Educational Grant Stories 2005-2006
The Community Foundation of West Alabama
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Pictured from left to
right: Shelia Stromberg, Assistant Principal at Walker
Elementary, Glenn Taylor, Executive Director of the CFWA and Andrea
Hamner, teacher at Walker Elementary School. |
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The Community Foundation
of West Alabama (CFWA) recently announced that a $500.00 grant has
been awarded to Walker Elementary School. The grant will be
used to purchase Reading Power Paks. Each Power Pak includes
20 books and recordings. This program will help volunteers
working with students who struggle with reading skills.
This grant was one of twelve grants funded by the Education Fund
within the CFWA. The Community Foundation of West Alabama,
established in 1999, is a charitable organization which supports
various cultural, health, social and educational programs in Bibb,
Fayette, Greene, Hale, Lamar, Marengo, Pickens, Sumter, and
Tuscaloosa counties. A grants committee selects grant
recipients |
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The Community Foundation
of West Alabama (CFWA) recently announced that a $500.00 grant has
been awarded to Sunshine School. The grant will be used to
help purchase computers.
This grant was one of twelve grants funded by the Education Fund
within the CFWA. The Community Foundation of West Alabama,
established in 1999, is a charitable organization which supports
various cultural, health, social and educational programs in Bibb,
Fayette, Greene, Hale, Lamar, Marengo, Pickens, Sumter, and
Tuscaloosa counties. A grants committee selects grant
recipients. |
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| Pictured from left to
right: David Patrick, Principal of Northside High School, Glenn
Taylor, Executive Director of the CFWA and Shawn Parsons, librarian
at Northside Highs School |
The Community Foundation
of West Alabama (CFWA) recently announced that a $497.00 grant has
been awarded to Northside High School. The grant will be used
to purchase an InterWrite SchoolPad. This will allow teachers
to deliver lessons from anywhere in the classroom. They will
be able to circulate the classroom and focus on individual students
while the rest of the class is focused on the lesson at the front of
the room.
This grant was one of twelve grants funded by the Education Fund
within the CFWA. The Community Foundation of West Alabama,
established in 1999, is a charitable organization which supports
various cultural, health, social and educational programs in Bibb,
Fayette, Greene, Hale, Lamar, Marengo, Pickens, Sumter, and
Tuscaloosa counties. A grants committee selects grant
recipients. |
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Pictured from left to
right: Glenn Taylor, Executive Director of the CFWA and Richard
Nowell, art teacher at Northridge High School |
The Community Foundation
of West Alabama (CFWA) recently announced that a $500.00 grant has
been awarded to Northridge High School. The grant will be used
to purchase art materials for a ceramic class.
This grant was one of twelve grants funded by the Education Fund
within the CFWA. The Community Foundation of West Alabama,
established in 1999, is a charitable organization which supports
various cultural, health, social and educational programs in Bibb,
Fayette, Greene, Hale, Lamar, Marengo, Pickens, Sumter, and
Tuscaloosa counties. A grants committee selects grant
recipients. |
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Pictured from left to
right: Glenn Taylor, Executive Director of the CFWA, Kathleen King,
teacher at Hillcrest High School and Jeff Hyche, principal of
Hillcrest High School. |
The Community Foundation
of West Alabama (CFWA) recently announced that a $500.00 grant has
been awarded to Hillcrest High School Special Education Department.
The grant will be used to provide materials for special education
teachers that enable them to perform duties mandated by the No Child
Left Behind Act.
This grant was one of twelve grants funded by the Education Fund
within the CFWA. The Community Foundation of West Alabama,
established in 1999, is a charitable organization which supports
various cultural, health, social and educational programs in Bibb,
Fayette, Greene, Hale, Lamar, Marengo, Pickens, Sumter, and
Tuscaloosa counties. A grants committee selects grant
recipients. |
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Pictured are the
students of the Strings in Schools program along with their teacher,
Ms. Melissa Hickok. |
The Community Foundation
of West Alabama (CFWA) recently announced that a $500.00 grant has
been awarded to Eastwood Middle School for their Strings in Schools
Program. This is a new program bringing string education to
middle school students in the Tuscaloosa City Schools. The
grant will be used to purchase equipment for the Strings in School
Program.
This grant was one of twelve grants funded by the Education Fund
within the CFWA. The Community Foundation of West Alabama,
established in 1999, is a charitable organization which supports
various cultural, health, social and educational programs in Bibb,
Fayette, Greene, Hale, Lamar, Marengo, Pickens, Sumter, and
Tuscaloosa counties. A grants committee selects grant
recipients. |
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Pictured from left to
right: Glenn Taylor, Executive Director of the CFWA, Mrs. Brenda
Atkins, librarian and Mr. Stan Stokley, principal of Sweet Water
High School. |
The Community Foundation
of West Alabama (CFWA) recently announced that a $323.68 grant has
been awarded to Sweet Water High School. The grant will be
used to purchase “READ” magazine, a weekly reader publication.
This grant was one of twelve grants funded by the Education Fund
within the CFWA. The Community Foundation of West Alabama,
established in 1999, is a charitable organization which supports
various cultural, health, social and educational programs in Bibb,
Fayette, Greene, Hale, Lamar, Marengo, Pickens, Sumter, and
Tuscaloosa counties. A grants committee selects grant
recipients. |
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Pictured from left to
right: Anne Jones, Principal of Greensboro East High School
and Glenn Taylor, Executive Director of the CFWA. |
The Community Foundation
of West Alabama (CFWA) recently announced that a $500.00 grant has
been awarded to Greensboro East High School. The grant will be
used to purchase books for the library.
