TVCEF awards Annual Grants to Twin Valley schools and Teachers
We are accepting grant applications this fall! Deadline is November 1st.
The Twin Valley Community Education Foundation was established in 1998. Since that time, the Foundation has assisted with the following community endeavors:
2021 TVCEF Annual grant winners
SEL Centervention Curriculum, Janel Bell, Regine Glass, Allysen Gallagher, at all TVSD elementary centers
This program will allow provide behavior support students access to the Zoo U social skills game to supplement the current curriculum/intervention plans who require further development in their social-emotional skills and their ability to create meaningful relationships with their peers.
Brain Bins, Randi Goldberg, Kimberly Armpriester, Ashley Schneck, at HBEC
Brain Bins will include fine motor materials that all Kindergarten students will use in the morning to start their day. This program will help foster creativity, fine motor skills, socialization, and problem solving skills for students.
Kindergarten Round Up, Lynne Buckley, at HBEC
The HBEC Kindergarten Round Up is an event to be held in May 2022 for parents/guardians of incoming kindergarten students with a purpose of facilitating the transition from home to school and promoting school readiness. This program will provide parents/guardians with the education and tools they can utilize as their child’s first and most important teacher as they continue to enhance their child’s social, emotional, physical, and academic development by the time their child enters kindergarten.
Multiplication Sensory Path, Julie Anderson, John Brennan, Tammy Eisenhard, Pam Russell at REC
This program will create a path of multiplication facts in the hallway that coordinates with movements, which will allow students to take a functional sensory break while also providing reinforcement of math facts.
Senior Grad Walk, Betsy Techman, Sandra Crook, Jessie Miller, Danielle Knapp, Rachel Klemmer at TVHS and elementary centers
The Senior Grad Walk allows seniors to return to their elementary schools to thank teachers and celebrate with future graduates of Twin Valley School District. Students will be bused to their former elementary school after graduation practice for a special parade through the schools.
Artist in Residence – Marian and Friends Ventriloquist, Tammy Taylor, TVMS
This 10 day project will provide 5th and 6th grade students the opportunity to learn about puppetry and ventriloquism through hands on experiences, a historical and cultural presentation, professional performer, and the creation of their own script and puppet using art materials and technology.
Middle School Musical Revival, Sarah Weaver, Christina Breidinger, Carrie Gendaszek, Mimi Todaro, Bonnie Brecht, Tammy Taylor, and Bill Moczydlowski, at TVMS
This grant will fund the revival of the middle school musical which was last performed in 2010. This will be a school wide collaboration to build school and community unity. The students will preform Wonderland, which is an adaptation of Lewis Carroll’s iconic novel, Through the Looking Glass, in February 2022.
This program will allow provide behavior support students access to the Zoo U social skills game to supplement the current curriculum/intervention plans who require further development in their social-emotional skills and their ability to create meaningful relationships with their peers.
Brain Bins, Randi Goldberg, Kimberly Armpriester, Ashley Schneck, at HBEC
Brain Bins will include fine motor materials that all Kindergarten students will use in the morning to start their day. This program will help foster creativity, fine motor skills, socialization, and problem solving skills for students.
Kindergarten Round Up, Lynne Buckley, at HBEC
The HBEC Kindergarten Round Up is an event to be held in May 2022 for parents/guardians of incoming kindergarten students with a purpose of facilitating the transition from home to school and promoting school readiness. This program will provide parents/guardians with the education and tools they can utilize as their child’s first and most important teacher as they continue to enhance their child’s social, emotional, physical, and academic development by the time their child enters kindergarten.
Multiplication Sensory Path, Julie Anderson, John Brennan, Tammy Eisenhard, Pam Russell at REC
This program will create a path of multiplication facts in the hallway that coordinates with movements, which will allow students to take a functional sensory break while also providing reinforcement of math facts.
Senior Grad Walk, Betsy Techman, Sandra Crook, Jessie Miller, Danielle Knapp, Rachel Klemmer at TVHS and elementary centers
The Senior Grad Walk allows seniors to return to their elementary schools to thank teachers and celebrate with future graduates of Twin Valley School District. Students will be bused to their former elementary school after graduation practice for a special parade through the schools.
