The annual Lynchburg City Schools Education Foundation Grant Awards program and reception was held on June 4, 2009 at Linkhorne Middle School. Thirty-seven corporate sponsored education grant certificates were awarded to Lynchburg City Schools' teachers by corporate sponsor representatives. The winning grants, with a total budget of $41,888, were selected from eighty-eight proposals submitted. Priority was given to those grants that demonstrated innovative and effective ways to meet student needs and increase motivation to learn.

The annual program provides an opportunity for grant winners to make presentations highlighting their program or activity. Thanks to the continued generosity of our many participating corporate sponsors, the Foundation has awarded over $185,000 in grants since establishing the program seventeen years ago.

Read With Me
Bedford Hill Elementary School
$575
Grant Sponsors: Hurt & Proffitt + Education Foundation
Utilizing the We Both Read Series, parents and students will read together on a nightly basis. Books are designed for parents to read the left-hand pages (which feature more complex text and storyline) and the student to read the right-hand pages (in which the storyline and text are less complex and geared specifically to their ability). Books will be sent home in “Book Buddy” bags with an accompanying reading log to record time spent reading each night. When books are finished they will be exchanged for the next book in the series.

The Dunbar Extreme Science Team
Dunbar Middle School for Innovation
$2000
Grant Sponsor: Babcock & Wilcox Company
The grant will create an innovative science club that will heighten awareness of several key scientific SOL’s as well as providing students with an opportunity to experience several hands-on scientific projects. The club will consist of four major assemblies each one addressing vital areas of many scientific disciplines. Major topics will include; physics of laser optics that address coherent and incoherent light, law of reflection, composition of matter, concave and convex lenses, and the speed of light through different mediums. Students will also have an opportunity to dissect complex animal life that would otherwise be unavailable to them in the regular school setting. The other assemblies revolve around Entomophagy and water ecology.

MONEY: Be Smart about making it, spending it, saving it! Financial Literacy for High School Students
Pride Plus
$1165
Grant Sponsors: Colonial Brokerage House + Education Foundation
All students will receive supplemental books related to personal finance and money management. The books will explore ideas on financial decision-making. Skills taught will include; money management and budgeting, record keeping, banking, credit, investing and buying stocks, insurance, careers and other related topic. In addition, students will travel to Lynchburg College for lunch and a tour. Also, students will attend a lecture presented by Cheryl Ayers, Director of The Center for Economics Education, plus receive a goody bag of items to further their interest and knowledge about personal finance.

Team Green
Sheffield Elementary School
$800
Grant Sponsor: RR Donnelley
This program will present and enhance environmental awareness through activities, exploration, and experiments. The students will research and explore various areas from endangered species to butterfly gardens to cycles in nature to litter control to recycling to energy conversation. Exploration of topics will be relevant to children’s cognitive development and ability. The program will include guest speakers and hands-on learning workshops including special programs presented by the Virginia Museum of Natural History. The program will help encourage the students to accept responsibility for earth care globally as well as locally.

Green Thumbs: ECG Community Garden
E.C. Glass High School
$2000
Grant Sponsor: Babcock & Wilcox Company
The Green Thumbs program will establish a community vegetable garden on the campus of E. C. Glass High School. Students will benefit from knowledge gained about plant structures, care and proper maintenance of plants, and plants role in the environment. The program will allow community members to come to the school and share their expertise with the students. Additionally, a majority of the produce harvested will be donated to local soup kitchens and homeless shelters to help feed the needy in our community. The schools science teachers and volunteer master gardeners will meet and plan the schedule for ground preparation, composting and planting. Science students will help with the initial preparation of the garden, but all students will have opportunities to help care for and maintain the garden during the year.

We’re Game for Gain
Dearington Elementary School for Innovation
$498
Grant Sponsor: Gilfield Village
This program is designed to help students with math SOL scores. Games bags will be created to be played with family members and signed off each night. This would take the place of the practice problems normally given, but provide applications of the same skills and possibly requiring the child to solve even more that would be on pen and paper style homework. Teachers would create the games and they would be used in lieu of other homework on specific nights. Once the game baggies are prepared, parents would be invited in for family game night to explain the purpose of the program and to stress the importance of parent involvement.

Read Together Take-Home Packs
Sandusky Elementary School
$597
Grant Sponsors: Bank of the James + Education Foundation
This program is designed to bring developmentally appropriate literature to first grade students. Due to the vast differences in economic status, level of parent education, and resources in the home many students do not have access to these materials. Without access to reading materials, families are unable to reinforce skills or cultivate print awareness. These take-home packs will help get students interested in reading and get families involved in the learning process, which is very important for student success. These Read Together Take-Home Packs will help create a literacy-rich environment as well as create a fun way for parents to take an active role in their child’s education.

Maps Can Make the Difference
Perrymont Elementary School
$500
Grant Sponsor: Dominion Seven Architects
The grant will provide each 4th and 5th grade classroom with a hard plastic raised-relief map of Virginia. Raised relief maps are a superior visual reference. Fully three-dimensional vinyl maps use shaded relief to represent altitude gradation and topographical diversity. The maps will allow students the ability to see and feel the differences between the Coastal Plain, Piedmont, Blue Ridge Mountains, Valley & Ridge, and Appalachian Plateau regions. The maps will assist the students in their ability to locate the 5 regions of Virginia and in explaining the physical geography of each region.

“The Play’s The Thing…” Shakespeare
Robert S. Payne Elementary School
$500
Grant Sponsor: Educational Research Foundation
The students will form a reader’s theatre at R. S. Payne Elementary School. All fourth grade zone students will participate in the project, and will meet once a week. Students will read the plays several times, eventually reading “assigned” parts. Students will perform the plays by reading the character parts before an audience. As a concluding activity students will read vignettes which have Virginia studies as subject matter.

Connect Four
Robert S. Payne Elementary School
$796
Grant Sponsor: Anne/Chauncey Spencer
Connect Four is a program designed to get teachers connected with parents, the parents will then be connected to their child’s education which will make the child more connected to school because they now have the support of their parents. The teachers will visit students home and take educational materials. The teacher will work with parents to demonstrate how to use these educational materials and help them establish a study area for their child.

