Funded Programs

School: Santa Fe High School

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

Outdoor Education

PROGRAM FUNDED!

School: Mandela International Magnet School

I am requesting $500 to help subsidize the cost of overnight camping trips, specifically for our families who have a difficult time covering the entire cost themselves.

Outdoor, experiential learning opportunities anchored around overnight camping trips support the Mandela’s school-wide goals and allows students to build connections, shared experiences, and strong team dynamics – all of which are critical to the success of a small, demanding, community-minded school such as Mandela International Magnet School.

The objective of our multi-day camping trips is to broaden student experiences, create a shared set of outdoor experiences in which students are reliant, supportive, and accountable to each other. By engaging as many students as possible in these expeditions we help to realize the one of the goals of our International Baccalaureate program in providing meaningful learning experiences outside the walls of our school. In addition, participation over multiple years of their school experience helps to develop active, compassionate and lifelong learners who understand that other people, with all of their differences, can meld into a single community.

Mandela parents and our Parent Teacher Organization are currently able to fund participation for 65% of the student body; however cost is a limiting factor for some additional families' ability to participate. With additional support, we will be able to subsidize the costs for students, thereby bringing our participation rate to a minimum of 75% of the student body.

Help Us Learn to Cook

PROGRAM FUNDED!

School:Capital High School

Our Life Skills classes have students of all abilities and cooking is something they can all do at some level. We are looking for a donation in order to purchase food for our weekly cooking classes.

Our Life Skills classes have students of all abilities and cooking is something they can all do at some level. We are looking for a donation in order to purchase food for our weekly cooking classes. Our kitchen is stocked with dishes, pans, utensils, small appliances and more, but we are missing food items. We would like to have funds at a grocery store in order to purchase food (a D4S Partner) in order to buy fresh items the day before cooking. We have a number of items on our cooking menu ranging from empanadas to cookies to lasagna and everything in between!

EXPLORA

PROGRAM FUNDED!

School: Pinon Elementary School

Field Trip Wanted!

I would like to be able to have my students experience hands-on activities that we have studied throughout the year. These lessons are aligned with 4th grade Common Core State Standards.

Students will investigate gravity, water, light, air, numbers, sound, electricity, and more during a two-hour exhibit exploration facilitated by Explora educators.

Destination Imagination!

PROGRAM FUNDED!

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

New Teacher in Need of Enticing Books!

PROGRAM FUNDED!

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.

EXPLORA Field Trip

PROGRAM FUNDED!

School: Pinon Elementary School

I would like to be able to have my students experience hands-on activities that we have studied throughout the year. These lessons are aligned with 4th grade Common Core State Standards.

Students will investigate gravity, water, light, air, numbers, sound, electricity, and more during a two-hour exhibit exploration facilitated by Explora educators.

Master Musician Workshops and Private Instruction

PROGRAM FUNDED!

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.

Field Trip to EXPLORA

PROGRAM FUNDED!

School: Pinon Elementary School

I would like to be able to have my students experience hands on activities that we have studied throughout the school year. These lessons are aligned with 4th grade Common Core State Standards.

Students will investigate gravity, water, light, air, numbers, sound, Electricity, and more STEM exploration faciliated by Explora educators.

Energy

PROGRAM FUNDED!

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.

Field Trip to EXPLORA

PROGRAM FUNDED!

School: Pinon Elementary School

I would like to be able to have my students experience hands on activities that we have studied throughout the school year. These lessons are aligned with 4th grade Common Core State Standards.

Students will investigate gravity, water, light, air, numbers, sound, Electricity, and more STEM exploration faciliated by Explora educators.

Math Manipulatives

PROGRAM FUNDED!

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.

Diversify Classroom Library

PROGRAM FUNDED!

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.

Endangered Animals

PROGRAM FUNDED!

School: Atalaya Elementary School

I am requesting funds to do a project with 5th grade students on endangered species. We are focusing on project based learning and students are passionate about environmental issues related to animals.

The Art Teacher and Classroom teacher will work with students to discuss animals that are endangered species. This year Atalaya Elementary School curriculum is partly focusing on issues related to the environment. Animals, birds and insects are an integral part of the ecosystem. They need clean water and clean air just as much as humans do. Large numbers of birds, animals, fish and insects (such as bees) are dying. Students will make a positive statement about this issue by creating bowls in clay that represent endangered species. These bowls will have food safe glazes and can be used by the students. It is important to study the interaction between the land, animals and the atmosphere to create a healthy environment.

Pamela Messer is a Studio Potter, Ceramic Educator and a visiting Clay Artist in the Santa Fe Public Schools. She has been involved in many public school clay projects for students in grades K-8.

Pragmatic, Receptive and Expressive Language

PROGRAM FUNDED!

School:Tesuque Elementary School

I am requesting funding for pragmatic, receptive and expressive language therapy materials to support students exhibiting autism and social communication challenges, and students with comprehension deficits and expressive language/communication needs.

Pragmatic language therapy materials will support and develop social communication skills, including perspective taking, managing peer and adult interactions, determining social inferences- both verbal and nonverbal, working within a group, becoming aware of and determining choices , and formulating the language to express these constructs. Receptive and expressive language therapy materials develop comprehension skills for inferring, predicting, making conclusions and stating these higher level language ideas within the scope of literature based stories for K-2nd grade.

Make it Count!

PROGRAM FUNDED!

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.

Quaver Music Curriculum

PROGRAM FUNDED!

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.

Sixth Grade Funding

PROGRAM FUNDED!

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.

VEX Robotics Competition

PROGRAM FUNDED!

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

Battle of the Books

PROGRAM FUNDED!

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!

Endangered Environments - Human Impact

PROGRAM FUNDED!

School: Nina Otero Community School

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!

Classroom Materials

PROGRAM FUNDED!

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.

Garden and Tea Science

PROGRAM FUNDED!

School: El Dorado Community School

Our school has an amazing community garden space. My class is in charge of two raised garden beds. In one of our beds we have concentrated on planting herbs and plants that are useful for making tea. 5th grade science content has a focus on mixtures and solutions, so my aim this year is to utilize the garden to connect to our scientific learning goals through the process of making tea. We also are partnered with a second grade class as Garden Buddies and we hope to share what we learn with them about tea science through inviting them to a tea party! The supplies we purchase will be kept in a kit that other teachers can check out to share with their class. The kit will just need to be be re-stocked from time to time. This project is based on curriculum developed by the Edible Schoolyard Project and Grow Pittsburgh.

Themed Books

PROGRAM FUNDED!

School: Chaparral Elementary School

I have a read loud in my class at least twice a day. I think that it is very beneficial to have a variety of books to read that focus on each month. I am asking for $350 to be able to purchase enough books that I can read several a day.

Patterns in Nature

PROGRAM FUNDED

School: Gonzales Community School

I am seeking $200 to support Natural Science lessons in my fourth grade classroom.

This unit will combine science and art to develop students’ observation skills and scientific thinking. A retired certified elementary teacher will present the curriculum in 10 lessons focusing on symmetry and spirals in the natural world. Students will observe natural objects such as; snail shells, leaves, and pine cones to discover the orderly structures present in nature. Students will explore the relationship between the Fibonacci sequence and naturally occurring spirals in pine cones, pineapples, sunflowers and snail shells. The lessons will focus on the Next Generation Science Concept (NGSS) Crosscutting Concept of Patterns. While recording their observations in drawings and diagrams, students will seek answers to the question; “How do the structures of organisms enable life’s functions?” Students will create a bound journal of their work to answer this essential question.

Las Nuevas Adventuras del Quijote

Program Funded!

School: El Camino Real Academy

My students undertake a 3 month study of Don Quijote and conclude the project by writing their own adventures, in Spanish, for characters from the story. The projects are presented as a celebration/presentation of their work for their families.

I am requesting funds to support transportation, supplies and incentives for my students.

Dancing in the Big Apple

PROGRAM FUNDED!

SFHS Dancers are returning to New York City for our third trip (2015, 2017, 2019) to take dance classes. These classes at professional studios, Broadway Dance Center and StepsNYC, are $20/each. We are seeking funding to allow each of the 15 students to take a full schedule of four classes each. They will take classes alongside professional Broadway and ballet dancers.

This trip brings Santa Fe High dance students to the heart of the American Theatre to experience training at the highest level.

Model Legislature Youth and Government

School: Capital High School

PROGRAM FUNDED!

We teach students to actively engage in democracy. Twelve students participate by researching, writing and debating bills with students from all over New Mexico. This takes place at the Roundhouse--our state capitol. Capital high students learn all aspects of policy making. They learn to think on their feet, and address issues from all over the state: gun control, green energy, film making incentives, economic development, safety and DWI prevention etc..There is also a judiciary where students learn to argue both sides of a brief regarding a contemporary legal case. Other students act as justices, like in an appellate court. A fourth branch in which students are involved is the press. They can do print media through a newspaper or video media.

The cost per student is $200. This includes overnight at a local hotel, meals and miscellaneous supplies.

Learning English With Laughter

PROGRAM FUNDED!

I am seeking ESL Curriculum tools to create a structured method of teaching my ESL students English!

Beginner, High Beginners, Intermediate and Advanced students are all in my classroom. Learning English With Laughter is a conversational approach to English. The Activities stress communication in a variety of everyday situations. The approach to instruction is to provide activities, games and learning situations where students become so involved and engaged in the activities, they forget that they are using the language and learning English.

Website for further information about what you would be funding: https://www.efl-esl.com/about-curric/ .

Listening for Excitement

School: Cesar Chavez Elementary School

PROGRAM FUNDED!

I am requesting funds to order multipurpose headphones for my classroom. We use chrome books for research and reading online. Many of my students can not afford to buy headphones.

These headphones will be used with chrome books and in small reading groups within the classroom. We are becoming a media resource classroom however we are lacking part to extend the learning of my students.

Ortiz Middle School Hummingbird Music Camp

School: Ortiz Middle School

PROGRAM FUNDED!

I am requesting $500 to fund the transportation costs of taking my students to Hummingbird Music camp. This camp is a wonderful learning and bonding experience for these kids, one that they will remember for the rest of their lives.

Hummingbird Music Camp is a wonderful learning and bonding experience for these kids, one that they will remember for the rest of their lives. Many of these students have never experienced this sort of trip and most rarely leave Santa Fe.

Let's Read!

School: Nina Otero Community School

PROGRAM FUNDED!

I teach a diverse group of students starting with Kindergarten through 6th grade. The students have read every book on our shelves and are itching for more. We would appreciate funding for more books at all reading levels.

I will utilize the books to support reading at all grade and ability levels, intervention and enrichment. The books will be shared with general education classroom also.
Program AreaLiteracy

String Students Unite!

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

PROGRAM FUNDED!

I teach string orchestra, chamber music, and solo pieces to some of Santa Fe's most talented string students from middle through high school at the Mandela International Magnet School and the New Mexico School for the Arts. I like to provide as many performing and instructional opportunities as possible for these awesome students.

I am requesting funds to support my middle and high school string orchestra students with more and better accessories for their instruments (should rests, rosin, cases, etc.) as well as sheet music, registration fees and meals for festivals and field trips, and instructional support from local private string teachers and mentors

These are motivated, creative, and talented students who deserve your support to help them reach their musical potential. Thank you!!

Lobo Howler School Magazine

School: Gonzales Community School

PROGRAM FUNDED!

We create and print a school wide school news magazine. Our 25 enrichment students 5th thru 8th grade do most of it but it is open to school-wide submissions of work and stories. We distribute 350 free copies printed by the Santa Fe New Mexican. They charge $400. per 16 page issue. Our "Lobo Howler" is fully student created although as a teacher I do coach them on the publisher software use and help with the final layout. We have already published our first Autumn issue and we will do one more Holiday issue for December and a spring issue in May.

We need to print two more issues of our News Magazine for this year at a cost of $800 total.

Early Readers Program

PROGRAM FUNDED!

I am requesting $300 to support a reading program for primary students who are close to reading at grade level.

Accelerated Book Program

PROGRAM FUNDED!

I am requesting $1,000 to use toward my library. I do not have any level books, which make it hard to determine the exact reading levels per individual. These funds will help our students became less frustrated because they will have books at their level. It will also help our higher students by engaging them in interesting and advanced books. Please help our students set the foundation for a lifelong love for reading!!!
Many Thanks ~ Ms. Kat

Ortiz MS Choir Music Fund

School: Ortiz Middle School

PROGRAM FUNDED!

The choir department at Ortiz has the most students of any arts program, at 120 students. We sing every day and put on 4 concerts a year. The students perform in for their peers, their parents, and also for the community.

This money would allow the program to buy music, fund our accompanists, fund bussing for field trips, and buy supplies for the classroom.

for Special Education Classes

School: Capital High School

PROGRAM FUNDED!

The three high needs special education classes are made up of 24 students grades kindergarten-8th diagnosed with a range of exceptionalities. We have already received funding to cover the costs of therapeutic horseback riding. We are currently requesting $500 to assist in covering special education transportation to and from the local therapeutic riding facility.

Therapeutic horseback riding is a form of recreation for individuals with disabilities that can provide physical, emotional and psychological benefits. Anecdotal and scientific studies have attested that therapeutic riding can positively contribute to balance, coordination, strength, self-confidence and coping skills.

BREATHE, MOVE, AND THRIVE: Mindfulness and Yoga

School: Atalaya Elementary School

PROGRAM FUNDED!

I will be attending the Next Generation Yoga for Kids Certification (95 hour training) to be used when working with PK-6th grade students at Atalaya Elementary this summer in the SummerCAMP (17-18), Enrichment and aftercare, starting fully, next school year 918-19) in the classroom and in aftercare programs. Additionally, I will support teachers with training of toga poses, breathing, and mindfulness strategies to implement in their own practice.

Funding will help to reimburse for yoga and mindfulness materials (mats, books, blocks, cds, etc) and assist with the teacher training expenses.ppropriate environment and need help to do so. Thank you!

Atalaya 6th Grade Green Team

School: Atalaya Elementary School

PROGRAM FUNDED!

Our 6th Grade Green Team would like to have water bottles made for all the students in our school to eliminate the use of plastic water bottles and cups. Any money left over we would like to use towards having Green Team t-shirts made for all the 6th graders.

This year we have started a 6th Grade Green Team at Atalaya in order to help make our school more sustainable. Our job as the Green Team is to educate the younger students to be more sustainable, take care of recycling at our school, build a school compost for our scraps from lunch, and to create a more sustainable school.

Our first mission was to ask the district to install a filtered water fountain with a water bottle filler in our cafeteria to help eliminate the use of a water jug and plastic cups. Last week we were pleasantly surprised to see the water fountain arrive.

Robotics

School: Wood Gormley Elementary School

PROGRAM FUNDED!

I have been so very appreciative in years past of the support Dollars4Schools Donors have provided to support the Robotic Program in my Enrichment classes. Now I am asking you to help build the program to a new whole new level, which will benefit even more children. We would like to start an after school program which will be available to all students at Wood Gormley Elementary who are interested in robotics, computer programming and engineering.

I am hoping to be granted $2050.00.

Thank you so much for providing the opportunity for our students of New Mexico public schools to achieve the computer skills needed to be competitive when they enter the workforce.

New Mexico Animals

School: Atalaya Elementary School

PROGRAM FUNDED!

I am an Art Teacher at Atalaya Elementary School, and I am requesting funds for a project in my art class. I will work with students to discuss the variety of animals in the Santa Fe habitat. Animals and insects are an integral part of the ecosystem.

It is important to study the interaction between the land, animals and the atmosphere to create a healthy environment. Students will draw pictures of the animals they want to create. They will plan, sketch and revise drawing. Then they will create an animal bowl out of clay with visiting clay artist Pamela Messer.

Pamela Messer is a Studio Potter and a visiting Clay Artist in the Santa Fe Public Schools. Besides her many public school clay projects, she has also completed three large mural programs for the City of Santa Fe Arts Commission and installed fifty tile murals in the Santa Public Schools. She sells her work at many galleries and shops including the Museum of New Mexico Gift shop and La Mesa Gallery.

Magical Reading Unicorns of the Galaxy Project

School: Sweeney Elementary School

PROGRAM FUNDED!

I am requesting books and carpeting for our afterschool reading program, The Magical Reading Unicorns of the Galaxy and our Reading is Magic summer camp.

24 hard working 2nd and 3rd grade students at Sweeney attend our afterschool reading club every Tuesday and Thursday. These students are all receiving intensive reading tutoring with tutors from Reading Quest and the May Center. The room we are using is mostly empty and the echoes make the room very noisy. We will use this same room to serve 40 students this summer in our magical Reading is Magic camp program for struggling readers. Carpeting will drastically reduce the noise and echoes and will allow our students to focus even more on the progress they are all making in reading!

VEX Robotics Competition

School: Pinon Elementary School

PROGRAM FUNDED!

I am grateful for Dollars for Schools' support last year. We were able to take 2 Girl Powered Teams to competitions in Las Cruces last year. This year, our Robotics Club has increased to 27 students and 8 teams, committed to a year round Robotics Competition Club. We are requesting funding to provide our enthusiastic 5th and 6th grade students with the opportunity to compete with their peers in Albuquerque and Las Cruces at VEX Robotics Competitions.

I am requesting funds to take 5th and 6th grade students from Pinon Elementary to VEX Robotics Competitions in Albuquerque and Las Cruces. Team Registration costs $150/ team and registration for the competitions range between $55 - $125/ team.

Teen Tutor Training

School: Capital High School

PROGRAM FUNDED!

Reading Quest provides ongoing literacy training for teen parents in the GRADS program at Capital High School, which prepares them to read aloud to babies and young children and eventually teach their own children how to read. This training also enriches their own reading skills and builds their literacy courage. We are requesting funding to purchase baby board books, easy readers, and literacy materials for the teen-parent classes. We also provide training for Capital High AVID students and stipends for high school students who are dedicated to sharing their love of reading with young, low-income, struggling readers.

Reading Quest partners with the Teen Parent and Avid Programs at Capital High School. We offer professional literacy training for students who want to teach their own children to read and who want to work with young children in our community who are 1-2 years behind grade level in reading. Young children are particularly motivated when teenagers are reading with them and encouraging them to persevere and work hard. Our teens become well versed in the Growth Mindset attitude of never giving up and persevering when the going gets hard. We train teen tutors using multi-sensory, hands-on, phonics-based strategies that support young struggling readers.
Reading Quest has been extremely effective in increasing children's reading levels. During the past six years, our summer students have made, on average, one year's growth during each two week session, as measured by a standardized reading assessment. Many of our students have learning challenges and/or are English Language Learners.
Approximately 25% of the students in the Santa Fe Public Schools are proficient in reading at grade level. Failure in learning to read by the end of third grade is, arguably, the single greatest determinant of subsequent academic failure - and the single best early predictor of eventually dropping out of school. The mission of Reading Quest is to help children who are having trouble learning to read become strong, enthusiastic readers. We provide individual and group tutoring; intensive two-week reading camps for groups of low-income children; and workshops, training, coaching, & mentoring for public school teachers.

CHS Mariachi Club

PROGRAM FUNDED!

I am requesting $500 in funds to support the Capital High School Mariachi Club (extracurricular activity). Student and teachers meet during lunch time Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays to learn and rehearse Mariachi music and performance, as part of a cultural and community experience.

Trip to the Planetarium

School: Turquoise Trail Charter School

PROGRAM FUNDED!

I am requesting $300 to take approximately 30 children in 2nd through 6th grades on a field trip to the Santa Fe Community College Planetarium. I am teaching a 4-week unit on the solar system and other astronomy-related topics such as black holes, comets, nebulae, star clusters, et. al.

The breakdown of the money requested is as follows: $200 fee for the bus and $90 fee for the SFCC instructor.

Since we are an independent charter school, we do not automatically get buses for field trips. Therefore, as teachers, we are often responsible to raise money to hire buses to transport us.

Receptive, Expressive and Social Skills Therapy Materials Project

School: Tesuque Elementary School

PROGRAM FUNDED!

My name is Beverly Harms, M. A. CCC- SLP, and I am a speech language pathologist working with 33 students each week. I am seeking funding to purchase a variety of receptive, expressive and pragmatic language therapy materials to support student development in several areas of language functioning.

I am requesting language therapy materials, including picture resources and workbook type materials which will be utilized in a variety of ways to address special education student needs for understanding and following directions, listening comprehension skills for sentences and paragraph length text, understanding concepts and vocabulary, and developing social skills for home, school and community with students exhibiting autism and learning disabilities. The skills focused on in receptive, expressive and pragmatic language therapy support the student's progress in the elementary curriculum and overall supporting communication.

NDI at Salazar Elementary School

School: Salazar Elementary School

Program Funded!

Salazar Elementary School has been able to bring NDI back to the school, but we need support with funding. We would love our 3rd graders to experience NDI this school year.

NDI focuses on excellence and teamwork by teaching the students to do their best, never give up, work hard and be fit. These core values carry over into every aspect of our students' lives.

6th Grade Funding

School: E.J. Martinez Elementary School

Program Funded!

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 who can't afford to go, new books for all levels of students, and a subscription to Time For Kids to boost literacy and comprehension skills.

Wilderness First Aid Training for Teens

School: Monte del Sol Charter School

Program Funded!

The Wildlife Science class is in need of $500.00. The funds raised will help pay for a Wilderness First Aid trainer to work with the students over two days. The remaining funds needed (for transportation, camping, meals) will be raised through fundraising by the Wildlife Science class.

The Wilderness First Aid training is a 12 hour hands-on class for the Wildlife Science students at Monte del Sol Charter School. By participating in this training the hope is to encourage confidence in exploring the outdoors and promote leadership skills.

Adding and Subtracting with Rekenreks

School: Carlos Gilbert Elementary School

Program Funded!

This year, our school is using the Engage New York curriculum. In the lower grades, the use of Rekenreks or abaci help teach addition and subtraction and the meaning of base ten. The Rekenreks help visualize addition and subtraction and deepen their understanding of place value and operations.

I am requesting $360 to be used to buy a set of students' Rekenreks (or abaci) and teacher demonstration models for at least 3 classes.

Creating a Developmentally Appropriate Environment Project

School: Carlos Gilbert Elementary School

PROGRAM FUNDED!

I am asking for funding to help set up my kindergarten classroom with hands on learning centers, flexible seating, leveled readers and an updated library/reading nook.

