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Endangered Environments - Human Impact

We are asking for $225 for program fees and transportation costs for 3 fourth grade classes.

We would like to bring the New Mexico Wildlife Center into our Fourth Grade classrooms. NMWC brings educational animals and provides education to support our grade level Next Generation standards in a real world presentation. Students obtain a better understanding of how humans impact their environments, as well as how animals' adaptations help them survive in their habitats. Students are currently working on research-based/project-based presentations, and the NMWC experiences will add a needed element to their education!

Battle of the Books

School: Carlos Gilbert Elementary School

Our school will be hosting its first Battle of the Books competition this year. This is a literacy focused quiz-style contest which invites children to read 20 titles selected by nmlibaries.org. We hope to encourage as many of our students, grades 4-6, to participate.

There are about 30 titles on the book list and we would love to purchase at lease two complete sets for our school. Thank you for supporting our efforts!

Sixth Grade Funding

School: EJ Martinez Elementary School

I am requesting $1,000 in funding for the 6th grade to help with many of the basic needs of our students.

This funding will go towards several different areas of the 6th grade, and include but are not limited to snacks for low income students, flexible seating options for those with attention deficits, field trip coverage for those students who can't afford to go, new sets of age appropriate books that students are interested in, and several other needed materials to help support students in their diverse learning styles and interests.

Energy

School: Gonzales Community School

This request is to provide funding for a stipend for a retired licensed elementary teacher to mentor two days a week in each 4th grade class at Gonzales Community School. The mentor will prepare and assist in the presentation of five investigations based on the full option science system (FOSS) module entitled: Energy.

The five investigations focus on the concepts that energy is present whenever there is motion, electric current, sound, light, or heat, and that energy can transfer from one place to another. Students conduct controlled experiments and interpret data from graphs to build explanations from evidence. They learn to make predictions of future events and develop models to represent how energy moves from place to place in electric circuits and in waves.

Make it Count!

School: Amy Biehl Community School

I would like to purchase the Mountain Math Resource to help my students master the sixth grade math standards. This will also help me implement leveled grouping which is a school goal this school year.

With the remaining money, I would like to purchase some outdoor seats to better accommodate the number of students in my classroom.

VEX Robotics Competition

School: ATC - Academy for Technology and the Classics

I am starting a new robotics program at ATC. We have never had a robotics program at this school. I hope to take 7th and 8th grade middle school students to competitions around New Mexico - Albuquerque to Las Cruces.

At my previous school, we had a team represent NM at the VEX Worlds Championship in Kentucky. My goal is to replicate those results with an ATC team. The competition field can be used for several years, and is crucial to allow students to design, engineer, and build a competition worthy robot.

I am requesting the VEX IQ C Squared Away - Full Field & Game Element Kit
The Field costs $199.00
The competition game element $99.00
Shipping $32

TOTAL: $332.00

Biliteracy

School: El Camino Real Academy

I am requesting $500 to be used to support biliteracy projects within the classroom and related field trips.

Quaver Music Curriculum

School: Atalaya Elementary School

Thank you for your consideration to help fund this program! Last year SFPS music teachers had access to a wonderful online music curriculum. This year we have the curriculum for K-4 but not for our 5-6 grade students. My students have been asking for this resource since school started last week. I do not have the funds to purchase this, and any amount will help toward the final goal of providing these projects and music curriculum for our students at Atalaya Elementary School.

Atalaya Elementary School provides 50 minutes per week of music for all students. Fifth and Sixth Grade students are excited to learn and I would like to provide the engaging resources of Quaver Music Curriculum, especially their project-based and social-emotional focus.

Bark It Forward

School: (ATC) Academy for Technology and the Classics

This school year, I will teach a leadership class to at-risk 8th and 9th grade students at The Academy for Technology and the Classics in Santa Fe, NM. The goal of the class is to build their interpersonal and self-regulation skills.

Once a week, I will partner with Assistance Dogs of the West. We will have students train assistance dogs for clients in the community with specific needs. These impairments include mobility, autism spectrum, seizures, anxiety disorders, disabilities, diabetes, and post-traumatic stress. With supervision from Assistance Dogs of the West, students will train dogs with upwards of 90 commands while reinforcing behavior for clients’ specific needs.

