| School/Department |
Project Title |
Description |
| Bryan Station HS and Eastside Career and Technical Center – Brandy Ashford |
Strengthening Diversity and Awareness: Eastside Fire/EMS Community Engagement Initiative |
To inspire students to pursue careers in the fire and emergency services with essential resources and support and the backing of current and retired firefighters and to diversify the future workforce. |
| Cardinal Valley Elementary – Emma Stone |
Playground Communication Core Board |
Placement of a permanent core vocabulary communication board on our school playground that promotes the use of functional communication, improve student belonging, and provide equitable opportunity for communication across the student’s natural environment. |
| Cardinal Valley Elementary – Stephanie Meyer |
Racing Ahead with Coding |
To purchase Sphero Indi robots and CoDrone drones to use for programming in coding with K-5 students. |
| Clays Mill Elementary – Gayla Webb |
Sphero Bolts |
Hands-on activities for 3rd – 5th graders using Sphero Bolt robots. Allows students to apply mathematical concepts by programming and controlling the robots. |
| Dixie Magnet |
Dixie Dolphins Girls Glow Program |
Program designed to empower students with resilience, self control and interpersonal skills by using the Glow curriculumwith the themes: positive self talk, decision making, taking care of yourself and leading others wisely. |
| Frederick Douglass HS – Yue Hu |
Multicultural Fair 2.0: Celebrating Diversity and Unity |
Second annual school-wide Multicultural Fair, an immersive celebration of cultural diversity aims to foster cross-cultural understanding, promote inclusivity, and create a vibrant learning environment for students and the wider community |
| Garden Springs Elementary – Casey Branham |
UFLI Foundations Phonics Program Student Materials |
To purchase magnetic boards with letter sets for all students in Kindergarten – 2nd grade to implement the UFLI Foundations phonics program, a research based explicit and systematic phonics program that yields positive student growth results. |
| Lansdowne Elementary – Brenda Adams |
Rising Stars Leadership |
CThe Rising Stars Leadership Club focuses on character development, career education, and leadership skills, providing valuable opportunities for students who may not typically have access to such roles. Through regular meetings and hands-on involvement in events like the career fair, students gain practical experience and confidence, fostering a more inclusive and empowering environment within the school. |
| Lansdowne Elementary – Lindsey Haddix |
Young Chefs Cooking Club |
After school cooking club, “Young Chefs,” an engaging and educational program designed to introduce elementary school students to the exciting world of cooking. Through hands-on activities and interactive learning experiences, students will develop fundamental culinary skills, explore diverse cuisines, create healthy snacks, and sharpen their math abilities. |
| Lansdowne Elementary – Melissa McDaniel |
Intermediate Math Pollinator Camp |
Students will utilize mathematics (addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, measurement, area, perimeter, fractions, graphing, and money); as well as science and reading to create and maintain a pollinator garden on the school grounds to promote biodiversity within the community. |
| Leestown Middle – Jenny McCall |
Exploring STEM Concepts Through Hands-On Project-Based Learning |
Middle school students engage in an immersive and interdisciplinary learning utlizing innovative tools and technologies like the Bamboo Lab P1S 3D printer, cardboard automata boxes, and the Databot sensor. |
| Lexington Traditional Middle – Takara Jones |
College Tour |
Black Cat College Tour provides students, many of whom will be first-generation college goers, with a life-changing experience by visiting colleges firsthand, so they can envision their future and gain the confidence to pursue higher education |
| Mary Todd Elementary – Angela Miller |
Buster’s Gardening Bulldogs |
Create specific gardening spaces in various locations in the outdoor classroom space where students can plant, monitor, care for, and harvest a variety of vegetables and flowers. |
| Mary Todd Elementary – DeVonda Williams |
Drumming Bulldogs |
Add a drumming program where students have not had a music program for three years. |
| Mary Todd Elementary – DeVonda Williams |
Future Possibilities College Tour |
Future Possibilities College Tour allows students to see successful college students excites them about education and exposes them to diverse programs, sparking interest in various career paths, including technical fields. Will feature students from similar backgrounds to provide role models, building confidence and the belief that college is attainable. |
| Mary Todd Elementary – Kyleigh Thurmond |
E-Sports Gaming Club |
E-Sports club to expose the student population to skills such as teamwork and cooperation while learning digital citizenship simultaneously. Students will have the opportunity to be exposed to future career paths, scholarship opportunities, and the foundational life skills within the STEM field. |
