Spring 2014
The PTSA Mini-grant Committee received 19 interesting and compelling mini-grant applications this spring for a total of $6025.05 in requests. Thanks to a grant from the Sequoia Education Foundation, we were able to fully or partially fund all 19 of the requests. A number of considerations were used to evaluate and rank the applications, including the number of students who would benefit, the potential future recurring benefits, the academic and curricular value, and the compelling need of the request. Priority was given to applications that will have a long-lasting impact on students and to ones for particularly critical classroom needs or populations.
Congratulations to all recipients!
Sequoia PTSA Spring 2014 Minigrant Program | |||||
TOTAL GRANT APPLICATIONS | 19 | ||||
TOTAL FUNDING REQUESTED | $6,025.05 | ||||
TOTAL FUNDED | $5,990.05 | ||||
Dept | Name | Project | Funded | ||
1 | World Languages | Karina Chin | French Children’s books | 60.00 | |
2 | World Languages | Karina Chin | french movie library | 60.00 | |
3 | PE | Kathy Weingand | megaphone for PE | 90.00 | |
4 | AVID | Cristelda Guillen | Avid college trip bus expenses | 400.00 | |
5 | Latino Student Union Club | Cristelda Guillen | movie theatre trip | 400.00 | |
6 | SpecEd | Rebecca Goodwin | Scholastic action subscription | 284.24 | |
7 | Art Teacher | Clare Szydlowski | Color printer for art classes | 326.99 | |
8 | Robotics Club | Dylan Roof | Robotics Tourney & materials | 400.00 | |
9 | Journalism | Kim Vinh | Revenreport.org | 400.00 | |
10 | Science | Ben Canning | Shake flashlight for Physics | 450.00 | |
11 | Math | Jim Karditzas | batteries for calculators | 400.00 | |
12 | Math | David Lee | HP Elitebook 2730 | 500.00 | |
13 | English | Stacy Wenzel | Books and rolling cart | 400.00 | |
14 | Deca Business Club | Virginia Kiraly | library for SEQUOIA DECA BUSINESS CLUB | 400.00 | |
15 | Dream Club | Kate Sheehan | ink cartridges and printer paper | 400.00 | |
16 | Parent Center | Mayela Ramirez | Parent Center supply cabinets | 433.82 | |
17 | Garden Club | Claire Spickermann | Ca-Natives Garden Beds | 200.00 | |
18 | World Languages | Scott Stalder-Scarmoutsos | Ap Spanish 1-day training | 215.00 | |
19 | Math Department | Jim Karditzas | math league and Atl/Pac competitions | 170.00 | |
TOTAL FUNDED | 5990.05 |
Fall 2013
The PTSA Mini-grant Committee received 39 mini-grant applications this fall for a total of $11,944.75 in requests. The decisions were very difficult this year as the applications were very thoughtful and represented a very wide variety of important needs in the school community. Thanks to a grant from the Sequoia Education Foundation, we were able to fully or partially fund 27 of the requests.
Congratulations to all recipients!
