PAPSF Grant Awards

Claudia Deeds, Mary Ann Broussard, Trisha Bennett, Linda Monroe, Crystal Phillips, Lynn White, Joy Van de Hoef, Sam Houston School, $1,000: purchase of learning science activity tubs and library resources for First Grade	Kristen Godwin, Sam Houston School, $1,000: Purchase of storybooks and equipment presenting measurement objectives for fourth grade in a memorable and enjoyable way.
Nina Jones, Sadie Droddy, Rhonda Melancon, Tyrrell School, $1,000: school-wide reading program based on a "reading mart" that rewards students for reading books. All levels.	Victor Fulton, Memorial High School, $1,000: Purchase of 151 Merriam-Webster School Dictionaries, geared toward high school students, for individual use in high school English classes.
Ann Harrell, Wheatley, $700: Purchase of books and communication cards to enable nonverbal students and those with communication problems to learn to communicate in words and/or pictures	Patsy Goss, Phyllis Dovalina, Kathleen Woods, Kathy Midgette, Patricia O'Neal, Christine Hood, Elaine Earl, Dowling School, $1,000: Outdoor science lab/nature center/pond: Fulfillment of objectives required by the district and state for science with observations, investigations, hands-on activities for various grades.
Leah Gillam, Veronica Mondello, Jayvonne Fontenot, Maria Cerda, Arnulfo Hernandez, Franklin School, $900: Butterfly Pavilion sets for each second-grade classroom and life-cycle models of the frog, butterfly, chicken, and ladybug.	Rebecca Montgomery, DeQueen School, $1,000: Purchase of equipment and frog eggs to create a year-long rain forest science project for kindergartners to follow the metamorphosis of the frog.
	<<<<<< Carkenda Griffin, Woodrow Wilson School, $1,000: Purchase of a Pro-Scope USB Microscope 50X, complete kit with case. Wilson lost full use of science lab in the hurricane. Purchase will help eighth-graders prepare for TAKS/lifelong learning by providing stimulating hands-on science. Rhonda Minter, Woodrow Wilson School, $1,000: Purchase of Mystery I, Suspense I, and Passages 2000 classroom sets to motivate learning-disabled or low level readers to increase their reading fluency and read for pleasure.