Video students will gain hands-on experience and expand their skills in video editing like a professional filmmaker.Utilizing the tools in the Final-Cut Pro editing program, students will be able to edit their short films & combine, audio, special effects, & transitions as a professional.The project will enrich and engage the students creatively and technically. When the students’ projects are complete students will enter their films in the Ashland Independent Film Festival.$500
AHS Clothing S.W.A.P.
Holly Johnson - AHS
Transition Center students, to gain first-hand experience in important basic life- and career- skills, will organize, advertise, set up, and run a student-centered business on the AHS campus during lunch on Fridays.Starting with some purchased and, hopefully, some donated clothing, the business will allow AHS students to trade their good, used clothing for clothing from the S.W.A.P.Under teacher supervision, TC students will care for the clothing, tally accounts, etc.$492
S.E.E.K.*/AHS LC Collaboration
Lloyd Lasley - AHS
The collaboration between AHS Lincoln Center and SEEK will provide experiential learning opportunities aligned with the program’s mission statement, helping students fulfill graduation and CIM proficiency requirements. In addition, the project will increase each student’s self-awareness, self-esteem, and interpersonal and life skills through our proven curriculum.
$500
EarthTeach for Catalyst
Mary McInerney - AHS
Catalyst is an Alternate Education Program that focuses on an individualized Education Program for each student. There are two separate classes of Catalyst that meet on alternate days, but only one class will be attending the Ropes Course.We study many aspects of the environment, making EarthTeach valuable to our program in many ways. Students learn teamwork, how to meet personal challenges and problem-solving.This is done in a beautiful forest setting, so natural resource education is part of the lesson.$500
Learning from the Masters
Gerry Pare' - AHS
Adult professional musicians will visit the orchestra classes to expand students’ knowledge and scope through their joy of playing, teaching and making music.$500
SAEJ Backpacking and the Arts
Jay Preskenis - AHS
Given the experiential-based education in SAEJ we (Allison and I) would like to incorporate more of the visual arts into the curriculum as well as continue the hands-on science and community building with the backpacking trip.$840
Drama Alive
Linda Barnett - AHS
The 9/10 English Connections class obtained the Bowmer Project. The students attend two plays and go to a morning backstage tour. This grant will pay for an actor to come to class to speak to them about the plays they’ll be seeing $50
Hands on Ayurvedic Indian Cooking
Karen Green - AHS
Kumud and Krishna Gokani demonstrate Ayurvedic Indian cooking techniques to the AHS cooking classes. Hands on cooking with students is included with demonstrations.$350
Biotechnology in the Classroom
Todd Hobein - AHS
Students are growing up in the genetic generation; where technology and collaboration skills are essential in order to excel in college and beyond.Students will be introduced to the latest technologies in molecular/cellular biology using the technology purchased from this grant. Technologies include:DNA Electrophoresis, Using micropipettes,DNA Analysis$1,000
US History through Performance
Susan Baird – Ashland Middle School (AMS)
The Amistad Social Studies class (nearly the entire team of 100 students) will see and hear performances of songs to bring our U.S. History to life.They will also learn a number of these songs to be able to carry with them throughout their lives. Dave & Tami Marston, through the SOESD Assembly Program, will present “Our Singing Nation” in three parts.$375
Recetas Sabrosas
Jennifer Gonzalez - AMS
Students will research recipes from a Spanish speaking country of their choice and information about that country.Students will create a poster where students will describe facts about their country in Spanish and then include a recipe from that country.As a class, we will vote on one or two recipes (depending on difficulty, cost of ingredients, etc.) that we will cook as a class.All recipes will have links on my website so that all students have access to all recipes researched and/or cooked in class.$500
Bringing History Alive!
