The Cissna Park Education Foundation helped Gail Lober’s  Spanish class at High School by purchasing new materials for the classroom.  These included a set of prompts for speaking activities, a book of Spanish writing prompts, interactive games, and several movie units. These materials will be used in addition to the textbook to enhance learning in […]

The Family and Consumer Sciences classroom was awarded a mini grant from the Cissna Park Education Foundation last fall to purchase new sewing machines for the 8th grade survey class. The FCCLA also provided half of the funds necessary to buy the two machines. Several of the classroom sewing machines are decades old, and while […]

Mrs Kollmann’s fifth grade class purchased a document camera through a mini grant provided by the Cissna Park Education Foundation. Providing the ability to project on a screen documents or activities so the entire class can see. The picture shows how the students observed and recording changes to an apple core that was projected on […]

Mini iPads came to Kelsie Fancher’s classroom this past spring. They were used daily as math centers and occasionally as reading centers, as well. “We have big plans for utilizing them a lot more next year in all subjects,” Miss Fancher said. The iPads helped students memorize their math facts in a fun way that […]

Kindergarten Story Time on CD A new “Listening Center” for the kindergarten was purchased through a Foundation Mini Grant this past spring. Mrs. Gooden couldn’t be happier with the new storage center that helps keep all the items together and makes them easily accessible to the students. According to Mrs. Gooden, “I was also able […]

This year, chemistry teacher Brad Wacker wanted to include in his class an activity that would demonstrate a real world use of chemistry, that being the production of biodiesel from used and new vegetable oil. Not only can individuals make their own fuel source and reuse vegetable oil at home, but homemade soap can also […]

Tresa Maul’s 3rd grade is now using ‘Smart Board’ technology in their room thanks to a fall grant from the Education Foundation. “The 3rd grade class at Cissna Park school can reap the benefits of a smart board as a learning tool for all subjects” Tresa commented. “There is a wide range of valuable lessons […]

A Foundation Technology Grant purchased 46 Polar FT4 heart rate monitors for the Physical Education classes at Cissna Park High School. According to teacher Jeff Mauer, “These heart rate monitors will help track the students’ progress on a daily/weekly basis.” adding that “students will be able to monitor their own training zones during different classroom […]

The Spanish classes at Cissna Park High School received a Fall Mini Grant from Education Foundation. This Classroom Mini Grant was used to purchase 2 movie units (including the movies and activity guides) which will help increase cultural understanding and give students a chance to hear native Spanish speakers engage in conversation. Also purchased were […]

Cissna Park fifth graders have a new ‘Smart Board’ thanks to the Education Foundation’s Technology Grant. According to the teacher Rhonda Kolmann, “It makes it so much easier for the kids to interact with the various white board programs available to us”. She added that, “we are still exploring all the interactive capabilities of the […]