My name is Shari Cross and I have been a teacher at Carlos Gilbert Elementary for 8 years. My first six years here I spent teaching kindergarten. Over those years I accumulated wonderful resources for my students and had engaging centers and hands on activities for them. Last school year I changed grade levels and moved out of my classroom. Though I enjoyed the new grade level, I knew in my heart that kindergarten was where I belonged, so I moved back to kindergarten for the 2017 – 2018 school year. Unfortunately, when I moved back, I had to move into a different classroom. The classroom I am now in is a transition room that has accommodated different grade levels depending on student enrollment. Because of this, the classroom has inadequate supplies and hardly any materials that I can use for learning centers for kindergarten. Through the help of my school and hundreds of my own dollars, I have done my best to make this school year work, but my classroom is still lacking learning centers, a decent library, leveled readers, and enough seats to provide flexible seating and to not have to make my students move their chairs with them when rotating centers.

I would love to be able to provide my students with a warmer and developmentally appropriate environment and need help to do so. Thank you!

Forensic Science Studies

School: Gonzales Community School

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I am requesting funds for a Science kit for an upper level classroom.

Enrichment students use hands-on forensic medicine tools and chemicals to reveal clues that will enable the solving of a crime mystery.
Students will then team in groups to develop their own mystery for other teams to solve with the science tools and materials.

ECRA Calming Corners and Quiet Spaces Project

Scho ol: El Camino Real Academy

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El Camino Real Academy is a Title 1 dual-language (Spanish-English) school on the southside of Santa Fe. In 2017 we began implementing a research-based, trauma informed approach at ECRA. We know first-hand that trauma can make it difficult for children to learn, create, and sustain healthy relationships, and behave appropriately in the classroom. A trauma sensitive school helps build resiliency and benefits all our students.

To this end we are establishing Calming or Quiet Corners in our K-5th grade classrooms. These will be a quiet part of the room that has soft furnishings and soothing materials to help our students deescalate when they are upset. The idea is for students to be able to briefly get away from frustrating or upsetting tasks or overstimulating situations. They learn to take a pause and self-monitor when they are feeling emotionally dysregulated. They rejoin their class after their brief, restorative time.

Calming Corners include: Bean bag chairs, soft rug, relaxation CD and player, visual calming strategies, and a visual timer. We are looking to equip approximately 24 classrooms as we have 4 classes in each grade level. Calming Corner materials cost approximately $100 per class.

We know that students who learn to “regulate, relate, and reason” are less likely to be referred for school discipline and are likely to have better attendance and grades. They are more likely to be able to express their emotions in a healthy way and are less likely to revert to aggressive acts. This leads to greater possibilities for success at school and life beyond.

We invite you to join us in this exciting opportunity to transform the social emotional learning of our students.

GLAD Science Kits and Social Studies Kits

School: Amy Biehl Community School

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I am requesting $320 to purchase educational materials for three school units. Each bin will include age appropriate books, content related pretend play items (such as bug boxes and nets), hands on activities (such as glo-germ handwashing), and other curriculum extension items (such as garden planning materials).

Best practices in early childhood education includes hands on activities that use realistic items, role playing, and pretend play. These experiences allows students to practice using academic and content vocabulary and reinforces content concepts. The items purchased with the dollars4schools funding will purchase materials for 3 units: safety/hygiene, life science, and community workers.

Dual Language Classroom Environment

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Schoo l: El Camino Real Academy

Our first grade dual language program teaches all content areas in both languages. The daily percentages for first grade are 70% Spanish and 30% English. In subsequent years, the amount of English increases each year, providing strong linguistic foundations.

My classroom needs materials for literacy centers in English and Spanish that help students acquire skills in both languages, with an emphasis on hands-on and visually engaging activities that support language acquisition and are easily differentiated for multiple levels of students.

Eastern New Mexico University Choir Camp

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School: Capital High School

My name is Jeff Owens. I am the choir director at Capital High School. At Capital High School we have many talented singers who need opportunities to perform at the state level. This Choir Camp in Portales (Eastern New Mexico University/Portales All-State Choir Camp) prepares students to audition for All-State Chorus auditions and nurtures their enthusiasm for the art with over 100 high school singers from NM.

We have been able to send 1 or 2 singers in the past, and every singer we've sent has achieved All-State Chorus membership by audition, the highest honor in the state. We have 4 singers who have committed to going to the camp, which takes place in Portales the second week of June 2018.

Any help toward that cost would be enormously appreciated, as these students live in very challenging socio-economic circumstances.

All The Pretty Horses

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School: Santa Fe High School

I'd like to buy a large set of Cormac McCarthy's novel All the Pretty Horses. It would be the first novel students read in next fall's AP Literature and Composition course. I like to start the year with an accessible, engaging novel, but right now we don't have enough large sets of student favorites that are also a) reserved for seniors and b) of "literary merit"—the College Board's criterion for works studied in AP courses.

Program DescriptionThe AP Literature & Composition course is a college-level senior English class that prepares students for the AP Literature exam and for the fundamentals of writing in the humanities.

Mariachi Conquistador

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School: Milagro Middle School

Mariachi Conquistador, the after school youth mariachi program at Milagro Middle School, has the opportunity to attend and participate in the Mariachi Spectacular Conference in Albuquerque, NM, in July.

The conference provides three days of instruction by world renowned mariachi instructors, the opportunity to perform in the Friday night Showcase Concert and a discounted admission to the Saturday night Spectacular Concert at Sandia Amphitheater.

This year program sponsors hope to take 8-10 students to the conference, and they could use your help with funding!

$500 would really help offset the conference fees, and all donations would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you.

Tip-Top Typists

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I am asking for $500 to buy opaque keyboard covers for our two computer labs to augment my efforts to teach touch-typing to my students.
I am the Digital Literacy/ Computer Lab teacher at El Camino Real Academy. Learning touch-typing will help the students on their computer based standardized tests, as well as in being able to get their thoughts written down faster than by handwriting. I believe many will gain confidence in their writing in this way, and I hope this will bring up their overall literacy skills. Thanks for considering this request.

Year-Long Bi-Literacy

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This request is for $500 for field trips, guest speakers and visiting guests into the classroom.

Emerging biliterate students need access to multiple learning opportunities. As our community is filled with artists, musicians and authors, I would like to use this funding to bring the arts to my classroom, where we can explore new ideas with the talent that exists in our local community

Star Early Literacy

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School: El Camino Real Academy

El Camino Real Academy is asking for a donation of $500.

Our school is using a reading program called Renaissance to provide reading data. Under the program, we have two components: Star Reading and Accelerated Reader. Star Reading provides data on how a student is progressing in their reading and skills that are needed to help that student improve their reading. Accelerated Reader (AR) is a program where children choose books that are in their instructional learning level and after reading the book, take a quiz. However, we don't have any way to gather data for our k-2 population because Star Reading is too advanced. The district did not pay for the program Star Reading Early Literacy that would give those teachers the students' reading levels and where they need to help in their reading skills. This would also help other grades when they have a student really struggling in reading and need to see where the gaps are. This program would let the teacher decide how often he/she assesses his/her students.

SFHS Annual Spring Musical!

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School: Santa Fe High School

Santa Fe High produces a spring musical annually which is open for participation to any of our 1400+ students by audition. The show is eagerly awaited by audiences and performers alike. However, musicals are expensive to produce and this year we are seeking funding to cover our accompanist during the rehearsal and performance periods. We produce this musical without budget support from our school or district and we cover performance rights, scenic expenses and costumes out of our departmental funds generated by box office receipts.

We work hard to create a pre-professional experience for our students and part of that is working with live music (not singing "to tracks") and learning to rehearse and perform in that environment. Students who continue in theatre, dance or music will find that learning these skills in their high school years will serve them well in college and professional theatre productions.

Our wonderful accompanist is critical to our process and the quality that we strive for in performance. Will you help us keep live accompaniment in our musical theatre productions?

Hands-On to Abstract Learning

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I am requesting $349.00 for the combined IXL Mathematics and Language Arts Programs for an individual account for each of my 26 students. This is for a year long membership which will continue through the summer when they can continue to practice their skills while on vacation. My class is 99% English Language Learners and my school, El Camino Real Academy, in Santa Fe, New Mexico receives free lunch.

I base my Language Arts program on the use of Literature Based Reading and active whole group or leveled group activities to develop literacy skills. In my Mathematics program the students use hands-on exploration to be introduced and then to grow in concepts as appropriate to their developmental and skill levels. As a complement to this, I have found the computer based program, IXL Math and Language Arts Programs provides the abstract practice for my students of working with skills that can be quite difficult at first for English Language Learners. It also can be assigned to their individual skill level as they progress in their skills.

Hands-On Genetics/Botany Lab

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School: Cesar Chavez Elementary School

These funds are for an ongoing- 90 day study of genetics through Botany experiments.

The students will be planting and caring for 'Wisconsin Fast Plants". These are quick growing plants in the mustard family that grow to maturity and reproduce rapidly. Two generations of data can be collected in a sixty day period. We will learn how organisms pass down specific traits from one generation to the next.

Reading Quest Tutoring

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Reading Quest requests funding to support scholarships and phonics readers for our free tutoring services. Approximately 25% of the students in the Santa Fe Public Schools are proficient in reading at grade level. Failure in learning to read by the end of third grade is, arguably, the single greatest determinant of subsequent academic failure and the single best early predictor of eventually dropping out of school. Reading Quest is dedicated to helping low income children who are having trouble learning to read become strong, enthusiastic readers.

Reading Quest provides professional tutoring for low income students in 3rd, 4th and 5th grade from Cesar Chavez Elementary School. The students we serve are 1-2 years behind grade level in reading. Some of our students have IEPs and many are english language learners. We use multi-sensory, phonics based reading games which are extremely effective in increasing reading levels and self-confidence in struggling readers.
Program AreaLiteracy II.

Storyteller Dolls

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School: Atalaya Elementary School

This funding request is for an Art Program. Classroom and Art Teachers will work with students to discuss the history of Storyteller Dolls and students will draw pictures of the figure they want to create in clay.
This project is part of the students Native American and World Cultures curriculum. The first storyteller doll was made by Helen Cordero of Cochiti Pueblo in 1964 in honor of her grandfather who was a tribal storyteller.

Pamela Messer will be working with the students. She is a Studio Potter and a visiting Clay Artist in the Santa Fe Public Schools. Besides her many public school clay projects, she has also completed three large mural programs for the City of Santa Fe Arts Commission and installed fifty tile murals in the Santa Public Schools.

I Speak the Language of the Drum

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School: Nava Elementary School

This funding request is to help cover costs to invite master drummer Akeem Ayanniyi back to Nava Elementary to work with all sixth grade students for four weeks. This will culminate in a school-wide performance that all students in the school will participate in through song, drumming, dance or art during the second week of May. $500 will cover the teaching costs for Akeem for 4 one-hour workshops with each class and the performance.

This program is very dear to my heart. Through the help of various donors, and especially Dollars4Schools, I have been able to present this program with students for the past 9 years. Akeem expertly shares the authentic experience of drumming, dance, and song from West Africa with the students. Drumming together has helped students express their feelings and learn about teamwork. Playing for the community promotes the kind of unity and good feelings that I hope will give these students a lasting connection to their classmates and a life-long enjoyment of African drumming. Lastly, this presentation is one of the culminating events for the 6th grade class, and a way to showcase their leadership. Having the entire school come together has always been a wonderful way to acknowledge each other and share good feelings through music.

Model Legislature Youth in Government

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School: Capital High School

Twelve Capital High School Students will participate in the YMCA Model Legislature. The events take place at the state capitol in the chambers used by real legislators. Each student costs about $200 for activities including orientation in Santa Fe lunches, the pre-legislation training and the three day stay at a hotel in Santa Fe with 200 students from all over the state. These funds are used for meals, transport, overnights in a hotel and incidentals such as paper, photographic displays and snacks.This entire program is student-led and experiential, hands-on learning.

Read below to learn what an impact Model Legislature had on a former Capital High Student - Class of 2013:

"My experience within the Model Legislature Club at Capital High School very much led me to pursue a Bachelor's Degree in Political Science at Fort Lewis College in Durango, Colorado. I am in my third year now, and I enjoy my classes and what I am learning. Since graduating from Capital, I was selected as an intern for the New Mexico Governor's Internship Program, which expanded even further my interests, skills and marketability. It is safe to say that my experience, beginning in high school, has led me to where am I today, and I am very grateful for the opportunity to have been a member of the Model Legislature Club."

PROGRAM FUNDED!

School: Wood Gormley Elementary School

I am requesting funds to purchase Lego EV3 Robots.

Did you know that computing jobs are the number 1 source of new wages in the US?

Our robotic program benefits students by providing them with education that is relevant and essential to their future success in whatever profession they choose. In robotics they gain hands on experience in computer programming and other STEM related activities. Best of all, our students love doing robotics!

Thank you to everyone who has supported this project in the past and thank you for helping us purchase the new, updated Lego EV3 Robots.

Argue With Me!

PROGRAM FUNDED!

School: Academy for Technology and the Classics

I am a veteran English teacher who believes teaching kids to critically read, write, speak, and think is vitally important to learning how to live wisely and well in a complex world that would be happy to read, write, speak, and think FOR THEM. Knowing how to analyze rhetorical strategies, craft valid arguments, and identify blatant fallacies has become increasingly important in this age of "alternative facts."

My students are a mosaic of diverse experiences and backgrounds. They value hard work and believe anyone can "grow smarter" with effective effort. They are enrolled in Advanced Placement English Language and Composition not because they consider themselves part of some intellectual elite, but because they want to alleviate some of the economic pressure college tuition will put on their families by completing some of their undergraduate coursework during high school.

With your help, students will have updated resources for their study of rhetorical devices and argumentation. Right now, they are using very dated texts that do not account for social media and the digital advancements of recent years. I'm requesting eight copies of the new edition of Everything's an Argument.

Choice Seating aka Flexible Seating

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Hello, my name is Amy Stone, and I teach 4th grade at Acequia Madre Elementary. I am writing this grant to Dollars 4 Schools to request $1500.00 to assist in converting my classroom from traditional table/chair seating to a flexible seating environment. A flexible seating environment will provide each student with a choice in their learning. It will give each of them the individual opportunity to discover how they learn best. Whether that learning style consists of lying on the floor with a pillow, or slightly bouncing on an exercise ball to keep them from moving around the classroom. I want to provide all my kiddos with these options.

Right now in my classroom I have incorporated 3 wiggle seats for my students with a specific learning disability. I really would like to give all my students the same options for their learning.

My seating options will include: large exercise balls, wiggle seats, wiggle stools, stools, tray tables, cushions, pillows, book boxes, crates, and rockers.

Thank you in advance for considering your donation!

"The Only Road" Novel Study

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School: Pinon Elementary School

The donated funds will be used to purchase a class set of "The Only Road" (in Spanish) by Alexandra Diaz.

"The Only Road" is a book that follows a brother and sister as they travel from Guatemala to New Mexico, after their family becomes impacted by gang violence. It was written by local author, Alexandra Diaz, who will lead creative writing workshops with our fifth graders. This novel study will provide our students the opportunity to develop appreciation of realistic fiction and experience a unique mentorship with an award winning author.

Girl Powered Robotics Team - Competition Time!

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Pinon Elementary School would like to send two "Girl Only" Robotics Teams to the VEX New Mexico State Championship at New Mexico State in February.

We have 2 Girls Robotics Teams and we would like to take them to attend the VEX State Championship in Las Cruces, NM. The cost to register each team for their competition events is $100 each. We also have some families who need help paying for fuel costs. We would like to offer 4 families $50 each to offset the cost of fuel. We are requesting $400 for this projects. $200 towards the the competition, and $200 towards mileage costs.

Class Sets - Reading

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School: EJ Martinez Elementary School

This project will allow my students to read as a class a selection of books on and above grade level across several genres. Students will build skills in the 4th grade ELA standards by reading these books. The 4 books selected are; Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief, Esperanza Rising, Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes and Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone.

Students will explore standards in both English Language Arts and Social Studies while reading the selected books as a class and working on various skills such as cause and effect and main idea. In the selections Esperanza Rising, and Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes, students will be examining human rights experiences, specifically migrant farm workers and the formation of the union and the bombing of Hiroshima during World War II.

Building Biliteracy with Books

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School: EJ Martinez Elementary School

I am requesting funds to purchase books for a Spanish trade book library in my Dual Language 4th grade classroom.

Our classroom spends 50% of our literacy time in Spanish, but only 25% of our books are actually in Spanish. English books are easy to find and our classroom is full of rich literature across genres and topics gathered at yard sales and other lost cost outlets. Spanish books, on the other hand, have to be ordered and are expensive. Our classroom set of Esperanza Rising is taped together and pages are falling out. We are unable to use Jr. Great Books for socratic seminars because would need to order a new set in Spanish. Any help you can give us would be greatly appreciated.

Digital Learning

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School: Aspen Community Magnet School

I am requesting funds to purchase Technology NETS I Can Statements for the Computer Lab: K-8 Bundled Set and
Technology Lesson Plans and Activities Grades K-5 Bundle
Over 100 lessons and activities for grades K-5 that will make a great addition to my technology curriculum.

Research has shown that students need to be able to tell what they are learning. By having an I Can Statement posted on the wall during every lesson, (and talking about what it says) students are more likely to be able to express what they are learning and what they have learned.

Cooking with Kids in 21st Century

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In the 21st Century Enrichment Program (after school) we are participating in the Cooking With Kids curriculum. The quantity of food that is being distributed is not consistently enough for all students to participate on a daily basis. We would use this funding to supplement the amount of food included in the program to enhance the cooking experience.

The 21st Century Program is an after school enrichment program for a high need student population. It is a federally funded program with limited resources. Teachers strive to make the program engaging and educational so that students enrich their school experience.

Wowzers!

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Greetings! My name is Joe Perez. I teach 5th grade at El Camino Real Academy. This is my second year there and 18th year teaching overall. I am searching for funding to buy individual licenses for my students for a math program called Wowzers. This an interactive math program directly aligned to the Math Common Core State Standards (CCSS). What does that mean? It means that this program is built in a way that supports students quest to build their mathematical skills that the CCSS expect students to achieve by the end of the school year. In addition, this program is aligned to the format of the PARCC assessment which allow students in my class to gain experience with the various modalities in how PARCC assesses students mathematically. Knowing HOW TO take a test is a highly valuable skill, to say the least.

Being that math scores on the PARCC for 2016-2017 at El Camino Real are upsettingly low, I believe my students will need as many opportunities to make the necessary gains to perform up to standards on the PARCC. As a long time professional educator, I believe that there are more important ways to measure a child's success than a one time test like the PARCC. However, I am not blind to the weight of PARCC and how students are measured by it and seen in the eyes of the public. I want my students to perform as best as they can on the PARCC test with the skills necessary to do so. Wowzers will help achieve that in math because it will be used as a supplement to the classroom curriculum. It will allow students to work on individually specific concepts and skills. It will assess those skills and understandings of concepts and provide me with data to work individually with the students when skills and understandings are misconstrued. I hope the students in my class will have the opportunity to use this invaluable math program this year. Thank you for taking the time to read this.

Human Body Systems

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School: Wood Gormley Elementary School

This request is to provide funding for a retired, licensed elementary teacher to mentor two days a week in Elaine Pino’s fourth grade class at Gonzales Community School. This grant will focus on the needs and interests of fourth graders by studying human body systems. The New Mexico Life Science Content Standards will be addressed through a series of inquiry and model making activities to help students learn the parts of the human body and their functions. Through modeling and inquiry the students will learn that the human body has many parts that interact to function as systems and they will be able to describe the body parts and their specific functions in selected systems. The Common Core life science components of Structure and Function will be a central component of each lesson.
A series of ten lessons will be prepared and presented by a retired licensed elementary teacher. The classroom teacher will remain in the classroom to assist and enhance with the instruction with additional inquiry investigations. The focus of the activities will be hands-on lessons and modeling. Approximately 22 students will benefit from these lessons.

Costs: $20.00 per for hour for 10 lessons = $200.00

Motion Math

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School: Atalaya Elementary School

With the adoption of Common Core Standards and exciting new research regarding numeracy instruction and growth mindset I have been reading some exciting publications regarding how to best supplement these challenges via technology. Motion Math is an innovative program that makes math fun. It approaches mathematics conceptually, unlike the vast majority of all math apps and games that have been unhelpful by encouraging drill and rote memorization.

Improved Mindset Towards Math:
This design differ from most: they are actually games rather than animated flashcards and multiple-choice worksheets! This leads to more delightful learning and student engagement.
A published study by USC Professor Michelle Riconscente found that students attitudes towards math improved by 10% and student mastery improved 15% after playing the game for 20 minutes a day over the course of five days.

Improved Conceptual Mastery:
These games are designed to help students gain a deep conceptual understanding and visual sense of the most challenging and fundamental K-6 math concepts. The games span more than 400 levels covering key foundational concepts for grades K–6.
Students and teachers can directly select difficulty levels to provide the proper challenge.

Analytics and Classroom Management:
Our dashboard allows teachers to see how students are progressing in concepts strands based on their performance in games.
Teachers can also monitor student activity in real-time to gain visibility into which games students are playing at which difficulty levels.

Creative Flexible Seating and a Creative Learning Environment in the Gifted Classroom

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School: Nina Otero Community School

I wish to purchase items to create flexible seating and a creative learning environment for my gifted classroom.

Gifted students often have difficulty sitting for long periods of time. I wish to create a learning space for students that will include exercise balls, pillows, wiggle seats, learning spaces where students can stand, bean bags and a small living room for Socratic Seminars.

Classroom Library Needs High-Interest Book Update

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My request is for $200 which I would use to order sets of fiction and non-fiction books which are currently most desirable, and age-appropriate for my sixth grade student. I would like to update my classroom library with this year's most-wanted books for sixth graders.With the right, high-interest books, we'll be able to form literacy groups (like the reading clubs formed by adults)--and my students will read even more.

Once my library has been replenished, I will form literacy groups by student reading level. Then, each student group will choose the books they wish to read together. Student groups will set their own pace for at-home reading, and learn to hold discussions about their self-appointed books. Once the groups have finished reading their books, members will report out to the rest of the class.

I've seen this strategy work extremely well in the past. I even have data showing how students' reading comprehension and grammar skills have benefited from literature groups.

