We would like to buy a variety of outdoor equipment for our youngest learners in TK & Kindergarten. Having a playground alone, is not enough for reaching the needs of our children at school. This project will provide our students/children with a variety of outdoor equipment designed to encourage active

I am writing this Grant in hopes to purchase equipment and supplies for our Kindergarten and TK playground for outdoor play. Most activities mainly focus on enhancing gross motor skills. Gross motor skills are movements that involve the whole body. For example- jumping, running, throwing, kicking, catching and walking. This

Diane Welch and I are requesting a grant to support the purchasing of the Big Life Journal social emotional curriculum. We are looking to include more social emotional education for our 2nd and 3rd graders during our daily Crew meetings. We have worked with our school counselor, Denise Strecker, to

The Big Life Journal—Tween & Teen Edition is a science-based resource that empowers young people to develop resilience and a growth mindset. By participating in its activities, tweens and teens gain the tools to navigate challenges, build confidence, and cultivate a positive sense of self. This resource supports social-emotional learning

Truckee Elementary currently has a dilapidated, large school garden that was constructed 20 years ago but has not received any improvements since then. The garden currently features a broken irrigation system, 12 rotting garden beds, uneven grown with unsafe paving stones, and outdoor classroom bench seating that needs to be

Weekly newspapers covering Social Studies, Science and current events to enhance our ELD program. The topics all correlate with what is being taught in transitional kindergarten.

The 2nd and 3rd-grade classrooms at Sierra Expeditionary Learning School are committed to helping students succeed in school by providing calming and multi-sensory activities and materials to help regulate student behaviors in the classroom. As part of our Social-Emotional Learning concept at SELS, these sensory kits and calming corner materials

We would like to expand our HeartMath program in eight TTUSD schools. HeartMath is a stress management system that helps students synchronize their brain and heart rate for optimal stress resistance and mental performance. Students wear a heart monitor that shows their Heart Rate Variability (HRV) rhythm which indicates when

We would like to refresh some of our counseling materials with experiential fun books that kids love to listen to and learn from. As counselors, we focus heavily on growth mindset, compassion, character strengths etc and kids learn best through visuals and touching items. Being able to hold, play and

Educators around the world use these unique learning aids to teach early childhood, parenting, infant health lessons, and sex education. Smart babies add meaning and accountability by using wireless programming to track and report on caregiver behaviors. Tracked behaviors include care events, mishandling actions, time in a car seat as