Etching Press Acquisition
Heritage High School
$2000
Grant Sponsor: Education Foundation
The program will help develop the printmaking curriculum within the art classes with the purchase of an etching press. With the press the teacher can introduce multiple forms of printmaking. Monoprinting will be introduced in the first year to reinforce skills used in other types of art-making and intaglio printing in the future. The press will also offer a period of experimentation in which we will explore a number of difference printmaking styles.

Just the Facts, Ma’am: Non-Fiction is Fun
Sandusky Elementary School
$1650
Grant Sponsors: BB&T + Piedmont Community Health Plan + Education Foundation
The focus of this program is to improve reading (skills and comprehension) at the fourth and fifth grade levels by increasing students to non-fiction. Scholastic News Magazines will be purchased for all fifth grade students and the Virginia Studies Newspaper will be purchased for all fourth graders. The Scholastic News Magazine and Virginia Studies newspaper will be used in Language Arts and Social Studies classes. Students will have their own subscription and will learn how to use highlighters to mark the main ideas and supporting details.

Paul Munro Grows
Paul Munro Elementary School
$2000
Grant Sponsor: Education Foundation
Paul Munro Grows is an offshoot of The Roots and Shoots gardening project. This school garden will broaden the scope of its current environmental education offerings and integrate environmental education with many school disciplines (natural science, math, English, art, social studies, career studies, and physical activities) in addition to being specifically geared to providing hands-on experience to help meet current SOL requirements. Parents and grandparents of Paul Munro students have signed up to volunteer to help with the building of the raised beds, the fence and the gate.

The iPod Beat – Music on the Move
All Lynchburg City Schools’ Elementary Schools
$2000
Grant Sponsor: Babcock & Wilcox Company
Seven iPods will allow each of the seven music teachers to save a copy of the 55 CD’s of the music series to a computer and then to an iPod. Play list for each class’ lesson may then be created on the iPod that will streamline instruction for the students. Less time will be spent transporting materials from classroom to classroom and more time can be focused on students and their instruction. This technology will also provide a back-up for all the elementary school music resources.

Healthy Bodies. Healthy Minds
Robert S. Payne Elementary School
$1500
Grant Sponsor: Piedmont Community Health Plan
The program is designed to address the growing concern of childhood obesity. This “next step” will expand on last years efforts to hopefully become an exemplary program that can be replicated across the school division. Funds will be used to purchase aerobic equipment not available in school; to bring nutrition experts to school; and to transport students to Blackwater Creek Recreation Area, where physical exercise is linked with the schools fourth grade environmental studies. The program will provide an outlet and the means necessary for students to exercise their bodies, awaken and stimulate their aerobic capacities and to hopefully help further academic, social, and behavioral changes.

Puppets Promote Learning
Perrymont Elementary School
$1000
Grant Sponsor: Wal-Mart
Kindergarten students will use puppets to build story language and oral communication. The students will be able to demonstrate comprehension of fiction and non-fiction. The use of puppets will allow all children to participate in creative dramatics. Puppets encourage students who are reluctant to participate and to be involved. Students can also practice good classroom behavior through creative dramatics with puppets.

Reach for the Stars Math Club
Perrymont Elementary School
$750
Grant Sponsor: Jimmy Ping Memorial Grant + Education Foundation
The Reach for the Gold Math Club has an Olympic theme idea that has a positive approach to helping students maximize learning. The students will effectively review basic math concepts and skills by taking home fun packets of work that will review these concepts and skills. Packets will include individualized games, activities, and fun sheets what will be enjoyed with students and their parents. As students complete more packets they will be able to earn medals for each of the four levels.

Level the Playing Field
Heritage Elementary School
$2000
Grant Sponsor: Wachovia Bank
This grant addresses reading comprehension. The grant will give the Title I team at Heritage Elementary School the opportunity to develop a leveled library for all students. Students at the school would the opportunity to check out books that are closely matched to their reading level. The library of level reading books will be organized in color coded tubs. Students would be assigned a color depending on their independent or instructional reading level. Teachers will be able to check out these books to use in their classrooms in guided reading groups.

Getting to the Root of the Problem: Helping Students Identify Greek and Latin Roots
Sandusky Middle School
$500
Grant Sponsor: Sylvan Learning Center
The grant is to address significant weakness in the vocabulary skills of students. The inability of decode words impacts students negatively in not just reading but in all other disciplines. Each week a new Greek or Latin root will be introduced to the students over WSMS. White boards will be placed outside each teacher’s door and teachers would post the root word of the week. Students would be encouraged to post their own words derived from the root. English teachers will keep a “Word Wall” in their classrooms, with each week’s root and key words posted.

Dreams Take Flight
E. C. Glass High School
$862
Grant Sponsor: Haywood Robinson Memorial Grant + Education Foundation
Air Force JROTC cadets will get hands-on exposure to the forces of flight through the use of technology. After studying the theoretical concepts of the forces of flight, cadets will apply this knowledge by utilizing the Microsoft Flight Simulator software. The flight simulator software allows cadets to fly different types of aircraft in different programmed weather and visibility conditions between simulated real world airports. After the cadets have demonstrated their ability to control the aircraft simulator, they will progress to remote control aircraft.

The Pollinator
Paul Munro Elementary School
$798
Grant Sponsor: SunTrust Bank + Education Foundation
Students in grades 3-5 will participate in a hands-on learning experience involving the rising need for beekeepers. Students will be given background information on the honeybee habitat, living environment, reproduction (life cycle), colonization, pollination, and honey production. The beekeeping kit and accessories will allow student to work in small groups and participate by dressing in the bee suit, assemble the hive body, inspect racks, view slide show, and participate in dialogue regarding the importance of bees and other insects to complete the cycle of life.