Science Resource Room

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School: Nina Otero Community School

This request is to provide funding to organize a Science Resource Room for Nina Otero Community School. A large science classroom with abundant cabinet space is available to house science materials and equipment in a logical, easy to utilize space. School administrators (the principal and two assistant principals ) are eager to support science instruction and make materials quickly and clearly accessible to teachers. The work will be performed by two licensed retired teachers, each with extensive experience utilizing hands-on science materials in classrooms, and supporting science instruction for teachers through the Santa Fe Science Initiative and ISEC.
The school currently has received donations of many used science kits that have available science materials and supplies. These materials will be inventoried and organized in labeled cabinets and drawers. Classroom sets of small supplies will be stored in shoebox-sized plastic bins in the cabinets (e.g thermometers, magnifiers, spring scales) to streamline rapid retrieval of needed supplies. In addition, science materials already available on site will be gathered for a needed 7th grade kit on Biodiversity. The grant will provide a stipend to the two teachers to work on site to create the Science Resource Room, as well as inventory and checkout systems. We also request funding to purchase small storage boxes and labeling supplies.

Ortiz MS Choir Music Fund

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School: Ortiz Middle School

I am asking for donations to buy new music for the students. The music library here is quite limited and the funds just aren't available to expand it. We will appreciate every donation, small or large.

Ortiz Middle School has been building our choir program up for about five years now. The students are extremely passionate about singing. I, the choir teacher, love coming to school and working with these students every day.

A Place to Stand

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Santa Fe High School

I am requesting $500 for roughly 50 copies of Jimmy Santiago Baca's memoir "A Place to Stand" for the SFHS library. I'd like to begin next year's grade-level senior English classes with a unit on memoir and narrative; I hope that, by reading a memoir by Santiago Baca, whose experience reminds them so much of their own, and by learning how to write their own complex, mature narratives, my students will find a place for themselves in books.

It gets harder every year to convince students that reading has anything to offer them. That's partly (though not only) because they seldom see themselves in the books they're assigned, especially as upperclassmen. "A Place to Stand" is about how the author, now a well-known poet, discovered reading and writing in prison. I think I can arrange for Santiago Baca to visit—he's done so before—and I hope that would convince them that literature gets written for and by people like them.

Christmas Caroling Outreach

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School: Sweeney Elementary School

Students will be designing and sewing hand made pillows for the residents of the Santa Fe Care Nursing Home. They will also be learning approximately 25 Christmas carols that they will be singing for the residents. At the performance, students will be delivering the handmade gifts to those who may not otherwise receive one.

Afterwards, students will be enjoying a celebratory luncheon together. Parents will be encouraged to join in this memorable experience where students realize the importance of paying it forward!

Outdoor Classroom

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School: Wood Gormley Elementary School

I am requesting $400 to purchase an outdoor shed/container in which we would store our materials for an outdoor classroom: clipboards, writing materials, and supplies.

We are collaborating with our PTC to set up an outdoor classroom. Our vision is to dedicate a small area of our playground as an "outdoor classroom space." We plan to bring in tree stumps for seating, additional trees/flowers, and eventually an overhead shade covering. The shed would be our first step in setting up for our outdoor space. Thank you for your consideration.

Architects' Club

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School: Cesar Chavez Elementary School

The Club of Architects is a SCHOOL PROGRAM consisting in a group of students, alumni, teachers and parents whose goal is that students learn building objects at the same time that they grow as human beings. The first major successful project was a model of Taos Gorge Bridge made of paper rods that was exposed at school at end of the year.
This year we have designed many other projects that we will carry out with your help !!!!! I a requesting $485.76 in funding to purchase supplies.

The Club is open to ALL members of the educational community without exception, especially with parent involvement.

Project Goals
The main goals on which the Club of Architects bases its work are:
* Promote relationships between parents and their children in an academic setting
* Apply academic content (math, science, social studies ....) in hands on projects.
* Enhance creativity and imagination of students.
* Teamwork and interaction of students with different ages and interests
* Respect the environment, using recycled materials
* Improve student’s self-esteem as they accomplish successful projects
* Engage students in the academic field, taking into account their playful side.

Our next projects are:
- Making a sofa from soda cans
- Making an adobe ¨horno¨
- Making a sand mosaic with Cesar Chavez face
- Recycling paper

Puppet Theatre

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El Camino Real Academy

I am a kindergarten teacher who works at El Camino Real Academy. I love my job and every day I am thinking about new creative and innovative ways to teach and how to create an environment where students are happy, feel safe, appreciated, respected, and they are encouraged to discover and learn new concepts and developing skills by playing.
One of my goals for this school year is develop in my students the ability to express themselves better in front of other people. In order to achieve this goal I have been thinking in elaborate a great puppeteer and puppets made of different materials and composed of parts that can be elaborated by my students. This resource will greatly help in developing and foster in the both oral expression and improve their communication skills. Moreover, students will work in pairs and will learn how to work in teams. Another goal I have is to develop in my students writing skill, and they can use letters made of different materials (concrete material) will help them to remember and write words.

I hope I will get funds that allow me to implement the puppeteer, provide materials to create puppets, and concrete materials for writing words.

Atalaya's Appreciation Campaign

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School: Atalaya Elementary School

As a principal I would like to improve our school community climate by launching an Appreciation Campaign in which we notice good and kind acts happening in the school and share our appreciation of those acts. Students, families and donors that show their kindness would be entered in a bi-monthly drawing to win small tokens of Atalaya Spirit Appreciation Awards like, an Atalaya Keychain, Pen, Bumper Sticker. The funds you all supply would help get those gifts and supply a new appreciation board where Atalaya Supporters would be highlighted.

Classroom Library and Technology

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School: El Camino Real Academy

I am one of the Special Education teachers at El Camino Real Academy. I am requesting funding on behalf of the high needs special education program for appropriate books and apps to accommodate students with varying needs. Our students would benefit from apps that support visual impairment and communication needs.

The program will provide books that are appropriate for the various needs such as tactile and sound, big print accessibility. The program would also to provide apps that support visual impairment and communication needs.

Give Milagro's Theatre Class a Boost!

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School: Milagro Middle School

Help Milagro Middle School's Theatre program get started! As a brand new school, Milagro Middle School has a lot of new and exciting things happening this year! We are starting a Theatre program, and are building it from the ground up! Funds will be used for props, costumes, plays and monologues, and all of the things necessary to put on great shows! Our students are really excited about this opportunity, and you can help make it a reality!

Funds will be used for props and costumes for productions, paying for rights to plays/musicals, materials for creating sets, and students and teacher resources.

Classroom Library Needs High-Interest Book Update

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School: Wood Gormley Elementary School

I've seen this strategy work extremely well in the past. I even have data showing how students' reading comprehension and grammar skills have benefited from literature groups.

Speech Language Therapy

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School: Tesuque Elementary School

My name is Beverly Harms and I am a speech language pathologist.
I am requesting funding for one assessment and three therapy materials to support students who receive speech and language services in the public schools. The students on my caseload include severely articulation impaired (childhood apraxia of speech) , social and cognitive challenged autism students, stuttering disordered children, and receptive and expressive language impaired students.

These monies to purchase speech and language therapy and testing materials are for students with severe articulation , language, and social thinking challenges and will used with a variety of students on my caseload as well as general education students. In classroom activities focusing on students identified in special education with in their peer group develops constructive interactions and social skills with both groups. I will purchase "Thinksheets" and "Social Behavioral Mapping" workbooks to develop perspective taking, problem solving, social thinking concepts; :Should I or Shouldn't I" therapy activity supports thinking and talking about behaviors in a fun format to explore one's own thoughts and feelings and how behavior choices affect consequences. The Arizona-4 Articulation test is a sensitive measure to assess children's speech development. This test uses a weighted scale for determining severity of speech sound impairment.

El Camino Real Academy Orchestra

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El Camino Real Academy Orchestra program is looking for funding for student supplies such as instruments, accessories, sheet music, as well as private and small group coaching from professional guest educators. We also hope to take a trip to Hummingbird Music Camp to give our students a once in a lifetime experience of an intensive and fun music camp overnight experience.

El Camino Real Academy Orchestra program reaches over 200 students per year between the ages of 10 and 14. Students receive loaned instruments and perform in winter and spring concerts as well as regional student orchestra festivals, consistently receiving superior and excellent ratings. Your help will further the depth of these students' musical education and enriched their middle school experience. Thank you!

Sixth Grade Funding

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

Hatching Chicks

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Incubation and hatching in the classroom is one of the most amazing experiences provided to my students. It’s a first-hand view of life and can be an experience students will never forget. I hatch chicks with my students once a year and each time it is the talk of the entire school.

Items needed to Hatch chicks: Incubator, automatic egg turner, thermometer, hygrometer, candler, fertilized eggs, brooder, heating lamp, water and food feeder.

HOSA: Future Health Professionals International Leadership Conference

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School: Monte del Sol Charter School

The Monte del Sol Middle School HOSA Club's Future Health Professionals request $680 to purchase official dress blazers to compete in the HOSA International Leadership Conference in June 2017. Each blazer costs $85, and we need to purchase 8 blazers for the number of students entering this year's competition. The blazers will then be available to be re-used each year for competitions.

HOSA Club is an international organization of students interested in healthcare professions and health-related fields. Students perform service and leadership projects throughout the school year and then compete in regional, state, and international competitive events. For example, our students are competing in events including health education and careers in neurosurgery, as well as response to public health emergencies such as Zika virus. This is the first year of a HOSA Club chapter at Monte del Sol Charter School, and the students all placed first or second in their events at the state level and have now advanced to the international competition in Orlando, Florida, June 20-25. Competitors are required to wear official HOSA dress blazers while at the competition. Support to this program will help students defray start-up costs and have a lasting impact on competitors for the future. Thank you for your support of our future health leaders!

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT!

Help us provide alternative summer program options for up to 165 Santa Fe Public School students and families affected by sudden loss of K-3 Plus summer program.

In early May this year, the state budget cut for K-3 Plus program resulted in hundreds of students in kindergarten through third grade at four schools in Santa Fe – E.J Martinez, Nava, Salazar and Tesuque – suddenly losing their summer school program and learning opportunities. (Read Santa Fe New Mexican article covering this issue here.) These families have already registered for the program, and this abrupt elimination of the summer programs at the four sites not only means loss of extra learning opportunities and widening of achievement gap for many low-income students but has painful and often economic consequences for parents and families without child care options. In response to this critical and urgent need, the Santa Fe Community Foundation has partnered with the Santa Fe Public Schools to help fund an alternative summer school program option at the Salazar Elementary School that can serve up to 165 students from June 5 to June 30th with priorities given to students from the four schools where K-3 Plus program closed.

The Santa Fe Community Foundation will match dollar-for-dollar for the first $20,000 contributed from the community to support this critical alternative summer school program at the Salazar Elementary School meeting the total budget of $40,000.

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String Orchestra Class

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I am requesting funds to support my middle school string orchestra students with more and better accessories for their instruments (should rests, rosin, cases, etc.) as well as sheet music, registration fees and meals for festivals and field trips, and instructional support from local private string teachers and mentors

I started the string orchestra program at ECRA middle school two years ago. Since then these awesome, bi-lingual students have excelled and gained recognition as a superior string ensemble. Two of my 8th graders were accepted into the highly selective New Mexico School for the Arts string orchestra program for high school. Most of my students are underprivileged, English Language Learners and either recent immigrants or first generation Americans who come from hard working families. These are motivated, creative, and talented students who deserve your support to help them reach their musical potential. Thank you!!

Quality Spanish Literature

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School: Salazar Elementary School

Our Pre-K classroom has a variety of quality literature that is age appropriate and rich in authentic language in English. As our school is a dual language school, I would like to have the same quality of literature in Spanish. At this time, our classroom would like to grow our Spanish book collection.

Our Pre-K classroom is considered a dual language classroom. The student are exposed to English and Spanish. A major focus in our program is literacy. According to our Pre-K guidelines, students will cultivate an enjoyment and interest in books and demonstrate comprehension of story read aloud. Books will also be used to expose the Pre-K students to rhyming and letter sounds.

Robotics Club

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School: Sweeney Elementary School

The robotics club would like to participate in Roboquerque 2017. This is a international robotics competition that will allow our Sweeney Elementary students get a broader view of the future of technology. Designing and programming robots and participate in the amazing challenge in Albuquerque NM. This competition supports our STEM program at Sweeney.

The funding will be to register 5 teams and their robots to participate in Roborave 2017. $100 x team, plus Transportation in a school bus $360. There will be y three adults (including me, the teacher) and 15 students (3 per team) We will need lunch and dinner for two days $5x15x2 = $360.

Leveled Books

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I am requesting funds to purchase leveled books for our classroom library.

Students learn to read with fluency when they have lots of practice reading books at their reading level. This allows them to become more confident readers and eventually move up in reading levels. At the first grade level students should have 10 books in their book bag and their books should be switched out every 2-3 weeks. I need more books in my classroom library in order to maintain my students' interest in their books and keep them moving up! Please help us! :)

One set of 75 of books, levels A-D & E-J, are $350.00 (from BookSource), for a total of $700.00.

Santa Fe Youth Symphony Association

The Santa Fe Youth Symphony Association (SFYSA), now in its 21st season, provides music instruction and performance opportunities to nearly 200 Santa Fe youth in orchestra, mariachi, and jazz.
SFYSA strongly believes that ALL students should have the opportunity to participate in music education, regardless of their ability to buy or rent a string instrument.

Why We Need Your Help: Instruments and strings don't grow on trees, and...
SFYSA spends over $6,000 annually on instrument repairs and instrument rentals so that our string students can have easy access to an instrument.
Instruments are provided completely free of charge by SFYSA to students and we need your help to continue making this offer.SFYSA currently has nearly 200 instruments in its inventory, however, we are unable to use all of them because of lack of funds to make all necessary repairs.
Because of the constant variation of students and instrument sizes, it is almost always necessary to rent instruments from outside providers. Thus, even if all SFYSA owned instruments were repaired, we would still require funds for instrument rentals.

Hi Interest - Low Level Materials for the Library

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The library at El Camino Real is lacking in middle school books that are engaging and appealing to this age group. We are especially interested in titles that are High Interest and Low Level. We have access to an eBook platform that has titles by Orca Publishing who specializes in these materials. The titles are 45.08 each, and we hope to purchase 10. These eBooks are multi-user and available to be read on our 1:1 technology devices.

El Camino Real is implementing Accelerated Reader. The library staff has assessed all of the students for reading levels, and we are in real need of engaging middle school content. Our lack of materials for these grades is due in part of becoming a K-8 from a K-6 school, as very little titles were added to the library collection for the additional grades.

We chose Orca Currents because they are short high-interest novels with contemporary themes, written expressly for middle-school students reading below grade level. .

Model Legislature 2017

Twelve Capital High School Students will participate in the YMCA Model Legislature learning how to research and write bills, debate policy approaches to NM Legislation, employ parliamentary procedures in a mock legislature with students from all over the state. The events take place at the state capitol in the chambers used by real legislators.

Each student costs about $200 for activities including orientation in Santa Fe lunches, the prelegislation training and the three day stay at a hotel in Santa Fe with 200 students from all over the state. These funds are used for meals, transport, overnights in a hotel and incidentals such as paper, photographic displays and snacks.

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School: Sweeney Elementary School

I am seeking funding for the purchase of multiple user license ebooks from K-5 math teaching resources. Ebooks will be purchased in English and Spanish for teachers at all K-5 grade levels. Each license is $29.95. There will be a total of 12 purchased.

These grade level specific math journals contain 90 Common Core problem solving tasks designed to develop mathematical skills, concepts and understanding. The use of this program will strengthen the vertical alignment of our math curriculum, and increase math fluency for all of our students; English speakers and Spanish speakers.

What does it mean to live in two cultures?

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Students will make a video interviewing other students from our school. They will generate questions and learn interview and recording techniques with iPads. Beside the movie, we will produce brochures in both languages(Spanish and English).

This funding request is to provide healthy snacks for students that will work on after school time for the editing and production.

It will also cover the expenses of paper for brochures and color cartridges.

Sixth Grade Funding

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School: E.J. Martinez Elementary

I am asking for a donation of $1000 to cover several different needs in my classroom, ranging from snacks for kids to supplies to funds for field trips.

With this money, I plan to use $200 of it on snacks for my kids (because no one can learn when they are hungry!), $200 on a refill of supplies throughout the year (paper towels, soap, expo markers, etc.), $500 on field trips, and $100 to buy an egg incubator to hatch chicks for science.

Math Centers

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The purpose of this request is to create a play grocery store and pizzeria to support counting and cardinality in kindergarten.

I would like to create a play grocery store where students can practice counting out coins when purchasing items from the grocery store. In the Pizzeria, students will make "pizzas" to order. They will practice counting by creating pizzas with x number of Olives, y pepperonis, z peppers, etcetera. Additionally, students practice social and language skills in these centers.

Read Together

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School: Carlos Gilbert Elementary

I am requesting $500 for books to give to children.

El Camino Real will be hosting a read to your child night. At this event, March 3 students will receive books to read with their parents. They will bring sleeping bags and pillows. We will give away books and popcorn.

A 2nd Grade Journey

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At the end of last year, I created a photo album with captions for one of my students who was leaving the USA to go back to his home country, Norway. This project gave me the idea to have students create their own memory books. Students will take photographs of the various projects, activities, and field trips that they will be involved in this year. They will also learn to download the pictures, print them and use them to write the captions. This will be an ongoing year-long project.

The grant money would allow me to purchase a camera, blank journals, and arts and craft supplies to decorate the memory books.

ENERGY!

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School: Monte del Sol Charter School

This request is to provide funding for a retired licensed elementary teacher to mentor two days a week in each fourth 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. This curriculum uses an inquiry-centered philosophy and is based on Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) for physical science and engineering. Each of the five investigations is presented by several inquiry lessons for a total of 38 separate lessons.
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. Students gain experiences that will contribute to the understanding of crosscutting concepts of patterns; cause and effect; systems and system models; and energy and matter.
The mentor’s role will be to prepare the lessons in advance of the class science sessions and to assist the classroom teachers in presenting the materials to their students. The teacher will remain in the classroom while the mentor is present. The mentor will assist with proper care and storage of the materials. Approximately 41 students will benefit from these lessons.
Costs: $20.00 per hour for 38 lessons = $760.00

School Art Gallery

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The funding request is to purchase track lighting, paint and sectional frames to be used and re-used to frame rotating art exhibitions in the space.

This project is multi tiered.

1. Transform an under utilized, 400 square foot hallway into a student run, community art gallery/exhibition space.

2. The gallery will be run by students. The students will curate exhibitions, manage the physical space, prepare artwork for exhibitions, install and de-install artwork, collaborate with the art department staff regarding advertising, press communication, and management of social media presence.

This project will be ongoing throughout every school year.

The gallery will be a school wide outlet for exhibiting a wide variety of art.

Tools for Hands-On Learning!

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School: Pinon Elementary School

I wish to purchase the following educational tools for my classroom:

1. Two Folk Tale STEM Problem-solving Kits, Johnny Appleseed and Three Billy Goats Gruff (each kit $59.99)

2. Listen-Read-Rhyme with Dr. Seuss, 4 selections each with a cd, ($39.50)

3. Where the Wild Things Are, 4 books with a cd, ($48.50)

4. The Snowy Day, 4 books with cd ($44.50)

5. Solar System Activity Tub, ($69.99)

6. Solar System Library, 5 non-fiction selections, ($32.50)

7. Holidays and Festivals Resource Box, ($63.99 with 20% discount applied)

8. Holidays and Festivals Literature Box, 5 nonfiction selections, ($35.50)

Cost: $454, plus $71 shipping/handling, Total Cost: $525

Items will be purchased online from Lakeshore Learning, with all teacher discounts applied in the total cost.

I have established learning centers in my classroom. Students can work at these centers after completion of their morning literacy pages.

The centers are designed to provide students opportunities to engage in hands-on activities to practice important academic skills, to participate in problem-solving, and to encourage creativity. All centers support the common core standards.

WeatherCyclers Complete Teaching Kit

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School: Monte del Sol Charter School

I am seeking funds to purchase a durable 8 1/2" x 11" slide chart that uniquely displays map views and vertical cross sections through Highs, Lows, and fronts -- the broad-scale systems and features that dominate our weather. Sky views and changes in temperature and pressure complete the comprehensive chart depictions.
By simply pulling the chart insert, the weather systems are put into their typical movements from west to east. Weather changes are shown for your location as the weather systems pass by. Accompanying four-page instruction booklet describes the basic causes of weather and explains step-by-step how to use The WeatherCycler

Why Try?

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The Program is called "Why Try?" It is a comprehensive program to teach student life skills. I attended a training in implementing this program this summer in California. I would like to purchase the online version so that I can better serve the students.

"Why Try" is a program created to provide simple hands-on solutions for dropout prevention, violence prevention, truancy reduction, and increased academic success. The idea is straightforward: Teach social and emotional principles to youth in a way they can understand and remember.

Grease

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School: Monte del Sol Charter School

I am asking for 450 to be used for costumes(150), makeup(50), set building and supplies(50), props(50) and transportation(150).

My middle school performing arts class is doing a production scenes from Grease for their semester project. The funds will be used to support the production elements and to transport the students on a field trip to the theater where they will perform for a technical rehearsal.

Bring Dramatic Play Back

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Hello, my name is Marquita Montaño and I'm a kindergarten teacher at El Camino Real Academy (new Agua Fria Elementary). This year as an early child educator I was given the license to bring back dramatic play to my classroom. I'm very excited about letting 5 and 6 year olds have the opportunity to explore and learn from some hands-on play. The only issue is that my classroom is not equipped with a play kitchen and a dress up center. I'm trying to raise money for my classroom so my students would have the opportunity to explore play. Lastly, since I'm a dual language teacher I feel that being able to have dramatic play in the classroom would help enhance social skills and language skills that the students need to be successful.

Acequia Madre Garden Program

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Salazar Elementary School

As a community, the Acequia Madre Garden Program has been created over a period of more than 10 years. The garden started as a dream of now retired third grade teacher, Barbara McCarthy. Her class and parents began working on this dream in 2002, building the outdoor classroom and horno. In 2008, parents wrote and received grants to install the underground cistern, erect the greenhouse, and put in the first garden beds.
Now, more than a decade later the garden program has grown in size and scope, growing a wide variety of fruits, flowers, trees and vegetables. 7 hoop houses have been installed in order to extend our edible growing season during the winter months. The garden is supported by the school’s community of parents, teachers, interns and volunteers, as well as greater community members, who contribute to its funding.

