2005 PNM Classroom Innovation Grants
Northwest
Aztec High School: The Aztec Oral History
Project, Michael Thornton, $2,500
Beclabito Day School: Oral Language Development
and Emergent Literacy through Music, Kathleen Benally, $1,400
Bloomfield High School: Making a Splash
in the Classroom, William Green, $2,500
Central Primary Elementary School: Getting Fit One Beat at a Time, Kathy Lund, $1,600
Chee Dodge Elementary School: Chee Dodge
PNM Youth and Community Nanise' Garden, Liz Caravaca, $3,000
Gallup Central Alternative High School:
Central High Habitat Restoration and Monitoring, Jeremy
Shreve, $2,500
Hermosa Middle School: The Greenhouse
Effect It's a Gas!, Vickie Funk-Sheley and Jody Laughlin,
$2,300
Milan Elementary School: Is it Science
or Is it Art, Claudette Jaramillo and Beth Head, $2,400
Navajo Missions Inc.: Generations: Navajo
Art Project, Linda Gutierrez, $1,000
Newcomb Middle School: Multicultural Multimedia
Curriculum, Cecilia Silentman, $2,500
Tohatchi High School: Rock'in Eggs, Mark
Dickson, $2,300
North-central
Acequia Madre Elementary School: Exploring
the Microscopic World Along the Acequia Madre Irrigation
Canal, Cris Cole, $2,700
Acequia Madre Elementary School: Poetry,
Drawing and Writing from the minds of 4th graders, Joel
Falk, $2,200
Alcalde Elementary School: Di le como
sabes (Tell it as you know), Jean Perrin, $2,850
Capital High School: Radio Telescope Project,
Mary Fusco and Bob Sorensen, $2,500
Cesar Chavez Elementary School: Ancient
Pueblo Traditions: Modern Lives, Regan Archuleta, $2,500
Espanola Valley High School: From Graffiti
to Mural Art, J. Robert Gomez, $2,900
Espanola Valley High School: Cultural
Heritage Video Production, Ellen Kaiper, $2,500
Gonzales Elementary School: Reading Out,
Christina Romero, $900
Mesa Vista Middle School: Wise Water Use
in the Desert, Bernice Sena, $1,750
Monte del Sol Charter School: The Evolution
of My Scientific Thinking, Randy Merker, $2,700
Pecos Elementary School: Growing Leaps
and Bounds, Cheryl Jurewich, $1,400
Salazar Elementary School: Let's Grow
a New School, Molly Malloy, $2,800
Santa Fe High School: Integrated Active
Spanish Learning, Sonia Sanchez-Cuesta, $2,500
Taos Country Day School: A Wood Working
Program, Michael Janzen, $2,500
Taos Country Day School: Weaving and natural
dying of wool, Vadan Baker, $1,500
The Santa Fe School for the Arts: It's
a Jungle Out There!, Chintan Kess, $1,800
Turquoise Trail Elementary Charter School:
Art of the 20th Century: Neither Myth nor Mystery, Robert
Nelson, $2,000
Southwest
Academy Del Sol Alternative High School:
Silversmithing Program for Academy del Sol, Gretchen Golly,
$3,000
Arrey Elementary School: School-to-Home
Reading Packs, Teresa Hafner, $1,700
Bell Elementary School: Gila Aquatic Research
Institute, Joshua Wells, $2,400
C.C. Snell Middle School: All Thumbs Can
Be Green Thumbs, Monica Muller, $2,100
Central Elementary School: Technology
Upgrade and Resource Center for Bands, Antonio Zapata, $2,000
Holloman Middle School: Pi in the Sky,
Linda Pehr, $2,400
Jose Barrios Elementary School: Restoration:
A Model for Outdoor Learning Laboratories, Mark Cantrell,
$3,000
La Luz Elementary School: From the Beginning:
Life Cycles, Cindy Fitzpatrick, $2,000
Mesilla Valley Christian Schools: Simply
Machines, Ann Anderson, $1,000
North Elementary School: Math Connection,
Tamara Garcia, $2,700
Tularosa Intermediate School: Tularosa
Intermediate School/Village of Tularosa Community Garden
Project, Patti Martinez and Mike Goza, $2,900
White Mountain Elementary School: School
to Home Literacy Packs, Rosana Sanchez, $1,800
Northeast
Floyd Municipal Schools: Enhancing Core
Subjects Through Music, Carol D. Lang and Sheri Chenault,
$1,100
Barry Elementary and Highland Elementary schools:
CSI: Clovis (Cool Science Investigators in Clovis), Terri
Dixon and Terry Pipkin, $3,000
James Elementary School: The Circle of
Life, Mary Murray, Joeli Cathey and Debbie Gentry, $1,900
Lindsey Middle School: Growing Minds with
Hands-on Science, Melanie Chambers, $2,970
Santa Rosa High School: Hydroponic Agriculture
Practices, Alice Velasquez, $2,500
Steiner Elementary School: Building Number
Sense and Basic Math Literacy Using Board Games, Marea Smith,
$530
Southeast
Military Heights Elementary School: Let
