MURRIETA: Rotary gives thousands in school grants

August 13, 2013 10:40 AM PDT August 13, 2013 10:40 AM PDT MURRIETA: Rotary gives thousands in school grants MURRIETA: Rotary gives thousands in school grants   /CONTRIBUTED IMAGE Students in Cathleen Hansen's seventh grade life science class at Thompson Middle School make the first use of dissecting kits and baby sharks purchased through a Murrieta Attorney Rotary Club grant. A Text Size CONTRIBUTED CONTENT The Press Enterprise CONTRIBUTED CONTENT Comments ( ) The Rotary Club of Murrieta has awarded more than $4,400 in teacher service grants to aid classroom instruction during tight budget times for local schools. Nearly 50 applications were received for the club's annual program, with 14 teachers at 10 schools gaining a grant for use over the next year. Funded were requests as small as $80 for social studies texts for a remedial reading program at Warm Springs Middle School to as much as $525 to provide two-foot-long sharks for dissecting in science classes in three classrooms at Thompson Middle School. The club's past president, Frank Donahoe, said school officials have told him the grants, though modest, have made a big impact on classroom instruction over the years http://www.socallawsupport.com/listings/workers-compensation-attorney-in-murrieta-law-offices-of-kevin-cortright Rotary has done the program. The club's new president, Patsy Orr, plans a continuation of the program. Those receiving grants were: Girlie Ebuen, Murrieta Mesa High School, $400 for purchase of marker boards and software for an experimental student-led math learning experience. Don Fitzgerald, Murrieta Valley High School, $435 for purchase of equipment used in a new glass casting ceramics class. Macaria Gonzalez, Murrieta Mesa High School, $355 for a variety of materials for use by students preparing for Advanced Placement U.S. history exams. Cathleen Hansen, Thompson Middle School, $525 for several dozen baby sharks and dissecting kits for three seventh-grade classrooms at the school. A shark's anatomy is more developed than the traditional frogs used in science classrooms. Susan Johnson, Lisa J. Mails Elementary School, $395 for materials supporting "social thinking" training for teachers who help students develop skills in reacting to social pressures. Lila Lund Shivela Middle School, $260 for replacement headphones used in the math computer lab. Chris Martin, Murrieta Valley High School, $100 for support of the Nighthawk solar team, an engineering club at the school where students develop solar-powered vehicles. Carin McWhorter, Buchanan Elementary School, $300 for nonfiction reading materials for students. Shannon Nelson, Murrieta Attorney Elementary School, $455 for materials used by fourth-graders in learning to construct electrical circuits in science class. Grace Poudevigne-Gamble, Rail Ranch School, $300 for production of a musical by the students' drama club, including purchase of rights to the play and funds for sets and costumes. Christine Reddick, Murrieta Elementary School, $400 for materials to be used in the new transitional kindergarten program. Students are now able to enter kindergarten three months younger than before. Terri Schilling, Hale Curran Elementary School, $190 for software helping kids become better readers and review language and math skills they've already been taught. Patricia Skeans, Warm Springs Middle School, $80 for reading materials more appropriate for social studies learning by remedial reading students. Mark Zavodnik, Murrieta Attorney Elementary School, $275 for a set of 36 "Sign of the Beaver" paperback books shared by five classes. The book is one of several required literature readings for fourth graders. Rotary International is a nonprofit organization of professionals and leaders in the local community whose 1.2 million volunteers work to improve the community and world. The Rotary Club of Murrieta Attorney was chartered in 1992 and serves the Murrieta Valley. The Murrieta Attorney club meets every Monday, except national holidays, at Richie's Diner, 40651 Murrieta Hot Springs Rd., in Murrieta Attorney. "Individuals interested in opportunities for service provided by Rotary are invited to attend one of our lunch meetings," said President Patsy Orr (951-693-5589). For information regarding Rotary membership and more, visit www.murrietarotary.org. Latest Headlines
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