News: January 4, 2005

NEWS Update: January 4, 2005

Achieve!Minneapolis announces grant recipients

Achieve!Minneapolis is pleased to recognize recipients of three grant programs:

The Service Learning Fund of Achieve!Minneapolis, supported by the Minneapolis Public Schools Department of Community Education, the Kramer Family Foundation, and the Star Tribune, awards mini grants to K-5 teachers to conduct service learning projects with their students. Recipients for the 2004-05 school year are:

• Colleen Lenz, Whittier, Knitting Project, $427
• Joan Franks, Armatage, Reading Partners, $500
• Janee Rivard-Johnson, Wenonah, Tie Blankets and a Quilt for a Classmate, $500
• Santi Bromley, Cooper School, Public Achievement, $500
• Judy Lander, Willard, Leashes and Learning, $500
• Ann Thomes, Marcy, Each One Teach One, $500
• Claudia Peppey, Bottineau, Books and Bingo at Eldercare, $500
• Maria Singh, Pillsbury MST, Math Quilt Square and Fleece Project, $329
• Jason Benjamin, Burroughs, Burrough’s Rain Garden, $500
• Dawn White, Barton, Kids Quilting for Kids, $480
• Eliza Goodwin, Southside Family School, Seed to Table, $500
• Sara Almlie, Jefferson, Buddy Program, $500

Thrivent Financial for Lutherans has sustained their commitment to enhance educational experiences for middle grades students by sponsoring annual Service Learning Grants. Recipients of the 2004-05 Thrivent Financial for Lutherans Middle Grades Service Learning Grants are:

• Cay Gjertson, W. Harry Davis, Audubon retreat, $5,575
• Gwen Ohumah-Onikoro, Banneker, Powderhorn Lake Project, $3,500
• Ann Redig, Anthony, Courtyard Ecosystem, $1,700
• Paul Sommers, Anthony, Non-Point Source Pollution Project, $3,100
• Pam Russ, Nellie Stone Johnson, Video Production, Celebration Dinner for Projects, $3,500
• Jan Hyman, Cityview, Photo Montage project, $2,000
• Vicki Speidel, Anthony, Tile Mural, $600
• Meredith Davis, Sanford, Sanford Helping Longfellow Community project, $3,500
• Camille Kohner, Andersen Open, Books on Tape, $2,000
• Victor Stoner, Andersen Open, Adopt the Air Wing, $1,000
• Jon Iverson, Andersen Open, Native Prairie Garden, $1,125
• Lisa Johnson, Andersen Open, Kids Care Kits, $1,000
• Lisa Johnson, Andersen Open, Wild Orangutans Project, $400
• Sylvia Harper, Andersen Open, Crochet Project, $500
• Gregory Nielsen, Andersen Open, Greenway Beautification project, $1,500
• Eliza Goodwin, Southside Family School, Civil Rights Movement Project, $3,000
• Lyn Mitchell, Lake Harriet, Transform Community Service to Service Learning, $2,500
• Sue Genelin, Jordan Park, Putting on a New Face, $1,000
• Leah Robshaw, Jefferson, Student Council Retreat, $2,100
• Leah Robshaw, Jefferson, Support for Service Learning Projects, $1,400
• Susan McNaughton, Windom, Social action reading course, $450
• Karen Ellis, Cityview, Coffee Cart, $500
• Mary Poulsen, Ramsey, Entrance Environment, $3,500
• Faiza Bharmal, W. Harry Davis, AYP Project and Community Kinship, $3,050
• Kimberlee Wagner-Adams, Webster, Veterans Interview Project, $3,075

The Plank Professional Development Awards fund extraordinary experiences for MPS teachers to enhance their personal and professional capabilities. Congratulations to the 2004 recipients:

• Nhat Dang, Lincoln, Journey to Vietnam, $3,500
• Jason Benjamin, Burroughs, Oaxaca Street Children organization study of songs, music, $3,000
• Theresa Kendle, Jefferson, Spanish immerson in Cuernavaca, $3,000
• Daniel Anderson, Hale, Study English Pantos and write for Minneapolis stage, $3,400
• Nancy Kristensen, Broadway High School, Study Nordic folk tales, $3,400
• Margaret Preston, Nellie Stone Johnson, Photo documentary of Laos, Thailand, Vietnam, $3,500
• Said Ahmed, Sanford, Somali Literacy Sources, $4,000
• Carla Davies, Lehmann SPAN, Thailand/Laos culture and language, $3,000
• Christine Anderson, Lucy Laney, Supreme Court Summer Institute for Teachers, $2,200