Sequoia PTSA Mini-Grants Fall 2013 | ||||
Total Grant Applications | 39 | |||
Total funding Requested | $11,944.75 | |||
Total Funded | $6,986.00 | |||
Name | Dept/Club | Project | Funded | |
1 | Abbie Korman | English | Chromebooks: Digital Literacy in the English Department | 400.00 |
2 | Alissa Talesnick | English/Reading | Intervention ELA eBook accessibility | 249.61 |
3 | Ashley Dever | Biotech | Biofuels: A Closer Look | 200.00 |
4 | Cameron Farris | STARS 1 Teacher, SPED | Cloud Technology | 248.00 |
5 | Catherine Lemmi | Science | Global Science Suppl. Materials | 170.33 |
6 | Claire Spickermann | SHS Garden Club | The Sequoia Garden Club | 140.00 |
7 | Cristelda Guillen | AVID | AVID SAT Prep | 400.00 |
8 | Cristelda Guillen | Latino Student Union Club | Latino Student Union money to bring AZTECA performers | 200.00 |
9 | Cristelda Guillen | Spanish | General supplies and material for student activities/projects in Spanish Classes | 150.00 |
10 | Dana Martinezmoles | Special Education | Monterey Field Trip | 400.00 |
11 | Nick Boldrey | Special Education | Monterey Field Trip | 250.00 |
12 | Dy Nguyen | GSA Club | GSA and LGBTQ young adult books | 205.00 |
13 | Dylan Roof | Robotics Club | Robotics Tournament | 200.00 |
14 | Evan Hart | Speech and Debate Club | Speech and Debate Tournament | 200.00 |
15 | James Beacom | Science/Chemistry | Flame Test Labs with Spectroscopes | 400.00 |
16 | Joan Fiser | ELD / BRT | ELD 2 Biography Unit | 355.40 |
17 | Karina Chin | French/World Languages | French Children’s books | 50.00 |
18 | Karina Chin | French/World Languages | Let’s listen together! | 32.00 |
19 | Karol-Ann Coleman | Special Education | Technology in the Classroom | 390.00 |
20 | Kate Sheehan | VPA | Digital Photography – filters/cameras | 397.14 |
21 | Kaylin Laine | Health Careers Academy | Bloggies for Health Education | 170.00 |
22 | Laura Larkin | Math Dept | AMC Math Contests | 400.00 |
23 | Melissa Perez | Avid | AVID College Visits | 300.00 |
24 | Sarah Newman | Science | Sequoia School Garden | 298.52 |
25 | Scott Stalder-Skarmoutsos | Spanish/World Languages | Projects a more fun! | 150.00 |
26 | Scott Stalder-Skarmoutsos | Spanish/World Languages | AP Spanish Language Books for Success! | 230.00 |
27 | Stacy Wenzel | English/ELD | The Book Whisperer | 400.00 |
Total | 6986.00 |
Spring 2013
Sequoia PTSA Spring 2013 Minigrant Program | ||||
TOTAL GRANT APPLICATIONS | 33 | |||
TOTAL FUNDING REQUESTED | $10,776.94 | |||
TOTAL FUNDED | $5,367.00 | |||
Dept | Name | Project | minigrant funding | |
1 | World Languages | Karina Chin | French Film Education | 50.00 |
2 | Science | Rebecca Rush | Computer Speakers | 167.73 |
3 | Student Club | Marijke Silberman | Africause Dance Workshop | 100.00 |
4 | Math | Steven Wong | Mounted LCD Projector | 380.00 |
5 | World Languages | Cristelda Guillen | Spanish 2 NS Class Books | 183.57 |
6 | Guidance | Joni Gordon | Dragon Naturally Speaking | 70.00 |
7 | World Languages | Martha Sigala & Belen Alvarez | Individual Orals Microphones | 100.00 |
8 | Social Studies | Nancy Berry | Classroom Laptop | 400.00 |
9 | Special Education | Karole-Ann Coleman | Differentiated Tech for Instruction | 399.00 |
10 | AVID | Teresa Yeager | AVID College Application Fees | 200.00 |
11 | World Languages | Scott Stalder-Skarmousos | Zambombazo! Cultural/Musical website | 215.45 |
12 | English | Barbara Morton | Class Library | 200.00 |
13 | Math | Don Hoban | Classroom supplies | 100.00 |
14 | World Languages | Karina Chin | Let’s get reading! | 120.00 |
15 | Special Education, etc. | Elizabeth Guli, etc. | Teachers Book Group | 200.00 |
16 | Math | Kelley O’Hern | Whiteboards | 339.84 |
17 | English | Justine Rutigliano | IB Study Materials – Communist Manifesto | 125.00 |
18 | Math | Laura Larkin | Lunchtime Math Contests | 170.00 |
19 | Clubs | Anna Dagum | Bike club funds | 230.00 |
20 | Science/Physics | Allison Stafford | Scientific Calculators for Physics Classroom | 100.00 |
21 | Journalism | Kim Vinh | Journalism camera/InDesign sw | 277.95 |
22 | Math Department | Beth Peters | Twist-It Rulers | 395.51 |
23 | Social Studies | Lydia Cuffman | Promises DVD for World Studies students | 112.95 |
24 | Math/Geometry | Laura Larkin | Scientific Calculators for Geometry Classroom | 100.00 |
25 | World Language Dept | Evelyn Nadeau | World Language Dept. Laminator | 230.00 |
26 | Science | Ashley Dever | Biotech Supplies | 400.00 |
TOTAL FUNDED | 5367.00 |
Fall 2012
The Sequoia PTSA is proud to announce the results of its Fall 2012 Mini-Grant Program. Thanks to memberships, donations, and a generous grant from the Sequoia High School Education Foundation, the Sequoia PTSA budgeted $4,875 to the Mini-Grant program. The program was designed to benefit academically as many Sequoia High School students as possible through innovative and creative grants submitted by teachers, students, and staff.