Goals of the Acequia Madre School Garden Program:* enhance the health and well-being of children, their families and the community
* involve children outdoors in nature actively
* teach children and their families the connection between food, health and the environment
* provide a space for children to develop and experience a sense of place
* share the wonders of nature and the pleasures of work
* nurture an intergenerational collaborative community
* provide a community gathering place
* serve as a resource for home gardeners in the school community
* be a model program and resource for other schools in this community and climate, locally and nationally
The Acequia Madre Elementary School Garden Program serves the 180 children (5-12 years, grades K-6) of Acequia Madre School and their families. These services are provided during the school day, after-school, in the summer garden camp program and during community events.The children participate in lunch and recess in the garden, class garden times (small or full class groups), after school garden club, summer garden camps, and during community events and work days.

The Acequia Madre Garden Program requests funding for outdoor classroom tables and benches.

72"L wooden picnic tables $98.x2=$196.00

48"L cedar wooden benches
$79. x2= 158.00

Taxes= $34
Delivery=$79

Total=$467.00

A GLAD Classroom!

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I am requesting $500 to implement science units that combine GLAD strategies with inquiry science practices using the Next Generation Science Standards to increase student engagement and let students discover the world around them through hands-on experiments and engineering projects.

I am a certified GLAD (Guided Language Acquisition Design) teacher who is looking to implement science units that combine GLAD strategies with inquiry science practices using the Next Generation Science Standards to increase student engagement and let students discover the world around them through hands-on experiments and engineering projects.

After attending a 6 days long GLAD training and a 4 days long science training these past few months I can clearly visualize a classroom where the students are able to think about science concepts and not just learn about them. In inquiry-based science lessons students have the opportunity to engage in lessons that really provide them with ways to explore concepts on their own. Students are learning through a series of guided discussions, experiments, and hands-on activities while they're experimenting and discovering as they go. And that’s what real scientists do! Project GLAD combines highly effective instructional strategies so we as teachers can deliver academic content and language using a balanced literacy approach. GLAD was originally developed for ELLs (English Language Learners) but it benefits all students through the use of high-level thinking and academic language.

GLAD units require extreme amount of planning and preparation for successful implementation but the results will sure worth it. The materials to implement GLAD science units are simple but needed in high quantity. Also a teacher needs to use all available wall space in the classroom to be able to display a unit in its entirety.

I am requesting $500 to purchase materials and supplies for the GLAD units including laminating film, white butcher paper, colored paper, markers, small individual white boards, realia (real artifacts to be used for student exploration), and over-the-chair student pocket organizers that would free up wall space and shelf space in my classroom.

Thank you for supporting project GLAD in the classrooms!

Help SFAFS put Science Books on Library Shelves!

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School: SFPS Elementary Schools

Show Your Support for our partners at The Santa Fe Alliance for Science, in their efforts to provide Santa Fe's public elementary school libraries with Science Books!

The Santa Fe Alliance for Science is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization of more than 100 professional scientists and engineers who work with schools in the greater Santa Fe area to help improve K-14 math and science education as well as to stimulate student interest in those subjects.

Dancing in the Big Apple

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School: Aspen Community Magnet School

This request is to help provide dance classes for 16 students traveling to NYC in June 2017. Students pay for the entire trip themselves, but have the chance to take four classes at NYC professional studios. The cost of these classes is between $15.50-$17/class and four are scheduled.

In June 2017, 16 Santa Fe High School dancers will travel to NYC to see Broadway shows, tour the city and learn about living a professional performer's life. A huge part of this is studying dance and the students have the opportunity to take four classes at prominent studios Steps and Broadway Dance Center. The students fundraise to pay for their individual trips, but covering the cost of these important classes would be a huge benefit to them. The chance to dance alongside professional dancers and to learn from famous teachers is an exciting and valuable part of this trip. Can you help them enjoy this amazing opportunity?

Book Fund

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Our second grade team has two new teachers and we need books at different levels to help students develop their love of reading.

Cats vs. Dogs: Adopt a Cause Unit of Study: Santa Fe Animal Shelter

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School: Carlos Gilbert Elementary

Throughout the 2016-2017 school year, our class’ overarching learning themes will focus on “The Beauty and Wonderment of Diversity”: Students will have opportunities to learn about and value a broad range of diverse ideas, perspectives, themes, topics, and issues that create the complex world we share with others. Students will learn to use critical thinking skills to respectfully identify, compare, and contrast the diversity of life on Earth (through literature, science, and social studies). This grant request prioritizes "Making Learning Real, Purposeful, and Impassioned":

We will be using this literature rich unit of study to knowledgeably support active participation in ‘Giving Back to our Community’. This Literacy-based unit of study will also be linked to an enrichment math unit of study. The corresponding math unit of study will support the generation of donation funds for the Santa Fe Animal shelter. In the math unit of study, students will be learning how to work with money by creating kid friendly, small business ventures. All profits will go to our yearlong Santa Fe Animal Shelter Fundraiser. It is also important to know that this unit is a prelude to a future science unit of study: Diversity of Wild Animals on Earth.

Many of the fiction and non-fiction book sets needed for this unit are already part of my class library. However, I am requesting $430.00 to complete this units’ library. In general: The non-fiction reference books are purchased in sets of 6 for team table use. The chapter books and novels used in this unit of study are purchased as complete class sets of 24 to support guided individual reading skill development.

X6 for each book to support team table learning projects:
-DK Eye Witness: Cat $9.99
-DK Eye Witness: Dog 8.93
-Learn to Draw Dogs $7.13
-Learn to Draw Cat $8.95

X2 each (research resource)
The Dog Encyclopedia, DK $25.36
-The Cat Encyclopedia, DK $26.66

X24 (class set)
The Secret Life of Pets $4.72

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School: Pinon Elementary School

We are requesting $500 in funding to purchase two classroom management kits - includes teacher manuals, guides, and tools.

This program is being piloted by Santa Fe Public Schools, but is only available to new teachers due to budget constraints.

This donation would be most appreciated and beneficial to our students and the community.

PAX- is a Good Behavior Game (A classroom management system) - A strategy that improves children's Whole Lives. To learn more about this innovative classroom management approach visit www.GoodBehaviorGame.org.

Looking Our Best

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I am requesting $500 in funding to provide students with new Dress Code outfits.

Some families are not able to provide for clothing needs throughout the school year. This grant will allow students to feel and look their best with new shirts, pants, skorts, and shoes.

"El Otro Lado / The Other Side"

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School: El Dorado Community School

In partnership with the El Otro Lado Program through the Academy for the Love of Learning, I will work with a teaching artist to incorporate arts integrated experiential learning one day a week with my 8th grade students. As a part of this project, students reflect on their personal and collective story through writing, drawing, and sharing over the course of the school year. The program culminates in a special community event at the end of the year. An essential part of this project asks students to write and draw in journals weekly.

My request is for funding to cover the cost of the journals: 55 journals @ $6.69 = $368

Creating a Science Resource Center

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Next year Gonzales School will receive new Next Generation Science Standards-aligned curriculum and training from LANL Foundation’s Northern NM Inquiry Science Education Consortium. At our school we currently have curriculum from Science and Technology for Children (STC) that we have been using for the previous six years, under the Laser I-3 Program. These science materials still have many usable components that we would like to organize and make available in a Science Resource Center at Gonzales Community School. We envision purchasing shoe box sized plastic boxes and labels to contain and identify materials in an orderly fashion. These materials would then be available to loan to teachers to support science instruction in individual classrooms.

I am a full time classroom teacher and would like to employ two retired educators to inventory our current materials and create a materials library. We have a large closet in our computer lab that would provide a suitable space for a Science Resource Center.

Funding Request Budget:
2 retired educators @ $20.00 per hour for a total of 40 hours $800.00
Purchase of suitable containers and labels for storage $200.00
Total request $1,000.00

Science and Literacy

School: Carlos Gilbert Elementary School

To increase the students interest in science, I want to buy 20 men's small white t-shirts and 20 clear plastic glasses to use as lab coats and goggles to allow them to become scientists. I need 40 spiral notebooks to use for writing and science journals. I want to put many lamps in my room and I need the light bulbs that last a long time and do not get hot. I need 10 wicker baskets to have around the room for different categories of books ie...animals, transportation, weather. I would also like to have Susan McIntosh for four hours to help create a science bulletin board, help plan and lead two science activities.

Program Description:

T-shirts 80.00
Glasses 20.00
Notebooks 80.00
Training 100.00
Light Bulbs 20.00
Baskets 50.00

Total $350.00

City of Dreamers - at the Lensic May 8th!

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School: Capital High School

You can show your support for our friends at Littleglobe, Inc. and their work with students at Capital High School.

City of Dreamers is a collaboration of 60 students from the Senior class of AVID at Capital High School - a student driven community engagement program taking the form of a multimedia documentary initiative to highlight the voices and stories of students, families and residents of Santa Fe’s “Southside” high school and neighborhood. This community consists primarily of first and second generation Hispanic and Latino families many of whom are seeking legal documentation in the United States.

Funds from this $1000 grant will allow the students and organizers to translate into English and Spanish all video and radio stories as well as the live event presentations at community centers, and for The Lensic on May 8th.

Funds will also be used for buses for transportation for families and residents from the Southside of Santa Fe to attend the City Of Dreamers performance on May 8th.

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School: De Vargas Middle School

The 7th grade teachers of De Vargas Middle School will be taking the 7th grade students on a field trip to Meow Wolf. We wish to expose our students to new and creative ways of thinking about their futures, particularly as they make the transition to 8th grade. Many of our students are currently discouraged by what they perceive to be their future, especially as DVMS fights to keep its doors open for next year. We hope to give our 7th graders a more fun and optimistic sense of what could be. This trip will serve as an appropriate platform for further journaling and discussion in the classroom.

The 7th grade class will have a walking field trip to Meow Wolf followed by lunch and a seminar-style, small group discussion. Our focus will be comparing perceptions of the future and how they have developed having experienced the Meow Wolf exhibit. Due to the cost of admissions (student cost is $8.00/student), we are asking that each student contribute $5.00 to cover the majority of the fee, as we feel the full cost will be burdensome to most of our families. This leaves $366.00 left to cover the cost.

Academy of Sustainability Education

School: Santa Fe High School

To help buy 60 workbooks entitled Introduction to Sustainability to support a dual credit foundational class that every student is required to take in order to be in the Academy of Sustainability. It is a book that uses project based and community based learning at its core encouraging students to study local issues that can be addressed through the lens of sustainability and environmental awareness. It is the same book that Santa Fe Community College uses in their Environment 111 Introductory courses for college level students. $900.00 will go to funding field trips and field studies that are part of the community based learning within this course for 10th graders.

Wizard Society Expenses

PROGRAM FUNDED!

School: Atalaya Elementary School

Our school students come from homes which are 95% below the poverty level.

In our Wizards Society meetings we wear Wizard hats, conical and costing around $15 apiece to make from Hobby Lobby materials such as cloth, lining, artificial gems, and other decorative paraphernalia. Currently several students cannot afford the $15 to make a hat. Seven hats have been made by those who can afford them. We would like the ability to subsidize hats for those existing and new Society members that cannot afford to make our Wizard membership hats.

The Sweeney Elementary Wizards Society meets twice a month. Members who are excellent readers are selected by 4th- and 5th-grade teachers to become members. We do readings on two subjects (such as Pancho Villa and Emiliano Zapata), watch videos, and then compare and contrast the biographical subjects. We are enlightened, kind Wizards of the library, as well as role models for other students. The school paraprofessional librarian (applicant) and counselor (Ms. Dolores Lopez) supervise the meetings.

Mirror, Mirror

PROGRAM FUNDED!

I am requesting $133.70 to purchase 24 mirrors.

Students will use the handheld mirrors to say words and sounds and see the similarities and the differences the position and shape of the mouth as we say sounds. This knowledge about speech sounds is very important, especially in kindergarten, because many errors that children make in learning to read and spell are products of confusion about the oral layer of the language. Hands - on and immediate feedback!

$18.95 for a 4 pack of mirrors. Requesting 6 packs for a total of $113.70.

Disney Dudes & Disney Debs

PROGRAM FUNDED!

School: Santa Fe High School

Santa Fe High School Choir is off to Los Angeles for the Music in the Parks competition on April 1, 2016!

Over 70 members of the choir are going and will compete as a Mixed, a men's and a women's choir.

In such a trip, there are many monetary needs such as the bus transportation, hotel, meals and the competition fees. The choir would welcome any help Dollars 4 schools could give us. We are still a few thousand away from our goal but every small donation means less car washes, breakfasts, frito pie sales for us and especially for Mrs. Barnes

We Have the Wiggles!

School: Acequia Madre Elementary School

I am requesting $150 in funding for ten wiggle cushions for the Special Education students I serve. Each cushion cost $15.00 which includes shipping.

Several of my students struggle with attention or hyperactivity. They try very hard to sit still in class, listen to their teachers, and work independently. Your generous donation will help ensure that my students can focus and maximize their attention to the academic tasks at hand.

Mariachi Conference Participation

School: Capshaw Middle School

Currently, Mariachi Conquistador is in a re-building stage and Mr. G and Ms. Kelty are working at expanding the program to elementary schools in an effort to start the students in mariachi music at a younger age. In an effort to retain the students as they reach high school age, the instructor and sponsor would like to enhance the student’s experience by providing the opportunity for them to attend mariachi conferences in Las Vegas (spring) and Albuquerque, New Mexico (summer). Thus, funds from Dollars for Schools are being sought to help defray registration costs. We respectfully request that you consider our program as a recipient of monies to help defray our expenses.

The trumpet rings out its clear, shimmering call. The guitarron pulses its steady, throaty beat. Voices – vibrato lilting, joy apparent – sing a melody that has been sung for a century. This is mariachi, the splendor of a living heritage – beautiful to listen to, dance to and enjoy. But,the greatest beauty of all? This is mariachi performed by children – - teens from Capshaw and DeVargas Middle Schools, Capital High and several elementary schools in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Mariachi Conquistador is a group of young musicians who have been given the opportunity to learn and perform mariachi music since 2003. While the instructor and sponsor both retired in 2012, they felt so strongly about the program that they have continued the afterschool program depending on fundraising, small grants and donations to fund the program.

Ernie Gonzales, Director and Instructor of Mariachi Conquistador, has taught mariachi since the mid 80’s when he started a group at the Santa Fe Vocational School. In 1990, Mr. G, as he is affectionately called by his students, became Principal at Kaune Elementary School. He started a youth mariachi group as an after school program and had a 12 year run with Mariachi Kaune.

Ms. Kelty and Mr. Gonzales are committed to the city’s young musicians. They believe that the mariachi program keeps at-risk teens safe from dangerous behaviors and they provide classes for students to keep them focused on being top-notch performers by providing positive activities during their time away from school.

Learning About the World Through Literacy

Since I have taught k-3, I lack informational texts for older readers. In addition, with CCSS, students reading must be at a 50:50 ration with 1/2 being non-fiction.

This year, I am teaching the bubble class/ the overflow of fourth grade. As a result, SFPS did not have the monies to provide social studies or science materials and texts.

I am requesting money ($500) to buy books to develop my own curriculum using NF books based on my students interest and reading levels. For example, Biographies (American Symbols Series, $60.00) American History Book Series $64.00, both from Lakeshore, etc.

Your support would be greatly appreciated.

New Classroom Set-Up

School:Salazar Elementary School

I have moved to a new school and changed from special education to a regular education classroom. I am now a 1st grade teacher at Salazar Elementary. I believe it is my job and responsibility to ensure that all of my students get the quality education they deserve and provide the materials they need to ensure success. Most of my students are coming in to the classroom reading below grade level and they have a lot of ground to make up.

With this funding I will purchase books for a classroom library, including leveled books for individual book bags, read aloud materials, and also non-fiction books that are required by Common Core Standards.

If I have money left over, I would love to invest in a rug for morning circle time and centers.

Orchestra Competition in Disneyland

School: Capital High School

I am requesting $500 in funding to cover a portion of our trip to California for the students to participate in a Music In the Parks competition. The students have already worked hard to fund-raise quite a bit, but we need a little bit more to get us over the hump.

The SFHS Orchestra is made up of nearly 40 students in grades 9-12 at all ability levels. The Orchestra has tripled in size since 2012 and is continuing to grow.

UNC / Greeley Jazz Festival Competition

Capital High School's Vocal Jazz/A Cappella ensemble is traveling to Greeley, CO, for the UNC Jazz Festival. We need help with travel and lodging funds.

It is a 2-night 1000-mile roundtrip. We will take a suburban and the teach will drive, arriving Wednesday, April 20. We will perform for hundreds of people and adjudicators on Thursday, April 21. We will listen to dozens of school ensembles all day Thursday. Thursday night we will see one of the world's greatest vocal ensembles in concert - The New York Voices. Friday morning we will drive home.

The UNC/Greeley, CO Jazz Festival is the one of the largest in the world, attracting school ensembles from all over the world - vocal jazz, vocal and instrumental soloists, jazz instrumental combos, big band jazz ensembles - as well and world famous professional ensembles and soloists who present evening concerts and adjudicate groups during the day. This trip will be the capstone of our performing year with the CHS Vocal Jazz ensemble named "SINGronicity". We are in our second year as an ensemble and have already performed all over the city. This trip will help us to motivate and inspire future singers on the south end of town.

Speak the Language of the Drum

School: Nava Elementary School

$500 would provide five weeks of instruction with Akeem Ayanniyi and a student from Santa Fe University.

I have been coordinating and leading a successful and popular African Drum and Dance ensemble for the past seven years in Santa Fe Public Schools. This year, at Nava Elementary, I can see an interest in this program and would love to continue this program here! Students spend one hour per week with master drummers learning rhythms and songs from Nigeria and West Africa to present at a school-wide event that will be held during the final week of the school year as well as commencement ceremonies. As part of these celebrations, I will teach songs to the rest of the school with the same theme of Western African song, dance, music, drumming and culture.

String Orchestra Program at El Camino Real Academy

School: El Camino Real Academy - formerly Agua Fria Elementary

This is one of SFPS newest string orchestra programs - I started it last year during the 2014-15 school year. We are trying to build up our sheet music library, get polo shirts for concert uniforms, buy much needed accessories such as strings and shoulder rests, and other classroom supplies. Secondly, I would like to help students with scholarships to pay for private instruction - many students show amazing musical promise but they can't afford the cost of private lessons. Your help is much appreciated!

This south side school is has a Dual Language program and serves many first generation immigrant families. These students are eager to learn a string instrument and have shown much progress in one year alone. Your help will ensure the longevity and success of this new orchestra program! Thank you!!

National Dance Institute - Dancing with Excellence!

Please help sponsor our 4th grade superstars as they embark on a 30 week journey with NDI!

The focus on excellence and teamwork carries over into every aspect of our students' lives.

Young Scientists Investigating Their World

School: Academy for Technology and the Classics

I expect to work with a Science expert and mentor again this year. I will use the "Cross-Cutting Concepts, A Framework of K12 Science Education" again this year. I want to be able to offer a stipend to a mentor teacher, purchase books for my science area, provide photographs to this program and my parents of the wonderful explorations the children will create. I will need materials and supplies and paper and printer ink for the student documentation notebooks they will create. Funding for a field trip to the Randall Davey Audubon
We will begin or have already begun our studies with
1. Stability and Change
2. Force & Motion
3. Cause & Effect
4. Scale (at the Pre-K level)
5. Systems
6. Structure and Function
7. Simple Tools / Inventions & The Problems they Solve

I submitted a notebook will full documentation in the spring of our investigations last year. I was very grateful for your support. The children and their parents both learned about all the possibilities for learning when their children are exposed to science inquiry at a very early age. I am therefore asking with great expectation and gratitude for your support in offering the science inquiry for my littlest of students this year at El Camino Real Academy, with 19 full day students this academic year. Two Field trips to Randall Davey Audubon, as a culminating event to our studies this Fall and Santa Fe Children's Museum next spring as a culmination to our studies in the Spring. The cost of transportation has risen and so I include $260.00 for our
transportation.
With a heart full of gratitude...
Gloria Durham

Traditional Folk Music in School

I request funding for an Acoustic Guitar with a case and accessories for our Acoustic Americana class. I am working toward building a supply of instruments to provide students who can not afford their own. Specifically, I'm interested in a "Recording King RPH-05 Dirty Thirties Solid Top Single O" with a soft case, strap, and capo. It's small size and authentic sound make it ideal for smaller students to learn on. Local music retailer High Desert Guitars quoted me a special deal of $276.20 for the whole package.

I teach a unique music class called Acoustic Americana. Students perform and study traditional folk music from throughout America including Old-Time, Bluegrass, Blues, Cajun, and New Mexican music. Students also study the history and cultures behind these styles through readings, videos, recordings, and research projects. Additionally, students learn instrumental technique, fundamental musical skills, theory, notation, and improvisation. Students routinely perform as an ensemble throughout Santa Fe. No musical experience is required.

Electric Circuits

This request is to provide funding for a retired licensed elementary teacher to mentor two days a week in each fourth grade class at Gonzales Community School. The mentor will prepare and assist in the presentation of 16 science lessons based on the Science and Technology for Children (STC) kit entitled: Electric Circuits. This unit is a standards-based, inquiry-centered curriculum developed by the National Science Resources Center. The primary goals of the curriculum are to:
• Contribute to students’ conceptual understanding of science at a level that is appropriate to their stage of cognitive development
• Help children develop scientific attitudes and habits of mind, such as curiosity, respect for evidence, the capacity for critical reflections, and flexibility
• Develop students’ scientific reasoning and critical thinking

In this unit on Electric Circuits, students will develop an understanding of electricity through investigations with wires, batteries, bulbs, and switches. Through their experiences students will be introduced to many concepts, skills and attitudes that will further their knowledge of electricity.

Frog Jelly!

School: Aspen Community Magnet School

We are asking for a $500 donation to pay for art materials, materials for science experiments and snacks.

Frog Jelly is an after school program sponsored by our PTA that focuses on art, science, physical activity and exploration. We serve 25-40 students per day. One of our sample activities from last week is an art activity where the students made snow globes out of mason jars to give as holiday gifts to their parents. During times when weather permits we walk to area parks and build forts in the arroyo which adjoins our school playground. We celebrate the joy of childhood!

Cooperative Learning Centers

I am requesting funds to purchase the 6-Person Val-U-Pak Bluetooth® Boombox Listening Center from Really Good Stuff-vendor; (Please visit their website to see this product: http://www.reallygoodstuff.com/val-u-pak-cd-listening-center/p/701871/ ) The Cost: $189.95 plus $26.59 shipping =Total: $216.54.

The listening Center will allow small groups to listen to, follow melodic notation for and sing along with grade-level repertoire. This will be one of five-to-six learning centers in my music room.

