Get Your Energy Out Teaching can be made more complex if students are restless and need to move. This was the case for Ms. Kate Czapla at Middle School East. She has students with anxiety and ADHD that need to move and fidget to learn. Ms. Cazpla applied for a mini-grant to help her students channel…
Viking Genius Bar In the spring of the 2020 – 2021 school year, Perkiomen Valley School District Foundation granted Dan Pennebacker and Karthik Ganesh’s proposal for a Viking Genius Bar to start in the 2021-2022 school year. The Viking Genius Bar provides a student-powered helpdesk where students can gain real-world opportunities while supporting Perkiomen Valley…
Visual Art Library Ms. Seitz, Art Teacher at Schwenksville Elementary School, was looking for a way to expose students to literature in the art room through a Visual Art Library. She came to the Foundation to get additional books to her limited collection to enhance her lessons by giving students another way of seeing art.…
Trout in the Classroom Kevin Tomlinson and Kelly Voicheck wanted to engage their students innovatively through Trout in the Classroom. Both teachers wanted to provide their students with hands-on, exciting experiences to foster awareness of coldwater conservation and encourage participation in cold water resource projects and recreation programs. Tomlinson and Voicheck presented their proposal at…
Spanish Makerspace: Sugar Skulls The Spanish Department at Perkiomen Valley High School wanted students to experience Spanish culture because immersing oneself is the best way to learn a language and culture. Unfortunately, it is unrealistic to believe that every Spanish language learner will be able to go on an international language excursion or travel to…
Whiteboard Tables In the spring of 2020, Perkiomen Valley School District Foundation awarded two South Elementary School teachers $2,280 each to implement whiteboard tables in their classrooms. Kimberly Harris and Shavon Sharker wanted to transform their classroom into a collaborative classroom community with the help of whiteboard tables. There were three goals for the whiteboard…
Limelight Images courtesy of Perkiomen Valley Robotics Team RetroRobotics Frc7414 Facebook Page In February 2022, Perkiomen Valley School District Foundation awarded the Robotics Club at Perkiomen Valley High School with a limelight that they could implement into their robot for competition. In the 2022 season, the Robotics Club needed to build a robot that could…
Disc Golf Course In the Fall 2020 grant round, the Foundation approved Melissa Burg and Matt Weygand’s application to implement a 9-hole Disc Golf Course at Middle School West. The installation was delayed because of the Covid-19 pandemic, but Middle School West launched its Disc Golf Unit as part of the Physical Education curriculum in…
Mega Chess Set June 2022: Perkiomen Valley School District Foundation awarded the Chess Club with a Mega Chess Set in March of 2022. This mega chess was given to the Perkiomen Valley High School Chess Club which meets weekly who also participates in the Lower Bucks County Scholastic Chess League, which has representation from 24…
Perk Up Pins In February 2022, Perkiomen Valley School District Foundation granted Ashley Roche, a vocational studies teacher at Perkiomen Valley High School, two-button machines for her grant, Perk Up Pins. She wanted to use these button machines to add a new vocational opportunity for her low-incident special education students. This vocational opportunity provides new…