Our third grant of the 2017-18 school year was approved for a classroom set of ukuleles for elementary music classes. Ukuleles provide a fun learning opportunity for upper elementary students. Students will enhance their musical learning by learning to play a string instrument, which will prepare them for future learning. They will move onto guitar onceRead more
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Our second grant of the year is a repeat grant. We are renewing a membership to a website that allows students from kindergarten through 8th grade to utilize applications online. BrainPOP is an educational website/app that has three divisions: BrainPOP Jr. for grades K-3, BrainPOP for grades 4-8, and BrainPOP ESL for our non-English speaking students.Read more
Our first grant of the year has been approved! The Heart of the Lakes Elementary School’s kindergarten classes have requested sets of Tegu Blocks for their students to use. These magnetic wooden blocks bring open-ended imaginative play to the classroom with the feel of all natural wood and the powerful wonder of magnets. The Classroom KitRead more
We recently helped purchase Makey Makey, which is an invention kit for the 21st century. Using ordinary, everyday objects as touchpads and then connecting them to a Chromebook and the internet, students are able to play the piano, video games, or manipulate computers. The students love learning how to use circuit boards to turn bananasRead more
Kindergarten students enjoying KEVA Planks & MagSnaps purchased by 549 funds! We worked on shapes with the MagSnaps and patterns with the KEVA Planks for STEM day today.Read more
This amazing piece of equipment is actually a squeeze machine, or as some call it, a hug machine. It provides deep pressure sensory to autistic and special needs students. This machine provides just the right input that can’t be simulated by human interaction. The machine is a safe piece of equipment to help stabilize specialRead more
The Prairie Wind Middle School Band Director, Kevin Kosiak, requested funds for percussion equipment for his middle school marching band. Before, the percussion equipment owned by the school is designed for high school and adult size percussionists. They are very heavy, and too large for our 7th grade drummers. The 549 Family Foundation Grant hasRead more