I teach General Music to all of the Kinder-through-5th grades at our school. I am starting up Cooperative Learning Centers in my music room, which will allow students to rotate through learning concepts in small groups, and simultaneously allow me to assess their learning on individual basis, as I visit the groups during the centers.

The centers will not replace direct instruction nor creative composition; rather, the centers will enhance learning in cooperative small groups.
The listening Center will allow small groups to listen to, follow melodic notation for and sing along with grade-level repertoire. This will be one of five-to-six learning centers in my music room.

This purchase will be for a listening Center for Songs in their particular grade-level curriculum, with the printed music available to follow by each student wearing the headphones. Using the headphones will help keep down the noise level in my room as students rotate through the centers in their groups. At the same time, I will be able to hear the students singing along and assess pitch, melodic direction, tempo and diction.

Classroom Supplies

School: Salazar Elementary School

Funding is needed to purchase classroom materials for students and teachers.

Items needed:

Butcher Paper
Whiteboard Easel
Construction Paper
Laminator Paper
Poster Paper
Copy Paper
Pencils
Pens
Tissue
EVERYDAY CLASSROOM NEEDS

Family Guitar Project

School: Chaparral Elementary School

I would like $500 to start an after school guitar class for parents/guardians and their students. With $500 I can purchase guitars and strings and other materials to build this program. The idea is to have parents/guardians learn guitar together as a bonding/learning time with their child. The group would meet after school once a week.

John Van de Walle Teacher Resource for Mathematics

School: New Mexico School for the Arts

Math instructional coaches are attending professional development by Carnegie Learning. The books by John Van de Walle are highly recommended by the instructors. Mr. Van de Walle describes developmentally appropriate activities for strengthening mathematical fluency.

I want to purchase a resource book for each grade level, and for administration.

New Mexico All-State Ensemble

The New Mexico School for the Arts recently had 36 students win membership in the NM All-State Ensemble. The cost to provide transportation for this five day event is $1,100. It is our hope to receive $500.00 in financial assistance to attend the state wide event.

NMSA will have 36 students participating in select honor ensembles in voice, symphony orchestra and band with students from the entire state. NMSA is pleased to be taking such a large number of students from Santa Fe. These students worked for months on the audition material so that they would have the opportunity to work with some of the most highly acclaimed clinicians in the United States. This is a great honor for a school and district to achieve representation at the New Mexico Music Education Association All-State.

Bi-Literacy Begins with Books

I am requesting funds to increase our Spanish-language books in three fourth grade dual language classrooms

In our dual language program, by the time students are in fourth grade they spend 50% of their reading time in English and 50% in Spanish. Unfortunately, we have 75% more reading materials in English compared to Spanish for our classroom libraries. The result is a lack of variety and high-interest options during half of our reading time.

Our goal is to create life-long readers in both languages. To be successful we need your help in providing students with a wide variety of trade books in Spanish.

Printed Music, Method Books, Resources

Santa Fe Public Schools Music Education Programs

Our students taking band, choir, guitar, piano, and string orchestra classes need printed music! Funds earned would be used to provide students with printed music and method books needed to succeed on their instrument or voice. While $500 is a small part of the need, this donation would be a huge help in allowing us to buy music for a performing group can't afford it - for special performances such as community concerts and contests.

Santa Fe Public Schools' Music Education programs serves many thousands of students. While SFPS funding is generous, more funds are needed to effectively meet student needs. A core need is sheet music, teacher resource materials, and method books.

Photo courtesy of InSight Foto.

World Book Interactive Encyclopedia and Education Tool Access

School: Mandela International Magnet School

El Camino Real Academy would like to gain school wide access to World Book.

World Book is a Leveled Online Interactive Encyclopedia and Education Resource Tools:

World Book Student Online Encyclopedia: Designed for students in middle school, this online learning website includes articles from, The World Book Encyclopedia, a Biography Center, dictionary, atlas, an extensive multimedia collection, thousands of editor-selected websites, correlations to curriculum standards, and much more. World Book Student is optimized to work on your iPad or other tablets!
World Book Kids Online Encyclopedia: Designed for students in elementary school and based on World Book's award-winning Discovery Encyclopedia, World Book Kids is a children’s learning website that includes thousands of easy-to-read articles, engaging images and illustrations, interactive games and activities, and teacher resources for children.   

Our school has gone to a 1:1 iPad education model this year. One of the struggles teachers face, is finding recourses for students to access for research. Google can be an overwhelming and arduous place to search, not only or adults but especially for students. World Book, is a one stop resource for students to easily research topics, in addition World Book as a plethora of resources not only for students from project ideas, interactive education games, study tools and much more. World book has a wealth of resources for teachers from project ideas, lesson plans and much more.

The $450 will be to pay for half of the cost for school wide access. The other half will be provided by our PTA.

Teaching the Engineering Design Process

Available to ALL SFPS Elementary School Teachers

This project is to help support teachers in teaching the Engineering Design Process to students in grades 3-6. We will go through the steps of the process, explaining the importance and generating ideas to help students understand how Engineers help solve world problems.

Teachers will then engage in making roller-coasters that meet certain criteria, yet have limited resources, taking them through the entire process. This two hour professional development will help encourage teachers, to prepare students for 21st century STEM skills. Once they see the rigor of the process, they will reap the rewards of student engagement by using applied science and math skills.

GOALS
1. Provide teachers with professional development in the Engineering Design Process. 2. Encourage teachers to use applied math and science skills for student engagement and rigor.
3. Prepare teachers to teach the EDP, so more students will enter this category in their school science fair and district Expo.

I am hoping to be able to pay teachers for attending a PD about the Engineering Design Process. This is a district wide offer for Elementary teachers and will need to take place in October or November, at the latest. I guess I will offer it and have the PD for those who will do it either way, and then if we get funding, I will pay them a stipend. Here is the breakdown of costs:

Teacher Stipends @$16.00 an hour (x2) plus
Supplies:
straws, masking tape, Q-tips, marbles, index
cards, cups, modeling clay
$100.00

Total Cost: $384.00

Trout in the Classroom

I am requesting funds to purchase an aquarium and associated equipment to raise Rainbow Trout in the Classroom.

The program I am constructing is Trout in the Classroom, http://www.troutintheclassroom.org/ where my life science students will rear trout eggs from NM Game & Fish and raise them in the classroom to the parr stage and then we will release them in the Pecos River. This mirrors almost every step of my NM state science standards. Having actual living organisms in the classroom will build enthusiasm and interest in the curricula.

My physical science students will also benefit as we can talk about pH, thermal capacity of water, dissolved gasses in solution and the transfer of energy from chemical state to kinetic state.

WildCat Readers

School: E.J. Martinez Elementary School

I request $500.00 for books of all grade levels (preK-8) for school-wide reading incentive program.

I am the principal of El Camino Real Academy (formerly Agua Fria Elementary). We are a Dual Language school that supports one of the poorer communities of Santa Fe. Each week I choose a name from each grade (preK-8) of students who hand in Weekly Reading Logs. They earn a book if they get chosen. I would use this $500 to buy books for this incentive program.

Girl Power!

School: Salazar Elementary School

100% Funded

Communities in Schools is requesting the funds on behalf of Salazar Elementary School to fund a program provided by Girls Inc.

Girls in grades 3-6 will gain self-awareness, learn leadership qualities, build trust, and create lasting relationships. They will be capable of navigating conflict, critically thinking, and having positive social skills.

Reader's Workshop ALIVE!

School: El Camino Real Academy (Formerly Agua Fria Elementary)

100% Funded

I have taught at the same amazing school for 14 years - most of these years have been at the middle school level. I am huge proponent for finding a love for reading - either escaping in another world of a chapter book, or becoming an expert in history by immersing oneself in non-fiction. My classroom library still offers good choice across many genres, however over the years I have had books not returned, or years later students return to tell me that 'borrowed' a book that changed how they felt about reading. I am asking for additional funding (as the school district does not give teachers money to sufficiently stock a classroom library) to buy both new and classic literature that continues to excite all levels of readers.

About 90 7th graders cycle through my classroom every day - they have come to love both Writers and Readers Workshop! Reader's Workshop give students to opportunity to independently choose a book from my classroom library to not enjoy reading, but also to empower themselves with new knowledge they didn't have the day before! I have seen over the years that this part of my students' day, this simple yet irreplaceable part of the day becomes a self directed time that is essential to my students' learning.

Let's Start at the Very Beginning...

School:Aspen Community Magnet School

100% Funded

Please provide $350 to cover the cost of sheet music for the 2015-2016 school year.

It's no secret that funding in public education is tight. Now try teaching music with a budget that comes out to $10 per student for the entire year! The average cost of music for one student in choir for the year comes out to about $24. As you can see, we are far short of being able to supply every student with what they need. This funding will go directly into the operational budget, and will be used to purchase the most basic thing needed for a music class: music! My students work hard, and deserve the very best. Please help me give it to them!

Fluency Building Through Audiobooks

School: Turquoise Trail Charter School

PROGRAM FUNDED

I want to see my students make huge gains in their fluency this year. I believe this can happen by giving them opportunities to listen to audiobooks of the books we have in our classroom library. We are just two weeks in to our new school year, and I already see the looks on my students' faces when they realize they can't read the "favorite" or "popular" book that a few of the kids are reading. They are devastated, and they start to feel embarrassed that they aren't able to read them yet. No matter how much I reassure them that each one of them will improve their reading this year, for some of them, it won't come quick enough. They want to read the books everyone else is reading.

With the iPod nanos and the iTunes gift card, I will purchase audiobooks to accompany books in our classroom library. Students will read along in the book as they listen to the audiobook. Listening to a fluent reader will allow them to learn new vocabulary and pay attention to punctuation. Their comprehension will improve because the pressure of sounding out each new word is lessened as they listen to someone else read. They will be able to give their full attention to the story.

Ideally, it would be fantastic if I could get a class set of iPod nanos, but with 3, I can make a schedule so that my students will be able to take turns having the opportunity to listen as they read.

Program Funding Request: 3 iPod nanos ($150 each)
$150 iTunes giftcards - to be used to purchase audiobooks of books I already have in my classroom.

Developing Math Skills and Language Through Centers

School:Aspen Community Magnet School

100% Funded

Three classrooms of third graders would rotate to different centers to practice their Math Skills and Language.

Trout in the Classroom

School: Mandela International Magnet School

100% Funded

I am requesting funds to purchase an aquarium and associated equipment to raise Rainbow Trout in the classroom.

The program I am constructing is Trout in the Classroom, http://www.troutintheclassroom.org/, where my life science students will rear trout eggs from NM Game & Fish and raise them in the classroom to the parr stage and then we will release them in the Pecos River. This mirrors almost every step of my NM state science standards. Having actual living organisms in the classroom will build enthusiasm and interest in the curricula.

My physical science students will also benefit as we can talk about pH, thermal capacity of water, dissolved gasses in solution and the transfer of energy from chemical state to kinetic state.

CHANGES

School: Gonzales Community School

100% Funded

The Science and Technology for Children (STC) kit entitled Changes will be used to help students develop their knowledge of states of matter and learn to describe the properties of solids, liquids and gases.

Students will learn to categorize matter by identifiable properties. They will be given opportunities to predict results, plan and perform simple tests, and analyze, interpret and discuss their results. Students will have several opportunities to practice their new skills in lessons in which they devise ways of separating a mystery mixture, and plan and carry out investigations that involve other changes.

The Changes unit consists of 17 lessons and includes a post-unit assessment.17 Lessons X $20.00 per hour = $340.00

Aspen Band Program T-Shirts

School: Aspen Community Magnet School

100% Funded

This request is for funding to purchase an Aspen Band t-shirt for every student in the Aspen MS band program. The shirt will have a student designed logo representing the band program and school. These shirts will be used for years to come.

These t-shirts would be worn by band students at both school concerts and district events, such as MS band nights at the high schools and collaborative concerts. By having a shirt that identifies the program (student designed!), students feel more a part of a family and identify more strongly with the program. Remember--students who participate in music programs in high school are more likely to graduate and have higher GPA's. I believe identifying strongly with a music program in middle school will increase the number of my students who continue on in HS. Music isn't a class; it's a way of life.

IXL Language Arts Learning for 6th Graders

School: Aspen Community Magnet School

100% Funded

I would like to purchase an IXL language arts classroom license for 1 teacher and up to 50 students. This license provides access to IXL language arts for a full calendar year. My students will have unlimited access to all grade levels, and will be able to practice from both home and school. The license also offers complete progress reporting for teachers, so I can easily track my students' improvement in real time.

Program DescriptionIXL is a real-time computer program that gives each student their own account. To start practicing, students just click on the common core skill I assign to them (for example: subject-verb agreement). IXL will track their score, and the questions will automatically increase in difficulty as they improve!

Twice, I have received free month-long IXL trials and my students really enjoy them. The students seem to think it's a game and work hard to improve their scores. It's a win-win situation!

Book Minion Domination!

School: Acequia Madre Elementary School

100% Funded

I am hoping to receive $500.00 to purchase books, materials to practice comprehension skills for the books I purchase, and for incentive prizes for my students who read.

I began a reading program four years ago. The first year I implemented it in my classroom, the students read 37 books.

The second year I added a competition piece and an incentive piece. This caused a flurry of activity, and my students read 335 books!

We all work better when we have incentives, so why not give my students some? Every 100 books read by the class earns the students a "party" (pizza, book, or prize party). The students also attempt to beat Mrs. Jellison in the number of books read (at their reading level), and can earn a gift card at the end of the school year from Target. These incentives have been amazing!

Last year my students read 358 books! If you do the math, that's almost 19 books that each student read on top completing their school work. Pretty impressive.

The beginning of this school year has already prompted four of my returning students to remind me that they can't wait to start my reading program. I want that excitement for reading to continue, and I want the students to grow in reading even more.

How it works:
1.Each students' name is placed on the wall in my classroom.
2.As the students read a book, they earn a minion (it's a small drawn character holding a banner).
3.The students will write the name of the book read on the banner.
4.The minion will be placed around the name of the child.
5.The top 10 readers with the most minions receives a prize at the end of the year.

I want to help encourage my students to be lifelong readers, and I think this program is supporting that. Our goal is 400 books this year. Please consider funding my program. I have my wall ready for reading, and hope to have more materials to share with my students this year.

Thank you for your consideration!

Articulation Therapy

100% Funded

I am a speech language pathologist. I work with 38 students per week for articulation, language, stuttering disorders primarily. I work with students who have repaired cleft palate and articulation difficulties, as well as many student with functional articulation disorders. Corrected speech disorders directly impacts students literacy development as well as providing speech typical of age levels for intelligible communication.

I am requesting funding to purchase articulation materials for students. I have selected 5 workbooks which will support best practice speech/articulation therapy.

Language Development Therapy

School: Atalaya Elementary School

100% Funded

I am requesting funding to purchase language development materials for children who have been diagnosed with a language disorder. I am a speech language pathologist.

The set of language treatment materials is an organized system for teaching categorization skills at 3 levels of difficulty: Association -Exclusion- Advanced Exclusion. Impart, therapy will focus on naming objects, developing vocabulary meanings, exclusion/inclusion of category, comparing and contrasting, and use of the above.

Young Astronauts Club

School: Carlos Gilbert Elementary School

100% Funded

Please help fund the Young Astronauts Club at Carlos Gilbert Elementary School!

This unique and much-loved program needs $850 for the purchase of rockets, engines and other miscellaneous supplies for the Rocket Build and Launch that happens in May.

The Young Astronauts Club is teacher-led and open to all students (K-6) at Carlos Gilbert Elementary School. Students meet once a week at lunch from January to May to learn about the science behind rockets and rocket building. These club meeting culminate in a Rocket Build and Launch, where each student builds their own rocket followed by a launch at the MRC. The Club is designed to help stimulate an interest in aeronautics, space science and engineering.

Community Based Instruction for 100 Students!

School: Ortiz Middle School

100% Funded

We have planned a Community Based Instruction field trip the Santa Fe Children’s museum for the week of Oct 26 -29. Mon-Thurs., each day 25 students will attend, for a total of 100 students. $500 is needed to make this wonderful opportunity happen for the 6th graders at Ortiz Middle School.

The concept is to connect creativity and learning. I am encouraging the students to create their own projects to explore the curriculum of early human civilizations. There is no better facility in Santa Fe to stimulate the imagination than the Santa Fe Children’s museum.

Musical Theatre Production Choreographer

School: Capitol High School

100% Funded

I no longer have a dance co-teacher in my musical theatre production class, but I have an Actors Equity Broadway actress who is interested and can teach the kids the choreography for our production of "Suessical: The Musical." The funding will pay for her services at a bargain rate!

Our Musical theatre production class is in its 3rd year! The goal of this class is to produce a Winter musical showcase, and a full length Broadway production. The experience that the students receive is on par with professional productions.

Past productions include: "Little Shop of Horrors" & "You're a Good Man Charlie Brown."

Novel Sets for 5th Graders

School: Tesuque Elementary School

100% Funded

I am requesting $449.53 to place a book order for four novel sets of 20 copies each for my classroom.

I would like to use two historical texts to teach Social Studies content within my literacy block. It is important that my students have a more sustained exposure to two key US historical periods. I have chosen Pocahontas: In Their Own Words, to teach about colonial settlement and the Native American cultures during this time, and George Washington's Spy, a novel from which we will explore the American Revolution.

Additionally, I would like to order two novels by Jerry Spinelli, to use in my mixed-grade high level reading group. These two novels are high-interest middle grade stories that treat social acceptance and self esteem issues that are both pertinent and very moving.

T-BoB Reads!

School: Tesuque Elementary School

100% Funded

We are starting a brand new Battle of the Books club here at Tesuque! We need $300.00 to purchase 2 copies of each of the 20 titles on this year's list, and pay for club t-shirts to promote our pride in being readers.

BoB is an after school reading club for 4th, 5th, and sixth graders. Students read from a state-wide list of 20 excellent books, then come together in the spring with readers from all over the state to have a quiz-style competition. Involvement increases students passion and ability in reading, and also develops amazing leadership skills.

Tesuque has 44 kids in the 4th-6th grades, 15 of who are currently participating. I hope to use the district's new Google suite tools to expand the opportunities for becoming involved through online groups, since many of our students are unable to stay after school.

Archaeology Club to Crow Canyon

School:Capital High School

PROGRAM FUNDED

PLEASE SUPPORT OUR FIELD TRIP... We need $300 by October 15th.

Please support the Capital High School Archaeology Club with our Crow Canyon Archaeology Field Trip on October 22-25!

Twelve students and two teachers will be attending. The trip will include hands-on instruction in archaeological techniques, a field trip to Mesa Verde National Park, cultural history activities and more. Dorm lodging and food provided. Transportation is also included.

We have a scholarship that will pay a majority of the costs of taking 12 students and 2 teachers to Crow Canyon, but we still need to cover another $1000 of costs.

Building Friendships One Block At A Time

School: Carlos Gilbert Elementary School

100% Funded

This year, my 2nd grade class is comprised of 21 children (14 boys and 7 girls). My overall theme is: How we relate to the world and how we make connections.

I would like to create a unit on building bridges and friendships. Students will hone their cooperative and leadership skills by building different types of bridges while working on their communication skills. One of the Common Core standards is speaking and listening, therefore a unit on building bridges as a group would help students refine their communication skills.

I am requesting funding for the following:
K'Nex Discover Control kit $250.00
Books about bridges $100.00

Science Mentor

School: Gonzales Community School

100% Funded

This request is to provide funding for a retired licensed elementary teacher to mentor two days a week in my fourth grade classroom at Gonzales Community School. The mentor will prepare and present 16 science lessons based on the Science and Technology for Children (STC) kit entitled: Rocks and Minerals.

This unit is a standards-based, inquiry-centered curriculum developed by the National Science Resources Center.

The kit addresses four critical goals:

• Use effective student and teacher assessment strategies to improve teaching and learning.
• Integrate literacy into the learning of science by giving student the lens of language to focus and clarify their thinking and activities.
• Enhance learning using new technologies to help students visualize processes and relationships that are normally invisible or difficult to understand.
• Incorporate strategies to actively engage parents to support the learning process.

Students will observe and test rocks and minerals, and record and discuss their findings. They will learn that rocks are aggregates of minerals and that those minerals have a defined chemical and physical structure. This unit strengthens students’ ability to use their senses, as well as to perform and interpret tests, and to classify and identify rocks and minerals. It also provides opportunities for students to apply information they have gained through reading.

The mentor’s role will be to prepare the lessons in advance of the class sessions and to present the material to the students. The teacher will remain in the classroom to provide support and to learn how to use the Rocks and Minerals unit for future classes. The mentor will demonstrate effective classroom management strategies specific to inquiry-based learning.

Costs: $20.00 per hour for 16 lessons, plus 2 hours of preparation time prior to the first lesson. Total of 18 hours at $20.00 per hour = $360.00.

Balanced Bodies = Engaged Minds

School: Mandela International Magnet School

100% Funded

I am requesting funds to purchase a class set of stability/exercise balls to use in my classroom to replace conventional chairs.

I would like to introduce stability/exercise balls into my classroom to increase student learning. Research suggests that the use of stability/exercise balls requires the engagement of both sides of the brain thereby creating a more focused mind. Stability/exercise balls has also proven to help students with learning difficulties as well as behavior management issues.

As per my title, I envision my students learning to balance their bodies on the stability/exercise balls while being completely engaged in the tasks at hand.

Christmas Caroling Outreach

School:Sweeney Elementary School

100% Funded

The amount requested will pay for our bus to the nursing home for our Christmas Caroling community service project ($160.00). We will also be needing art supplies, such as material and stuffing for the pillow project.

Students learn about 25 Christmas carols and present a program at the Santa Fe Care Center for the residents, staff and the residents' family members. The students will at that time also deliver handmade pillows to the residents who may not be receiving a gift otherwise. Students interact with the residents. Afterwards, we will celebrate with a luncheon together. Parents are invited and strongly encouraged to join us for these events.

KIVA in Community

School: Capital High School

100% Funded

I am requesting funds to produce a book that shows the ways the KIVA students from Capital High School and Santa Fe High School are involved in the community.

The purpose of this project is to:
1. Document community-based instruction.
2. Promote and demonstrate the programs to the community and develop understanding of the abilities and challenges of the students.
3. Provide students and parents with a document showing the program throughout the year.
4. Provide a real life opportunity and purpose for students to learn about writing, photography, printing and production of a book.