United We Read: Lynchburg and Sharon Draper Make It Happen
Middle School Learning Center – Homebound Learning Center
$1773
Grant Sponsor: Education Foundation
Due to the positive response to the newly created library, students are excited at the opportunity to become participants in books clubs. The grant will provide classroom sets of several novels to needed to accomplish this activity. The purpose of this project is to model the America Reads With Dr. Seuss and Lynchburg Reads. In addition, the grant will allow Sharon Draper, author of several of these novels, to be a featured speaker in the spring. This initiative is so important because it will increase reading and also help students who attend alternative programs remain connected to their base schools.

Books, Books, and More Books
Sandusky Elementary School
$462
Grant Sponsor: The News & Advance
Short Books teaches sight word vocabulary by using small books that young children can read. The books are simple in their approach by using basic pictures and simple text that appeals to children. The books build upon each other yet the text is varied. This variation demands that the child look at the word and not just memorize a pattern. This grant will help kindergarten teachers who struggle with materials that meet the needs of children while extending their learning to better prepare for the SOL test.

Indoor Activity and Equipment & Materials
Hutcherson Early Learning Center
$1562
Grant Sponsor: George Rainsford Memorial Grant + Education Foundation
Children need to run, play, explore and expend physical energy on a regular basis. Hutcherson’s learning model encourages intentional, planned play, and having access to materials such as tactile obstacles courses, a fitness CD, and a basketball stand will allow teachers to provide an uninterrupted routine of physical play each day regardless of weather condition. This equipment will help the staff impress on these young children the importance of regular physical activity as a part of a healthy lifestyle in addition to providing key support to Hutcherson’s curriculum goals.

Target Heart Rate Monitors for Classroom Use
Linkhorne Middle School
$1995
Grant Sponsor: Babcock & Wilcox + Greater Lynchburg Community Trust (Foundation)
The acquisition of heart rate monitors for classroom use will enhance the teacher’s ability to monitor healthy and appropriate progress during physical education classes. Students will be able to determine an acceptable level of participation with the push of a button. Teachers will be able to use a more scientific approach to healthy activity by encouraging students to achieve and maintain a healthy and appropriate heart rate. The companion software will allow teachers to evaluate how well individual students maintain the target heart rate throughout a class activity.

Play It Smart Library
E.C. Glass High School & Heritage High School
$1000
Grant Sponsor: Dodson Pest Control
The grant will provide needed resources for the Play it Smart program. Funds will be used to create a library needed to address the goals of the program and help facilitate ways in which these goals can be achieved. Having books addressing the realities of their present lives and the responsibilities for their future hopefully will inspire there student athletes to improve their GPA, take the SAT and have improved performance on those test, motivate them to seek higher education. The resources will be shared with both high schools and is essential to the success of the program.

Monkey Math Addition and Subtraction
Perrymont Elementary School
$170
Grant Sponsor: Lynchburg Nissan
Monkey Math is a simple and practical method for encouraging memorization of basic addition and subtraction facts. Each day students will participate in a timed math drill beginning with adding one to a number. If a student completes the drill correctly within the allotted time, their monkey will climb the vine one knot. Students continue the timed drill at a level until mastery on that level is achieved. The goal is to have individual students’ monkeys climb to the top of the vine, thus achieving and mastering basic math facts.

Exploring Science and Virginia Studies with the News!
Bedford Hills Elementary School
$810
Grant Sponsor: Candler Oil Company + Lynchburg Nissan
This grant allows fourth grade teachers to expand Science and Social Studies units through exploration and discovery using Science Studies Weekly and Virginia Studies Weekly standards-based newspapers, a publication that cover 81% and 100% of the SOLs respectively. These publications are based off the latest state SOLs and are written on age appropriate level this is intriguing and captivating. Additionally, the publications include hands-on activities, lab experiments, and games that extend beyond the engaging stories. The self-directed hands-on reading and learning activities balanced with teacher-directed activities from the publications provide a learning rich environment that addresses the visual, auditory, and kinesthetic learner.

Phonemic Learning Kits
Hutcherson Early Learning Center
$500
Grant Sponsor: Central Virginia Federal Credit Union
The grant is designed to improve students’ phonemic awareness, specifically in children with phonological and/or articulation disorders. Children affected by these disorders often demonstrate reading, writing, and spelling difficulties in the primary grades and beyond. The grant will provide funds to purchase small manipulative objects (kits) in order to encourage correct production of speech sounds at the beginning, medial, and final position of words. The use of these kits will assist children in meeting the Virginia’s Foundation Blocks for Early Learning and specifically address the Virginia Literacy Foundation Block 3; Phonological Awareness.

Reading is the Main Ingredient!
Linkhorne Elementary School
$2000
Grant Sponsor: Piedmont Community Health Plan + Genworth Financial
This proposal addresses the need to increase reading fluency among minority and the economically disadvantaged population at Linkhorne Elementary School. After analysis of student achievement data and addressing NCLB goals, the focus at Linkhorne Elementary School is on raising reading levels of minority and students of economically disadvantaged students. The proposal addresses the need for more books for the schools’ Title 1 program for third, fourth, and fifth grade students that are in our target group. The more students read, the better they will become at reading because reading is the main ingredient.

Readers Theater
Robert S. Payne Elementary School
$1500
Grant Sponsor: WSET + Babcock & Wilcox
A Readers Theater involves children in oral reading through reading parts in scripts. Unlike traditional theater, the emphasis is mainly on oral expression of the part. It is a theater of the imagination. It involves bringing enjoyment to both themselves and their audiences. As children interpret their roles they acquire a better understanding of the literature. Readers Theater is an easy way to make a dramatic change in reading fluency, writing. It can boost listening and speaking skills, enhance confidence, and transform reluctant readers into book lovers.

Reading and Writing With Africa
E. C. Glass High School
$1500
Grant Sponsor: Babcock & Wilcox + RM Gantt Construction Co.
The grant will assist with the sister school program between E. C. Glass and the Mercy Care Centre School in Nairobi, Kenya. The grant will help create a library for the secondary students and participating Glass student will become pen-pals with Mercy Care Centre School students. The program will help students gain a world view and a connection with real people in a third world country. Students will become knowledgeable about the politics and economics affecting their new friends. The art of writing an articulate letter is in jeopardy in this age of text messaging, and students will be coached on writing meaningful letters.

