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  • February 7, 2024

Saline Live, a group of volunteers outside the school system with the necessary technical expertise and training, worked with the student’s family to identify their situation and needs. Saline Live assessed the options available to the family to provide access and the resources available to help reduce the financial burden if needed. The volunteers from Saline Live then collaborated with the service providers (ISPs), financial providers, and the family to install and activate access for that family. Once access was provided, Saline Live continued its relationship with the family to offer technical assistance and support when challenges arose.

This grant bridged the gap while discussions and decisions were made about the best options to ensure the grant’s continuation in perpetuity.

  • February 7, 2024

Inclusive Designs was a radically inclusive opportunity for the SHS Life Skills Program to collaborate and create special edition t-shirts, with additional opportunities for stickers, ornaments, etc., supported by the Cricut Software. Phases were implemented for students to create and share with the SAS district and community.

Inclusive Designs supported the students’ functional academic learning by providing opportunities to apply their functional math skills in selling t-shirts, handling transactions, and making change. It also gave them access to writing strategies and tools to design shirts with words, while utilizing the differentiation of technology supports through Cricut Designs. The use of Cricut tools in the preparation phase of the product supported and enhanced student fine and gross motor skills with bilateral movement, which allowed students from all ranges of motor skills to increase their occupational therapy skill sets. Social Thinking concepts were practiced as students worked collaboratively with peers and connected as a team through the following phases of design: Brainstorm, Design, Prep, Sell, Create, Finance/Final Sell.

  • February 7, 2024

The grant money was used to expand the 3D printing program with the addition of 2 new resin 3D printers. These printers allowed for faster and more detailed prints, aiding in the education of students for many years to come, thereby better preparing them for the workforce and/or college. The project impacted both current and future students, as well as staff who required 3D printing services for their classrooms.

The new technology helped to expand the 3D printing curriculum, enabling students to be more creative with their designs. The printers exposed them to new materials and printing processes, furthering their knowledge through creative thinking and problem-solving.

  • February 7, 2024

The Saline Area Schools Foundation has awarded a grant for the acquisition of the Jump Rope Readers series to enhance early literacy development. Recognizing the limitations of the current leveled books, which do not adequately target specific phonological awareness and phonics skills, this grant will enable the purchase of targeted, culturally relevant, and engaging reading materials for young learners.

The Jump Rope Readers series is meticulously designed to introduce beginning readers to new letter-sound correspondences and high-frequency words in a gradual and systematic manner. These books not only support foundational word recognition skills but also offer memorable characters and exciting adventures that align with core curriculum standards in literary fiction.

This investment in foundational reading resources underscores the commitment to ensuring that students develop the essential literacy skills needed to fully engage with future educational innovations at Saline Area Schools.

  • February 7, 2024

The grant enabled the Girls Who Code club to purchase 8 Makeblock mBot Starter Kits and 4 Arduino Education Starter Kits. The mBot Starter Kits, which are robots that can be programmed using Scratch and Python, allowed the girls to code the robots to move and interact with their environment. The Arduino Education Starter Kits provided lessons in coding, hardware, and electronics.

The project was designed to align with the core curriculum and broaden learning opportunities for students in a creative and innovative manner. By introducing these kits, the club aimed to enhance coding skills among a demographic underrepresented in computer science and the tech sector, specifically girls. The hands-on experience with robotics and coding was intended to spark interest in future computer science, graphics, and engineering classes at SHS. Additionally, having access to these resources significantly improved the overall enjoyment and engagement of the club members.

  • March 16, 2020

Dave Ramsey is a financial guru in the industry. He created a curriculum targeted towards high school students, which teaches them financial literacy in an interactive, applicable format using real life examples.

  • March 16, 2020

Screenagers recently released a second documentary called Screenagers Next Chapter. We purchased a license agreement to show one community viewing and student viewings at Saline Middle School and Saline High School for both Screenagers and Screenagers Next Chapter.

  • March 16, 2020

From the Farm Science Lab Website:
“The FARM Science Lab is a 40-foot mobile classroom, equipped with the latest teaching
technologies and tooled with STEM-based lessons that are aligned with the Next Generation
Science Standards (NGSS) and National Agricultural Literacy Outcomes (NALO) to increase
agricultural awareness. The FARM Science Lab reinforces grade-level standards with hands-on science opportunities while increasing students’ knowledge of how agriculture impacts their daily lives. Each lesson has been individually crafted and tested by certified teachers.” For more
information click: https://miagclassroom.org/lab/what.cfm There are educators that join the Mobile Lab. It looks like that they have a rigorous recruitment process. https://miagclassroom.org/lab/recruitment.cfm
The lessons are already developed and follow the NGSS guidelines. Therefore, this is the equivalent of teaching a lesson that would have been taught in class in the field for a unique experience.

https://miagclassroom.org/lab/lessons.cfm
The Farm Science Lab will be at Heritage from May 4th through May 11th, 2020. Heritage is the first school in Washtenaw County to obtain the lab.

  • November 17, 2019

The Saline High School Chamber Choir plans to commission a piece from Connor Koppin, an award-winning and nationally recognized composer of new choral music. Students will go beyond their normal practice of simply learning a piece by being a part of the creative process from the very start. This grant will include the commissioned work itself, visits from Mr. Koppin who is currently doing his DMA at MSU, and a unique collaborative experience for our students to be the very first voices to share a piece of new art. The final published score will include a dedication to Saline Choirs, and we hope it will carry our name beyond Saline to performers and audiences around the world.

  • November 17, 2019

A second language, German in my case, is best attained by learners when the language is presented in a holistic and natural way, personalized to learnersÛª interests, and differentiated to their abilities. Rather than textbooks, the most valuable tool in a language classroom is comprehensible input in the language: content which can be heard, viewed, or read. My project seeks to assemble a variety of German-language texts in a variety of genres, so that students are able to successfully engage with a variety of cultural perspectives while also growing their vocabulary inference skills. These will include both published books and self-published texts from a variety of domestic and global sources.