejected	-
	2005	Fall	26	Helping Social Studies Come Alive	Middle School	Project to enable students to reenact historical events with background music and visuals, as well as analyze events by interpreting photos, maps, primary documents, graphs, and timelines.  The materials come in teacher resource kits that enhance learning of history.  Budget is for four kits.	2,900	Accepted	1,450
	2005	Fall	27	Generations Project	Middle School	Project to hold a day-long intergenerational workshop led by two genealogy experts.  The workshop will focus on intergenerational interviewing, genealogical research, and connections between public and family history.  Budget is for the services of the two experts.	1,950	Rejected	-
	2005	Fall	28	Simulated Workstations	Historic Union	Project to enable alternative education students to practice wiring and plumbing skills using simulators.  The Exploring Home Wiring simulator allows students to try out nearly every wiring project in a home.  The Exploring Home Plumbing simulator, students mount a sink and install typical plumbing components.  Budget is for the two simulators.	4,867	Accepted	2,475
	2005	Fall	29	Handwriting Without Tears	Heritage, MS, & WM	Project to improve the handwriting of selected students in grades 2 through 8.  The school psychologist will conduct tutoring sessions using the Handwriting Without Tears program.  HWT is designed to make handwriting a natural and automatic skill.  Budget is various HWT materials.	598	Accepted	598
	2005	Fall	30	HM Soar to Success: Level 5	Heritage	Project to conduct a structured reading program for special education students reading at a mid-fourth grade level or above.  The program uses a series of 18 books to teach reading skills such as prediction, word recognition, decoding, summarizing, questioning, and comprehension.  Budget is for a Level 5 book set produced by Houghton Mifflin.	897	Accepted	897
	2005	Fall	31	Acting Up	Heritage	Project to have students write, produce, and present a play with the assistance of their teachers and The Acting Up Theatre Company.  The play will bring together what students have been learning in social studies throughout the year.  Budget is for one week with the company which includes art supplies, up to four teaching artists, costumes, sets, sound, and lights.	2,000	Rejected	-
	2005	Fall	32	Read and Write Saline	Middle School	Project to familiarize students with historic Saline sites.  They will tour sites including the Indian Mound, salt flats, York Mill site, Rentschler Farm, and Underground Railroad sites.  They will write a chapter in their continuing autobiography project about the experience.  Budget is for two school buses for a half-day.	400	Accepted	400
	2005	Fall	33	Free to Be … In PE	Houghton	Request to purchase physical education equipment appropriate for physically disabled students.  With the equipment, these students can participate with the rest of the PE students.  The equipment may also be used by Physical and/or Occupational Therapists when working with students who require this type of support.	1,461	Accepted	1,461
	2005	Fall	34	Round the Circle: Pow Wow Drumming	Houghton	Project to introduce Native American instruments to younger students.  The instruments will be used in the Kindergarten Pow Wow and music classes.  Young Fives will practice the concept of a steady beat and will learn simple songs and games that feature drums and rattles.  Kindergartners will learn traditional NA songs, dances, and games.  First graders will use the instruments to create sound effects during NA stories.  Budget is for instruments, books, and CDs.	1,484	Accepted	1,484
	2005	Fall	35	Integrating Multi-Sensory Literacy	Woodland Meadows	Request to purchase props and lower-level reading books for special education students.  Literacy development will be promoted using a variety of learning experiences.  Storytelling with props helps to foster vocabulary, comprehension, constructive knowledge, and oral language skills.  Budget is for picture books, props, and large-print books.	1,269	Accepted	800
	2004 - Spring
	Year	Season	#	Title	School	Description	Amount Requested	Status	Amount Awarded
	2004	Spring	1	Advanced Education and Real World Experience	High School	Request to contribute toward the purchase of industrial arts equipment including a CNC mill and CNC lathe.  CNC is an abbreviation for computer numerical control.  The equipment will enable students to experience the entire process of part manufacturing including manual programming of CNC machining and turning centers, writing and editing of programs, setup and operation of CNC machine tools, and inspection of finished products.  Total cost of the equipment is $43,000, $21,500 for the mill and $21,500 for the lathe.  $33,000 will come from the school district bond and the remaining $10,000 is requested to come from the Foundation.	10,000	Accepted	10,000
	2004	Spring	2	Alternative Education Classroom	Historic Union	Project to construct a wall to separate two alternate e