Math in a Flash
T. C. Miller Elementary School for Innovation
$2000
Grant Sponsor: Lynchburg Retail Merchants Foundation, Lynchburg Municipal Employees Federal Credit Union
Math in a Flash is a program designed to target basic facts through integrating connections between home and school in order to enhance the educational experiences of all students. Flash cards, Games, and math resources are ideal components for success in this program. After arriving at school, students will have the opportunity to review math facts in the auditorium while waiting for their classroom teacher. Students will be able to participate in a variety of math work stations focusing on grade level operations. In each classroom, there will be daily timed drills to evaluate student progress.

One Moment in Time
Sandusky Middle School
$625
Grant Sponsor: Frito Lay + Education Foundation
This grant is focused on helping students make good decisions. Middle school students are often unaware of the consequences and long term implications for bad decisions. Grant funds will be used to produce a play “One Moment In Time” to positively impact the thinking patterns of middle school students about the effects of today’s actions on their futures. The performers, stage designers, and assistants will all be Sandusky Middle School students and the play will be presented to the entire student body.

Pen Pals: Becoming Responsible World Citizens
Sandusky Middle School
$500
Grant Sponsor: Moore & Giles
The project will establish a pen pal exchange between language arts students and students in a small village in the Ukraine. Dearington Elementary School for Innovation students will not only exchange written correspondence with Ukrainian students, but will fill four “Care Packages” for these needy students. Through this cultural enrichment project students will expand their knowledge of the global community. Student handwriting skills will improve, along with their composition skills.

Confronting Bullying Through Reading
Sandusky Middle School
$500
Grant Sponsor: Wal-Mart + Education Foundation
In order to address the issue of student bullying, this grant will build a program around the novel Quaking, by Kathryn Erskine. The novel will be offered to groups of ten students at a time, to be read and discussed in a book club. To entice students to participate in one the clubs, rewards would be offered plus an opportunity to meet with the author, Kathryn Erskine, to discuss the book. Three books club groups run concurrently, with each taking two weeks to complete the novel. This would allow 270-300 students would be involved directly in the project. Hopefully, we can avert bullying behavior by concluding the novel with a workshop and brainstorming session about how to overcome bullying in our school.

Get Wise, Let’s Mathematize / Appleology 101
Dearington Elementary School for Innovation
$500
Grant Sponsor: AREVA
Get Wise, Let’s Mathamatize/Appleology is a project geared to developing more relative thinking in the minds of elementary math students as students become involved in mathematizing (the act of making math come alive and meaningful). The project involved the use of more non-traditional math practices (journals, models, games) to facilitate better number sense and mathematical learning particularly in the study of fractions, decimals, and percents. Students will not only be taught rules or operations but will discover math connections on their own. The Appleology 101 portion of the project will involve the use of apples to find qualitative (color, shape, texture) and quantitative measurements using science tools (circumference, mass, volume, density).

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The Education Foundation is a nonprofit 501 c(3) organization committed to the development of educational innovation and to securing financial support for identified student, faculty and school needs. In its 17 years the foundation has raised roughly $200,000. For more information on this years grant winners click here.

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The annual Lynchburg City Schools Education Foundation Grant Awards program and reception was held on June 2, 2008 at Linkhorne Middle School. Twenty-seven corporate sponsored education grant certificates were awarded to Lynchburg City Schools' teachers by corporate sponsor representatives. The winning grants, with a total budget of $28,556, were selected from eighty-seven proposals submitted. Priority was given to those grants that demonstrated innovative and effective ways to meet student needs and increase motivation to learn.

The annual program provides an opportunity for grant winners to make presentations highlighting their program or activity. Thanks to the continued generosity of our many participating corporate sponsors, the Foundation has awarded over $143,000 in grants since establishing the program sixteen years ago. This year's grant winners were:

Memorial Grant Recipients

George Rainsford Grant
“Red Ribbon Week”
Linkhorne Middle School
Laura Casler

Rev. Haywood Robinson Grant
“Radical Reading Rods”
Sandusky Elementary School
Patricia Miller and Carolyn McCarron

Jimmie Ping Grant
“Grasp It”
Hutcherson Early Learning Center
Michelle Schindler

Anne/Chauncey Spencer Grant
“Living Museum”
R. S. Payne Elementary School
Kelli McCrady, Shelley Burleigh and Kim Beuerle

Corporate Sponsor Grant Recipients

Bank of the James Grant
“5th Grade Hot Shots with Hot Dots”
Perrymont Elementary School
Barbara Braun, Gwyn Maccubbin and David Vest

BB&T Bank Grant
“Let’s Listen and Learn”
Paul Munro Elementary School
Elizabeth Rinckel

The News & Advance Grant
“Casios for Kids”
Linkhorne Middle  School
Beth Schrock

Lynchburg Retail Merchants Foundation Grant
“STAMP Club”
Dunbar Middle  School for Innovation
Joy Victor and Elizabeth Tyree

Jim Martin Pontiac Buick GMC Grant
“Forensic Science Club”
Linkhorne Middle  School
Cathy Runion

WSET Grant
“Heroic Clay Animation”
Linkhorne Middle  School
Sheri Bosta, Peter Sengenberger, Dennis Cooke, Teresa Howell and Rhonda Miller

The Babcock & Wilcox Companies Grant
Lynchburg City Schools Ed Foundation Grant
“Academic Achievement and the  Arts: Teaching Math through the Visual and Performing Arts”
Thomas C. Elementary School for Innovation
Barbara Moody, Bonnie Craig and Sharon Bulson

Lynchburg Municipal Employees
Federal Credit Union Grant
“VAAP Me Into Math”
LAUREL Regional  Program
Becky Mann, Clark Robbins and Jennifer McCormick

The Babcock & Wilcox Companies Grant
“Saltwater Touch-Tank”
Dunbar Middle School for Innovation
Thomas Foster

