Hands on Learning

Board Game Club will expand with more games which will allow more students to participate and keep the club free for everyone.

Non-traditional movement break such as: punching bags, yoga mats and stationary bikes will help students who have written movement needs in their IEP's.

A recycling job program will benefit Life Skills students at Belzer.

Assistive technology will help students with moderate and severe cognitive disabilities communication in the classroom. 

Environmentally friendly plastic picnic tables will replace older wooden picnic tables.

Family Engagement Night provides resources for families to support their children and their education in Lawrence Township schools. 

Materials will allow preschool and kindergarten students more opportunities for STEAM learning through more experiences and activities.

Calm down centers will be in each classroom to give students a safe place to calm down when their emotions get out of control. 

Two outdoor soccer goals are being placed at Fall Creek Valley.

An art drying and storage cart will benefit the Art Department at Fall Creek Valley.

A guest speaker and incentive prizes at the 4th grade reading achievement program sleepover are being funded.

A classroom set of ukuleles are being funded for the music program at Harrison Hill.

The "Blast Off" Sensory Pathway package is an interactive sensory path that takes students needing a sensory or movement break through a motor and sensory integration path with a "space" theme. 

Lego construction blocks and motors will give ICP and Physics students hands-on activities to help reinforce and understand Chemistry, Physics, and Engineering concepts. 

A variety of books in Spanish on various topics will allow students to read books that interest them and help increase their Spanish vocabulary. 

Clay Extruder will allow clay to be ready for students to use more more quickly and keep waste to a minimum by allowing excess bits of clay to be recycled and used again.

Items purchased for Bear Mentors will be used with their mentees during their 1 on 1 visit time. Bear Mentors are LC students who are trained as peer tutors/facilitators and serve as academic tutors, big brothers/big sisters, and/or discussion leaders.

A radio controlled drone will provide students the opportunity to learn programming, video editing, flight skills, and overall responsibility, as well as the opportunity to learn about careers and different functionalities of technology around them.

The Maker Space in the Media Center will encourage and engage the learning community in beginning to use the Media Center as a space not only for traditional  literacy but for collaboration, problem solving and creative inquiry.

Items will create a sensory path in the common environment for teachers and support staff to access with their students.

Lego bricks will give students a hands-on visual approach to learning fractions, as well as multiplication, division, and decimals.

An "escape room" game in the Maker Space lab where teams of students will use math problem solving skills and logical reasoning to "escape" the room before time expires.

Materials for more hands-on STEM learning and activities in the 4th grade.

A culturally competent library in the school that includes high quality text sets that teachers can use as read-aloud books in the their classroom or for class-wide reading. Books would focus on the cultures of students who attend Winding Ridge and books that would be of high interest to the students.