Congratulations to the 2023 Madison Street Festival Grant Recipients
Pre-K
Madison City Schools PreK STEM Program | “PreK STEM Explorations”
Funding will be used to purchase materials needed to create different opportunities for students to explore and learn through STEM challenges.
Elementary
Columbia Elementary School | “Lights, Camera, READ!”
Funding will be used to purchase books, supplies, and reading promotions to support Read Across American Week at Columbia Elementary School.
Columbia Elementary School | “Science Club-Generation Genius”
Funding will go towards a one-year subscription for members of the science club for lessons, experiments, discussion questions, and DIY activities which helps to grow students’ love of science and exploration while performing hands-on activities.
Columbia Elementary School | “Deconstructing Disability with Adaptive Art Tools”
Funding will be used to add more adaptive art supplies for Structured Learning Classes that help enrich the art learning experience for special needs students.
Columbia Elementary School | “EL Program-Moving and Grooving in Reading with Indi Bots!”
Funding will be used in Columbia Elementary School’s English as a Second Language Program using Indi classroom robots to teach reading fundamentals in a fun and engaging way.
Columbia Elementary School | “Uniting cultures, one page at a time!”
Funding will be used to purchase bilingual books within the library for grades 1-5.
Columbia Elementary School | “Classroom Sensory Swing for Students with Special Needs”
Funding will be used to purchase a sensory swing for students with special needs to help provide a place to relax and regain a sense of calm.
Columbia Elementary School “STEM Lab-Empowering ALL STUDENTS through Integrated Learning”
Funding will be used to purchase a class set of Sphero indis. Sphero indi inspires imaginative, play-based learning by empowering kids to design and build their own mazes while creating opportunities for students to learn the basics of coding, solve problems, and nurture computational thinking skills.
Horizon Elementary School | “Novel Guides for Gifted Students”
Funding will be used to help build a small class library through “novel guides” for gifted students who love to read.
Horizon Elementary School | “Challenge Novel Studies”
This project supplies 4 copies per grade level for the grade 3rd-5th novel studies units for students who can’t purchase their own copy within the language arts advanced learning curriculum.
Horizon Elementary School | “Horizon Garden”
Funds will be used to purchase plants and containers for a sensory garden (which will also be used and maintained by our special education unit). Funding will also be used to finish planting, lining, and mulching a pollinator area.
Horizon Elementary School | “FIRST LEGO Robotics”
Funding will go to support the 2023/2024 competition season.
Horizon Elementary School | “Horizon Greenpower Team Restart”
Funding will go to support Horizon’s Greenpower team “RESTART” which is available to 4th and 5th grade students.
Madison Elementary School | “Kindergarten Team-Sphero Indi: Where Coding and Reading Collide”
Funds will be used to purchase Sphero: Indi for teachers of the Madison Elementary kindergarten team which will provide a reading tool and engagement element in their classrooms. It would allow them to foster computational thinking while also teaching students required reading skills.
Madison Elementary School | “Special Education”
Funding will be used to purchase board games that will help create a dynamic and inclusive learning environment for special education students
Madison Cross Roads School | “ACE Program-Building Engineering Skills through Keva Planks”
The funds will be used to purchase two sets of Keva Maple Planks. The Keva Planks will be used to teach an architecture unit in which ACE students will explore the history of architecture, including great feats of engineering through the past.
Midtown Elementary School | “2nd Grade -Book Pantry”
Funding will be used to support the Book Pantry initiative to help build Midtown Elementary 2nd-grade students’ home library that would allow students to pick three take-home books before winter and summer break.
Midtown Elementary School | “1st Grade Reading Rocks”
Funding will be used to buy literature-rich books that are based on the season and holidays throughout the year.
Midtown Elementary School | “Music Program-Building a Dream Music Room at Midtown Elementary!”
Funding will be used to purchase Orff Instruments which will allow the music department to provide a richer and more immersive musical education experience for their students. This addition will help to open a world of possibilities in the music room, where all students can reach their musical potential.