Artist in Residence – Marian and Friends Ventriloquist, Tammy Taylor, TVMS
This 10 day project will provide 5th and 6th grade students the opportunity to learn about puppetry and ventriloquism through hands on experiences, a historical and cultural presentation, professional performer, and the creation of their own script and puppet using art materials and technology.
Middle School Musical Revival, Sarah Weaver, Christina Breidinger, Carrie Gendaszek, Mimi Todaro, Bonnie Brecht, Tammy Taylor, and Bill Moczydlowski, at TVMS
This grant will fund the revival of the middle school musical which was last performed in 2010. This will be a school wide collaboration to build school and community unity. The students will preform Wonderland, which is an adaptation of Lewis Carroll’s iconic novel, Through the Looking Glass, in February 2022.
2020 TVCEF Annual grant winners
HBEC, Kindergarten Round Up 2021, Lynne Buckley and Michele Murtaugh, The HBEC Kindergarten Round Up 2021 is an event to be held in May 2021 for parents/guardians of incoming kindergarten students with a purpose of facilitating the transition from home to school and promoting school readiness. The intent of the Kindergarten Round Up is to increase family engagement by helping to build a home and school partnership with families early on in their child’s academic career. This program will provide parents/guardians with the education and tools they can utilize as their child’s first and most important teacher as they continue to enhance their child’s social, emotional, physical, and academic development by the time their child enters kindergarten.
TVHS, R.Ally: Raider Ally Training Program, Caroline McRobbie, The R.Ally program is a training program for students at TVHS to become better educated on racial diversity inside and outside of the high school. This will give students an opportunity to become a better ally to marginalized groups and allow them to use their leadership skills within our school and community.
TVHS, National Youth Summit on Agri-Science Leader, Harold Dietrich, This grant is to support Twin Valley FFA officers and student leaders participate in the National Youth Summit on Agri-Science, which is a premier national leadership event for youth interested in Agri-Science, held in March 2021 in Chevy Chase, MD. While at Summit, the student delegation creates Community Action Plans to be implemented locally when they return home.
TVHS, R.Ally: Raider Ally Training Program, Caroline McRobbie, The R.Ally program is a training program for students at TVHS to become better educated on racial diversity inside and outside of the high school. This will give students an opportunity to become a better ally to marginalized groups and allow them to use their leadership skills within our school and community.
TVHS, National Youth Summit on Agri-Science Leader, Harold Dietrich, This grant is to support Twin Valley FFA officers and student leaders participate in the National Youth Summit on Agri-Science, which is a premier national leadership event for youth interested in Agri-Science, held in March 2021 in Chevy Chase, MD. While at Summit, the student delegation creates Community Action Plans to be implemented locally when they return home.
2019 TVCEF Annual Grant Winners
HBEC, Michelle McClure, Family Fun Backpacks, To encourage Family Literacy and support learning at home.
HBEC, Michelle Murtaugh and Carrie Anne Haag, Parent Academy Series, A year long effort that will run with a purpose of empowering parents, increasing parent involvement, and strengthening the relationship that the school has with the community.
REC, Jen Burns, Ed Deren, Becky Johnson, and Val Smith, Day 12 Science Day, to enhance our science curriculum by providing students with materials to make science and STEM hands on though lessons using Project Lead the Way and Mystery Science
TVEC, Susan Sanger, Stacie King, Brooke Seiple and Stephanie Burger, Get the Facts, To increase fact fluency of our 4th grade students, building the basis for all other math concepts.
TVMS, Lauren Witman, Café Classroom, High tables for sitting and standing encourages community building through increased and intentional emphasis on communication and collaboration
TVMS, Jerry Wilczynski, TVTV Studio Upgrade, To upgrade the TVTV Studio equipment that is used for morning announcements and live-streaming school events
TVMS, Bonnie Pugliese, Flexible Seating for Learning Support Students, To provide flexible seating for learning support students in the classroom
TVHS, Kim Barndt, Themed Restaurant/Food Truck/Cake Decorating Projects incorporating digital and edible imaging technology, To enhance culinary courses with project-based learning rooted in technology and provide students access to cutting edge equipment including a classroom edible image printer and wireless color printer
TVHS, Lauren Lewis, Sara Peek, Melissa Koehler, and Christian Murray, LanguageNut (Digital Resources for Elementary and High Schools), To provide students with more individualized practice in reading, writing, listening, and speaking in the Target Language through the use of an online self-paced, automatically graded program.
