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Hornet Homeroom is designed to supplement school-based virtual learning, with no teachers or lessons provid­ed onsite. Hornet Homeroom is designed to provide a safe and socially distanced setting for students in grades K-5 to access their online instruction while parents are at work. Homeroom staff will oversee the learning environment and ensure students are engaged in their online lessons

Our goal is to provide Heritage students with a portable, interactive sensorimotor device intended to motivate and inspire students to participate in important sensory and therapeutic feedback that many students rely upon. The device has vast capabilities covering many important areas of development providing both physical, sensory, and mental exercises. The wall will impact not only the students in the special education classrooms but also will be made available to the general education population.

PLTW Biomedical Innovation is the final course of the Biomedical Science Series. This is considered a Capstone course where students take all of their learning from their previous three courses (Introduction to Biomedical Science, Human Body and Medical Interventions) and apply their knowledge in a number of real-life problems. The course centers around 8 problems that include these topics: Design of an Effective Emergency Room, Exploring Human Physiology, Design of a Medical Innovation, Investigating Environmental Health, Combating a Public Health Issue, Molecular Biology in Action, Forensic Autopsy, and an Independent Project. If ever there was a course that connects to the ongoing Covid-19 Pandemic, this is it! We are asking for the supplies to get the course off the ground.

In the fall of 2020 we as a PE staff were able to purchase eight sets of Power Block Dumbbells. It is our goal to finish this project with the purchase of four more sets which would allow each student “rack” in our classroom to have a set of these Dumbbells. Application and student learning will increase dramatically.

For our staff in Physical Education the completion of these sets becomes imperative with our beginning learners in the weight room, as well as our most advanced learners. Ultimately, the completion of this project would be a huge asset to our classroom.

We are looking to bring in an exhibit from the Gilder Lehrman Institute. The exhibit is a 12 panel display that chronicles the journey of the Freedom Riders during the civil rights movement of the 1960’s. It will be displayed in the large Hornet Hub and open to the entire district to view. We are even planning on opening it up on some nights to the community to come view. Here is a link to a more in depth description of the exhibit. https://www.gilderlehrman.org/programs-and-events/traveling-exhibitions/freedom-riders

With the addition of two garage doors to the science courtyard at the middle school last year, we want to now add some outdoor spaces for students to collaborate and complete classwork during the warmer months of the fall and spring. Students love opening the garage doors and working outside but right now, there is no outdoor furniture for our students to access deterring them from using the space to its full potential. With access to furniture, the outdoor space would be a welcoming place for the students and allow an excellent space for labs to also be implemented.

Due to the Covid-19 Pandemic, our instructional staff has been seeking ways to conduct class outdoors when feasible. Therefore, we are looking for funding in the amount of $5000 for 400 FSAS branded beach towels and 100 FSAS branded camping chairs. The intention is for classroom use during the day, small group meetings, and outside organizational groups.

I’d like to purchase 10-15 budget 3D printers, that cost between $200 and $300 each, for my CTE classes to use for my curriculum as well as for the good of the school. When problems arise, 3D printing can really make a difference, and I’d like students and staff to be able to request help from my programs. With the pandemic, many problems arose where 3D printing could be used. I purchased a budget 3D printer last spring for around $200, and was able to print off 100 face mask buckles for our students and staff. I believe the quality of low cost 3D printers has really gone up. I also feel that we could potentially solve some problems that arise at SHS and the SWWC with this technology, but only if we have a large quantity of 3D printers instead of only one.

We are kicking off the Girls Who Code Club virtually in January. This grant is for 30 books tied to the program and T-shirts to provide something tangible, uplifting/inspiring, build a group sense of community and provide community project goals to the girls who participate.

Reaction based training is a concept that is hugely important to athletes at all levels. The blaze pod system can be used as a sport specific training tool or simply a fun way to get varied cardio based training. The variability of the exercises are endless and the creativity it allows students is a great way to get kids competitive and involved in their training. The state of the art Blaze Pod system will continue to advance our Basic PE programs in our station work as well as serve as sport specific movements for our highest level athletes.