We received 33 grants with a total of nearly $11,300 in requests from a wide variety of applicants. A number of considerations were used to evaluate and rank the applications, including the number of students who would benefit, the potential future recurring benefits, the academic and curricular value, and the compelling need of the request.
Congratulations to all recipients!
FALL 2012 MINI-GRANT PROGRAM AWARD RECIPIENTS
Department | Name | Project | Funded |
ELD dept chair | Jane Slater | Flash Drives for ELD/cloud drive | $150.00 |
World Languages | Tovah Skiles | Spanish Dictionaries | $132.70 |
IB | Cameron Dodge | ITGS textbooks | $400.00 |
World Languages | Evelyn Nadeau | Brain POP | $205.00 |
Cycling club | Anna Dagum | USA Cycling Team Membership | $50.00 |
Journalism | Anna Dagum | Raven Newspaper | $100.00 |
PE dept | Kathy Weingand | Badminton/ tennis racquets | $200.00 |
Math Department | Beth Peters | 36 scientific calculators | $385.71 |
Special Ed | Karol-Ann Coleman | Differentiated Instruction technology -ipad | $399.00 |
World Languages | Laetitia Kuttan | French Library | $130.00 |
Math Department | Laura Larkin | American math Competition | $400.00 |
Chess Club/Math | Steven Wong | Puzzle books, chess strategy books | $200.00 |
World Languages | Tovah Skiles | computer speakers for Spanish | $119.30 |
Math Department | Jim Karditzas | compasses for geometry | $400.00 |
Spanish | Cristelda Guillen | Supplies for Spanish classes | $100.00 |
AVID | Scott Stalder-Skarmoutsos |
Must-Read additions to Avid | $204.21 |
Science Dept | Debolina Dutta | Dissolved Oxygen Water Kit | $243.25 |
Robotics Club | Dylan Roof | Two Robotics Tournaments | $100.00 |
Science Dept | Katie Finley | Flashlights for global science labs | $50.00 |
English | Jason Drogin | SSR books for English Intensive | $200.00 |
Science Dept | Catherine Lemmi | Dissolved Oxygen Water Kit | $243.25 |
Debate Team | Amir Amerian | Debate Team tournaments | $100.00 |
Math Department | Kelley O’Hern | hinged mirrors for geometry | $263.00 |
Science | Mitch Weathers | National Science Teachers Association conference | $100.00 |
$4875.42 |
Spring 2012
The Sequoia PTSA is proud to announce the results of its Spring 2012 Mini-Grant Program. This spring, the Sequoia PTSA budgeted $2,000 to the Mini-Grant program. We received 18 grants with a total of nearly $4,800 in requests. Thanks to additional generous donations from the Sequoia High School Education Foundation, Carolyn Baxter, Gordon Bliss and Mobius Fit, Anne-Marie Brest, Marco and Tracy DeMiroz, Rebecca Flynn and Alex Moissis, Marlena and Tim Griffin, Terry and Daniel Jacobs, the Lemieux family, Christina Ryffel, Andrew and Grace Schulz, Winnie and Danny van der Rijn, Sofie Vandeputte, and an anonymous Sequoia family, we were able to award gifts to all the grant applications this year.
Congratulations to all recipients!
