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A Cut Above
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Robert Myatt - AMCHS
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New equipment to safely teach students how to make accurate, straight or mitered cuts in different building materials.
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$1,599
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Kent Moore Cabinets
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HOT Glass Coming Through!
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Mark Harrison -AMCHS
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Funding for a glass kiln and equipment to allow students to explore glass fusing, casting & stained glass, fostering creativity and critical thinking.
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$2,494
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Hafford Family Endowed Teacher Grant
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Sowing Seeds for Success
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Amber Jones - AMCHS
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Horticulture science and floral design classes will utilize an acre that is sectioned off strictly for gardening vegetables and flowers. Students will learn how to properly cultivate, sow seeds, harvest and market their products.
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$1,802
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Schultz Engineering - Joe & Julie Schultz
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We Extrude Excellence in Art!
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John Speck - AMCHS
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This grant will allow students to utilize a large wall-mounted clay extruder to create a variety of spectacular forms in the ceramic unit of our studio experience.
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$1,016
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Kimberly & Dan McAdams
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Give Us a Leg (and Arm) Up!
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Nathan Buchner - AMCHS
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Students will gain a detailed understanding of how the anatomy and physiology of human extremities function, and are affected by disease and/or trauma using leg, arm & lung models.
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$6,077
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Brazos Spine
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Agricultural Mechanics Equipment Upgrade
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Colton Stone - AMCHS
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The Agriculture Teachers Department will work together with an up to date metal saw to teach students the correct way to cut metal for their class projects as well as for their Major Show projects.
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$5, 179
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Jim & Linda Woods
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Let's Get Rolling in Printmaking!
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Dakota Rogers - AMCHS
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Art teachers will collaborate to teach students about how actual textures can create visual textures in the Gelli Plate monoprinting process.
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$1,212
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Pride Cleaners
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Enhancing Educational Outcomes for Students with Special Needs Through Technology
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Elizabeth Engelhardt - AMCHS
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Students in the LIFE Skills program will be able to learn and practice their foundational skills using a variety of technology tools which include iPads, apps, and talking calculators.
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$2,750
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Britt Rice Electric, L.P.
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Dishing Out Creativity!
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John Speck
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The Art Club sponsor will engage students by teaching them how to create beautiful, functional ceramic dishes, plates, and platters with drape molds.
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$770
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Byron & Joanna Soules
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Drones - From Scratch to the Sky
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Trey Bevans - CSHS; Danny Roberts - AMCHS
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UAV and Robotics instructors will collaborate to guide students through the complete design, manufacturing, and assembly process of aerial robots (drones).
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$14,995
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VLK Architects, Inc.
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Operation: Film Fest!
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Taylor Gade - AMCHS; Jessica Silva Lopez - CSHS
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This grant will empower audio/video production teachers to guide their students in creating a professional-quality short film on a middle school campus by utilizing advanced equipment like cinema zoom lenses and a camera stabilizer.
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$14,328
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Conlee-Garrett Moving & Storage
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Laser Focus: Empowering Student Creativity Through Engraving Technology
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Lee Graebner - AMCHS; Kimberly Munoz - CSHS
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Students will use creativity and worforce skills to work with school clubs, organizations, and other clients to design and manufacture items, while using new technology and a laser engraver.
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$13,656
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BMW of College Station
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Students Helping Students; Build a Lab Part 3
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Michael Howard - AMCHS
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CTE teachers for Computer Maintenance, Networking, and Practicum of IT will collaborate to teach students to assemble computers, install their software, and deploy them at another CSISD school.
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$14,615
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Brazos Valley Floor & Design / Premier Countertop Design
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Amplifying Futures: Empowering Students with Professional Audio Technology for Real-World Success
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Martin Corona - WMS; Cielle Spivey - AMCMS; Alexys Grice - CSMS
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Equipment to capture high-quality audio for their short film projects, mastering essential skills by learning industry-standard techniques in sound and video production, students will be ready for advanced A/V tech classes in high school.
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$14,754
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Dexter & Co. Insurance
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Powering the World with our Knowledge
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Matthew Bywater - AMCMS
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Engineering students will discover the challenges of producing clean energy by building their own windmill and see if they can light up light bulbs.
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$2,094
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James & Jill Faith
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Empowering Special Education Students through Work-Based Learning in the CTE Classroom
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Sheridan Clinkscales - CTE Central Office
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Fund the purchase of CTE task boxes designed to enhance the learning experience of Special Education students by providing hands-on, real-world job skills practice. These task boxes will help students develop critical workplace competencies
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$10,612
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Amarillo National Bank
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Pepping Up Partner PE
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Randi Daniel - SS Central Office
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Students with disabilities and their peer partners in the Partner PE program will have access to more activities that support the curriculum and TEKs at both high school and middle school levels.
