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 […]
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 […]