The Babcock & Wilcox Companies Grant
“Healthy Water = A Healthy Heritage”
Heritage High  School
Alex Drumheller

Lynchburg Nissan Grant
Smith Barney Citigroup Grant
Lynchburg City Schools Ed Foundation Grant
“The Middle School Learning Center Needs  a Library”
Middle School Learning Center
Cathy Viar

R.M. Gantt Construction Company Grant
Lynchburg City Schools Ed Foundation Grant
“Having Fun is a Great Way to Learn”
Bedford Hills Elementary  School
Butchie McKinney-Barbara Mehler

Dodson Pest Control  Grant
Lynchburg City Schools Ed Foundation Grant
“Hands on History”
Linkhorne Middle School
Doris Shambora

The Babcock & Wilcox Companies Grant
“Fun with Feathered Friends”
Bedford Hills Elementary School
Nancy Campbell and Lucinda Pickering

Candler Oil Company Grant
“Team Green”
Sheffield Elementary  School
Deborah Rosenberger

AREVA Grant
“Get Connected in the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering & Math) Club”
Dearington Elementary  School for Innovation
Tawanda Johnson

Genworth Financial Grant
“Living History”
Pride Plus
Juliann Edwards and Janet Jones

Wal-Mart Grant
Frito-Lay Grant
Lynchburg City Schools Ed Foundation Grant
“Expanding Their Minds: Cultural Experiences for the Culturally Deprived”
Sandusky Middle  School
Susan Cox, Connie Ellison, Santina Knight, Eva Yoder, Terra Dowuonah-Hammond and Virginia Bowman

R. R. Donnelley Grant
“The Dinner Party or Coffee to Go: An Adventure in Art History through Ceramic Design”
E. C. Glass High School
Linda Graham and Kimberly Gibson

Piedmont Community Health Plan Grant
“Reading Across the Curriculum”
Heritage High  School
Andrew Clark

SunTrust Bank Grant
“Now You  Know…SOLs to Go”
Sandusky Elementary School
Vickie Roberts, Dee Tanner and Catherine Straw

Wachovia Bank Grant
“Wrapping Up Math Scores”
Robert S. Payne Elementary School
Gilda Reichert

Central Virginia Federal Credit Union  Grant
“Science Club”
Dunbar Middle  School for Innovation
L. Sue McClure and Elizabeth Tyree

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The annual Lynchburg City Schools Education Foundation Grant Awards program and reception was held on June 7, 2007 at Linkhorne Middle School. Twenty-three corporate sponsored education grant certificates were awarded to Lynchburg City Schools' teachers by corporate sponsor representatives. The winning grants, with a total budget of $20,500, were selected from sixty-one proposals submitted. Priority was given to those grants that demonstrated innovative and effective ways to meet student needs and increase motivation to learn.

The annual program provides an opportunity for grant winners to make presentations highlighting their program or activity. In addition, Foundation plaques were presented to new corporate sponsors Frito-Lay, Wachovia Bank, and Piedmont Community Health Plan (PCHP) during the program. Thanks to the continued generosity of our many participating corporate sponsors, the Foundation has awarded over $125,000 in grants since establishing the program fifteen years ago. This year's grant winners were:

Memorial Grant Recipients

George Rainsford Grant
"HEARSAY: Getting to know Limited English Proficient students and their families"
Sheffield Elementary School
Melinda Wheeler

Rev. Haywood Robinson Grant
"Making History Come Alive"
Robert S. Payne Elementary School
Kim Beuerle and Robin Wood

Jimmie Ping Grant
"Perrymats"
Perrymont Elementary School
Claire Ickes, Kathy Latham, Susie Shade and Leah Turpin

Corporate Sponsor Grant Recipients

Bank of the James Grant
"Marking Mali On A Map"
Heritage Elementary School
Michele Harvey and Tamara Johnson

BB&T Bank Grant Smith Barney Citigroup Grant
"Reading RACK: Reading Reaching Across Content Knowledge"
Sandusky Middle School
Gaynell Harper, Kenya Fowler, Lauren Calloway, Susan Cox, Connie Ellison and Linda Borland

The News & Advance Grant
"Making Phonics Fun for Everyone"
Sandusky Elementary School
Patricia Miller, Carolyn McCarron, Jamie Chitwood and Catherine Tucker

Jim Martin Pontiac Buick GMC Grant
Lynchburg Municipal Employees Federal Credit Union Grant
"Math Munchers"
Perrymont Elementary School
Alissa Caithness, Melissa Sutphin and Karen Nelson

BWX Technologies Grant
"Heritage Pride Drum and Flag Team"
Heritage Elementary School
Kristin Smith

BWX Technologies Grant
"Kindergarten Word Whammers"
William Marvin Bass Elementary School
Christen Tyree, John Babcock and Monica Womack

Lynchburg Nissan Grant
"Comical Combinations: A Book for Children Created by Children"
Heritage Elementary School
Gail Young, Tom Brown and Nan Ogden

R.M. Gantt Construction Company Grant Lynchburg Retail Merchants Foundation, Inc. Grant
"Let Your Smile Show Your Style"
E.C. Glass High School
Sandra Williams

Dodson Pest Control Grant
"Just the Highlights"
Sandusky Elementary School
Erika Wray, Sandy Halpin, Meghan Hayes and Marie Bailey

BWX Technologies Grant
"Engineering is Elementary"
Perrymont Elementary School
Linda Carney and Barbara Braun-Aman

Candler Oil Company Grant
"Practice, Practice, Practice: Wipe-Off Boards Makes Learning Easy"
Thomas C. Miller Elementary School for Innovation
Melissa Fox and Kathy Hudson

Central Virginia Federal Credit Union Grant
"Meet My Neighbor, Puff R. Fish"
Robert S. Payne Elementary School
Lori Smith and Lee Ohl

AREVA Grant
"Rock On by Trebuchet"
Linkhorne Middle School
Rhonda Miller, Sheri Bosta and Dennis Cooke

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E. C. Glass High School graduate Ashley Jackson (below left-pictured with principal Mrs. Susan Morrison) will be attending James Madison University in the fall where she will be majoring in health systems management. 

