Awards and Grants
Candace S. Bos Innovative Grant Award Winners
2004-2005
Teresa M. Bitti
Clawson High School
101 John M. Street
Clawson, MI 48076
Literacy for All Students
Literacy for All Students provides high school students with learning disabilities access to the general education curriculum through assisted technology. The goals of this project are to: (1) build student's confidence, (2) provide knowledge to organize their thoughts, and (3) build their vocabulary and word comprehension.
Linda Johnson
Crescent High School
9104 Hwy. 81 S.
Iva, SC 29655
Dressed to Work
Dressed to Work focuses on strengthening critical job skills to be successful in the world of work. The goals of this project are: (1) to prepare students to recognize the dress expectations associated with certain jobs (2) to prepare the students to exhibit appropriate work habit and behaviors (3) to prepare students to be responsible for personal hygiene and appearance.
2003-2004
Barbara Pfeiler ----$1,000
Dubuque Senior High School
1800 Clark Dr.
Dubuque, IA 52001
Organization Binder and Success in the Classroom
Students each receive a binder to help their organization in general education
classes. Organization strategies will be taught. Study skills teachers
will also establish communication with parents to reinforce the study
skills and use of the binder.
Jodi Thurman and Gretchen Gerfen --$1,000
Hazelwood West Middle School
#1 Wildcat Lane
Hazelwood, MO 63042
Kids Are Readers
The Read Naturally program will focus on speed of reading within a given
passage, improve oral reading, and boost reading confidence. Improvement
in comprehension will also be a focus.
Christina Godard ----$1,000
Biglerville Elementary School
3270 Biglerville Road
Biglerville, PA 17307
Literacy Learning Kits: School to Home Connection
Literacy kits will be developed and sent home with students who have been
identified as needing intensive support to reach grade level benchmarks.
These kits may include: KEEP BOOKS©, word study cards, making words
mats, decoding notebook, games, writing folders. Parents will be trained
to provide support at home.
2002-2003
Judith A. Erickson
Leavenworth High School
Basehor-Linwood High School
Tonganoxie High School Leavenworth County Special Education Cooperative
730 First Terrace Lansing, KS 66043
Career Awareness and Employability is a transition program for students with learning disabilities. Although these students are employed, they are often underemployed in part-time entry-level jobs. This program will provide training that is crucial to the process of selecting obtaining, and maintaining employment.
Marcia Donavan
Fort Collins High School
3400 Lambkin Way
Fort Collins, CO 80525
Supports for Success for Multisensory Structured Language Learners is a program for students reading below grade level. The program can be adapted throughout the four high schools in the district. Classroom learning centers will facilitate the small group reading instruction. Students will also learn to subscribe, order, and use recordings from Recordings for the Blind and Dyslexic.
Brenda Swanson
Chamberlain High School
9401 North Boulevard
Tampa, FLA 33612
Lessons in Human Rights and Dignity is a language arts project for learning disabled students. The focus of the project is the lessons learned in human rights and dignity while studying the story of Anne Frank. Students will be able to visit a Holocaust Museum and participate in a "Unity" Multicultural Assembly.
Shelly McCoy
Klenk Elementary / Epps Island Elementary
Klein Independent School District
7200 Spring-Cypress Road
Klein, TX 77379-3299
Basal, Waterford, or Saxon: Which Program Enhances Reluctant readers to Succeed? This project focuses on early intervention for reluctant readers using several intervention methods: Basal Reader, Basal Reader and Waterford Computer Program, and Basal Reader and Saxon Phonics Program.
2001-2002
Janet Tidwell --- $800
Gaston School District
PO Box 68 30 Park Street
Gaston, OR 97119
Each Student Deserves REWARDS (A reading program validated by the Reading Excellence: Word Attack and Rate Development Strategies developed by Anita Archer. The target population is grade 7 through grade 12.)
Paul Morgan --- $1,000
Dodson Elementary School
4401 Chandler Rd.
Nashville, TN 37076
Leaping into Literacy! (A multisensory approach to teaching reading, writing, and research activities. The combined efforts of teachers, parents, and administrators will provide immediate and corrective feedback. Students will use LeapPads, an electronic tool that allows books to talk, to assist in reading exercises. Target population is grade 1 through grade 4.)
Jo Hubbard --- $1,000
Bethesda Elementary School
525 Bethesda School Rd.
Lawrenceville, GA 30044
United States History: Read All About It! (This approach to history encompasses the use of ability level instructional lessons to teach events in history. Instruction will be infused with pre-reading strategies, visual images to help with retention and recall of information, and mapping techniques to help students retain events in history. Target population is self-contained grades 4 and 5.)
Lyn Hoffmaster --- $1,000
Rosewood Park Elementary School
2353 Commerce Way
Commerce, CA 90044
A Collaborative Model between a General Education Teacher and a Learning Disabilities Teacher (This project will involve the collaboration of special education teacher and a general education teacher. The focus will be on contextualized reading materials and integrated reading and spelling programs. Target population is grade 4.)
2000-2001
Laurie Bickett --- $1,000
River Bend Academy
Belle Mar Mall
201 Victory Drive, Suite 151
Mankota, MN 56001
"Math Manipulatives/Math Resources"
David W. Farah --- $600
Rome City School District Support Services
112 East Thomas Street
Rome, NY 13440
"From Here to There"
Florence Williams --- $600
435 Yale Blvd.
St.Charles, MO 63301
"Early Intervention to Prevent Reading Failure"
1999-2000
Sandra Brueck --- $1,000
711 St. Joseph Ave.
Berrien Springs, MI 49103
Reading is Key: Empowering Parents to Teach Their Children How to "Break the Code"
Patricia L. Hensley --- $1,000
905 Wren School Dr.
Piedmont, S. C. 20673
School Beautification: Landscaping for the Wren High School Self- Contained LD Students
June Utecht Stepney --- $750
Elementary School180
Old Newton Rd.
Monroe, CT 06468
Virtually "Volumize" Visual Processing
Ronni Waldman --- $500
Easter Seal Demonstration School
1475 N.W. 14th Ave. Miami, FLA 33125
Creative Cooking: Using Math, Reading, and Writing
Ella Karwowski --- $400
Lincoln Park Middle School
2800 Lafayette
Lincoln Park, MI 48146
"Hands to Minds": Hands on Science Lab