P.O. Box 262 • Barrington, IL 60011
Project | Applicant | School | Grade | Amount |
| Description |
Visual Support for Classroom | T. Sayre | North Barrington | Special Services/ various | $500 |
| Video camera and two digital cameras to better illustrate a visual connection to information. |
Sound Fields | L. Wilcox | Hough | K-3 | $500 |
| Microphone for new classroom at Hough to support auditory attention. |
A Peaceful Playground | L. Healy | Hough | K-5 | $500 |
| Stencils for new playground at Hough. |
HGtV Classroom | Berger/M. Kinnamon | Sunny Hill | 3,4 | $500 |
| Furniture and surroundings for a cozy classroom reading area. |
Multimedia Project | C. Martindale | Countryside | K-5 | $500 |
| Flip video cameras for classroom projects. |
Bookmark Times for Struggling Readers | A. Bucy | Countryside | K-5 | $489 |
| Brightly colored plastic bookmarks that record the amont of time a student has spent reading. |
High Low Interest Level Books | A. Breidenbach | Grove | 4 | $224 |
| Thirty speciality books--One side is a graphic novel and the other side of the page has the written text. |
Book Room Titles | C. Parker | Grove | 2 | $489 |
| Additional levels for school's leveled literacy Library. |
eReaders for Classroom | 5th Grade Teachers | Grove | 5 | $500 |
| Test Pilot for E-readers. |
Using Shared Inquiry w Literature | P. Haney | Hough | 3,4,5 | $500 |
| Forty higher order books for students requiring a more challenging reading experience. |
Fit for Life | A. Nettis | Roslyn/ Countryside | K-5 | $500 |
| Jump ropes, hula hoops and 2 CD's for Countryside and Roslyn. |
Integrating Tech into Curriculum | M. Solymossy | North Barrington | K-5 | $500 |
| Flip cameras for classroom projects. |
WHO Club | C. Ullrich/M. Boekholder | BMS-Prairie | 6,7,8 | $280 |
| Materials for activities for club to enhance social-emotional learning. |
Impressionism | K. Luckman/M. Boekholder | BMS-Prairie BMS-Station | 6,7,8 | $275 |
| Money for art professor to speak to French students about impressionism. |
Summer Reading Buddies | L. Meehan | BMS-Prairie | 6,7,8 | $485 |
| Mail books back and forth for students that need extra summer help. |
Friends and Co. | P. Aliperta | BMS-Prairie | 6,7,8 | $200 |
| Materials for club that fosters relationships between special needs students and other students. |
Literary Magazine | R. Baker/G. Friel | BHS | 9.10,11,12 | $300 |
| Two sets of Nuance literary magazine for students to use in classroom. This magazine will illustrate student's work in class as opposed to only published authors. |
SLR Camera Lens for Corral Yearbook | L. Minerva | BHS | 9,10,11,12 | $499 |
| Purchase a lens for sports photography for yearbook. |
Youth Art Month panels | J. Salk | BHS | 9.10,11,12 | $500 |
| Traveling panels from three artists to provide discussion for both Art and English students. Jackson Pollack, Kokusai (18th c. Japanese woodblock prints) and Harlem Renaissance. |
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| Total Helping Hands Awards |
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| Project | Applicant | School | Grade | $ | Description |
| Hyper Dash for Fitness | Lauren Healy | Hough | K-5 | 500 | Stations for non-sport Physical Education |
| Reaching Reluctant Readers | Janet Anderson | BHS | 9-12 | 500 | Purchase graphic novels to encourage reluctant readers to read |
| Flip Video Cameras | Janet Woods | BMS-Prairie | 6-8 | 516 | Purchase 8 Flip Video cameras to go with Mac computers in lab |
| Feurstein's Instrumental Enrichment | Kerry Berger | Sunny Hill | 1-5 | 150 | Problem solving instruments for enrichment club (math & vocabulary) |
| Magnetic Letter Kit | Oster/Boyd | Roslyn Rd. | K | 418 | Manipulative letters for all levels of Kindergarten students |
| Book Club | Julie Stott/Dee Grande | Sunny Hill | 3-5 | 480 | Book Club for Sunny Hill students (after school, lunch time) |
| English Hallway Beautification | L. Dionestes | BHS | 9-12 | 222 | Art for the English Hallways that has literature based themes. |
| Tutor Extravaganza | Christina Savino | BHS | 9-12 | 250 | Premiere tutoring workshop for student tutors at Niles West HS |
| Healthy Kids, Healthy Choices | Leslie Sartore/T. Sayre | N. Barr. | ED students | 500 | Pedal exerciser, steppers, pedometers, Eat This Not That for Kids |
| Light Diffusers | S. Kennicott/ C.Hesselbein | N. Barr. | ED students | 415 | Ceiling panels to allow light into small interior classrooms |
| E-Books: Electronic Books and Literacy | Mary Marks | Hough | K-5 | 500 | Electronic books for classroom Smartboards |
Readers Theater through Puppetry | George Vlasis | Hough | K-5 | 500 | 25 Puppets @ $25 each for storytelling through puppetry |
Flip Video Cameras/ Book Trailers:Sharing Books with your Class | Kristin Lanan/A. Jagielski | Hough | 4,5 | 500 | Students can make video trailers for books-4 Flip Video cameras |
| Drumming Around the World | Alison Rohrback | Sunny Hill | 1-5 | 415 | Two Remo Turbano drums for music class |
| Project Name | Applicant | School | Grade | Cost | Description |
| Learning Carpet | Sheri Dressler | Sunny Hill | K | $439 | Math Carpet to help kindergartners with math concepts |
| PALS | Alicia Bongiovanni | BMS-Station | 6 - 8 | $500 | Materials to supplement volunteer projects for PALS program |
| Updating Kitchens | Lauren Briggs | BHS | 9 - 12 | $500 | Pizza pans, muffin tins and cookie sheets for cooking classes |
| Jump Rope | Tracy Waters | BHS | 9 - 12 | $500 | Jump ropes and DVD’s for fitness unit |