Working with these dogs, students will build leadership traits, including confidence, self-esteem, disability awareness, community involvement, assertiveness skills, and empathy. Most importantly, they will have the opportunity to see their hard work result in the betterment of others’ lives.

I am seeking $500 in funding to go directly to Assistance Dogs of the West and pay for transportation of dogs to and from school, teaching students how to properly train dogs, and supervision of student-to-dog relationships. Cost for this program is $2,475 a semester.

Master Musician Workshops and Private Instruction

Schools: New Mexico School for the Arts and Mandela International Magnet School

I am requesting funds to support String Orchestra programs at both NMSA and Mandela International Magnet School.

Middle and High School students will benefit greatly by engaged participation in workshops and private lessons presented by guest artists - master musicians - from both the classical string orchestra arena, as well as the world music stages.

Diversify Classroom Library

School: Amy Biehl Community School

I am seeking funds to purchase quality literature for my classroom library that celebrates diversity and allows students the opportunity to engage in books that relate to them while also giving them the opportunity to explore cultures worldwide through picture books, poetry, and biographies.

Books will be available to students to read on their own as well as used in a whole group setting as we explore different cultures throughout the world.

Math Manipulatives

School: Acequia Madre Elementary School

I would like to encourage my students to problem solve through math manipulatives to extend their learning.
Math will be used during RTI time to support students through learning groups.

Classroom Library for Growing Readers

School: Atalaya Elementary School

Readers need need lots of books to keep them growing! I am requesting funding to grow a classroom library with just right books for the 2nd graders at Atalaya Elementary School.

I am requesting $450 to be used to purchase grade appropriate books in literature, information, poetry, and fairy tales. Your contributions will benefit all the 2nd graders at Atalaya and future students too!

Classroom Materials

School: Amy Biehl Community School

I am requesting funds to purchase manipulative, supplies, and other classroom necessities for my second grade class. I am new to the grade level, therefor I need grade relevant materials.

New Teacher in Need of Enticing Books!

School: Carlos Gilbert Elementary School

I'm a new teacher (!) and in need of funds to establish a diverse and welcoming classroom library for a newly added second grade class. My ultimate goal is to collect at least 1,500 thoughtfully selected books with a variety of genres, formats, topics, and levels, thus creating a community of learners who are excited about and engaged in the process of reading and critical thinking.

I’ll be teaching reading comprehension and analysis through a "workshop" approach, which allows students to choose their own texts while exploring different genres, authors, themes, etc.
The reading workshop approach is based on the premise that when children choose books that interest them, they are more motivated to read and work harder to make sense of the texts. A reading workshop classroom is one in which the classroom library is the heart of the environment, and children’s choices are valued. Therefore, quality books- and lots of them- are essential to my students' success.

Destination Imagination!

School: Mandela International Magnet School

Destination Imagination: Nine months of teamwork, learning, planning, design, application, culminating competition
Our first year: MIMS took six teams to the NM DI State Tournament, and left with three 1st place teams, three 2nd place teams.
Globals: We now head to the Global DI Tournament in Kansas City, MO, to compete with teams from all over the world, and need to raise $16,500 JUST for the registration fees.

YOU can help us reach our goal - We are hoping to raise $1,000.00 from the Dollars4Schools website.

Destination Imagination Topics/Skillsets: STEAM, extra-curricular, here at MIMS, teamwork, critical and creative thinking, competition,
MISSION: To engage participants in project-based challenges that are designed to build confidence and develop extraordinary creativity, critical thinking, communication, and teamwork skills

Destination Imagination Principles:
Fun learning: Explore STEM/STEAM concepts in a hands-on environment
Creative problem solving: Learn how to think, not what to think
Kid powered; team driven: Energize students to own all decisions, creations, and results
Friendly competition: Motivate teams to reach for the stars, while also rooting for each other Global diversity: Encourage and celebrate differences in each other, and differences in ideas

Volunteer Background Check Assistance

School: Multiple Santa Fe Public Schools

As the SFPS Volunteer Coordinator, and in an effort to encourage a more diverse volunteer population, I would like to offer paid background fees for up to 50 volunteer applicants to distributed throughout 5 different schools within the Santa Fe Public School District. Certain demographic criteria, including a residence radius of applicants who live within 6 blocks of the schools' attendance area will be required to be eligible for usage of the background check funds.