The scholarship program was established by Mrs. Linda Carr, President of Technical and Management Resources, Inc. Scholarships are awarded to students demonstrating outstanding merit, especially in the areas of leadership, scholastic achievement and community involvement. Congratulations to this years scholarships recipients.

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Scholarship recipients from E. C. Glass High School were Callie Pippin and William Coleman. Callie Pippin will be attending Christopher Newport University and plans to major in business management and marketing. William Coleman will be attending Methodist University where he plans to major in business administration/professional golf management. Congratulations to this years scholarship recipients.

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The annual Lynchburg City Schools Education Foundation Grant Awards program and reception was held on June 1, 2006. Seventeen corporate sponsored education grant certificates were awarded to Lynchburg City Schools’ teachers by corporate sponsor representatives. The seventeen winning grants, with a total budget of $17,179, were selected from twenty-eight proposals submitted. Priority was given to those grants that demonstrated innovative and effective ways to meet student needs and increase motivation to learn.

The annual program provides an opportunity for grant winners to make presentations highlighting their program or activity. In addition, Foundation plaques were presented to new corporate sponsors Wal-Mart, Genworth Financial, R.M. Gantt Construction, and the Lynchburg Municipal Employees Federal Credit Union during the program. To date, the Foundation has awarded over $100,000 in grants since establishing the program fourteen years ago.

2005 – 2006 Corporate Grant Winners

Bank of the James
“Literary Cafe'”
T.C. Miller Elementary School for Innovation
Janet Carson, Teresa Mack

BB&T Bank
“Engineering a Natural Habitat from the Ground Up”
Linkhorne Middle School
Rhonda Miller

The News & Advance
“Dental Health Month-Oral Health Presentation”
E.C. Glass High School
Sandra Williams

R.R. Donnelley Printing Co.
“Dunbar Images”
Paul Laurence Dunbar School for Innovation
Todd Reichert, Jan Suddith

BWX Technologies
“Flash-Families Learning at School and Home”
Heritage Elementary School
Sharon Anderson, Donna Baer, Denise Jones

Dodson Pest Control
“Act'n Up”
Perrymont Elementary School
Courtney Roach, Ruth Erquiaga, Tracy Proffitt

Lynchburg Retail Merchants Foundation Inc.
“Reader's Tool Kits”
Bedford Hills Elementary School
Meghan Lineberry, Marie McHenry

WSET, Jim Martin Pontiac Buick GMC, Lynchburg Retail Merchants Foundation Inc.
“Homebound Learning Center Accelerated Reader Program”
Homebound Learning Center
Suzanne Mason

BWX Technologies
“Building Academic Foundations: Manipulatives at Circle Time”
Hutcherson Early Learning Center
Andrea Sisson, Mary Hudson, Bert Mueller, Sandy Slack, Polly Cassady

BWX Technologies
“Do A Zoo”
R.S. Payne Elementary School
Kim Beuerle

Lynchburg Nissan, SunTrust Bank, Snith Barney Citigroup, Central Va. Federal Credit Union
“Birchwood PALS (Birchwood's Perrymont After School Learning Site)”
Perrymont Elementary School
Michelle Lynette Booker, Karen Scott Nelson

R.M. Gantt Construction Company
“The Beat Goes On”
R.S. Payne and HEritage Elementary School
Lyn Long

Genworth Financial
“Tools for Everyday Living”
E.C. Glass High School
Cindy Heying, Michael Long, Katherine Cyphert, Jeanette Houston

Wal-Mart
“SOL Dancing: Using Dance-A-Story Methods to Tech the SOL's”
T.C. Miller School for Innovation
Barbara Moody, Bonnie Craig, Sharon Bulson

Lynchburg Municipal Employees Federal Credit Union
“Hovering Far Above the Basics”
R.S. Payne Elementary School
Carrie Lewis

Student Scholarship Awarded – Genworth Financial

Thanks to a generous donation from Genworth Financial, four new scholarships were established as part of the growing Lynchburg City Schools Education Foundation Inc., student scholarship program. The four thousand dollar scholarships are awarded based on a student's scholastic achievements, community and school involvement, financial need, PSAT/SAT score and recommendations. Congratualtions to this years winners.

Scholarship winner Jacqueline Jones, who will be attending the University of Virginia in the fall, is pictured with (L to R) Mr. Bill Parkhurst, Genworth Financial representative, Mr. Robert Miller, school principal, and Mr. Robert Dozier, Executive Director, Lynchburg City Schools Education Foundation. Another Heritage High School winner Michael Wilson will be attending Texas Christian University in the fall. From E.C. Glass High School, scholarships were awarded to Molly Reams who will be attending the University of South Carolina and Desha Johnson who will be attending Norfolk State University. Congratulations to these outstanding students.

Student Scholarships Awarded – Technical Management & Resources, Inc.

This year two $1000 scholarships were awarded to deserving students. 

Heritage High School graduate Joshua Davis will be attending Longwood University in the fall where he plans to major in music. 

E. C. Glass High School graduate Lee Irvin Jr. will be attending Clemson University in the fall were he will be majoring in pharmacy. 

The scholarship program was established by Mrs. Linda Carr, President of Technical and Management Resources, Inc. Scholarships are awarded to students demonstrating outstanding merit, especially in the areas of leadership, scholastic achievement and community involvement. 

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The annual Lynchburg City Schools Education Foundation Grant Awards program and reception was held on May 25, 2005. Twenty-three corporate sponsored education grant certificates were awarded to Lynchburg City Schools’ teachers by corporate sponsor representatives. The twenty-three winning grants, with a total budget of $18,179, were selected from thirty-four proposals submitted. Priority was given to those grants that demonstrated innovative and effective ways to meet student needs and increase motivation to learn. 