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$2,000
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Stewart Elms Orthodontics
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In-Depth Insights
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Vicki Murphy - C&I Central Office
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All district teachers will be able to display depth and complexity icon posters and/or magnets to enhance and differentiate every lesson.
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$16,778
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CSISD Education Foundation
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CSISD Learns CPR
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Kassidi Flater - WMS; Briana Dugan - CSHS; Sherrel Paull - Forest Ridge
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This grant will provide new training manikins for the staff and seniors of CSISD to become CPR certified and available to the district's health teachers to teach CPR in health classes.
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$9,180
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St. Joseph Health
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Listen Up: It's Storytime
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Michelle Smart - College Hills
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This grant is to purchase playaways (small audio players that have a book downloaded on them) along with the bound copy of the book.
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$2,211
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American Momentum Bank
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The Things They Carried: Speech and Debate Edition
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Heather Strawn - CSHS; Brian Alford - AMCHS
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Competitive Speech and Debate students will be supported with items necessary to streamline and facilitate competition.
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$889
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Jon & Tammy Mogford
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Modernizing High School Physics - Advanced Technology Upgrades and Additions
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Christoffer Becho - CSHS
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Physics teachers will use the lab equipment provided by this grant to replace outdated sensors and add new sensor types to the physics department equipment inventory, giving students the opportunity to gain hands-on experience with more modern tools.
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$6,071
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Charles Schwab College Station - Mark & Alyssa Symm
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InvenTABLE Cardboard Sculpture
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Annie Sellers - CSHS
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Art 1, Sculpture, Advanced Art 3, and AP Art students will create innovative, clean sculptures using recycled materials.
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$3,651
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TAMU System - Office of the Chancellor
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Construction Power Tools
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Peter Martin - CSHS
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Funding for power tools to enhance the educational and vocational training programs, empowering students to develop essential skills in various trades.
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$7,459
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Stylecraft
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My First Ladies Book Class Set
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Kaitlyn Bradshaw - CSHS
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The floral design department will use My First Ladies: Thirty Years as the White House Chief Floral Designer by Nancy Clarke and Christie Matheson as a unique perspective to floral design.
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$615
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Prosperity Bank
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Inspector Chem and the Lab Rats
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Jeremy Dockan - CSHS; Ashley Dockan - Greens Prairie
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AP Chemistry teacher and students will develop and complete demonstrations for elementary students in order to grow their excitement for science.
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$6,747
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Avinext
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Inclusion Revolution: Preparing Young Adults with Disabilities for Inclusion in the Workforce
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Amanda Greathouse - CVHS
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Support the development of a work-based learning program for the 18+ students with special education needs by establishing a small retail business where they will sell drinks, cake pops, pretzel rods, greeting cards, beaded pens & keychains.
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$2,498
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James & Tommie Haverland
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Book Vending Machine Books
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All CSISD Elementary School Libraries & Pecan Trail Intermediate
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$5,000 for each school to replenish the books for their book vending machines
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$55,000
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BMW of College Station, Brazos Spine, Amarillo National Bank, H-E-B, Van Stavern Small Animal Hospital, Brazos Valley Floor & Design, St. Joseph Health, Culpepper Realty, Conlee-Garrett Moving & Storage, Stylecraft, VlK Arcitects, Inc.
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Time to Fly! Nana Puddin's Dino SOAR Flight Academy
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All CSISD Elementary Schools
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Using character and learning to make good choices as its guide, Dennis Lee's "Time to Fly" traveling puppet show encourages students and staff to pick a destination, purchase a ticket, pack a bag, prepare for the journey, and push towards the runway.
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$15,000
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Van Stavern Small Animal Hospital
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A Little Slice of Math
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Monica Sigler - Creek View
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Finding the value of bringing parents in to learn place value with their child for a day. Parents will come learn with their child and see how we use place value base ten blocks to add and subtract two and three digit numbers, with and without regrouping.
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$1,999
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Matt & Kim Ege
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Visualize Classroom Management
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Jodie Smith - Creek View
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Teachers will use this visualization tool (timer & noise meter) as a Tier 1 Behavior Support in the classroom, creating a cohesive culture across grade levels and subjects.
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$3,094
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Atmos Energy
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Rigamajig Let's Get Moving!
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Amy Toland - Creek View
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Students will get to imagine, create, collaborate, and problem-solve in our STREAM lab using the Rigamajig Locomotion add-on kit. With this add-on kit students will be able to add movement to their creations.