Revolutionary Research

School: Salazar Elementary

100% Funded

Revolutions make up our past and present. This funding request is for the purchase of books to support a unit on the American Revolution and the beginnings of this country. The lesson guides students on a journey of learning to read and write like historians, and your support with $500 will make a big difference!

Manipulatives Mania!

School: Acequia Madre Elementary School

100% Funded

Funding for math manipulatives and math literature for small group instruction.
Impact - increase students' ability to problem-solve and use higher-level thinking skills in the area of math. The purpose of this grant is to request funds to be used to purchase manipulatives that will be used in small-group math instruction. I have had the opportunity to establish small group math in my class this year. With this more student-centered approach to instruction, I have seen great improvement in the students' skills. One of the rotations during this math time is called "Math Play." During this time the students either play the math games that are provided with the Every Day Math series or they complete task cards that I have created. These tasks tie into the learning objectives. I have been able to put together some of the tasks with materials that I have available in my classroom. However, I would like to strengthen the learning with math literature and manipulatives. The things I would like to purchase will
be used to reinforce all the skills associated with the CCSS.

I plan to spend part of the summer organizing the manipulatives and literature and writing task cards to go with them. I anticipate having this ready by the start of the 2015 school year.

Great Books Needed

School: Turquoise Trail Charter School

100% Funded

Third grade is a pivotal year for emerging readers as they either decide to engage or disengage in reading. We all know the "right" book at the right time can create an enthusiastic lifelong reader. I have seen it happen time and time again. Common core requires us to dig deeper into subjects. My classroom library needs an infusion of great new books from all the genres to enable my students to keep up with the Common Core expectations.
Please help me build up my classroom library to expose my students to a variety of genres and levels to get them hooked on reading.

Setting Up A New Classroom

School: Salazar Elementary School

100% Funded

I have moved to a new school so I’m starting from scratch! I plan on asking families to bring in consumable supplies (like pencils, markers, etc.) but I need help with the non-consumables, please! I know that I am asking for a considerable amount of money, but any small amount you are able to donate will greatly benefit my students. With this funding, I will purchase math manipulatives and leveled books first, then move on the aesthetic items.

Following is a list of some of the materials I will need to teach in my 1st grade classroom next year:
a) Math manipulatives for: addition & subtraction (stacking cubes, counters, base-ten blocks, ect), measurement (rulers, number grids, etc), and geometry (colored geometric blocks).
b) Morning Meeting materials: I use the first 15 minutes of the day to teach them how to use and read a calendar, how to count by 1s, 5s & 10s, and how to use a number line – in order to do this I need an interactive calendar, a place-value chart w/manipulatives, small white boards for each student and a number line.
c) Leveled books for Kindergarten through 3rd grade
d) Large carpet: I like to have a special carpet in my classroom, where we meet for morning meeting, for writing workshop, etc.
e) Pillows: I like independent reading and writing time to be comfortable for my students, so I’d like to collect beanbags and throw pillows for the classroom.
f) Stuffed animals: first graders still need these small comforts.
g) Lego blocks: first graders are still developing their fine-motor skills and Lego blocks are a great way for them to do that.

Everyone Has a Story to Share!

School: Acequia Madre Elementary

100% Funded

The Principal and Staff at Acequia Madre Elementary will begin implementation of Lucy Calkin's award winning Writing Workshop Curriculum on a school-wide basis for the 2015-16 school year.

I am requesting $150 in funding for mentor texts and student supplies for implementing the Writing Workshop curriculum in my 1st grade class. We have the Teaching Guides, but do not have the mentor texts used in mini-lessons. Other supplies needed are folders, writing paper, date stamps, post-its, and pencils and pens.

Amy Biehl Greenhouse

School: Amy Biehl Community School

100% Funded

Amy Biehl Community School has a fruitful garden program. Our in-ground garden bed is a source of constant learning and exploration for all students in the school, grades kindergarten through 6th. Several hoophouses and coldframes around the school allow classes to expand the growing season by several months. A greenhouse will allow us to expand the garden program and incorporate a whole new aspect of the growing season into our environmentally engaged school, teaching students how to organize, plan, and operate a greenhouse. There are many ways Amy Biehl students will learn and grow with this greenhouse. Students will be involved in planning the grow season, planning which crops are planted in the garden, and planning the seeding schedule for these plants. Students will also be involved in seeding flats, transplanting seedlings into bigger trays, and eventually transplanting plants into the garden. Students will also be involved in the daily maintenance and greenhouse operations. Students will organize a rotating schedule of watering, checking daily temperatures and moisture levels, and venting the greenhouse. Students will be actively involved in all aspects of the greenhouse, and will not only learn more about plant life cycles and gardening, but will also learn a sense of responsibility and organization that they can carry with them the rest of their lives. Please help us fund the Amy Biehl Community School Greenhouse project!

Math Lab (Wowzers)

School: Gonzales Community School

100% Funded

Wowzers is an on-line Math program that allows students and teachers to individualize a student's Math lab experience. We have access to the Common Core Standards for grades 3-8, therefore allowing for remedial work or enrichment opportunities. This is a viable way to provide differentiated instruction for our students. Wowzers is highly engaging for students and provides very valuable assessment information for teachers. The methods for evaluating student achievement is directly aligned to the PARCC assessment and familiarizes our students with a wide variety of technology exercises that aid in proficient test-taking skills. This program is unlike any other computerized Math programs that this teacher has ever evaluated.

A Great Place to Be!

School: Salazar Elementary School

100% Funded

New director of afterschool program 2015-2016 school year. Need materials to set up centers that are engaging, fun, and a learning experience for students age 5-13.

Program will run from 3-6 Mon. thru Fri. Will have a tutoring program with retired teacher volunteers. 1st hour will need pencils, paper, markers, books in sets of 10. Will have centers Need materials such as fabric for theater, wood to build projects, pipe for water exploration, clay for modeling. yarn for crocheting, pans and utensils for baking. tidbits for jewelry making.

Bridge grant

Why is London Bridge Falling Down?

School: Carlos Gilbert Elementary

100% Funded

Why Is London Bridge Falling Down? Think Like an Engineer!

Please support this Interactive / Hands-on Science program. It is a 2 month unit of study, preparing 2nd graders for participation in the SFPS annual science fair. This science grant supports implementation of a literacy-based science unit of study inspired by the nursery rhyme: “London Bridge is Falling Down,” and the history of London Bridge’s several reconstructions. Students will also explore the history of bridge construction and design, since Ancient Rome. Several inquiries will guide this investigative science unit, as students explore the form and function of bridges. Student literature selections requested in this grant meet Common Core criteria for “complex text,” and will allow me to integrate literature with science in a meaningful and enriched manner. Students will cooperatively construct well engineered model bridges (reusable kits), and at the end of the unit students will design and construct original bridges based on what they have learned. The class book set of: Rosie Revere Engineer, by Andrea Beaty and David Roberts is a literature rich guided reading resource, with an impacting thematic student message, as they design and build their own bridges. Standards Addressed: I.) New Mexico State Science Standards in “Scientific Thinking and Practice” & “Science and Society.” II.) Next Generation Science Standards: Science and Engineering Practice 1. Asking Questions / Defining Problems 2. Carrying on Investigations 3. Making Predictions "What would happen if a variable changes?" 4. Collecting data about the performance of a proposed object, tool, process, or system under a range of condition. 5. Testing two different models of the same proposed object, tool, or process to determine which better meets criteria for success. 6. Developing Models. 7. Collaboratively develop and/or revise a model based on evidence. 8. Analyzing and Interpreting Data. 9. Comparing and contrasting data collected by different groups - discuss similarities and differences in findings.

Classroom Library

School: Acequia Madre Elementary School

100% Funded

When I walked into my new 2nd grade classroom this summer, my first thought was: “Where are all the books?” Nevermind the staplers, the bulletin board paper, or the dry erase markers. For my students to be successful this year, they needed books. Lots of them. Preferably of high interest and readability.

Resources are tougher to come by in today’s educational world when compared to the past. And no resource is more important to my students’ success than access to high quality and engaging books. While I first viewed this situation as a problem, I quickly observed that there were opportunities here as well. I could create my own classroom library! Better yet, what if my students and I chose the books we wanted to read together during the school year?

I Speak the Language of the Drum

School: Salazar Elementary School

100% Funded

This year, in conjunction with partial funding by music department fundraising, $500 would pay for Akeem and Josiah to meet with students from two or three classes twice per week for one month in preparation for the final concert.

Master Drummer Akeem Ayanniyi, Santa Fe University advanced percussion student Josiah St. Lewis-Norah collaborate with Salazar Elementary School Sixth Grade students for an end-of-year performance at the Sustainability Fair. This is the culminating project of sixth grade students at Salazar Elementary. Music Specialist Deborah Ungar has organized this program for the past 6 of 7 years, securing funding from various sources. Although this performance is presented by the sixth grade students, the entire Salazar community comes together to support and enjoy this performance as an end-of-year celebration. We meet as a school on Salazar Green and enjoy the performance of African drumming, dance, and song.

Unity and Community Building through African Dance

School: Salazar Elementary School

100% Funded

For the past 7 of 8 years, Deborah Ungar, Music Specialist, has organized and implemented an African Drum and Dance program at Salazar Elementary School. It is the culmination of the students' music studies and a celebration of their achievements at Salazar. This program has served as a model for younger students. After taking one year off last school year, the sixth grade students have requested that Ms. Ungar continue this rich and rewarding program. The final program is a performance for the Salazar communtiy on Salazar Green during an all-school celebration at the Sustainability Fair, which is held in the second week May. Shayla Dawn has been teaching dance with this program since 2009, and the students look forward to working with her. She performs regularly with Moria Ensemble. - See more at:

Enrich Literacy

School: Acequia Madre Elementary School

100% Funded

My name is Amy Stone, and I am a first year teacher at Acequia Madre Elementary, teaching a wonderful bunch of fourth grade students. I am writing to request a grant to help increase literacy in my classroom. As a first year teacher, I have to set up my classroom with many supplies, and have little funding to increase student development. I am looking for funding to increase my classroom library, and enhance my students' interest in books. Right now my library consists of very old, yellowing books that my students are not interested in. Most of the books are from prior teachers. My library has not been updated in many years. I want to enhance my students' interest in reading by providing them with choices. This means I need to update my library. The only way I can do this is with your help. I would love to have a lasting impact on my students' education by reinforcing the love of books and giving them the opportunity to read for enjoyment. The more a child reads, the better they will read.

Changes: Science and Technology for Children

School: Gonzales Community School

100% Funded

This grant is to support a unit of instruction with 17 lessons entitled; Changes, developed by the Smithsonian Institution’s National Science Resources Center. The primary goals of the Science and Technology Concepts (STC) Program is to provide students with curricula that fully address science standards and to present opportunities for students to engage directly with natural phenomena, tools of science, real-world problems and technical design challenges.

Cost: $340 for support materials and a stipend for the mentor

Recycled Renaissance Festival 2015

School: Aspen Community Magnet School

100% Funded

Aspen Community Magnet School is preparing to celebrate William Shakespeare’s 451st birthday by holding a weeklong Recycled Shakespeare/Renaissance Festival May, 2015. To that end, we have been writing scripts, running lines, blocking scenes, creating costumes, scavenging props, imagining backdrops, etc. In short, we have been doing the work of researchers, literary critics, playwrights, directors, actors, and stage technicians. While we deeply respect Shakespeare’s work and Renaissance culture more broadly, our approach has been largely irreverent – like Elizabethan audiences! We are having some serious fun.

We will need material resources from the community in order to make our Recycled Renaissance Festival project successful. We have received a variety of donated items, but we need materials (glue, paint, brushes, etc.) to put together our recycled items to create: props, costumes, sets, etc. Helping our students at Aspen to learn about the life and times of Shakespeare through a truly interdisciplinary, campus wide celebration will be so appreciated.

Oral Archive of Student Culture 2.0

School: Santa Fe High School

100% Funded

Similar to the endeavors of Alan Lomax during the early 20th Century for the Library of Congress, this project is looking to empower students through the recording of spoken word via technology. This small investment will allow students to record themselves/each other/others at any location/event and opens itself to a range of capturing student voice as spoken word (i.e., poetry, speeches, monologues), interviews (i.e., journalistic, folk, exiting seniors/entering freshmen, etc.), and eventual publication. This project wil directly benefit SFHS Poetry and Spoken-Word Performance (The Rhymers' Club) Students already complete a year-end spoken word final in Apple's Garageband application, but are often stifled by it's limitations to laboratory environments w/ classroom noise, lack of production-level recording devices (i.e., quality microphones, windscreen, etc.). This project would allow them to record individual performances of themselves and others, be it guest performances or their own.

Vocabulary Building

100% Funded

School: Aspen Community Magnet School

I am an ELA teacher at Aspen Community Magnet School for the 7th and 8th grade Middle School Students. Aspen is a Title 1 School with 87% of the students on free and reduced lunch. These students are in dire need of additional vocabulary building tools. Most students at Aspen speak Spanish at home and English in school and do not have the opportunity to build English vocabulary. Learning 5-10 words a week is not enough for these students who need to have the opportunity to catch up. These students need exposure to hundreds of words. The Common Core standards for Middle school students include interpretive activities that require reading excellent, sophisticated literature which requires substantial vocabulary knowledge in order to be able to understand the text. I am looking at methods to provide this necessary additional vocabulary support. I found a computer based program that has provided a path to fill this need. Membean is an excellent computer based vocabulary building software program. Currently students have been using the program via a free trial that ends next month-that the Membean Program has provided. I would not be able to afford to use the program next year as it would be cost prohibitive. The Membean company has negotiated a reduced annual fee for our approx 150 7th and 8th grade students of 400.00 for the year. I have negotiated to receive a grant of 100.00 from another source, so the remaining requirement is 300.00. This is an excellent opportunity, as usually this program would cost around 1500.00 annually for this number of students.

A Reward for their Dedication and Hard Work!

School: Sweeney Elementary School

100% Funded

My second grade class went beyond the set goal of raising $300.00 to collect money for children that have leukemia. Amazingly, they collected $445.01. The class won the prize of going to the Olive Garden Restaurant. There is one minor problem, unfortunately the school does not have any money in their budget to pay for the bus. The money needed for this request is $100.00 to pay for the bus. Being that the children were so dedicated and worked so hard for this project it would be nice if the students would be granted the money to pay for the bus. Thank you for considering this wonderful group of caring second graders.

French Competition: Competition Interscolaire de la Langue Francaise

School: Academy for Technology and the Classics

100% Funded

I am requesting $60 to pay for trophies, medals and ribbons to be given to students who will participate in ATC's first annual French competition, entitled: Competition Interscolaire de la Langue Francaise. ATC will be hosting this event that will take place on February 6, 2015. Another school will be participating in this event.

Little Libraries

School: Tesuque Elementary School

100% Funded

Students, families and Community members of Tesuque will build 8 Little Libraries for the front of Tesuque Elementary School . All members of the community be able to access books and other literacy materials from Little Libraries that will be built by parents and the PTA in collaboration with the Santa Fe High School shop teacher and Girl Scouts. There will be a set of eight kiosks labeled according to grade and age level. The ultimate goal is to promote literacy and reading locally by creating an avenue for easy access to materials in the Village of Tesuque. Community members will be able to drive up to the kiosks or walk up to the kiosks to select books. The supply of books will be maintained by the return of books or donation of books to the Little Libraries.

This request is for building materials for making Little Library kiosks in the amount of $500.00. Materials include wood, pro panel, paint, clear plastic panel, calking, nails, screws, and sand paper. Commercially, this items sells for $399.00 per unit.

Class Library

School: Amy Biehl Community School

100% Funded

I would like to set up a class library to help my kids with reading.

Some of Our Favorite Things

100% Funded

School: Acequia Madre Elementary School

I teach math, Language arts, science, social studies, social skills, and organizational skills in my classroom to 3rd-6th graders. I like to teach in a way that makes the students live the educational moments and experience them so that they don't always realize that they are learning! Loving to teach and learn myself, it makes it my pleasure to show them what I know, and how to find out about new and interesting subjects. My classroom is a place where a child can go for extra support in school work, a much needed hug and smile, or where they can come to learn a subject straight from me. This is my twelfth year of teaching, and I jump out of bed every morning hoping I get to experience an "AHA!" moment with a student! I truly love what I do, and hope to be able to do it until I'm old and gray(er!).

100% funded

We Need Enriching

100% Funded

School: Acequia Madre Elementary School

My classroom is a mix of resource and enrichment students between the ages of 5 and 11. I teach them at various times throughout the week to meet their IEP needs, and enjoy having every single one of them! I want to be able to help support the students as well as I can, but I am finding that I need more varied materials because of all the levels that I instruct. I use everything that I can find at the school to better stretch what I have personally in my classroom, but I just have found that it isn't quite enough. I am grateful to you and your program for all the support you have given to other teachers that I know, thank you.

Warm your Hearts this Winter...Help Dollars4Schools provide warm coats, hats & gloves to Santa Fe Students in need.

100% Funded

Please help Dollars4Schools help Santa Fe public school students by providing them with warm coats, hats & gloves - the essential tools they need to succeed this winter. Your support makes all the difference!

Broadway Bound

100% Funded

School: Santa Fe High School

Dancers from SFHS have the opportunity to participate in a field trip to New York City in May 2015. With fundraising and parent contribution, students will fund most of the trip but they would like to take classes at professional studios and this cost is not included in their trip fee. Drop-in classes at NYC professional dance studios are $18/class and students hope to take 4 classes. The approximate total is $72/student. The request is for $500.

Help Replace What Was Lost

100% Funded

School: Sweeney Elementary School

Earlier in the year somebody broke into our school and vandalized my classroom and P.E. storage where I had stored new P.E. equipment I had recently purchased for this school year. The equipment that was stolen was important to my program, because I had plans for specific units of instruction. Without this equipment, I can no longer provide the lessons to the children in grades K-2nd. I am seeking financial assistance so that I can purchase new equipment so that the children can experience the lessons I had planned for them. Thank you, very much for consideration in this very important matter. Any assistance at all will be greatly appreciated.

Teatro Peraguas Children's Theatre

100% funded

School: Acequia Madre Elementary School

I'm requesting $100.00 to rent a school bus to attend the Teatro Paraguas Children's Theater Performance "Legends from the Land of Enchantment." The 4th and 6th Grade of Acequia Madre would like to attend the performance to support a few of our classmates in the arts.

Classical Music For Classical Roots

100% funded

School: Turquoise Trail Charter School

Did you know music can help you study? Studies have shown that the right kind of music can help you relax your mind which enables you to concentrate better. It cuts down on distractions and helps you focus on your work. The most cited study is the “Mozart effect” a set of research results that indicate that listening to Mozart’s music may induce a short-term improvement on the performance of certain kinds of mental tasks known as “spatial-temporal reasoning” which is the ability to think out long-term, more abstract solutions to logical problems that arise. In my class many students have recently said that the music really helps them. I could see this immediately. However with Pandora comes advertisements that quickly breaks the effect. I would like to use a custom playlist to enhance our curricula- be it classical roots, reading, writing, science, etc. Seeking Funding for a 32 gig iPod Touch, Wireless speakers and iTunes classical music purchase

Test of Word Finding: 3rd Edition

100% funded

School: Atalaya Elementary School, Wood Gormley Elementary School, E.J. Martinez Elementary School

The Test of Word Finding-3rd Edition is an expressive language test designed to assess children's word finding ability. It can be used to identify students who have word-finding problems, plan word finding intervention, and re-test to determine progress. Students may have word retrieval as part of an expressive language disorder. This test is crucial as part of an evaluation as often word finding can be an associated language component for children who exhibit reading and literacy disorders. By assessing word retrieval skills in students and developing better skills through language therapy, students are supported in developing literacy skills by strengthening pathways in the brain and increasing communication skills.

Stuttering Therapy Program

100% funded

School: Wood Gormley Elementary School

I am requesting $170.00 to purchase a stuttering program to teach speech fluency techniques to students in the Santa Fe schools. This fee will purchase the Therapist Handbook, Student Workbooks (4) Instructional DVD And CDs. This is a these components are a full kit with 2 additional student workbooks.

Literacy Night Inspirational Speaker

100% funded

School: Sweeney Elementary School

During our one-week-long Scholastic Book Fair in the Sweeney Elementary Library, our school's Literacy Committee is hosting a Literacy Night on Tuesday, December 9, 2014. Parents are encouraged to meet with their student's teacher. If one or both parents or guardians do so, their child gets a free book purchased through our Book Fair's Scholastic Dollars profit-sharing program. Last year, spurred by the same book giveaways, 557 parents and students attended our Literacy Night. The event was our most successful academic night. Accompanying a dinner in the cafeteria that evening, we would like to show 15 minutes of the film, Before We Say Goodbye (2010), about an American Hispanic family. The screenplay was written by Patricia Crespin, a Las Vegas, NM, resident having been featured on the syndicated TV show, American Dream Latin Soul. We would like to bring in Ms. Crespin as the evening's featured speaker. Since 95 percent of our students are Hispanic, we think Ms. Crespin's appearance and talk could have a great positive impact on our students and families. Funding Needed: $200 honorarium to guest speaker $75 one night's hotel (speaker lives in Las Vegas, NM) $40 gas and meal per diem...Total Needed: $315

Books to Motivate!

100% funded

School: Amy Biehl Community School

I would like to purchase books for my classroom that interest my students and motivate them to read. Currently I have the basal text book with some leveled readers. I have a wide range of readers this year and want to buy books that my students are interested in reading. This means I need early reader books all the way up to Captain Underpants and Wimpy Kid. I have a grandparent volunteer who is coming to my class once a week and I would like the students to choose a book they would like to read out loud to her. They would be allowed to take these book home to read. This is important because many of my students do not have books at home to read.

Build It and They Will Learn

100% Funded

School: Nava Elementary School

Introduction to engineering at the elementary level entails providing resources for teachers to be able to engage their students in an engineering challenge. The fourth through sixth grade classes at Nava will each be given an engineering challenge to complete for this year's science fair. This will be the first year that we have explicitly focused on engineering. This project will help students delve into the basic principles of forces and motion along with other basic principles of physical science. The challenge will be different for each grade level: the fourth graders will be tasked with understanding the working and benefits of using simple machines; fifth graders will understanding Newton's laws and experiment with forces; and sixth grade students will take on a project to design solar energy model cars. All projects will be inquiry based and experiential. The funding for this project will pay for the all the materials that students will need to complete their challenge and display their results for the science fair.