HBEC, Michelle Murtaugh and Carrie Anne Haag, Parent Academy Series, A year long effort that will run with a purpose of empowering parents, increasing parent involvement, and strengthening the relationship that the school has with the community.
REC, Jen Burns, Ed Deren, Becky Johnson, and Val Smith, Day 12 Science Day, to enhance our science curriculum by providing students with materials to make science and STEM hands on though lessons using Project Lead the Way and Mystery Science
TVEC, Susan Sanger, Stacie King, Brooke Seiple and Stephanie Burger, Get the Facts, To increase fact fluency of our 4th grade students, building the basis for all other math concepts.
TVMS, Lauren Witman, Café Classroom, High tables for sitting and standing encourages community building through increased and intentional emphasis on communication and collaboration
TVMS, Jerry Wilczynski, TVTV Studio Upgrade, To upgrade the TVTV Studio equipment that is used for morning announcements and live-streaming school events
TVMS, Bonnie Pugliese, Flexible Seating for Learning Support Students, To provide flexible seating for learning support students in the classroom
TVHS, Kim Barndt, Themed Restaurant/Food Truck/Cake Decorating Projects incorporating digital and edible imaging technology, To enhance culinary courses with project-based learning rooted in technology and provide students access to cutting edge equipment including a classroom edible image printer and wireless color printer
TVHS, Lauren Lewis, Sara Peek, Melissa Koehler, and Christian Murray, LanguageNut (Digital Resources for Elementary and High Schools), To provide students with more individualized practice in reading, writing, listening, and speaking in the Target Language through the use of an online self-paced, automatically graded program.
2018 TVCEF Annual Grant Winners
HBEC- BookBots – Janeen Moyer, Julia Sutu, The purpose of this grant is to engage the entire 4th grade student body at HBEC by combining literature (The Wild Robot book) and STEAM activities (Invent a motorized robot model kit) that not only promotes STEAM but also explores the themes of acceptance, cooperation, compassion and perseverance.
REC – Flexible Seating-Holly Hubert, Stephanie Koch, Jodie Kline, Tammy Eisenhard, Many young students have the need to move around while still completing work. Flexible seating through the purchase of Wobble Stools will allow for student movement while seated without disrupting the learning of others in the classroom. The ultimate goal of the flexible seating is to allow all students to be successful in the classroom.
TVEC – Kindness Mural-Heather McHugh, Rachel Klemmer, Carli Surak, This project will be a part of a school-wide kindness collaboration. During the collaboration, students will be challenged to demonstrate compassion through activities that require critical thinking, creativity, communication and teamwork. Students will each contribute a tile to a mosaic art mural that will remain an integral part of TVEC’s building reminding students to be kind to one another.
TVEC – Second Grade STEM Stations-Arielle Chirlin, Erin McCaughan, Rebecca Weaver, This grant for STEM stations will support student creativity and critical thinking. STEM stations will give students the opportunity to engage in hands on skill building activities while completing STEM challenges. Students will work with partners to formulate solutions to challenges and use their hands to create projects.
TVEC – UNICEF Kid Power Bands-Heather McHugh, The Kid Power Band is an activity tracker that not only monitors physical activity by tracking steps, but it also helps students to learn compassion and understanding by giving back to those in need. As students earn steps on their band, they will receive point and UNICEF will deliver Ready to Use Food packets to children in need.
TVMS – Flexible Seating/Standing Desks-Jack Morrison, This grant will be for the purchase of standing desks. The goal is to help students remain actively engaged learners in the Social Studies classroom. Studies have shown that people are more creative, think clearer and are more open to teamwork when standing.
TVMS – Flexible Seating for Increased Learning-Joli Mattia, Lauren Swan, Jen Koch, This grant will provide for a variety of flexible alternative seating in the 5th grade Language Arts classrooms. Students will feel empowered by having some degree of choice and control over their learning environment. It also helps young minds be more alert and focused.
TVHS – Flexible Seating in a Blended Classroom-Nicole Weaver, This grant will be used to enhance the seating in the resource room in the Agricultural wing of the high school. With the changes brought about by the 1 to 1 initiative and blended learning, the learning spaces need to be more flexible to encourage student collaboration.
