Flippin' Out With Math........................................................................................... $918.75  Teachers and students will construct multimedia Sixth Grade math lessons for parents and other district personnel to use as review, remediation, and acceleration of specific mathskills.  These lessons will be posted on the district website as well as the HISD curriculum document. Campus:  Middle School                  Teachers:  Tracy Fernandez & Karen Fleet

Virtual Success at It's Best!.......................................................................................... $2,708.10 Students are empowered to become restaurant moguls without leaving the classroom.  With the click of a mouse, they navigate simulations based on market research, location selection, financials, menu design, pricing, purchasing, store layout, staffing, marketing, turnaround, competition and ultimate success in the restaurant industry.  They will see the results of real world decisions and applications without using real capital and human resources.  They will be able to use the simulation, learn from it and try again tor each financial success.  Students will be able to be actively engaged while learning personal financial skills with rich visuals and animations that cover all aspects of personal finance.  It’s current, active, challenging, and engaging.  Campus:  High School                  Teacher:  Melinda Brock Pictured Above: Exemplary Donor, David Detten (WRL General Contractors, Ltd.) presenting check.

Digging Up Dirt Through Science Discoveries............................................................................... $1,061.28 Digging Up Dirt Through Science Discoveries will provide HMS science students with a comprehensive review of Earth, Life, and Physical Science concepts.  Students will use cooperative and peer learning techniques to boost vocabulary skills in both reading and science classes.  Through using these activities, students will succeed in increasing scores on assessments. Campus:  Middle School                      Teacher:  Rhonda House   TEK Toys................................................................ $4,807.67 Children love toys, so why not teach them science concepts while they play with toys?  There are many toys available to teachers that help teach science concepts.  Sixth Grade science is the introduction to the higher sciences, Biology, Earth Science, Chemistry, and Physics.  Toys are great tools to help develop a curiosity about science and to keep students interested in these sciences. Campus:  Middle School                                  Teacher:  Nancy Gilstrap

They've Got the Whole World In Their Hands................................................................................. $2,550 Students are inquisitive about their environment, and they view their world from a unique perspective.  What better way to enhance this curiosity than to select a globe just for them?  A globe is a three-dimensional, spherical model of the earth.  A student’s globe is an ideal tool to facilitate student’s curiosity about far-away places, as well as entice them to learn how and where other people live. Campus:  Middle School                      Teacher:  Patti Scott     The Comprehension Whisperer................................................................................. $1,193.45 Comprehension is an area of concern for all of our schools K-4.  Through this grant, all of our students will be highly engaged, using the SMART Boards, working on one of the most important skills…comprehension.  Students will think they are playing, but they will be learning, practicing and applying new knowledge.  They will be excited, entertained and enjoy learning.  We are molding life-long learners and we will start in Kindergarten and go through Fourth Grade with this interactive set of Reading/Language Arts CDs.  Campus:  Intermediate School                             Teacher:  Ginger Arney