This grant was one of twelve grants funded by the Education Fund
within the CFWA. The Community Foundation of West Alabama,
established in 1999, is a charitable organization which supports
various cultural, health, social and educational programs in Bibb,
Fayette, Greene, Hale, Lamar, Marengo, Pickens, Sumter, and
Tuscaloosa counties. A grants committee selects grant
recipients. |
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Pictured from left to
right: Glenn Taylor, Executive Director of the CFWA and Kathy
Freeman, teacher at Greensboro East Elementary. |
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Community Foundation of West Alabama (CFWA) recently announced that
a $500.00 grant has been awarded to Greensboro East Elementary
School. The grant will be used to enhance the classroom
library. It will assist students reading below, on and above
grade level.
This grant was one of twelve grants funded by the Education Fund
within the CFWA. The Community Foundation of West Alabama,
established in 1999, is a charitable organization which supports
various cultural, health, social and educational programs in Bibb,
Fayette, Greene, Hale, Lamar, Marengo, Pickens, Sumter, and
Tuscaloosa counties. A grants committee selects grant
recipients. |
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Pictured from left to
right: Glenn Taylor, Executive Director of the CFWA, Lori Wyatt,
teacher at Moundville Elementary and Ronnie Gardner, principal of
Moundville Elementary School. |
The Community Foundation
of West Alabama (CFWA) recently announced that a $473.75 grant has
been awarded to Moundville Elementary School. The grant will
be used to purchase historical novels in order to integrate history
into the reading program.
This grant was one of twelve grants funded by the Education Fund
within the CFWA. The Community Foundation of West Alabama,
established in 1999, is a charitable organization which supports
various cultural, health, social and educational programs in Bibb,
Fayette, Greene, Hale, Lamar, Marengo, Pickens, Sumter, and
Tuscaloosa counties. A grants committee selects grant
recipients. |
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Glenn Taylor, Executive Director of the CFWA and Darrell Thomas,
Berry Elementary School. |
The Community Foundation of West
Alabama (CFWA) recently announced that a $500.00 grant has been
awarded to Berry Elementary School. The grant will be used to
help with their “Reaching New Heights” project. This project
focuses on promoting healthy physical activity in the youth.
This grant was one of twelve grants funded by the Education Fund
within the CFWA. The Community Foundation of West Alabama,
established in 1999, is a charitable organization which supports
various cultural, health, social and educational programs in Bibb,
Fayette, Greene, Hale, Lamar, Marengo, Pickens, Sumter, and
Tuscaloosa counties. A grants committee selects grant
recipients. |
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| Pictured from left to
right: Vic Herren, Principal of Berry High School, Mrs. Jon Raines
Thomas, teacher at Berry High School and Glenn Taylor, Executive
Director of the CFWA. |
The Community Foundation of West
Alabama (CFWA) recently announced that a $500.00 grant has been
awarded to Berry High School. The grant will be used to launch
a reading program called “Picture This”. This program is
creative in promoting reading as students in grades 7 through 12
have opportunities to visit elementary classrooms and read aloud to
the K-6 students.
This grant was one of twelve grants funded by the Education Fund
within the CFWA. The Community Foundation of West Alabama,
established in 1999, is a charitable organization which supports
various cultural, health, social and educational programs in Bibb,
Fayette, Greene, Hale, Lamar, Marengo, Pickens, Sumter, and
Tuscaloosa counties. A grants committee selects grant
recipients. |
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| Pictured: Art Teacher Richard
Nowell and One of his Art Students |
The Community Foundation of West Alabama recently
announced that a $497.50 grant has been awarded to Northridge art
teacher Richard Nowell to help with purchasing supplies for a
ceramics project that will give students a feel for
three-dimensional art design. Mr. Nowell teaches eighty-three
students ranging from ninth to twelfth graders.
This grant was one of nine recent education grants awarded to
schools throughout the West Alabama area.
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| LIVGINSTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL |
| Livingston Elementary School in Sumter
County is working diligently to help its students become good
readers. Teachers at Livingston Elementary have been recently
involved in Alabama Reading Initiative training and have been part
of the Alabama Reading First program. Teachers at Livingston
Elementary realized that many of their students at are at high risk
in the area of reading. One of the problems teachers are facing is
that the social studies, science and math textbooks for the students
are often written at a reading level that is too difficult. Many of
the books contain vocabulary that is overwhelming to elementary
school students, especially those who are struggling readers. |
Pictured: Livingston Elementary teachers with
Laura Gregory, Grants Chairman |
Recognizing this problem, teachers from Livingston Elementary
applied for grants from the Community Foundation of West Alabama
which would support reading programs. These programs are
designed to match books to readers so that individual students can
be given the opportunity to learn social studies, science and math
using books written at their own instructional level. When
given books on their own level, students can feel bolstered by their
mastery of the material and thus learn instead of simply feeling
frustrated. The books included in these programs cover a
variety of topics that appeal to elementary school children such as
planets, rocks and fossils, Native Americans, inventors and
historical events and figures. The teachers feel that these
books will encourage students and spark their interest in a variety
of subjects while improving their reading abilities.
Mrs. Cassandra Diggins, a second grade teacher at
Livingston Elementary, said that her goal was to have about 200
books that students could have access to in her room that were on
their reading level. She hopes to build their confidence while
working toward 100% literacy among her second graders. Yolanda
Emerson and Angela Finch, third grade teachers, and Michelle Luke,
the special education teacher, are also involved in these reading
initiatives.
The Community Foundation of West Alabama, through
the Education Fund supported in large measure by the Reese Phifer
Foundation and other donors, was able to give grants to these four
teachers at Livingston Elementary for these books. Studies
consistently show that early mastery of reading is critical to
future academic success. The Community Foundation, along with
so many other organizations within Alabama, desire to be part of the
early reading initiatives within the state and applaud these
teachers for their efforts.
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