| Mary Todd Elementary – Lindsey Patrick |
Book Vending Machine |
Purchase new, highly engaging, and high quality titles for the book vending machine so students can earn a token to choose a book through meeting MAP growth goals, achievement on literacy assessments in the classroom, good citizenship, and positive behavior. |
| Mary Todd Elementary – Sujung Jung |
Spreading Korean Culture and Language through Project-Based Learning (PBL) |
Enhance the spread of the Korean language and culture in Kentucky involve implementing Project-Based Learning, fostering partnerships with local entities, promoting language exchange programs, organizing community events and exploring South Korean Government opportunities. |
| Millcreek Elementary – Christie Hall-Volpenhein |
Millcreek’s Magnificent Makerspace |
Build and supply the makerspace area located in the Millcreek Media Center which allows students to create, build, troubleshoot, and produce a myriad of projects. Sewing, Cricut, 3D printing, sublimation printing, various art production, and STEM kits are just some of the activities available for student collaboration and creation |
| Millcreek Elementary – Shannon Nelton |
Community Based Instruction |
Community trips for students with moderate and severe disabilities (MSD) giving them opportunities to learn systematic instruction, vocational goals, independent living goals, and real world application of skills. Beginning CBI trips in early elementary school gives students the opportunity to acquire skills in a natural environment while maximizing the opportunities for students to begin to improve personal outcomes as they get to experience age appropriate activities that build foundational skills. |
| Picadome Elementary – Gina Smith |
The Big Blue Wall Mural |
In collaboration with Studio Mel Designs, create an abstract mural in our multi-purpose, outdoor area to enhance this learning environment, improve the appearance of school grounds and promote unity within our school based on our PBIS goals. |
| Rise STEM Academy for Girls – Jane Gutierrez |
Endangered species |
Scholars will research an endangered species to determine their needs and learn about their habitat. |
| Rise STEM Academy for Girls – Janet Parker |
Time for Kids Magazine |
To purchase TIME Magazine for Kids to increase reading and math achievement through Project Based Learning. In addition, it would build critical reading skills that scholars need to success in the information era. Teachers can use these short texts as a supplementary resource to their literary instruction. Scholars will be exposed to a variety of texts that encourage them to read, listen, write and respond to current events and engaging topics. |
| Rise STEM Academy for Girls – Joh Namkyung |
Design and Build Your Own Garden to Create a Meal & Coding to the Moon |
Students design and build their meals from the school garden and research the space and the moon and use coding to launch a spaceship to the moon |
| SCAPA Bluegrass – Meredith Raybold |
SCAPA Family Nights |
Family Nights to strengthen our family relationships and build strong home-school connections. |
| Tates Creek HS – Ben McWhorter |
Tates Creek High School and The Lexington Philharmonic – Bridging the Gap Through Music |
CCollaboration with the Lexington Philharmonic to provide students with a unique, immersive musical experience by working alongside professional musicians. This partnership will offer masterclasses, joint performances, and mentorship opportunities, enriching the students’ musical education and fostering a deeper connection with the local arts community. |
| Tates Creek Middle – Jayme Gill |
IB MYP Community Project |
Create a fund to provide students the opportunity to apply for funds to assist with their Community Projects that focus on community and service and encourages students to explore their rights and responsibilities to implement service as action in the community.Their goal is to engage in creative work to better society as a whole and recognize the power of their own influence on a global society, while making connections to Individuals and Societies curriculum. |
| Veterans Park Elementary – Crystal Peters |
From Sound to Story: Exploring Sound through STEM, Music, and Literacy Adventures |
Project offers all students an engaging and interdisciplinary learning experience through hands-on exploration of sound, music, and storytelling. Sstudents will deepen their understanding of STEM concepts while enhancing their literacy skills, fostering creativity, critical thinking, and a love for learning. |
| Veterans Park Elementary – Toni Jones |
Reflex and Frac: Better Together to Reach Career Opportunities |
Establish a school-wide implementation of both Frax and Reflex—adaptive, game-based programs that help students build mastery of fractions and math facts. Extensive research and math standards identify fractions and math fact automaticity as crucial to long-term student mathematical success. |