The annual program provides an opportunity for grant winners to make presentations highlighting their program or activity. In addition, Foundation plaques were presented to new corporate sponsors AREVA, BWX Technologies, Jim Martin Pontiac Buick GMC and Dodson Pest Control during the program. To date, the Foundation has awarded over $85,000 in grants since establishing the program thirteen years ago.

George N. Rainsford Grant

Ms. Rosel Schewel Education Foundation, Inc. President, presented the $1000 George N. Rainsford Education Grant to Perrymont Elementary School teachers Courtney Roach, Ruth Erquiaga, and Tracy Proffitt for their winning grant, “ROCK and SOuL.”

Student Scholarships Awarded

This year two $1000 scholarships were awarded to deserving students. 

Heritage High School graduate Ashley Brown will be attending Hampton University in the fall where she plans to major in nursing. 

E. C. Glass High School graduate Carla Napier will be attending George Mason University in the fall were she will be majoring in pharmacy. 

The scholarship program was established by Mrs. Linda Carr, President of Technical and Management Resources, Inc. Scholarships are awarded to students demonstrating outstanding merit, especially in the areas of leadership, scholastic achievement and community involvement.

2004 – 2005 Corporate Grant Winners

Candler Oil Company
“No Strings Attached: Puppet Play the SOL Way”
T.C. Miller Elementary School for Innovation
Barbara Moody, Sharon Bulson, Bonnie Craig

Bank of the James
“Books to Grow On”
R.S. Payne Elementary School
Shannon Horning, Sheree Britton, Gilda Reichert

BB&T Bank
“Digital Narrative”
Heritage High School
Tom Marshall, Sandra Raysor

The News & Advance
“GAIN: Growing Academically is Non-Stop”
Perrymont Elementary School
Karen Nelson, Carla Hamilton, Kathy East, Candy Trent

R.R. Donnelley Printing Co.
“Exploring Family Roots through Art and Culture”
Heritage High School
Douglas Cerzosimo

Lynchburg Retail Merchants Foundation, Inc.
“Living History Project”
Paul Munro Elementary School
Bill Godsey, Barbara Hawks, Alan Little, Page Burke

Lynchburg Retail Merchants Foundation, Inc.
“Writing to Publish: Using a Bookbinder to Showcase Student Writing”
Sandusky Middle School
Patricia Hostutler, Melinda Younger

WSET
“Clay for Core”
Paul Laurence Dunbar Middle School for Innovation
DeAnna Daniels

Lynchburg Nissan Corporation
“Stairway to the STAR (Spartan Thinking and Reading) and Beyond”
Sandusky Middle School
Melissa Cooper, Susan Cox, Jane Shelton, Judy Worsham

Central Virginia Federal Credit Union
“Looking Good”
E.C. Glass High School
Katherine Webb

Dodson Pest Control
“Let’s Turn Off the TV So We Can…”
Hutcherson Early Learning Center
Janice Wiley, Barbara McKee, Polly Cassady

Jim Martin Pontiac Buick GMC
“History Hits Home”
Perrymont Elementary School
Wendy Pugh

AREVA
“Bringing the Curriculum Alive with Clay Animation”
Linkhorne Middle School
Rhonda Miller

BWX Technologies
“Applied Air Resistance, Drag, and Friction”
Linkhorne Middle School
Jason Ferguson

BWX Technologies
“Wearing the U.S.A.”
Robert S. Payne Elementary School
Kimberly Beuerle

BWX Technologies
“Wrapping Up the Facts”
Sandusky Elementary School
Sandy Halpin, Erika Wray, Barbara Wickham

BWX Technologies
“Arts Go Digital-Developing Career Skills in the 21st Century”
E. C. Glass High School
Linda Williams, Linda Graham

BWX Technologies
“Style My Ride”
Career Technical Education Program (Glass and Heritage High School)
Susan Cash, Richard Glover

BWX Technologies
“Learning in a Backpack”
T.C. Miller Elementary School for Innovation
Kim Adams, Kathy Hudson, Sarah Lindeman, Courtney Hudson

Jimmie Ping Grant
Legg Mason Funds
SunTrust Bank
“The Business of Business”
Dearington Elementary School for Innovation

Foundation Established Memorial Grant

In recognition of his tireless efforts in support of the Lynchburg City Schools’ Education Foundation, the Foundation Board of Trustees established a new teacher grant in memory of Rev. Haywood Robinson, Jr. Rev. Haywood, one of the original founders of the Lynchburg City Schools Ed Foundation, led the board as chairman for over 19 years. Through his dedicated leadership and vision the Foundation continues its mission of support for the school division. The grant will be available to teachers during the 2005-06 school year. Additionally, a special resolution was passed by the board and presented to Mrs. Alice Robinson.

Three New Corporate Grant Sponsors Announced

Three new corporate sponsors will be joining the teacher grant program during the 2005-06 school year. R.M. Gantt Construction and Lynchburg Municipal Employees Federal Credit Union and will each be sponsoring a $500 grant. Wal-Mart, a major contributor to the Foundation’s Crayons to Computers teacher warehouse program, will be sponsoring two $500 grants. These added grants will help the Education Foundation meet the growing request from teachers and schools for funds to implement innovative and creative instructional ideas. 

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In a special recognition program and reception held at the Ramada Inn on May 26, 2004, eleven corporate sponsored education grant certificates were awarded to Lynchburg City School teachers by corporate sponsor representatives. In addition, two special grants were presented in memory of the late Dr. George Rainsford and "Jimmie" Ping. The thirteen winning grants, with a total budget of $8,379, were selected from thirty-four proposals. Priority was given to those grants that demonstrated innovative and effective ways to meet student needs and increase motivation to learn. The purpose of the education grant program is to provide financial support to exceptional teacher-initiated ideas which are not funded through the school system's operating budget. The annual program provides an opportunity for grant winners to make presentations highlighting their program or activity. To date, the Foundation has awarded over $66,000 in grants since establishing the program twelve years ago.