Middle School
Discovery Middle School | “ESL Program-Multilingual Classroom Library”
Funds will be used for the establishment of a multilingual classroom library that caters to the diverse linguistic backgrounds of their students. This library will contain books in a wide range of languages, including but not limited to Spanish, Russian, Japanese, Chinese and many others.
Discovery Middle School | “Creative Writing-Project Poetry”
Funding will be used for students in creative writing classes to access poetry materials which will help promote different kinds of art/writing through manipulatives so students can practice accessible, hands-on poetry.
Discovery Middle School | “Turning Tables”
Funding will be used to bring the ThinkLive! turntables into Makerspace and STEM classes at Discovery. Lessons with ThinkLive! focus on math and science while incorporating the “A” in STEAM. The virtual software will allow teachers to use the program with classes in the Makerspace area or their classrooms.
Discovery Middle School | “Let’s Blast Off!”
Funding will be used to help with a cross-curricula hands-on project that provides an opportunity for students who remain at school during Space Camp Week to participate in space/stem activities by building rocket launchers using the dynamics of jet and water propulsion.
Discovery Middle School | “Shooting for the Stars an Intro to Rocketry”
Funding will be used for the Flight and Space course offered at Discovery Middle School. Students will explore basic rocketry and apply physical science concepts to develop scientific literacy.
Journey Middle School | “Inaugural Launch of Greenpower Racing Team”
Funding will support Journeys’ launch of their Greenpower racing team.
Journey Middle School | “Library Media Center Collection Development: Digital Formats”
Funding will go to purchase a digital collection of audiobooks and ebooks for Journeys Library to help develop a collection of digital titles that would both increase material availability and support a multitude of learning styles.
High School
Bob Jones High School | “BJHS Yearbook Program”
Funding will be used to buy supplies for the BJHS yearbook staff which will help to support more event coverage by students and increase the educational opportunities for the yearbook staff.
Bob Jones High School | “Math Modeling Classes-Financial Literacy”
Funding will go to support the program “Personal Finance” which teaches how loans, credit cards, stock market, taxes, and savings work.
Bob Jones High School | “Teaching Academy-Reading Buddies”
Funding will be used for books, materials, and supplies for the Teaching Academy students who participate in Reading Buddies.
James Clemens High School | “SPED Dept. Achieve3000 – Building Reading and Math Proficiency”
This funding would be used to purchase Achieve3000 licenses for 125 students as well as for professional development for JC’s collaborative special education teachers. Achieve3000 Literacy’s differentiated content and instruction accelerate learning growth for all students.
Organizations
Cure Diabetes, Inc. | “Education in Motion”
Funds will be used to assist this project to establish multiple outreach initiatives to bring awareness to at least 1,000 people every 6 months through activities such as weekly classes, community health walks, speaking engagements, health fairs, and social media interactions.
Girls on the Run North Alabama | “Girls Have Power Summer Camp”
Funding will go towards Camp GOTR, a summer camp held in Madison County that will help teach critical life skills to grades 3-5 participants. Camp GOTR combines the classic Girls on the Run curriculum with the fun of a summer camp.
Huntsville Community Drumline | “Free Music and Percussion Instruction for all”
Funding will be used to support HCDL and its service to the community which is curriculum-based tuition-free music education with a focus on percussion instruments. The purpose is for youth to be exposed to, develop a love for, and have access to the arts regardless of their financial circumstances.
Madison City Schools | “Throat Scopes for SLPs”
Funds will be used to help in the speech evaluation process for PreK through the high schools during assessments for ALL Madison City Schools.
Madison Renaissance Girls (FLL Team | Driving interest in STEAM with the Madison Renaissance Girls
Funds will be used to purchase a LEGO® Education SPIKE™ Prime kit with the tournament expansion pack. This allows two to three girls to work on programming at a time, providing them the hands-on experience needed to problem-solve, troubleshoot, and work together.