| Karen Wessel Barr Grants 2017-2018 | |
| Project – Grant Title | Recipient(s) |
| Keeping It Real with Nonfiction | Andrea Kalember |
| Serious About Series–and How They Multiply Reading Minutes | Andrea Kalember |
| Books about Kindness and Inclusiveness for EL/Sheltered Classrooms | Julia Pemberton, Susan Hernandez |
| High Interest-Low Readability Books for Hard Working Readers | Lisa Szydlowski |
| That’s What She Said | Lauren Salsinger |
| Social and Emotional Learning through Literature | Maria Beck |
| Ebooks to Spark and Support Sensational Science and Beyond! | Idelle Melamed, Mary Goumas, Corine Wegley, Amanda Vincent |
| Standing Desks for the Classroom | Ellie Chin, Janet Iacovelli, Jenni Kopecky |
| Legos + a Wall = A TON of FUN! | Vicky Stella |
| A-MAZE-ing Engineers! | Shannon Watanuki |
| Whirligigs | Tricia Fuglestad |
| School-Wide Articulation Support Program for General Education Students | Kathleen Ipsen |
| Musical Dancing Flip Books | Tricia Fuglestad |
| Dominating Learning Opportunities with Dominoes | Sandy Tassi, Kristen Gattuso |
| Making Fine Motor Skills Fun! | Heather Coyle, Lauren Glaser, Kathy Riesing |
| Limitless Learning with Legos | Ginger Harris, Julie Nelson |
| Purposeful Play | Heather Coyle, Lauren Glaser, Kathy Riesing |
| Learning Through Play | Jennifer Leigh |
| Legos- Unleashing Creativity Brick by Brick | Shannon watanuki |
| Let’s Stick Together! | Melissa Applebaum |
| Constellations: Making Cross-Grade Collaboration Possible | Laurie Wasik |
| Gears, Gears, Gears – Hands-on Engineering Fun! | Vicky Stella |
| Dominoes, Active Learning Across the Curriculum | Vicky Stella |
| Use Bee-Bots to Buzz with Coding and Curriculum! | Kathleen Corley |
| Magnetic Manipulatives | Jake Poliszczuk |
| Let’s Take an African Safari! | Camille Ziemann |
| Fill a Void with a Trapezoid | Deb Pusateri |
| Creating a Community Through Art | Vicky Stella |
| Apps for Education: One $100 Apple VPP Voucher for Every School | Lynn Szabo |
| Own Your Learning with Ozobots | Katherine Redmon, Wendy Danley |
| Expanding Learning with ELMO | Amy Arce |
| Old School Photography | Matt Aho |
| Star Reading with Starling | Amy Arce |
| Spheros Challenge Students to Program through the Curriculum | Kathleen Corley |
| Let’s Get Interactive: Mimio Technology for Math Intervention | Lisa Szydlowski |
| Beep, Boop, Bop–littleBits® Droid Inventor Kits | Donna Hynek, Julie Nelson |
| Increase student engagement and drive collaborative learning with Mimio Interactive Touchboard | Marilyn Briggs |
| Getting the “Big Picture” with Elmo MX-1 Visual Presenters | Corinne Duffy, Paula Sullivan, Carol Nelms |
| Pilot Translating Earpiece and App | Joanna Wrobel |
| Creating a Sound Space for Digital Documentation in the Classroom | Maria Beck |
| Kinetic Learning with Osmo Learning Systems | Trish Richards |
| Marian Elliott Grants 2017-2018 | |
| Project – Grant Title | Recipient(s) |
| My Country & World Holidays Library | Jasmine Myalil, Amy Harder, Amy Welzenbach |
| Science Here, Science There, Science, Science Everywhere! | Nicki Koch, Regina Kross, Cathy Dunlap |
| Expand the Fun and Learning with Osmos Activities | Kathleen Corley |
| Small Group Learning with Osmos | Kristina Krueger, Joanne Scott, Lisa Swedo, Julie Paxson, Kristin Kaiser, Braedyn Niquette |
| Dude Be Nice Student Leadership Training | Piper Boston, Meghan Preissing, Jenna Lumsden |
| LEGO WeDo 2.0: Inspiring a New Generation of Designers! | Laurie Wasik |
| Dazzling Learners with Drones | Jackie Loeppert, Julie Nelson |
| Hummingbird Robotics Kits: Making the Curriculum Move | Laurie Wasik |
A Better Community for District 25 