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$2,878
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Element Retirement & Investment Consultants
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Growing to Feed and Appreciate
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Karen Rossman - Creek View
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Build gardens to grow vegetables and flowers on our campus. The food produced will be used to give to our families in need on our campus. The flowers will be used to show appreciation to our staff and local community members in assisted living centers.
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$987
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D.R. Horton Homebuilder
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Construction Science Lab III
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Matthew Herring - Cypress Grove
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This is a continuation of "Phase III" of a grant from last school year. Students will plan, design, and build independent projects throughout the school year. The lab will extend from woodworking to light electrical and possible plumbing trades.
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$1,000
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Kent Moore Cabinets
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Advancing with Alto Recorders!
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Marla Goodwin - Cypress Grove
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Music students will learn to play alto recorders- the larger, more advanced version of the recorder.
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$1,103
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Southern Smiles Dentistry
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"Bundle" of Fun
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Kendra Palasota - Cypress Grove
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PE equipment that will be put to use by all 557 students enrolled in PE (on campus). With significant increase in class sizes (5th grade), this will provide equipment to ALL students and maximize their learning ability.
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$2,267
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Brazos Valley Orthodontics
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Tuners and Tuner Caddies
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Kelly Montgomery - Cypress Grove
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Tuners will help 6th grade band students with pitch accuracy and tuning. Tuner Caddies will keep the tuners from being damaged as classes come in and out of the room.
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$1,815
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SafeWay Driving
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Making the Cut!
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Christine Grafe - Cypress Grove
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Students will up their cardboard game with a set of Inventable cardboard table saws.
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$931
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Schultz Engineering - Joe & Julie Schultz
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DASH into Learning: Sparking Innovation with Tech-Enhanced, Flexible Learning Spaces
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Ginger Burks - Forest Ridge
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Computer teacher will teach Computer Science to students in Kindergarten through 4th grade about the endless possibilities with STEAM as their guide. Students will learn correct posture for typing and ways to enhance Coding skills.
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$4,514
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Amazon Prime Air
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Feeling Our Way Through LIFE
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Magen Lanfear - Forest Ridge
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Provide sensory and fine motor activities to promote independence and self-regulation tools for students in Special Education.
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$969
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Wilton's OfficeWorks
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Inspiring and Aspiring - Art Clubs for Enrichment
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Victoria Dean - Greens Prairie
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Students in Art Club will engage in visual and digital art experiences to enrich their learning, enhance their pursuits of passion, and adorn our school facilities.
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$997
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Bruce & Tracy Sanders
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Know the USA
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Brandi Pheris - Oakwood
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This grant will fund the purchase of a Know the USA Learning Center Games Set, offering 5th-grade Social Studies students engaging, hands-on opportunities to explore and interact with American history and geography.
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$397
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The Rife Law Firm
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Enhancing Emotional Regulation and Sensory Integration through Life Skills Education
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Ahreaile Holly - Oakwood
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Life skills class aims to equip students with essential tools for managing their emotions and improving their focus by engaging, hands-on activities. This grant would purchase fidgets, weighted blankets, and other tools to provide sensory resources.
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$826
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Culpepper Realty
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Books for Brighter Futures!
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Elizabeth Correa - Oakwood
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This grant would allow us to expand our classroom libraries with books that interest students. We have students read 20+ minutes each day in class and we want to have as many genres and types of books as possible.
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$3,000
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TAMU - Office of the President
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Engaging With Text: Reading on a Playaway
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Marisa Ramirez - Oakwood
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Enhance students' reading comprehension and engagement with literature by integrating Playaway audio devices into the classroom. With these devices, students will explore diverse texts, strengthen their listening skills, and engage in deeper analysis.
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$4,890
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Century Square
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Resource Reservoir
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Jodi Morgan - Oakwood
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Teachers will utilize the materials funded by the grant to create engaging, interactive, and memorable class activities and lessons that make learning enjoyable for all students.
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$1,900
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Sago Capital
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Building our Engineers of Tomorrow
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Michelle Gallagher - Pebble Creek
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The enrichment specialist will use LEGO Spike to teach STEAM. LEGO Spike engages students in hands-on- investigations of STEAM concepts while contributing to problem solving, research, and social-emotional development.
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$1,422
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Jim & Linda Woods
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Marvelous Magnetic Phonics Readers
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Candy McGuire - Pebble Creek
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Early education (K-2) & Special Ed teachers will have access to materials to enrich phonics instruction with foam magnetic manipulatives to teach, model, and support student use of tactile phonics as a multi-sensory approach to teach phonics.
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$2,100
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Rainer & Tami Fink
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Pickleball Palooza
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David Childers - Pecan Trail
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Pickleball in PE will provide extra opportunities to enhance the learning experience through an innovative activity that can provide a lifelong physical activity for our students and their families, promoting teamwork and physical fitness.
