Thank you for your support in 2020!
The BOOST (short for Bringing Optimism & Opportunity to Students & Teachers) Committee held its second annual BOOST Bash in March 2019, with over 300 community members attending. As you can see below, the event was another huge success!
2020 BOOST Total Raised (Net Proceeds)
Net Proceeds $50359.43
2020 BOOST Total Distributions
Classroom/Educator Grants/Projects $41,323.00
Teacher Appreciation Gifts/Events $5,000.00
In-Year Request Fund $4,036.43
Teachers were given the opportunity to request funds for specific projects, and teachers were notified of awards at the end of the school year. Distributions were coordinated by a selection committee composed of teachers and BOOST committee members. All of the funded projects are below:
2020 BOOST Funded Projects
Project Grade/Department
1 |
Nonfiction Reading Resources |
Elementary - All Grades |
2 |
Games for Social-Emotional Learning |
Elementary - All Grades |
3 |
Parent/Family Outreach |
Elementary - All Grades |
4 |
Building Fluency with Poetry |
Elementary - 1st - 4th Grades |
5 |
Field Trip - ISU Youth Matinee Series |
Elementary - Kindergarten |
6 |
Math Stackers |
Elementary - Kindergarten |
7 |
Brain Bins |
Elementary - 1st Grade |
8 |
Field Trip - Stephen's |
Elementary - 2nd Grade |
9 |
Science Outreach |
Elementary - 2nd Grade |
10 |
Science Supplies |
Elementary - 2nd Grade |
11 |
Book Request Program |
Elementary - 3rd Grade |
12 |
Field Trip - Science Center |
Elementary - 3rd Grade |
13 |
Instant Film Camera |
Elementary - 3rd Grade |
14 |
Sphero Bolts (Robots) & Charger |
Elementary - 3rd & 4th Grade |
15 |
STEM Family Night |
Elementary - 3rd & 4th Grade Tech/TAG |
16 |
Lu Interactive (Partial Funding) |
Elementary - PE |
17 |
Sensory Room |
Elementary - Special Education |
18 |
Chrometabs with Cases (2) |
Elementary - Title 1 Reading |
19 |
Field Trip - Living History Farms |
Middle School - 5th Grade |
20 |
Field Trip - Civic Center Applause Series |
Middle School - 6th Grade |
21 |
Field Trips - Science Center/History; Spring Lake; Capital Trip |
Middle School - 7th & 8th Grades |
22 |
Card Catalog Tablet Kiosk |
Middle School - Library |
23 |
Field Trip - Iowa Wild Choir Performance |
Middle School - Choir |
24 |
Building Basecamp Relations Activity (Table design) |
Middle School - Special Education |
25 |
Special Ed Classroom Sensory Space |
Middle School - Special Education |
26 |
Field Trip - Skiing |
Middle School - PE |
27 |
Cricut + 2 tablets |
High School - Ag Education |
28 |
Virtual Business Simulation- Entrepreneurship/Accounting |
High School - Business |
29 |
String bags for Kindergarteners |
High School - Family and Consumer Sciences |
30 |
Two RealityWorks Babies |
High School - Family and Consumer Sciences |
31 |
Student whiteboards |
High School - Math |
32 |
Stress Relief Supplies |
High School - Special Education |
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NOTES |
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A. |
Several 2019-2020 projects were not able to be completed due to the change to virtual learning - those project funds are still available for teachers to use during the 2020-2021 academic year |
B. |
If field trips and/or other projects are unable to occur, BOOST will coordinate with teachers to determine whether to roll funds into a future academic year or reallocate to different projects |