Foundation Impact at Scenic Heights

Improving Executive Function Skills
Qingling Mendenhall | Awarded $400

Tools to teach Executive Function skills, to facilitate memory, decision-making, planning, prioritizing, and focus.

Two Grants for Hui Yu

Chinese Character Stroke Order Practice
Awarded $540 from the Nick Duff Multicultural Fund | Allows students to practice stroke order in forming 300 high frequency Chinese language characters.

Ipen with Chinese Reading MaterialsAwarded $1,200 | Provides K-3 language support in reading fiction, non-fiction and pinyin texts at different levels.

Social Emotional Learning Library
Angie Elliott | Awarded $958

Books in both English and Chinese to address current social emotional issues, represent the current teaching language, and expand social emotional lessons.

Chinese Immersion Author Event with Ying Compestine
Erin Carcamo | Awarded $7,500
($3,460 from the Nick Duff Multicultural Fund and $4,040 from MPSF)
For Excelsior & Scenic Heights

The author and chef will present in Mandarin to grades K-2 Chinese Immersion students. A private cooking class will also be presented for parents.

Growing Through Grief Donna Dahl | Awarded $759
For all schools

Funds a Stress Reduction Tool Kit for the Minnetonka Grief Counselor to use in peer support groups, individual sessions, and wile supporting crisis events.

Design for Learning Nicole Snedden | Awarded $5,000
For all schools

A district wide innovation project that empowers students and staff to transform education through the design of the learning environment.