Understanding and Expressing Vocabulary

100% funded

School: E.J. Martinez Elementary School

I am currently treating and evaluating 40 students in 3 elementary schools in Santa Fe. The children I serve in speech and language therapy require periodic re-evaluation to determine their level of development, and newly referred students require a full evaluation. Understanding and expressing vocabulary supports students at all levels from pre-k through 6 th grade and supports verbal communication interactions , and literacy development for reading and writing. I have an excellent vocabulary test however I require additional testing forms. Vocabulary evaluation using the Expressive Vocabulary Test-2 requires test forms. A package of 25 test forms costs $58.00.

Technology for Learning

100% funded

School: Sweeney Elementary School

I am requesting funding for a subscription to 2 online learning programs that I believe would be a great supplement to my teaching. The cost of Brain Pop Jr. is $160 for one classroom. iXL is $249 for a classroom up to 30 students, for a total of $409 for the year. BrainPop Jr. is a program that shows learning videos, interactive games,movies, quizzes, experiments, activity pages, and much more covering hundreds of topics within Math, Science, Social Studies, English, Technology, Arts & Music, and Health. iXL is another program that would supplement my teaching in our STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) Block. The students can work on the classroom computers to improve their math and literacy skills. I can then follow their progress from the teacher site. iXL is $249 for a classroom up to 30 students.

Visit to the Wildlife Center

100% funded

School: Ramirez Thomas Elementary School

I am asking for $500.00 to pay for a guided tour and 2 buses to travel from Ramirez Thomas Elementary to Espanola, NM, so that our 4 kindergarten classes may visit the wildlife center. Last year, the wildlife center bought a few animals to our classes and the students were so interested in the animals and how the center helped and nurtured the animals back to health to be released that I thought it would be wonderful to take them there on a field trip.

Dancing in the Big Apple

100% funded

School: Santa Fe High School

RoboRave!

100% funded

School: Kearny Elementary School
School: Nina Otero Community School

My sincere thanks to everyone who has supported our Robotic program the last two years! This program would not be possible without your generosity. The new school year offers a few changes and many new opportunities. I will continue teaching and growing the robotic program at Kearny Elementary. In addition to being at Kearny, I will also be at the brand new Nina Otero Community School. At Nina Otero I will have the opportunity to work with students from Pre-K through 7th grade, and beginning in the 2015 -2016 school year, Nina will expand to include 8th grade. This gives us the wonderful opportunity to create a cohesive K-8 robotics program. This year our goal is to take 2 teams to the International RoboRave Competition in Albuquerque. To make that happen, we need the registration fee for each team and a box of replacement pieces. As happens with use, a few little pieces have been misplaced or lost to the vacuum cleaner. We also need little things like duct tape, wood to make tracks, ties to control all the wires, etc.. This year I am requesting $400.00 to keep the program running. Thanks to all of you who have been so generous in the past, and thanks to all you who are able to donate this year!

Bookpalooza!

100% funded

School: Turquoise Trail Charter School

WANTED: A variety of books that will enhance and enrich our classroom library. Books that will inspire and cause laughter and enthusiasm for reading. It takes the right book, the right author, the right series, the right character, to turn a child from an "I guess I'll read this because I have to" into an "I can't wait to read the next part of this amazing book!" kind of reader. It is my goal to provide my students with a variety of books that have done this very thing for many a reader. From Fly Guy to Ramona and Beezus. From Mo Willems to Judy Blume. From Dork Diaries to Bone. From Cam Jansen and Nancy Drew to Nate the Great. From Ralph S. Mouse to Marvin Redpost. From Harry Potter to The Chronicles of Narnia. There are endless numbers of fantastic books waiting for a kid to pick them up and make that connection that changes them forever! I need help in being able to purchase these books for my classroom. Please help me add to our classroom library!

Building a Classroom Library

100% funded

School: Aspen Community Magnet School

NEEDED: Books at every Guided Reading Level (A-Z); including sets of up to six copies per title for literature circles (student book clubs). Also includes non-fiction books. This is my second year teaching language arts, and I love it! However, I have already spent at least $1,000 of my own money stocking my classroom library. There's no getting around it: to become a good reader you must read a lot. And developing good reading skills is one of the key factors in educational success. My students become excited about the books they read. For instance, right now I have students waiting for another student to finish reading a certain Harry Potter book so they can continue reading the series! This is all wonderful, however I need to keep adding to my library. I must buy books for my lower-level students (for instance, just today a student asked me to get "The Fantastic Mr. Fox"). I also need to keep up with the series books that tend to come out. The higher level students really enjoy these, and they like to read them together and talk about their books. Soon, I will introduce the students to literature circles (book clubs), and that will, no doubt, require me to purchase even more books so that everyone in each group can have the same books. All of these reasons and more are why I need money to buy books for my students. I want to give them the best education possible and this requires money (and books!).

Books for BoB ... Battle of the Books!

100% funded

School: Chapparal Elementary School

Last year was such a huge success, our club had over 100 requests for permission slips to join this year! Chaparral students are excited about reading, and we need $600.00 to provide them with copies of the 20 New Mexico Battle of the Books selections for 2014-2015. This program has phenomenal benefits for students: not only does it help them improve their reading skills and develop life-long learning habits, also their leadership skills, confidence, poise, and cross-age friendships went through the roof. Please help us provide the books that form the basis of this incredible learning experience.

"The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian"

100% funded

School: Capital High School

Help support literacy in the classroom by contributing to purchase relevant, new literature for our students to read. I need 100 books to give to my students. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian is a great YA novel by Sherman Alexie is culturally relevant to our Santa Fe teens. Amazon has the title listed at $13.50 each.

Raising AP Scores

100% funded

School: Academy for Technology and the Classics

This year five of my most motivated, advanced level students are attempting AP German for the first time, and they need textbooks! The AP German exam is very difficult, but this group has worked hard and I fully expect they will do well on the the test in May- with the right support. The "Aspekte Neu" textbooks come with CDs and DVDs and a host of instructor materials to help them practice all language skills, and significantly improve their German skills this year.

A Helping Hand in Student Speech & Language Evaluation

100% funded

School: E.J. Martinez Elementary School

Your support can help provide students with more appropriate and accurate evaluation of their speech and language skills ."Test of Language Competence-Expanded" is a language skills evaluation tool that provides in-depth evaluation to the students of Santa Fe. This evaluation tool tests expressive and receptive language skills which are required for student achievement in the curriculum . This test is crucial for the speech language pathologist to use in evaluation as it goes beyond assessment of basic levels of receptive and expressive language development.

Communication is Key

100% funded

School: E.J. Martinez Elementary School

I am a speech language pathologist employed by the Santa Fe Public Schools. I serve children who have speech and language impairments. I work at 3 of the elementary schools and have a caseload of 40 students combined. Many students have varying degrees of speech difficulty, ranging from moderate-severe level to greater. I am requesting the purchase of the Arizona Articulation Proficiency Scale-3rd Edition from the Western Psychological Services Publishing Co. so that I may provide the best evaluation to students of Santa Fe Schools. Use of this evaluation will assist to better target a student's level of impairment and have a direct impact on eligibility for services in the schools.

KIVA & Community Plus

100% funded

School: Santa Fe High School

Each year the KIVA students at Larragoite from both Santa Fe High School and Capitol High School document the visits they make to the community and the volunteer work they do. This year they are hoping to include the medically fragile class and the Life Skills classes. Each student chooses a photo and writes or tells a story about it. The KIVA students act as editors, photographers and writers.

"Community R Us"

100% funded

School: Santa Fe High School
School: Capital High School

This year the Life Skills classes and the Medically Fragile class at Santa Fe High School would like to participate in creating a year book of their community activities working with the students at KIVA (Keeping Independent Visions Alive) at Larragoite. The KIVA program includes students 18-22 from both Santa Fe High School and Capitol High School. Funding for this project will cover transportation expenses and the cost of a digital camera to document their excursions in the community over the year. The photos and personal stories and reflections of the students will be compiled and published at the end of the year - reflecting their accomplishments. Please help these dedicated and fabulous students in their efforts to make a difference in their community.

Everyday Counts ... Calendar Math

100% funded

School: Sweeney Elementary School

Please show your support for Sweeney Elementary second graders by helping with the purchase of "Every Day Counts - Calendar Math for 2nd Grade", by Great Source Education Group, a division of Houghton Mifflin. This calendar math curriculum is a comprehensive, standards based program designed to be used for 10-15 minutes every day. Each month emphasizes a different math standard. It is simple, engaging, and effective!

Every School Day Counts

100% funded

School: Cesar Chavez Elementary School

César Chávez Elementary School is committed to students and identifies the vital role attendance has in student success - so at the end of each school year they reward students with a bicycle and a safety helmet if they have had perfect attendance. When children are absent or tardy they miss out on important instructional lessons where key concepts or skills are introduced. Additionally, much of what is taught is experiential and cannot be duplicated with a worksheet or a make-up packet. This puts children at a disadvantage when they return because of gaps in their learning and the need to play “catch-up” to lessons that have already been taught in the class. Our school community encourages the importance of attendance and punctuality as part of a dedication to excellence in education, and would appreciate your support in awarding the students who have perfect attendance. The funding request of $1000 goes directly to the expense of purchasing the bicycles and safety helmets.

Last school year we were pleased to have a total of fourteen students with perfect attendance!

Math Matters

100% funded

School: Gonzales Community School

Please support the 4th Graders at Gonzales Community School in their Common Core Math Standards. Our funding goal is $400, and that would provide 10 hands-on Math lessons taught be certified retired elementary teachers who are truly mentors to both the students and other teachers. Specialized materials and lessons will be provided, and the following areas will be taught: arithmetic,factorization, place value, double-digit multiplication and division, properties of operation, fractions, symmetry, geometry and measurement. Each of the ten lessons feature a problem solving component and useful follow-up lessons the teachers can use throughout the school year. Your support would be greatly appreciated!

Building a Brand New World from the Same Old Letters

100% funded

School: Santa Fe High School

My funding request is for the following: 1. Edublogs Pro upgrade for $39.95 saves $31.45 over one year and offers the Santa Fe High School Emergent Writers blog extended storage space for uploading more student-created content (i.e., plug-ins, forums, wikis, etc.), a teacher management tool for separate student accounts (for safe publication of work, etc.), visitor statistics (data collection), and program support. 2. VoiceThread single educator license ($79) includes 50 student accounts for up to one year. My poetry class was awarded this previously and it proved a college-level/professional tool for the digital review of peer-created work in a very 21 Century fashion! 3. Used text request: Auston Kleon's Steal Like an Artist ($10, used) is a fantastic, simplistic resource that encourages students to, well, do as artists do by borrowing from the inspiring world around them and refashioning it into something new via their own writing. 4. Teaching text: Imaginative Writers (Penguin) by Jane Burroway ($25, used) offers countless examples/writing models from current/modern authors. An excellent resource to show students what 21 century writing looks like.

Help Aspen Look the Part

100% funded

School: Aspen Community Magnet School

I am requesting funding to supply Uniform shirts for the Chorus students of Aspen Community Magnet School. At approximately $7 per shirt, plus a design fee of approximately $25, I will be able to purchase uniform shirts for 60 students.In Aspen Chorus classes, we work very hard to make sure our performance is great. We pay attention to detail, and we work hard to give the best performance we can. Now, after a few years of hard work on our musical skills, all we are missing is a professional appearance. For many families, it is not possible to provide their students with clothing that looks professional, and matches those of their classmates. By buying a set of t-shirts for the choir, we won't only sound great, but look great too!

Words For All To See!

100% funded

School: Academy for Technology and the Classics

A document reader will bring words to the big screen and help with teaching in the classroom. As we analyze poems, short stories and novels, a document reader will help in the learning process and use less paper.

Interesting Books Needed

100% funded

School: Turquoise Trail Charter School

I'm returning to the classroom this year after working half-time in the library at Turquoise Trail. I know all about the kinds of books that will get my new third graders excited about reading, but I don't have the money to purchase them all for my classroom. I am a book fanatic, and have already spent a bundle on books for my classroom. I thought I might try and get outside help to buy more interesting books for my classroom. Finding the "right" book or author to get a student excited about reading is so important. I want to make sure I have a great variety of books for my students to choose from.

Cesar Chavez Books Battle

100% funded

School: Cesar Chavez Elementary School

I would like to enrich student lives at Cesar Chavez through literature. The non-profit program "Battle of the Books" encourages teamwork, friendship, and literacy. While we have some of the books in our school library, we do not have enough to encourage all of our 3rd through 5th grade students to enter the battle in the upcoming 2014-15 school year. Thank you so much for your consideration.

Create One For Me

100% funded

School: Capital High School

I am requesting $2,120 to purchase 280 copies of Luis Alberto Urrea's book The Devil's Highway for our freshman English classes. This will allow each student to have his or her own copy of the book to take home and use for reading and writing assignments.

Sweeney Swims

100% funded

School: Sweeney Elementary School

We have a Swim Team here at Sweeney Elementary. There are 50 students from 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th grades participating They are very excited and show up for practice every Monday. They each paid $17.00 to join and their parents are bringing treats for them after swimming. The other two coaches and myself would like to present them with swimming t-shirts to have a lasting memory of such a wonderful experience. Please help us make this dream a reality and thank you!

What Matters Now

100% funded

School: Santa Fe High School

$300 for one class set of Philip Gourevitch's "We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Our Families."

My American Identity

100% funded

School: Aspen Community Magnet School

I am writing in regards to obtain funds for a literacy based project for the 8th grade students of Aspen Middle School. This money would buy supplies for students to create an American Identity Quilt.

AP Euro Summer Reading

100% funded

School: Academy for Technology and the Classics

Advanced Placement students taking AP European History will read Sophie's World over the summer. The novel mostly details the history of early philosophies and history behind them while mixing in a fictitious mystery. The history and philosophies detailed are key for students entering AP Euro which starts with the Renaissance period reawakening to the study of Humanities. Students will complete a graphic organizer over the summer. The complexity of the Socratic, Platonic, and Aristotelian philosophies that set the tone of the novel also set the tone for AP European History course of study.

Bob's Your Author!

100% funded

School: Chapparal Elementary School

Caroline Starr Rose is the author of one of my BoB club's favorite books, May B. She lives in Albuquerque and has a wonderful author visit program Buckboards, Buffalo Chips, and Bloomers: A hands-on presentation about life on the 1870s frontier which allows students to interact with artifacts and bring the story to life. The opportunity to meet and learn from a favorite author would be an incredible opportunity for these kids. I'd love to be able to surprise both my group and Amy Biehl Elementary's book club with an author visit to celebrate the end of a great Battle of the Books season. Kids will end the school year already enthusiastically anticipating the start of the next!

Plant Science in the Great Outdoors

100% funded

School: Aspen Community Magnet School

As an opportunity to explore the natural world outside of our school building, two second grade teachers are planning a field trip to the Randall Davey Audubon Nature Center. We want our students to experience plants through hands-on science activities that links the information we have been studying in the classroom. The Audubon Center offers interactive activities and a hike, and allows students to explore and investigate how plants survive our dry Southwest climate. The students at Aspen are rarely afforded the opportunity to visit, recreate, or study in the natural world. Please help us to fund the environmental education class that will be such a meaningful experience for our second graders.

Reading the Classics at ATC

100% funded

School: Academy for Technology and the Classics

My 8th grade honors classes will be reading Bless Me Ultima, the classic New Mexico book, by Rudolfo Anaya. I need 2 dozen copies to give all students a book to read.

Taking Care of our Teens

100% funded

School: Academy for Technology and the Classics

Live interviews and accounts of other teenagers who have engaged in high risk activities and suffered the consequences, via DVDs, are very effective in engaging teens and making them think about their own lives and choices. The goal is to help them make good choices about dangerous activities such as drinking, using drugs and having sex. And preventing bullying and the hazards of the internet.(If there is any money left over I will purchase scissors and colored pencils for my classroom)

Robots Rock!

100% funded

School: Acequia Madre Elementary School

Thanks to the generous donations from our community, last year we were able to start a Robotic Unit and take a team to RoboRave International Competition in Albuquerque. This year I would like to take 2 teams; one from Acequia Madre Elementary and the other from Kearny Elementary. I am asking for $100.00 to cover the registration for both teams and $150.00 to cover the practice track, payload, and tower for both teams. The total request is for $250.00.

Let's Go to the Battle

100% funded

School: DeVargas Middle School

Question: In which book did an alligator named Alice wrestle with a famous television outdoorsman? Answer: Chomp, by Carl Hiaasen Correct! 5 points for correct title and 2 points for the author!

A Magazine A Day

100% funded

School: Academy for Technology and the Classics

I'm always looking for new ways to help my eager young German students get exposure to the language, and learn about German culture as well.

Backpacks Make a Difference

100% funded

School: El Camino Real Academy (formerly Agua Fria), Cesar Chavez Elementary School, Pinon Elementary School, Sweeney Elementary School, Ramirez Thomas Elementary School

Tragically, New Mexico ranks worst in the nation for childhood food insecurity. 1 in 3 children in New Mexico experience food insecurity, or hunger. Studies confirm what every teacher already knows -- hungry kids are compromised in their ability to learn. Many children in our local public schools qualify for free/reduced breakfast and lunch, but many of these children may have very little to eat at home. That’s why we operate Food 4 Kids, a program that distributes much-needed food to students in Santa Fe elementary schools who might otherwise go hungry.

Building a Diverse Class Library

100% funded

School: Aspen Community Magnet School

In order to successfully implement the Teacher's College Reading workshop program, my classroom needs a diverse and rich array of reading material. My students read at a range from the E to the P levels and in order to become better readers, they need a broad selection of fiction and nonfiction texts. I am asking for $500 with which to purchase new and exciting reading options for my second graders. As their reading abilities increase, the students will also excel in science, social studies and even math.

Just Right Books for Reading

100% funded

School: Amy Biehl Community School

I am requesting funds to purchase sets of leveled books for our lower leveled readers in first grade. There are 80 first grade students at Amy Biehl and about a quarter of the students are below reading level. The books we use are too difficult for these students to read. I would like to purchase 2-3 titles per level so students have variety and the opportunity to advance to higher levels until they are able to read the basal text.

Friends Across the Globe

100% funded

School: Capital High School

Pen Pals are a fun interaction to have with the rest of the world. Mrs. Ritchie's English classes at Capital High would like to send letters around the world to youth their age, requesting answers from pen pals! This can foster a year-long project, along with life-long connections around the world. This program will expand the boundaries of the world, foster literacy, and encourage students to write for a REAL CAUSE.

Let's Go Wild!

100% funded

School: DeVargas Middle School

We have scheduled a visit from The Wildlife Center in Espanola. The Wildlife Center brings a selection of native New Mexico reptiles, birds, and mammals to schools to teach about animal habitats and adaptations. All of their animals were rescued, mostly due to injury, and have been rehabilitated at the center. Some animals cannot be returned to the wild, so now they are teachers. Our kinder students will love this program! Thank you!

Future Doctors

100% funded

School: New Mexico School for the Arts

My anatomy class is interested in going to UNM to tour the medical school. I have several students who are planning to major in medicine, and I think there would be more if the students were exposed to the job opportunities beyond doctors and nurses. I would like to take the students this semester.

AVID Advancement Via Individual Determination

100% funded

School: Capital High School

We would like a mini-computer lab for the AVID Classroom, which can be utilized not only by my students, but by students in all 4 levels of AVID at Capital High. A mobile laptop lab with wireless internet access, comprised of 10 or more laptops, would give these students a chance to access the wide range of data available to support them in reaching their college goals.. I teach the AVID Elective at Capital High School. AVID's mission is to close the achievement gap by preparing all students for college readiness and success in a global society.

Bullseye! Archery Makes its Mark!

100% funded

School: Santa Fe High School

The National Archery in the Schools Program (NASP) is an international program designed to give students an opportunity to learn about and practice archery. The NM Game and Fish department oversees the program in NM and sponsors a statewide tournament every year. The overall cost of equipment is $3000, but NMG&F subsidizes $1500 and this year we have qualified for a further grant of $750. This reduces SFH's financial responsibility to only $750. This program utilizes high quality equipment and affords students the opportunity to compete at the local, state, national level. Your help would be appreciated tremendously

Battle of the Books Club - Chaparral

100% funded

School: Chapparal Elementary School

I am requesting $300 provide t-shirts for each Chaparral Battle of the Books Club member and to help buy books. Students' first club task will be to design our club logo. It is important to have our Chaparral BoB club shirts to encourage a "smart is cool" attitude in our club and school. Students in an academic club should be at least as visible as those involved in a sport. Secondly, I have sourced some of the one hundred books we will need for our club through Scholastic Book Clubs, using my bonus points to obtain them for free, and have also requested an allocation from the Chaparral PTA, but we still need about $150 for books. We have a predetermined list of 20 Battle books, and I'd like 5 copies of each title. With approximately 30 students, what I envision is groups of 3-6 kids reading the same book then discussing it with their peers and an adult volunteer, and keeping a book journal to refer to as competition season gets closer. Kids (and adults) will rotate through the assigned books in flexible groups based on interest.

Leather Crafting Original Designs

100% funded

School: Aspen Community Magnet School

I have had an ongoing leather and woodcraft program in my class for several years. I am now in need of about $300 dollars worth of consumable leather hides, snaps and a few other supplies for making belts, wristbands and necklaces, keychains. We have all the hardware up to date. We make everything from scratch – not kits. We cut our belts from full size hides. We make ouche necklaces from soft leather hides as well. This is a pre-vocational skills program.

Music is Magic

100% funded

School: SFPS District

Our performing music programs, serving nearly 3000 students in Grades 4-12 educate students in band, choir string instruments, piano, and guitar. Our teachers need funds to purchase sheet music and literature for students. $500 would purchase several sets of music (conductors score and parts) for one performing music program.

Sing Your Hearts Out

100% funded

School: Santa Fe High School

In addition to an active performance schedule in the Santa Fe area, the Santa Fe High Choir and its members have performed from California to Italy and have won numerous group and solo awards. The choir is a top scorer in district and state contests and typically qualifies several singers a year for the highly competitive All-State Choir. Several of the singers have been invited to sing with the Santa Fe Opera Young Voices program and choir graduates have gone on to study music and theater throughout the United States. This program will help students be able to attend concerts in Los Angeles and New York. The program also needs a closet to keep the choir uniforms in one place. Thank you for your consideration!

