Sharon Ball Mini Grants
2007 - 2008 Recipients:
| Name of Tutor | Site | Student Served | Proposed Project/Materials |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rosella Garcia | Lake County Public Library | ESL | Eight sets of Top Notch Pop Songbook (4 levels) with Karaoke CD-ROM & 2 audio CDs with language activities |
| Deborah Ramstorf | Michigan City Public Library | ESL - Growing Arab population | Purchase Arab-English dictionaries, basic grammar books, and vocabulary books of varying levels. |
| Cyndie McKinney | Michigan City Public Library | Basic reading for dyslexics (26) | She has demonstrated results with the Wilson Reading Program. She will buy 3 decks of Wilson cards, Wilson readers, and magnetic journals. |
| Al Tieken | Michigan City Public Library | GED Science & Math for ESL | He wants to develop instructional kits for his fellow tutors. He will purchase hands-on materials such as charts, calculators, compasses, protractors, graph paper, abacus, and models of cylinder, sphere, trapezoid, and cone. |
| Jane Spirel | Read LaPorte County Inc. (Public Library) and Michigan City Public Library | ESL | She will use the grant to help subsidize her cost for enrolling in a training course. The class is a 4 week $1800 program, which will cover learning, teaching and classroom practices for TESOL. She will receive a SIT TESOL Certificate at the end. |
2006 - 2007 Recipients:
| Name of Tutor | Site | Literacy Program | Request |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yvonne Lucas | McCullough Academy | Write & Design Own Book | 30 Special ed students, buy Klutz Build a Book, have author day and kids read to parents |
| Jennifer Whelpley & Lenore Corcoran | South Haven Adult Learning Center | Portage Adult Education | Purchase materials to work with their ADD adult students. Enclosed copies of reading materials. |
| Piedad Kerr | Nathan Hale Elementary Whiting | Reading is Power | For 285 ESL & Title I students, purchase multicultural paperback books for children to take home to read & then discuss in class. |
| Richard Downs & Stacey Previs | Tri-Town Center | Portage Adult Education — ESL adults | Purchase a portable chalk board, individual chalkboards for the students, and dry markers. Also buy easels and dry marker board for ABE students. |
| Wanda Cavazos | Washington Elementary East Chicago | Limited English Proficient | After school program for 30 ESL students. Visit book store with the parents. Each tutor would be able to purchase a $6.00 item |
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