George N. Rainsford Grant – $1000
"Mini-Economy"
Robert S. Payne Elementary School
Mr. John Richards, Education Foundation Inc. Vice President, presented the $1000 George N. Rainsford Education Grant to Robert S. Payne Elementary School teacher Shelley Burleigh for her winning grant, "Mini-Economy." The award is presented each year to the education grant that best exhibits those ideas and high standards which were a characteristic of George N. Rainsford.

"Jimmie" Ping Grant
"Social Skills Instruction Put Into Practice, Grades 3-5" Sheffield Elementary School
The Lynchburg City Schools' Education Foundation awarded a new educational grant in memory of James C. "Jimmie" Ping. The grant, approved by the Foundation Board, was established in recognition of Jimmie Ping's enormous contribution to Lynchburg City Schools' students, teachers, and the entire Lynchburg community. The grant is funded by generous donations of family and friends and will be used to expand grant opportunities for teachers and schools. Mrs. Mary Ping made the official certificate presentation to grant winners Malia King and Randi Twery for their winning grant "Social Skills Instruction Put Into Practice, Grades 3-5."

New Student Scholarship Established

Thanks to the generosity of a former Lynchburg City School student, a new $1000 student scholarship program has been established. Mrs. Linda Carr, President of Technical and Management Resources, Inc. in Fairfax, Virginia, has donated the funds which will provide a $1000 scholarship for a deserving E.C. Glass or Heritage High School student who meets the stated criteria and plans to enter an accredited college or university following graduation. Scholarships are awarded to students showing outstanding merit, especially in the areas of leadership, scholastic achievement and community involvement. This years winner is Ashley Turner. Upon graduation from Heritage High School, Ashley will be attending Virginia Commonwealth University where she plans to major in mass communications.

2003 – 2004 Corporate Grant Winners

Candler Oil Company – $500
"Books and Breakfast"
E.C. Glass High School
Sue Harvey Patty Worsham

Sun-Trust Bank – $500
"The Plant Patrol"
Heritage Elementary School
Denise Jones

Bank of the James – $500
"Tradebook Treasure Chest"
Perrymont Elementary School
Vallie Ritchie, Michael Booker, Libby Taylor, and Mary Hughes

Legg Mason – $500
"Career Profolios – Preparing for the Future"
E.C. Glass and Heritage High School
Susan Cash

BBT&T Bank- $500
"Sensing American History"
Sandusky Middle School
Beverly Branch, Lauren Calloway, Melissa Boley, and Robert Przybycien

The News & Advance – $1000
"Year___And You Are There"
Sandusky Elementary School
Sandy Halpin, Donna Baer, Erika Wray

R.R. Donnelley Printing, Co.- $1000
"Pride Plus Reads"
Pride Plus
Janet Jones and Juliann Edwards

Lynchburg Retail Merchants Foundation, Inc. – $1000
"Math Backpack Kits"
Robert S. Payne Elementary School
Kim Beuerle

WSET – $500
"You've Got Mail – The Power of Positive Postage"
Paul Laurence Dunbar Middle School for Innovation
Teresa Higgins

Lynchburg Nissan Corporation – $500
"Reading Celebration"
Robert S. Payne Elementary School
Sheree Britton

Central Virginia Credit Union – $500
"Art From Many Cultures"
Sandusky and Robert S. Payne Elementary School
Kaye McKendrick

Four New Corporate Grant Sponsors Announced

Four new corporate sponsors will be joining the teacher grant program during the 2004-05 school year. BWX Technologies will be sponsoring grants totaling more than $8000 for grant proposals focusing in the areas of science, math and technology. Jim Martin, Pontiac Buick, GMC, and AREVA will be sponsoring $500 grants, and Dodson Pest Control will be sponsoring a $1000 grant. These added grants will help the Education Foundation meet the growing request from teachers and schools for funds to implement innovative and creative instructional ideas.

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• George Rainsford Education Grant – $1000
  “One Moment in Time”
  Thomas C. Miller Elementary School for Innovation
  Barbara Moody

2002 – 2003 Corporate Grant Winners

• Retail Merchant’s Association – $1000
  “H.O.P (Hands on Protocol) Physical Fitness”
  E.C. Glass High School
  Tracie Hayes
  Alan Hayth
• Sun-Trust Corporate Grant – $500
  “‘Stylin and Profilin’ While Stepping Into Community Living”
  E.C. Glass High School
  LaTonya Reed
• Adelphia Cable Corporate Grant – $1000
  “Exploring Our World – Up Close and Personal”
  Heritage Elementary School
  Beth Jamerson
  Gail Young
  Wendy Davis
  Kristin Smith
  Sandy Anderson
  Tamara Johnson
• Lynchburg Nissan Corporate Grant – $500
  “Reading Snack Pack”
  Heritage Elementary School
  Nan Ogden
  Gail Young
  Jill Hoden
• BB&T Corporate Grant – $500
  “GPS and You”
  Linkhorne Middle School
  Jason Ferguson
  Kevin Kozerow
  Terry Wilson
  Tom Goodman
  Gretchen Guenard
• News & Advance Corporate Grant – $1000
  “Alike and Different: Learning About Other Cultures”
  Paul Laurence Dunbar Middle School for Innovation
  Beverly Miller
• WSET Corporate Grant – $500
  “Microscope Madness – Looking at the World Using a Technological View”
  Perrymont Elementary School
  Maureen Sheedy-Morris
  Kristine Kughn
  Virginia Lucado
  Beth Carter
  Barbara Braun
• Legg-Mason Corporate Grant – $500
  “Going to Have a Whale of a Time”
  Robert S. Payne Elementary School
  Ken Emanuel
  Carrie Lewis
  Diane Middleton
  Lee Ohl
  Ginger Parsons
  Patsy Sellers
• R.R. Donnelley – $1000
  “Teachers as Buddies (T.A.B.S On You) Program”
  Sandusky Elementary School
  Mary Bryant
  Peggy Goodwin
  Donna Baer
  Denise Jones
• Candler Oil Corporate Grant – $500
  “Lunchtime Manners Club”
  William Marvin Bass Elementary School
  Terri Foss

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