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$3,754
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H-E-B
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The Power of Sensory Play in Childhood Development
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McKenna Munoz - River Bend
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Early childhood teachers will use multisensory materials to enhance their learning environment. Sensory play focuses on activities that engage our students senses, which help them develop language skills and motor skills that are needed to learn in school
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$3,118
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C.C. Creations, Ltd.
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From Pages to Positivity: Building Character, One Book at a Time
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Blair Kelly - River Bend
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English/Language Arts teachers will collaborate across the 2nd grade level to teach students different social-emotional traits from Character Strong.
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$1,595
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Merrill Lynch - Tim Johnson
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Move Your Body, Quiet Your Brain
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Blair Kelly - River Bend
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Students will be given flexible and sensory seating options to help focus in the classroom.
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$767
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KCI Technologies
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Empowering Young Learners: Transforming Classrooms for Creative Minds Through Flexible Furniture
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Alana Conner - River Bend
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Students will be able to utilize different types of furniture in order for them to learn in a way that is most beneifical to them. Students will also move the furntiure around in order to create an environment conducive to collaboration during class.
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$2,311
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Herff Jones - Calvin Waida
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Ink of the Possibilities
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Kellie Meza - Rock Prairie; Sharon Holt - College Hills
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This grant will provide printmaking supplies to enhance art education. Our goal is to inspire students by giving them access to quality materials and age appropriate tools for exploring printmaking techniques.
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$1,902
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First Financial Bank
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Proprioceptive Play: Incorporating Sensory Regulation Tools for Student Success
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Christy Mouchyn - South Knoll
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The Early Childhood Special Education classroom will incorporate sensory regulation materials to help students' develop the sense of self-awareness; develop balance and coordination, regulate emotions, and improve engagement.
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$741
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Mark & Teresa Benden
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Decoding Effective Phonics Instruction
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Angela Guy - South Knoll
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Kindergarten students will apply phonics learning in various hands-on activities to bring the abstract concept of letters and sounds to life in meaningful and fun ways.
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$6,067
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Dr. Leonard & Nancy Berry
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Letras, Fonetica, y Lectura...Oh My!
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Abby McCartney - South Knoll
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Dual language kindergarten students will apply Spanish phonics learning in various hands-on activities to bring the abstract concept of letters and sounds to life in meaningful and fun ways.
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$2,346
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The Rife Law Firm
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Let's Grow Together- Garden Club
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Bridget Freeman - Southwood Valley
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Our garden club will provide students, and their families with opportunities for hands-on learning activites. This club will provide a framework for outdoor exploration and endless learning.
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$938
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Copy Corner
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SMART Goal Celebration Bell
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Elena Freeburger - Southwood Valley
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Funding for a large dinner bell that students will ring when they achieve their weekly SMART goals. This initiative aims to foster a culture of goal-setting, accountability, and celebration within our student community.
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$365
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Kimberly & Dan McAdams
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CASL Motor Lab
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Ashley Mendoza - Spring Creek
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CASL Students will have access to Motor Lab equipment to regularly practice refining their gross and fine motor skills.
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$558
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Vacanva
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Ramping Up to Read Aloud AGAIN!
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Brooke Thompson - Spring Creek
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Expand the literacy library with additional copies of books from the highly popular Ramped Up Read Aloud resource. This program equips teachers with skill-specific lessons to enhance reading and comprehension strategies.
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$1,662
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SpawGlass Construction Corp.
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Rescue Rangers: Funding the Future First Responders
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Matthew Goehring - WMS
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Principles of Law teacher will use these resources to teach basic first aid, cpr, and how to use an AED to students during the EMT/Firefighting unit of study.
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$2,500
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Brazos Valley Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery
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Community Outreach using Math and Life Skill Application
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Colleen Cummings - WMS
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7th grade math students will collaborate to create quilt blocks. This project, in partnership with the Montgomery Quilt of Valor organization, culminates in a presentation of the finished lap sized quilt to community veterans.
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$548
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Andrews Orthodontics
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Empowering Creativity and Coding: A Multidisciplinary Tech Lab for Future Innovators
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Melissa Jones - WMS
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Fundamentals of Computer Science and Web Communications teacher will use iPads to code and control robots, teach digital art, and allow students to test that their self-designed websites are responsive to different screen sizes/devices.
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$2,433
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ANCO Insurance
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Seating for Success: Transforming ELA Learning with Flexible Spaces
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Brooke Brewer - WMS
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Flexible seating in an ELA classroom is a key element in empowering students to take ownership of their learning experience, fostering a sense of autonomy, comfort, and motivation.
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$2,267
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Gladney Automotive Solutions
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