This year at school, LCS students were able to look at the flairs shooting from the sun, created look-a-likes of real life heroes with sock puppets, and created a better community with a bowl of soup.

It was all made possible through business sponsored grants from the Lynchburg City Schools Education Foundation, Inc. In its 18th year of offering scholarships, the Foundation awarded thirty-eight grants to teachers for the 2009-2010 school year.

The Lynchburg City Schools Education Foundation, Inc. has awarded more than 250 corporate sponsored teacher grants since initiating the program more than eighteen years ago. More than $223,000 in grant funds have allowed teachers, counselors and administrators the opportunity to implement a broad range of creative and innovative ideas into our classrooms and schools. This year the Foundation funded grants totaling more than $38,000.

Sponsoring businesses include: AREVA, Bank of the James, BB & T Bank, Babcock & Wilcox, Candler Oil Company, Central Virginia Federal Credit Union, Colonial Brokerage House, Dodson Pest Control, Dominion Seven Architects, The Education & Research Foundation, Genworth Financial, Hurt & Proffitt, Lynchburg Municipal Employees Federal Credit Union, Lynchburg Nissan, Lynchburg Retail Merchants Association Foundation, Moore & Giles, Piedmont Community Health Plan, R.M. Gantt Construction, R.R. Donnelley, SunTrust Bank, Sylvan Learning Center, Wachovia Bank, Wal-Mart, and WSET.

Below are the projects that received grants:

Where in the World
Sandusky Middle School
$300
Colonial Brokerage House

Show Your True SOL Colors!
Sandusky Middle School
$1,661
Moore & Giles and Education Foundation

Making Reading Fun
Perrymont Elementary School
$1,248
Genworth Financial & Education Foundation

Math on the Move
Perrymont Elementary School
$1,000
BB & T

Go Math Go!
Perrymont Elementary School
$517
Lynchburg Municipal Employees Federal Credit Union

Matching Reader to Text…It Makes a Difference
Paul Munro Elementary School
$2,000
Babcock & Wilcox

From De Islands, Mon
R. S. Payne Elementary School
$2,000
Special Fund – GLCT – Education Foundation

A Winning Way with Words
Sandusky Middle School
$500
Dominion Seven Architects

Listening Partners
Perrymont Elementary School
$1,600
Babcock & Wilcox

A Star is Born
Perrymont Elementary School
$500
Candler Oil Company

Artists- in- Residence
E. C. Glass High School
$2,000
Susan Morrison & Anne/Chauncey Spencer Grants

Presenting with Puppets
Linkhorne Middle School
$491
R. M. Gantt Construction

Build a Reader
R. S. Payne Elementary School
$972
Babcock & Wilcox

Show Your “Grade” Pride
Sandusky Elementary School
$469
Dominion Seven Architects

Raising the Dead: Bringing Edgar Allen Poe Back to SMS
Sandusky Middle School
$475
Lynchburg Nissan

Write, Camera, Action
Payne GO Center
$500
WSET

Freedom Flags in Our Schools
Sandusky Middle School
$735
Sylvan Learning Center & Education Foundation

I Never Knew: Bridging the Achievement Gap
Sandusky Middle School
$1,050
Lynchburg Retail Merchants Foundation & Education Foundation

The Lessons and Legacy of D-Day
Sandusky Elementary School
$1,200
Education Foundation

Keeping Engineering Vested Among (“KEVA”) Kids
Dearington & T. C. Miller Elementary Schools for Innovation
$500
AREVA

When “Five More Minutes” Really Means “Five More Minutes;” Using Visual Timers in the Classroom
Perrymont Elementary School
$925
R R Donnelley

A Solar Telescope: You Can See the Possibilities
Linkhorne Middle School
$753
Hurt & Proffitt

Filling Hands with “Empty Bowls;” Reaching Out for the Hungry of Lynchburg
E. C. Glass High School
$550
Education & Research Foundation

Reducing the Achievement Gap Through Interactive Technology
Linkhorne Middle School
$913
Babcock & Wilcox

Seventh Grade Math Success
Linkhorne Middle School
$923
Dodson Pest Control

“It’s All in the Bag” Math Manipulatives
Linkhorne Elementary School
$568
Bank of the James

Making Math Matter Mobile Math Kits
Linkhorne Elementary School
$1,108
Piedmont Community Health Plan

Perrymont Panthers Jump for Success
Perrymont Elementary School
$1,960
Wachovia Bank

Cognitive Development – Strings Attached
Linkhorne Middle School
$2,000
Education Foundation

Experiencing Shakespeare: A Visit to the American Shakespeare Center
E. C. Glass High School
$1,890
Educational Foundation

Fractured Fairy Tales: Humorous Takes on Favorite Tales to Boost Reading Skills
Sandusky Elementary School
$400
Central Virginia Federal Credit Union

Fonics Phun
Perrymont Elementary School
$210
Jimmy Ping Grant

Perrymont Iditarod Winners Travel with Gary Paulson
Perrymont Elementary School
$500
Wal-Mart

Reflections on Learning: Using Mirrors to Enhance SOL Instruction
T. C. Miller Elementary School for Innovation
$2,000
Babcock & Wilcox

Bouncing for Brain Power
Perrymont Elementary School
$500
SunTrust Bank

Eagles Soaring with the “T. C. Miller Ten”
T. C. Miller School for Innovation
$2,000
Piedmont Community Health Plan

Meaningful Watershed & Plasma
Paul Laurence Dunbar Middle School for Innovation
$425
Wal-Mart

Explore the Past, Inspire the Future
Dearington Elementary School for Innovation
$1,000
Babcock & Wilcox