Bob Julian - AMS
Sheila Arnold is a nationally renowned storyteller/historical character interpreter.She will portray a character, followed by an in-character question/answer session.$800
Bottle Rocket Inquiry
Lynn Kunstman - AMS
Students will build and launch bottle rockets as part of their physics classes.This activity will be used to obtain a work sample for student portfolios in science inquiry.Students will design an experiment, construct a rocket, test the rocket, collect and present data, interpret and analyze data in a written report. We are in need of an air compressor, to launch the rockets.$275
Broadway Musical, Jr
Dianna Warner - AMS
Students are involved in all stages of production, both backstage and onstage creating lighting, sound, costumes, props and set and publicity.Performance involves acting, singing and dancing.This project directly supports drama at Ashland Middle School, which is no longer provided as part of the arts curriculum, because of significant budget cuts. It also supports our budding vocal music class taught by Holly Johnson$1,000
Solo and Ensemble Festival
Jenifer Carstensen - AMS
Of the 110 students participating in the Solo and Ensemble Festival, 21 will be performing solo pieces with piano accompaniments.To compliment the time and energy that these particular students will put into learning their music, this grant will pay to engage the services of local piano teachers to be their accompanists.$420
Physics at Mt A
Kristi Healy - AMS
Students will undertake a physics science inquiry at Mount Ashland under the direction of Mica Cordilla. Students will design an experiment to test the change in acceleration of sledding by manipulating the mass, friction, or… This experiment will be graded for their BM3 Science Inquiry assessment. $400
Caribbean Rhythms:Steel Drums of Trinidad
Jan Christiansen - AMS
Purpose:Explore a melodic percussion instrument—the steel drum of Trinidad.The precursor of the steel drum ensembles were the “tamboo bamboo” bands created by the slave population in Trinidad.After WWII, these ingenious natives fashioned new instruments from the discarded oil barrels & called them steel drums.$500
Art in Silks
Michelle Cuddeback – Helman Elementary
Students will explore the world of silk dying.Local artist, Joy Light, will guide students through the creation of their own silk scarf using dyes and techniques commonly practiced by silk artists.
$208
Shade House Nursery
Mia Driscoll – Helman Elementary
Working in partnership with Lomakatsi Restoration Project, and an AHS senior, Helman Kindergartners, 3rd and 5th graders will construct a native plant shade house nursery at Helman Elementary School, for hands-on education to promote and increase environmental stewardship for all students, K-5.$1,000
Friday Explorations in Clay Making
Tia McLean – Helman Elementary
The Clay Making Friday Exploration is a cross grade opportunity for students, who have a particular interest in clay, to expand their knowledge of the topic and explore various clay crafting opportunities.$243
Sid Fleischman Author Visit
Hazel Smith – Helman Elementary
Sid Fleischman, Newbery Award winning author will present 2 sessions, one in the morning and one in the afternoon about being an author and about writing books.He will end the visit to Helman School with an author signing event in the afternoon after the last session.$550
Wilderness Survival
Tim Brandy - John Muir K-8
Students (grades 5-7) will learn wilderness survival skills including shelter building, edible plants, observable location markers and safe activities.$500
Swimming Upstream
Camille Siders - John Muir K-8
To build on our study of water and the life cycle of the salmon, we will create life sized paper mache salmon in teams of three.As a class we will study the coloration of salmon. Using this knowledge as the starting point, students will creatively embellishment their salmon.Grades 3-4 $269
World Arts Program
Dan Hamnett - Walker Elementary
Every other year it is our tradition to focus on and celebrate world cultures, especially the arts with our grades 2-5 multi-age community. Throughout the year we bring community volunteers as well as paid artists to our classes and our school to provide workshops highlighting several world cultures.$740
Blender Enrichment
Mark Sherbow – Walker Elementary
The Blenders, multiage community of 52 six –eleven year old children, their families and two teacher are promoting a yearlong program of arts enrichment for the class. The enrichment will include a variety of the arts, including African Dance and drumming; a rock band; mask-making; pottery; watercolor; Batik; and basket weaving.$800
Folk Tales
Nancy Keim – Walker Elementary
Students will perform three folk tales using an original script. They will engage in various drama activities, understand and memorize their parts, and create stage sets. This will culminate in performances for students at Walker School, and an evening performance for parents and friends.$400
Willow Wind Performance Area
Kevin Cooney - Willow Wind
Community Learning Center
The students will help plan for and create a modest outdoor performance space with curtains, a scenery backdrop and seating options for an audience.They will also perform Renaissance theater – Shakespeare in the new performance space.$500
A Full Moon Over Africa
Mullinnix Trisha - Willow Wind
Community Learning Center
The purpose of this grant is to request funds to further enhance our African curriculum by employing Denbaya African Drumming Group’s instructors who are recognized traditional West African master artists in the teaching of dance and drumming.Their published curriculum is aligned with Oregon State Standards.
$500
Total 2006-07 Impact Grants Awarded by school as follows:
Ashland High School $4732.00
Ashland Middle School$4270.00
Helman ElementarySchool $2001.00
John Muir K-8 School$769.00
Walker Elementary School$1940.00
Willow Wind Community Learning Center$1000.00
Total 2006-07 Impact Grants Awarded:$14,712.00
*Bellview School did not submit any grant applications.