the Children Write, Lucy Solis, $2,600
Yarbro Elementary School: Stepping Up to All Levels, Shannon Black, $1,650
Yarbro Elementary School: The Learning
Puzzle Project: Putting the Pieces Together, Shelley Weber,
$2,750
Central / metro
Albuquerque Charter Vocational High School:
Electric Race Car Project - Alternative Fuel in Action,
Donald Gonzales, $2,600
Ann Parish Elementary School: Literature
Across the Ages, Amanda Baker and Yvonne Griego, $2,600
Apache Elementary School: Using Alternatives
to Teach Early Childhood Education with English Language
Learners and Special Need Students, Joetta Teupell, $2,400
APS Family School: Student Literacy Publication
to Inspire Critical Reading, Gael Keyes, $2,400
APS Family School: Innovation, Inspiration,
and Invention: Art, Culture, and Technology Through the
Ages, Helen Pappas, $2,700
Bel Air Elementary School: The Story Garden,
Mati Heck, $2,750
Belen High School: Soar Like an Eagle,
Rance Hall, $2,950
Bernalillo High School: Tea and Crumpets
with Dale and Picasso, Adolph A. Sanchez, $2,800
Bernalillo Middle School: Today's Play
For Tomorrow's Pay, Jack Van Hoose, $2,800
Bosque School: Plantas del Bosque, Kim
Lester, $2,000
Carroll Elementary School: Building an
Atlas: Mapping the World Around Us, Cindy Hess, $2,100
Century High School: Tesoros de la Tierra,
Consejos de Mi Gente, Joanne Silva, $2,200
Cottonwood Montessori School: Cottonwood
Bird Habitat, Maureen Hickey, $2,800
East Mountain High School: San Pedro Creek
Watershed Watch, Restoration and Mapping Project, Kerri
Lathrop, $2,400
Ernest Stapleton Elementary: Canvas Painting,
Jennifer Gutierrez, $635
Escuela Del Sol Montessori School: Living
Water, Shahida Mirza, $1,750
Governor Bent Elementary School: Understanding
Differences through Puppetry: A Focus on Children's Mental
Health and ADHD Issues, Margery Nichelason, $2,800
Hodgin Elementary School: DEAF AWARENESS:
Developing an Inclusive Community, Dorothee Baker, Marty
Carlson, Kathy Shaw, Mary Sellers, and Cecilia Flood, $2,500
Horizon Academy West: Breads From Around
the World, Vernadette Chavez, Debra Hezekiah, Angela Montoya
and Kristy Rodriguez, $2,500
James Monroe Middle School: The Bard and
The Big Bad Wolf, Jessica DuVerneay, $1,150
Juvenile Detention Center Educational Unit:
Teen Stories From Inside, Bianca Belmonte Sapien, $2,800
La Mesa Elementary School: MI (Multiple
Intelligences) Explorer, Nicole Evans, $2,950
The Learning Community Charter School:
Environmental Science, Martha Holmen, $1,480
Lincoln Middle School: Alternative Energy
- Fuel for Thought, Stephanie McDonald, $1,500
Longfellow Elementary School: A New Country:
Immigrants in New Mexico, Velia M. Raff, $1,700
Los Puentes Charter School: Harmony -
Percussion and Voice, Linda McAllister, $2,100
Manzano Day School: Putting Art In Motion:
Kinetics, Automata, And Mechanical Sculptures, Dr. Annie
Nash, $2,800
Manzano Day School: Looking Through the
Eyes of Pueblo Indians, Merlinda Foreman, Candace Downs,
Cathy Hubbard and Ashley Rothman, $3,000
Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary School:
Improving Writing Skills and Respect - Making Books from
Sandtray Imagery, Janet Escobedo, $1,550
Montezuma Elementary School: Science and
Socialization, Glenn Giles, $540
Moriarty High School: Educating Our Teenagers
About Alcoholism, Dega Patterson, $2,900
New Futures School: I Love to Hear, "I
Hate This Class," Linda Sandstrom, $3,000
New Futures School: Dime Time's Little
Helpers for Better Learning Project, Carin Dhaouadi, $1,300
Pajarito Elementary School: Listen and Read for Literacy, Cathy Williams, $2,700
Sandia High School and Eldorado High School:
How do you do, Andy Rozsa? Introduction to Contemporary
American Composers, Ruth Klein, $2,700
Sandia High School: Waste Not Want Not!,
Chris Hilleary, $2,700
Sierra Vista Elementary School: Hand and
Finger Fitness, Jean Haseman, $1,500
Solomon Schechter Day School: Agriculture
in the Desert through the Jewish Value of Ba'al Tashit (conserve),
Chavah Carp, $2,865
St. Charles Borromeo Elementary School:
Step Up To Music, Ninette Mordaunt, $1,300
St. Thomas Aquinas School: Biosphere Mania,
Sr. Dolores Jensen, $1,280
Valley High School: A Few Beneficial Microbes,
Arlene Rickard, $2,500
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