TVHS – Weather Station-Mike Mannix, The purpose of this grant is to install a weather station to serve daily as a primary source of local weather data for a new high school weather and climate course that is being developed. In this course students will learn how to collect and analyze weather data.
REC – Flexible Seating-Holly Hubert, Stephanie Koch, Jodie Kline, Tammy Eisenhard, Many young students have the need to move around while still completing work. Flexible seating through the purchase of Wobble Stools will allow for student movement while seated without disrupting the learning of others in the classroom. The ultimate goal of the flexible seating is to allow all students to be successful in the classroom.
TVEC – Kindness Mural-Heather McHugh, Rachel Klemmer, Carli Surak, This project will be a part of a school-wide kindness collaboration. During the collaboration, students will be challenged to demonstrate compassion through activities that require critical thinking, creativity, communication and teamwork. Students will each contribute a tile to a mosaic art mural that will remain an integral part of TVEC’s building reminding students to be kind to one another.
TVEC – Second Grade STEM Stations-Arielle Chirlin, Erin McCaughan, Rebecca Weaver, This grant for STEM stations will support student creativity and critical thinking. STEM stations will give students the opportunity to engage in hands on skill building activities while completing STEM challenges. Students will work with partners to formulate solutions to challenges and use their hands to create projects.
TVEC – UNICEF Kid Power Bands-Heather McHugh, The Kid Power Band is an activity tracker that not only monitors physical activity by tracking steps, but it also helps students to learn compassion and understanding by giving back to those in need. As students earn steps on their band, they will receive point and UNICEF will deliver Ready to Use Food packets to children in need.
TVMS – Flexible Seating/Standing Desks-Jack Morrison, This grant will be for the purchase of standing desks. The goal is to help students remain actively engaged learners in the Social Studies classroom. Studies have shown that people are more creative, think clearer and are more open to teamwork when standing.
TVMS – Flexible Seating for Increased Learning-Joli Mattia, Lauren Swan, Jen Koch, This grant will provide for a variety of flexible alternative seating in the 5th grade Language Arts classrooms. Students will feel empowered by having some degree of choice and control over their learning environment. It also helps young minds be more alert and focused.
TVHS – Flexible Seating in a Blended Classroom-Nicole Weaver, This grant will be used to enhance the seating in the resource room in the Agricultural wing of the high school. With the changes brought about by the 1 to 1 initiative and blended learning, the learning spaces need to be more flexible to encourage student collaboration.
TVHS – Weather Station-Mike Mannix, The purpose of this grant is to install a weather station to serve daily as a primary source of local weather data for a new high school weather and climate course that is being developed. In this course students will learn how to collect and analyze weather data.
2017 TVCEF Grant Award Winners
TVMS-Flexible Seating, Ms. Denise Reid- Creating a 21st Century Classroom by incorporating standing desks.
TVMS-Science Olympiad, Mr. Michael Smith-Providing an opportunity for enrichment and acceleration in a wide variety of science disciplines.
TVEC-iPad Listening Station, Ms. Jackie Cresswell, Ms. Tracy Gruin, and Ms. Jamie Burns-Enhancing literacy opportunities through the use of current technology inclusive of websites and education apps.
REC-Financial Responsibility for the Future, Ms. Julie Anderson, Mr. John Brennan, Ms. Pam Russell, Ms. Diane VanBodegraven-Applying mathematical problem solving to real world financial experiences using Chromebook technology.
HBEC-Using APPS to Close the Gaps, Ms. Misty Stoltzfus and Ms. Michele Murtaugh-Providing iPads and apps with reading intervention students to close gaps in reading education.
TVMS-Science Olympiad, Mr. Michael Smith-Providing an opportunity for enrichment and acceleration in a wide variety of science disciplines.
TVEC-iPad Listening Station, Ms. Jackie Cresswell, Ms. Tracy Gruin, and Ms. Jamie Burns-Enhancing literacy opportunities through the use of current technology inclusive of websites and education apps.
REC-Financial Responsibility for the Future, Ms. Julie Anderson, Mr. John Brennan, Ms. Pam Russell, Ms. Diane VanBodegraven-Applying mathematical problem solving to real world financial experiences using Chromebook technology.
HBEC-Using APPS to Close the Gaps, Ms. Misty Stoltzfus and Ms. Michele Murtaugh-Providing iPads and apps with reading intervention students to close gaps in reading education.
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