With the help of funds raised at our fundraiser and through generous contributions by donors and supporters, the BBH Schools Foundation funds classroom enrichment grants to district teachers to foster creative, innovative teaching. Projects funded (in full or in part) in the 2024-2025 school year include:

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Tricia Astey Radak & Rachel Burkholder

Keyboard Koncepts

The primary goal of "Keyboard Koncepts" is to provide students with a basic knowledge of piano playing skills while using a MIDI (music instrument digital interface) controller (keyboard). Students will compose and learn simple musical compositions while their keyboard is connected to a basic music writing software already available on their school issued Chromebooks at no additional cost. This goal will allow the students to explore and create music in the digital technology world, as well as teach them basic piano playing while applying and expanding their musical knowledge.

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Dayna Daltorio

For the Love of Movement

This grant will foster, ignite and engage students in a more dynamic and authentic movement experience. The ultimate goal of this grant is for students to discover the way (or ways) in which they love to move! The grant will allow us to bring in various exercise, activity, and sports experts to enhance the curriculum and increase student engagement. Students will have the opportunity to experience ballroom dancing, archery, Taekwondo, cycling, fencing, orienteering and more! When students are given these experiences, they realize that Physical Education is NOT just “running around and burning off energy”, but a place where tangible learning is valuable, accessible, and really fun!

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Lisa Feldner & Christina Fischer

KidWind Wind Tunnel – 7th Grade STEM Project

Students will use the engineering process to design, build, and test wind turbine blades as they study the transfer of energy through the KidWind wind turbine. After testing their turbine with the box fan, they modify blade design to increase the electrical output of their device. By the end of the project, students develop a deeper and fundamental understanding of many crucial 7th grade science standards surrounding Earth's atmosphere, aerodynamics, and energy conversion, as well as further hone their science inquiry and engineering skills.

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Ryan Goubeaux

3D Design In A 3D World

This project will provide students with the latest state of the industry 3D design technology that allows us to better visualize our solutions, problem solve and create products we have never been able to before. With a 3D scanner and a 360 degree camera, this will enable classes to create many 3D spaces and objects that further expands the learning experience.

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Andy Hansen

21st Century Sketchbooks

This project’s goal is to provide the students with the most advanced technology that will continue to transform their creative experience. They have become an indispensable tool, providing a dynamic and transformative experience through digital art making and design.

 

Chris Hartland & Tina McCauley

Learning to Touch Type with Typing.com

project is to have students utilize Typing.com to help them learn how to touch type. By knowing how to touch type, students will become more accurate, faster, and reduce mental fatigue. Teachers will be able to integrate this program during their ELA time along with students completing lessons during media/library classes.

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Brittany Hyde

Therapeutic Horseback Riding for Students with Special Needs

The goal of this project is to encourage and increase social, communication, social-emotional and behavioral skills in students with moderate to intensive special needs. Interactions with animals, multi-sensory approaches to experiencing the world around them, and the ability to get out into the community benefit all, but especially those with special needs that may need to experience situations such as sports, hobbies, making friends and other engaging situations.

 

Susan Folta, Effie Konstas, Shari Hodgson, Sarah Potts, Sarah Amick, Dawn Corrigan

iPads for Communication

This project will help students who have a communication impairment trial different forms of communication systems that are available on the IPad. It will also allow the therapists to determine the best setup for the students' systems (how many icons per page, real pictures vs. computer pictures, small vs. large pictures...). Communication is an essential part of a student's education. Having a way to express one's wants, needs and feelings is essential.

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Nina Carvell

Beyond Words: Art Therapy

Art Therapy is the therapeutic use of the creative process in art making to improve and enhance the physical, mental and emotional well-being of an individual. The goal of this project is to provide our students with many opportunities for emotional regulation, self-expression, sensory regulation, visual/spatial skills, abstract thinking, social skills, life skills, and leisure skills. Students with disabilities tend to have higher needs in these areas. Integrating art with academic subjects can make learning more engaging and accessible for students with diverse learning needs.

 

 

Corey Shingleton

Beyond Words: Music Therapy for Special Education

The purpose of music therapy is to provide an initial assist using melodic and rhythmic strategies, followed by fading of musical cues to aid in generalization and transfer of skills to other environments. Music Therapy is innovative in general. This experience encourages engagement and involvement even from students with the most profound special needs. It facilitates interdisciplinary learning by utilizing social emotional skills, communication skills, adaptive skills, and academic subjects within the fun and engaging context of music.

 

 

Morgan Kolis

Unified Sports at the BBH Elementary

The goal of this program is, through sports, to create classroom and school climates of acceptance, where students with disabilities feel welcome and are routinely included in, and feel a part of, all activities, opportunities, and functions.

This program will help our students to be self-confident, resilient, adaptable, flexible, and emotionally prepared. It will also help them to be team collaborators" and engaged citizens