SFHS Top Chefs

100% funded

School: Santa Fe High School

The SFHS Culinary Arts Programs offer a variety of instructional courses aimed at preparing our culinary leaders of tomorrow. Pro Start is a nationally recognized 2 year curriculum developed by the National Restaurant Association where students learn the basics of restaurant management and culinary arts. SFHS Culinary Arts & Bakery Program offer the Alarm Clock Cafe. This is a student run dining venue located in the SFHS Commons and a student's participation insures the program's sustainability. We are asking for funding to help sustain our Alarm Clock cafe and provide supplies and

Take a Look - Outdoor Adventures!

100% funded

School: E.J. Martinez Elementary School

For the past eight years, I have been able to secure a scholarship for my classes to attend an outdoor program with the Audubon Center. This year, because of huge demands and little funding, we were denied. Since the Audubon Center offers high-quality, hands-on programs that are completely tied to "standards," I am requesting funding for the following one-day programs from "Dollars for Schools."If there are extra funds, I will request an in-school visit from the wonderful Audubon Staff to enrich our field trip experiences.

Model Legislature 2014

100% funded

School: Capital High School

Real life experience for 10 students in becoming legislators, committee debaters, judges, attorneys and journalists in the YMCA sponsored Model Legislature. For 3 years, about 5 students have participated in the Model Legislature. This experience is unparalleled in that students themselves organize, debate, argue and compromise about real bills in the NM Legislature. Ten Capital High School students will work with students from all over the state participate (Manzano High School and Sandia ABQ; Socorro High School etc) In the Spring, we hope to have about 10 students. They go to the Roundhouse every day and assume their roles.

Listen to the Music

100% funded

School: Sweeney Elementary School

The Sweeney Elementary School Music Department needs a new iPod! All of the music for our general music class, (some 5,000+ songs) were on an iPod that was stolen from our classroom. Unfortunately, it was taken at the end of the year, after all of our budgetary funds had been spent. The Sweeney music classroom works hard to utilize technology in every way possible with the students, including some student produced recordings. The loss of this iPod has hampered our efforts greatly. Your help in restoring this vital piece of equipment wold be greatly appreciated by our entire student body!

Earth From the Inside Out

100% funded

School: Carlos Gilbert Elementary School

"Earth: From the Inside Out" is an expanded thematic science unit of study comprised of two quarters of investigative research. The Molecular Building Kits and the Scientific Plant and Cell Model Activity Sets requested in this grant would allow students to deepen their understandings of the Earth science concepts investigated during this unit. On their first Friday back to school, my students will jump-start "Earth: From the Inside Out" by participating in various Earth science learning activities and experiments designed to establish an active and meaningful understanding of the scientific method of inquiry and investigation. Several weeks into this unit of study, students will begin research on cellar structure - form and function. The Molecular Building Kits and the Scientific Plant and Cell Model Activity Sets requested in this grant would augment their understanding of the cell slides they will be viewing under their microscopes.

Love for our Library

100% funded

School: Aspen Community Magnet School

Few situations are more disappointing than being in a situation where there is nothing for you. When nothing suits you, fits your needs or matches your level and you are standing among your peers. That is the situation for students in Aspen Library daily because all the lowest level books may already have been checked out to their classmates and friends. We have so few books at the A, B, C, and D level in the library that we do not have enough for all the youngest students to take even one book out.

Building A Culture of Literacy

100% funded

School: Aspen Community Magnet School

I am the instructional coach at Aspen Community Magnet School specializing in literacy. Despite a marked lack of material resources, Aspen’s teachers and administrators hold on to their optimism, committed to our roles as change agents who work collaboratively and collectively to ensure that all the children we serve learn at high levels.

First in Math

100% funded

School: Turquoise Trail Charter School

First in Math is an online program developed to strengthen and stretch mathematics skills in students from grades 1 - 8. The current implementation of the Common Core Standards requires students to approach and solve problems with more depth and complexity than ever before. Problem solving is an integral part of all mathematical learning and is emphasized throughout the National standards. Each activity in First in Math® is designed to strengthen problem-solving, as well as reasoning and communication skills.

Adaptive Ski Program 2013

100% funded

School: Capital High School

The Life Skills students at Capital High School have been participating in the Santa Fe Adaptive Ski Program for the past 6 years. Students have gained valuable communication skills, athletic ability and learned that sports can be fun.

KIVA and Community

100% funded

School: Santa Fe High School

Each year the students from both Santa Fe High School and Capitol High School have the opportunity to attend the KIVA (Keeping Independent Visions Alive) transition program. They volunteer and work at many community places such as Kitchen Angels, Salvation Army, Senior Citizens, Animal Shelters and community programs. They learn to take public transport and visit important community centers and participate in community events.

Music From America

100% funded

School: Academy for Technology and the Classics

At ATC, we offer an original and progressive music class called "Acoustic Americana". In this class, students learn to play traditional American Folk Music including Old-Time Appalachian Stringband music, Bluegrass, Blues, traditional New Mexican, Cajun, and more. We also study the history behind these styles through readings, videos, and recordings. We sing in English, Spanish, and French with the help of our Foreign Language staff. Students play banjo, fiddle, guitar, mandolin, washboard, spoons, harmonica, and bass among other instruments, and we perform numerous times throughout the year both on campus and throughout Santa Fe. In 2012, we were invited to perform at the New Mexico Capitol Building as part of New Mexico Culture Day! Visit http://carlsonmusic.weebly.com/acoustic-americana.html to hear some of our music. Since all students can not always afford there own instrument, we request funding for a new "Acoustic/Electric" Guitar (that's an Acoustic Guitar that you can also plug in). Not only will this guitar serve our Acoustic Americana program, but it will be put to use in other music classes at ATC and in other classes as well when the need arises. We would like to buy a “Fender CD-60CE” (Sunburst) guitar from Sweetwater @ $269.99 http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/CD60CEv2SB.

Making Mbria Music - World Music Exploration

100% funded

School: Aspen Community Magnet School

My students have repeatedly asked for mbiras to play when we study African folk music and dancing and I promised to try to get a grant to buy some for the music classroom. We have had a guest artist come to demonstrate various African folk instruments to our students. When the mbira is played, there is no bad way to play, and students feel successful when exploring the possibilities of rhythm and melodic patterns. During the upcoming 2013-14 school year my students will continue their studies of instrument origins and construct handmade instruments.

I am asking for $319.96 plus $12.49 shipping, totaling $332.45 to purchase and ship four mbiras for our classroom. Thank you!

Make the Connection

100% funded

School: Santa Fe High School

As primarily a literacy teacher and college-readiness advocate across the ELA, Poetry, and AVID classrooms, I am seeking a one-year Voice Thread license: http://voicethread.com/products/k12/educator/

This application will cost roughly $229 [$79/year/50 student accounts + $2/student beyond @ roughly 135 students]

Timely feedback is essential to teacher-student accountability and academic expectation, and Voice Thread allows an instructor to create a secure, digital, and real-time evaluation tool where students will log in and upload work to the class site. Once there, evaluators can do a real-time recording of their assessment of the document w/ visual mark-up and auditory recording to direct the student being evaluated. Perhaps more importantly, students can be paired to review each other's work digitally by the same manner via socially-constructive learning (peer editing and feed back). Too often, teachers lump students together to peer-edit with little real results. I believe the fluid tool Voice Thread offers will not only benefit my honors, Poetry, and AVID classrooms, but will showcase a valuable activity tool for literacy teachers in the future here at Santa Fe High.

I have used the tool effectively at the graduate level and third party support for the program can be found here:http://voicethread.com/support/resources/publications/k12/

Too often, assessment is one-way and uninspiring to those stakeholders involved. Voice Thread combines many of the technologies students can navigate and need practice to reinforce on-line learning tools in student-centered classrooms.

Media Literacy for Teenagers!

100% funded

School: Academy for Technology and the Classics

I would very much like to begin next year with a "hook" : Media Literacy. Students in both 8th and 10th grades will be awestruck by the great lengths to which advertisers go in order to sway consumers to buy their product. Thank you very much for your consideration, and for supporting teachers in Santa Fe.

Spiel! Play Makes Learning Fun

100% funded

School: Academy for Technology and the Classics

Games are a great way to both learn and review vocabulary and grammar, and to make learning fun! This project would fund five games for my classroom, that will help students apply the topics we have been learning. Many of these will be useful in class during review days, the dice and buzzer sets I can use often to help students learn many different concepts in a fun and entertaining way, and the others will also be great during lunch and after school as students often hang out in my room and they can use the time to have fun practicing German.

Keep Dancing 2013

100% funded

School: El Camino Real Academy (formerly Agua Fria)

The fourth graders at Agua Fria are excited to be a part of the National Dance Institute of New Mexico! NDI-NM was founded with the knowledge in mind that the arts have a unique power to engage and motivate children. The purpose of the NDI-NM program is to help children develop discipline, a standard of excellence, and a belief in themselves that will carry over into all aspects of their lives. Our 80 fourth grade students (including special needs students) will participate in a 31 week dance program with an NDI instructor and pianist that culminates in the NDI End of Year Program, this year focusing on Science! We do not have money in our activity fund to support this amazing program and would like to continue to offer this program at our school. Even though private donors pay for the bulk of the services we receive, we still need to come up with $2122.00 this school year.

Bikes for Perfect Attendance!

100% funded

School: Cesar Chavez Elementary School

Every year we reward students with a bicycle and a safety helmet if they have perfect attendance. This means that they have to come to school every day and on time. This past year (2012-13) we were pleased to have a total of fourteen students with perfect attendance! For these reasons, we are requesting donations to fund next year’s program. Donations go directly to purchasing the bicycles and helmets. You are also invited to join us at our awards assembly in May 2014 in the gymnasium to see the benefits of your donation. Thank you for supporting our school!

Oh the Wonderful Places Books Can Take Us!

100% funded

School: Turquoise Trail Charter School

I am in the process of creating my new 5th grade classroom and would like to have a library filled with the latest and greatest 5th grade books. I am looking for a sponsor to help me increase my classroom library. The books will be used for a multitude of activities within Readers and Writer's Workshop. Throughout the year, students will read and write within different genres. Fiction, fantasy, biographical, historical fiction, and nonfiction texts will be used to support students' reading and writing skills. Students will use these resources to examine the ways in which professional writers compose texts, and then exemplify these traits in their own writing. Within the reading workshop, students become voracious readers by reading just-right books. My wish is to have a library filled with books that are attuned to students' interests and needs. Thank you for your consideration.

Zeus! Poseidon! Aphrodite! Making Masks

100% funded

School: Aspen Community Magnet School

My tutorial class will be studying different types of myths.The unit includes myths from different places and cultures, including our own New Mexican myths. I need card stock, sharpies, and a few other materials for the project.Thank you for your support and commitment to the education of our youth.

Let the Book Battle Begin

100% funded

Students will read from a list of 20 books in order to prepare for a statewide "Battle of the Books", where they compete with (not against!) students from other schools accross the state who have also read the same books. Questions are always phrased "In which book"? Students "huddle" with their teammates and the speaker gives the answer on which the team agrees. The team gets 5 points for the correct title and 2 points for the correct author. They are on teams with students from all across the state, and leave with new friends with similar interests. The challenge is finding the funding for the books we need. This list also includes a few audio format books for auditory learners and a movie based on a book for compare and contrast activities. I have ordered 2 copies of books I expect to retain student interest for the longest time.

Exemplar Novel for the Common Core

100% Funded

School: Academy for Technology and the Classics

The Gates Foundation's curriculum maps for the Common Core recommend that all high school juniors read William Faulkner's As I Lay Dying. Unfortunately, our school does not have a class set of As I Lay Dying. I'm requesting funding for 32 copies at $12 each, which is the price listed by Follett, our primary supplier of novels. Thank you for considering these projects. As you know, teacher's imaginations can be limited by lack of funds. You're doing a wonderful thing.

Getting Into the Outsiders

100% funded

My regular 8th grade (not Honors) will read The Outsiders, by Sue Hilton. This is a book these students will connect with, and is one in which I will be able to effectively teach Literary Elements. I have 12 books and need 18 more. Thank you so much for your consideration.

Space Explorers - Young Astronauts Club

100% funded

School: Carlos Gilbert Elementary School

The Young Astronaut’s Club has given the students of Carlos Gilbert Elementary School the opportunity to explore and learn about space science and the universe for the past 28 years. Some have gone on to make a career in the space program and the others have have life time memories of the exciting rocket launches, etc. as related to me upon seeing them later. After an open enrollment for K-6th graders the average club size is 75 plus members every year. Each grade level has a meeting once a month on the average where a high interest experiment/experience is taught by the teacher and older club members. Relevant space current events are also taught.

Expand & Explore - Novels For Our Minds

100% funded

School: Kearny Elementary School

I am wanting to purchase classroom sets of novels. Reading is powerful tool for students that they need for the rest of their lives. Reading from a textbook doesn't inspire students the way a novel can. Think of your favorite novel and the places it can take you too! I want to inspire my students that same way! I want to give them a broader view of the world and show them the limitless possibilities reading can create for them!

Escriber Nuestra Historia

100% funded

School: Academy for Technology and the Classics

Students will examine the different manners of acquiring and consuming goods during Colonial Santa Fe and current times. Students will produce a narrative writing piece comparing and contrasting the differences in acquisition and consumption of goods. Students will make crafts as a hands-on supplemental project to this assignment.

Carpet for Collaboration

100% funded

School: Tesuque Elementary School

The AVID program's mission to close the achievement gap is being pursued at Capital High School. We spend a great deal of time in collaboration, and would benefit from being able to use our floor for group activities. A room-sized rug would make this a much more comfortable place to have class!

Awesome After School!

100% funded

We would like to create an after-school enrichment program for the children of Tesuque Elementary. Since so many parents work, after school children often return to empty homes and long, aimless hours. On Fridays, when the children are dismissed from school early, it would be great to offer exciting and eye-opening programming for them in our school - programs in the arts, the sciences, natural history and more. I am working to develop a plan for "Fantastic Fridays" throughout the school year.

Build Our Costume Closet!

100% funded

School: Capshaw Middle School

In the Performing Arts Department at Santa Fe High, students are excited and motivated to participate in our productions. We aim to maintain and increase student involvement and pride in their final presentations, whether in class or for the public, by incorporating quality supporting materials in all areas. Help us support our students and increase their appreciation and awareness, not only of the performing arts and literature, but of historical and cultural importance of these works as well.

King George - What Was His Problem?

100% funded

For years Steve Sheinkin has written history textbooks. In his research he has come across some great stories that are not often told, but the textbook companies have never allowed him to include those nuggets in their books. Sheinkin finally decided to take all those stories and write his own book. And that's all you get--interesting tidbits, stories, and quotes that help the reader view those involved in the Revolution as real, living, breathing people, not just...well, dead guys on paper. If you teach 5th or 8th grade social studies, read this book. It could have a strong impact on students who are struggling to learn facts about the American Revolution. http://www.amazon.com/King-George-Hilarious-American-Revolution/dp/1596435186

Water Works - Water Expedition Adventure

100% funded

School: El Camino Real Academy (formerly Agua Fria)

The Innovation and Sustainability program is launching an in-depth exploration into water issues in Santa Fe and worldwide. To kick off this exploration, a group teachers will be taking 45-60 students to the Holy Ghost campground in the Pecos Wilderness to spend an afternoon observing and experiencing the beauty of the landscape created by the Holy Ghost Creek. The students will investigate the health of the water system by getting their toes wet and observing macro-invertibrates, collect water samples to explore in the classroom, take in the history of the area in regards to water use, document their experience using a journal or video camera, discuss leave no trace ethics and get excited about the water resources in our area. The Innovation and Sustainability program teachers are in need of funding for two school buses to take the students to the Holy Ghost campground for the day and for snacks for the students while they are onsite. Ea ch bus for the trip will cost about $230 and the remaining $40.00 will be used for snacks.

No Bullies Here! Keep the Peace!

100% funded

You can make a real difference by helping to create a Bully-Free School. How? By providing special training and tools to help students and teachers create a respectful and supportive school environment. No one should feel powerless or unable to respond or get help. With the support of Jose de Olivares, Director of Maya Angelou's See Forever Foundation Young Adult Learning Center, this program has been designed specifically to help Santa Fe school communities support our students and teachers.

Happiness is a Warm Puppy!

100% funded

School: Turquoise Trail Charter School

The Third Grade team teachers want to make a special after-school club available for third graders. They are working with Assistance Dogs of the West trainers. The trainers teach students to train assistance dogs for people with disabilities. Students will also receive lessons in leadership, disabilities awareness, responsibility and community service. In these classes, students have the chance to learn very important and useful leadership skills while working with the dogs. Much-needed assistance dogs are placed with people with disabilities in our community, providing them the means to live more fulfilled and independent lives. Assistance Dogs of the West provides instructors trained to bring these programs to schools. They have a proven track record of working successfully with students./p>

A Place for Books

100% funded

School: Turquoise Trail Charter School

I have recently acquired leveled books for my classroom library - Yeah! However, I don't have anywhere to put them. I have found book bins for a classroom library that are $15 for 4 bins, which is a cost my school cannot afford. I am hoping to purchase 2 book bins for every reading level (A-Z), which means 52 book bins to organize my classroom library.

More Books in the Classroom

100% funded

Trish Gharrity and Samantha Rivera co-teach in 2nd grade at Sweeney Elementary School. We are looking for a sponsor to help us increase our classroom library. We will use the books for different activities including Writier's Workshop which exposes children to different types of writing styles as well as Author Studies. We begin an author study by introducing an author with a short biography and discussing writing styles. We compare and contrast a variety of books within the author as well as between authors. While we study the writing styles, the children then begin to transfer the style to their own writing. With a wide selection of authors, we will be able to expand learning from different styles. A wide variety of books in the classroom will allow students easy access to literacy in order to broaden their vocabulary and build background knowledge. Our hope is to develop a system where children have easier access to check out boo ks as needed.

On Broadway - Dress for Success!

100% funded

School: Pinon Elementary School

Santa Fe High's musical theatre program is a vibrant, continually growing, and exciting program. Students take the Musical Theatre class and produce a major musical in May. All roles are cast from those enrolled in the class and everyone in the class participates onstage. It is excellent training in theatre and a valuable experience in teamwork and production. Costumes are an important aspect of any production, but this year the class is producing "Aida" (Elton John/Tim Rice) and the Egyptian style and nature of the production require more extensive, professionally designed and constructed costume pieces.

Parents As Educational Partners 2 - Learn to Speak, Read & Write in English!

100% Funded

Pinon Elementary School is rolling our Phase 2 of the is program. This program is successful and will continue to afford our parents and families the opportunity to attend ESL ( English as a Second Language ) classes while their children participate in tutoring classes. Classes and tutoring sessions will be 2 hours on Saturday mornings for a seven week term. We are conducting three, seven week sessions of classes. We can continue this amazing program with $1800.

Make Good Choices!

100% funded

School: NYE - Early Childhood Center

Nye Early Childhood Program provides services for children who are three, four and five years old with and without disabilities. Part of our school day includes playing in our big indoor space called “Choices”. Your donation will help us buy new toys and supplies for our Choices area. We need dolls, cars and trucks, puzzles and games, Spanish and English books, dress up clothes, trains and items for our play kitchen.

Insects Everywhere!

100% Funded

Nava Elementary

Earlier this year my students studied spiders and were so fascinated by what they learned, that they wanted to explore other crawly creatures! This unit of study will have all the kindergarten classes exploring ants, ladybugs, and butterflies! They will be able to observe live insects in the classroom!

The Lorax - Chaparral Let's Read!

100% Funded

School: Chapparal Elementary School

Chaparral Elementary is reading Dr. Seuss' beloved book, "The Lorax". Dr. Seuss warns against the dangers of not treating the environment with care and respect. The book educates a new generation of young readers about the importance of not only seeing the beauty in the world around us, but also about our responsibility to protect it. During the month of April before Earth Day, students at Chaparral will read this book for a bigger love and understanding of our Earth and environment.

Blast Off! Rendezvous with a Comet!

100% Funded

School: Chapparal Elementary School

We need help paying for the bus to take us to our Comet Mission at the Challenger Learning Center in Albuquerque. This is an incredible learning experience during which students research, apply for, and enact different roles on a simulated shuttle mission to study comets. They will act as scientists, performing a variety of tasks and experiments. Please help us get to mission control!

An Exploration of Earth's Origins

100% Funded

School: Capshaw Middle School

We would like to have our 6th graders share in Experiential Education, An Exploration of Earth's Origins. Lessons will be rich and aligned to curriculum. We will travel on the RailRunner to Albquerque and spend the day at the Museum of Natural History in Albuquerque. We are asking for a total of $1000 to help fund this wonderful experiential education experience. We will fundraise in order to raise the rest of the monies needed.

Girls Just Want to Do Math!

100% Funded

For over eight years, the I Can Do Math (ICDM) program at Capshaw Middle School has increased student's math skills by an average of over 3 grade levels per year. The key is a fully individualized approach. Each student works through a sequence of math concepts at their own rate, they are never left behind, despairing of success. The Summer Program is a 4 week, 30 hour intensive version of ICDM; over the program’s 8-year history, the average student has gained 2.1 grade levels. We have a grant for 10 boys and a matching grant for 10 girls. We need your help. We have 10 girls that need $750 each. Each $375 you provide toward one girl's scholarship will be met with a matching grant from a generous donor. Help us show our 4th through 8th graders that they can do math.

A Need to Succeed! The AP Track to College

100% Funded

We have been growing our AP program for many years, encouraging students to challenge themselves academically and completing their course of study by taking the AP exam in their subjects. Historically, the exam fee was generously subsidized by the state and district for our free and reduced lunch status students. This year (and we fear subsequent years) was less generously funded and even the reduced fee of $28.00 will be too much for our students, many of whom take multiple exams. We are looking for funding to defray some of this cost. We will need the money by the first week of May, 2013.

Fathers in Focus

100% Funded

Capital High’s 9th grade English teachers, in collaboration with REEL FATHERS, want to bring the ultimate poetry experience to all our 9th grade students. We’re planning a 2-week poetry intensive that will focus on fathers and connect the students' explorations to their study of the father-son theme in "The Odyssey.” REEL FATHERS supports fathers, youth and families to build stronger relationships through film, dialogue, creative expression and skills. All 9th grade students will participate in a 1-week poetry-writing workshop in which the poet/mentors will work with students on writing assignments. Students whose creative work and effort have been exceptional will be invited to participate in Week 2, a Performance workshop. They will work closely with Hakim and Manuel to express their individual work as a dynamic, unified group production.

Model Legislature 2014

100% Funded