The Cissna Park High School English class taught by Denise Burns has been undertaking some very interesting reading thanks to the generosity of the Cissna Park Education Foundation mini-grants. This year, we were able to purchase class sets of two different Shakespeare plays, “Hamlet” and “Romeo and Juliet.” We were also able to purchase a […]
Math Mysteries and Drama Circles
If there is one thing Mrs. Samantha Kidwell has learned while teaching, it is that every student learns differently. Thanks to the Cissna Park Education Foundation, Mrs. Kidwell was able to purchase two tools to help the different learning styles in her classroom. The first item Mrs. Kidwell purchased was a set of 50 math […]
Foundation Presents 2023 Awards and Scholarships
The Cissna Park Education Foundation partners with local individuals, families, and businesses to present awards and scholarships to graduating students every year. This year, four were presented at the graduation ceremony. The Ristow / Ziegenhorn Scholarship was created to honor the ancestors of these 2 families who have lived in this community for over a […]
CP Education Foundation Supports Music Program
The Cissna Park Education Foundation has supported the Cissna Park Music Program with the approval of fall and spring mini-grants. “We have been able to expand our music library,” said Aaron Alexander, music teacher. “Students can now prepare for the 2023 Illinois Music Educators Association (ILMEA) Honor Band and Choir using etude books and our […]
Grant Helps Kindergarten Teacher Meet Students At Their Level
The Cissna Park Education Foundation awarded a grant to Mrs. Redeker’s Kindergarten classroom. The students in Kindergarten are all coming into their first year of school at Cissna Park Elementary with varying abilities with writing and reading. Some students come in reading simple sentences and sounding out words while others come knowing how to write […]
More Expressive Reading Through Wordless Picture Books
Mrs. Julie Yergler’s 4th grade class was the recipient of a mini-grant from the Cissna Park Education Foundation and 21 wordless picture books were purchased with grant money. Why wordless picture books? “Wordless picture books allow students to work on reading with expression and make inferences to determine what is happening in the pictures without the pressure of […]
Kindergarten Students are Learning Without Tears
The Cissna Park Education Foundation awarded a grant to Mrs. Redeker’s Kindergarten classroom. TheKindergarten students work on developing and mastering their letter formation during the year. Thestudents work each day utilizing Learning Without Tears curriculum to understand letter formation andproper development. The Education Foundation supported their learning through the purchase of theInteractive Teaching Tool software. […]
3rd Grade Students Enjoy New Book Sets
Mrs. Samantha Kidwell’s 3rd grade class will get to explore their love of reading with new book sets, thanks to the Cissna Park Education Foundation. Mrs. Kidwell was able to purchase 13 book sets. Each set contained 6 books, which totals to 78 new books! With these new book sets, Mrs. Kidwell cannot wait to […]
Cissna Park Education Foundation Funds Economics Class Project
The Economics Class at Cissna Park High School received a $500 mini-grant from the Cissna Park Education Foundation in the fall. All twelfth grade students at Cissna Park High School take an economics course where they spend a large portion of the class learning about the stock market. After covering the basics of the US […]
CP Education Foundation Helps Fund Book Room
The elementary teachers are grateful to be teaming up with the Education Foundation to fill our new “Book Room” at Cissna Park School. The teachers received funds to use toward sets of books that can be used with small groups of kids. The books we were able to purchase are a variety of reading levels […]