SPRING 2012 MINI-GRANT PROGRAM AWARD RECIPIENTS
Department | Name | Project | Funded |
Spec Ed/speech | Marilyn Vandenbroeck | GARS -2 Kit for autism | $158.00 |
Quiz kids club | Tristan Knoth | National History Bowl | $100.00 |
AVID | Karina Chin | Writing notebooks for Avid students – for college apps | $160.00 |
French club | Karina Chin | Bike Riding in France | $210.00 |
Math dept | Laura Larkin | Math contests | $170.00 |
Spec Ed | Rebeca Rifenberg | Content Area library for Spec ed and ELL students | $400.00 |
French Dept | Karina Chin | French DVD Library | $50.00 |
Spanish Club | Scott Stalder-Skarmoutsos | Sequoia Spanish Exchange Visits | $400.00 |
German Dept | Claudia Meyer-Kispersky | Movies for Germany and TOK | $40.00 |
Chess Club | Steven Wong | Chess Club timers | $330.00 |
English Dept/Health Academy | Jaren Boland | Of Mice and Men performance | $360.00 |
AVID | Scott Stalder-Skarmoutsos | Avid Weekly subscription | $400.00 |
English Dept | Abigail Korman | Apple TV | in kind |
World Languages | Evelyn Nadeau | Electronic handheld English-Spanish dictionaries / Don Quixote DVD movie | $352.88 |
ELD and English | Stacy Wenzel | ELD 2 Literature Circles | $400.00 |
Science | Tiffany Burkle | Educational Science Games | $400.00 |
Journalism | Kim Vinh | Raven Report partial publishing costs | $400.00 |
Math dept | Michael Feeney | Markers for algebra readiness students | $43.24 |
Fall 2011
This fall, we received a total of 19 grants requesting $6,585. The PTSA was able to fund partially or completely 11 requests for a total of $3516.80. We were fortunate to receive an additional $309.80 in private donations to supplement the $2,000 budgeted by the PTSA. We were also able to augment our funding with $1,207 from the Sequoia Tech Bond. Priority in awarding the grants was given to proposals that benefitted many students academically and/or would have long term benefits to future students. The recommendations of the Mini-Grant committee were unanimously accepted at the November 1, 2011 PTSA meeting.
Congratulations to all recipients!
FALL 2011 MINI-GRANT PROGRAM AWARD RECIPIENTS
Department | Name | Project | Funded |
Robotics Club | Vinoj Govinthasamy/ Laura Larkin | Robotics tournaments | $250.00 |
French | Karina Chin | French movie dvds | $ 50.00 |
Math | Laura Larkin | Math competition | $400.00 |
Math | Steven Wong | Calculator batteries | $292.80 |
Journalism | Kim Vinh | Raven Report publishing costs | $400.00 |
English | Natalie Baldaccini | Colormarking pencils for all English students | $467.00 |
English | Stacy Wenzel | IB Approaches in EL (English learner) Classrooms | $150.00 |
Spanish | Scott Stalder-Skarmoutsos | Spanish novels | $300.00 |
TOTAL |
$2,309.80 | ||
Additional donations from private sources to supplement PTSA funding | $309.80 | ||
Total spent from PTSA Mini-Grants budget | $2,000.00 | ||
English | Amie Ranum | 16 voice recorders for IB English | $400.00 |
Visual arts | Kate Sheehan | 3 digital cameras | $405.00 |
Science | Beth Kassler | 6 Flip cameras | $402.00 |
Total Tech Bond Funding | $1,207.00 |
SPRING 2011
Spring 2011 Mini Grants | |||
Dept | Name | Project | Funded |
math | Jim Karditzas | Geometry linking blocks | 54.30 |
Math | Laura Larkin | Math contests 2011 | 155.00 |
French/Avid | Karina Chin | french DVDs | 60.00 |
French/Avid | Karina Chin | itunes card for french music | 50.00 |
Spanish | Scott Stalder-Skarmoutsos | Spanish novels | 258.63 |
German | Claudia Meyer-Kispersky | German DVDs | 60.00 |
Music | Daniel Broome | cello stops-orchestra | 67.35 |
World Studies | Nancy Berry | world almanac books | 180.00 |
AVID | Tessa Yeager | SAT prep books | 319.72 |
leadership | Lauren Reibstein | 5 canopies $100 each | 200.00 |
Guidance | Kalani Vasquez | fee for Trish Hatch wksp on data driven counseling | 195.00 |
Guidance | Lisa McCahon | College conference fee | 400.00 |
2,000.00 | |||
Funded via Sequoia Tech Bond | |||
English | Justine Rutigliano | mini recorders for IB Preparation | 450.00 |
English | Jasmine Schimek | 4 flip cameras for othello classes | 324.00 |
English | Abigail Korman | 4 flip cameras for faculty best practices | 324.00 |
1,098.00 |