Grants

Holy Spirit Catholic School is proud to be the recipients of two grants for the 2006/2007 school year.

F.M., Anne G, and Beveryly B. Bistline Foundation, Inc.

A Family Foundation promoting Community Arts and Scholarship

Holy Spirit Catholic School was awarded $1,224.26 in monies to purchase art supplies and in-service training sessions for our teachers. The objective was for students to learn about a series of featured artists and then create their own artwork using that artist’s style. The featured artists included Matisse, Mondrian, Kandinsky, Pollack, Picasso and Frankenthaler.

This is a wonderful beginning in building a comprehensive art program which will provide students with a rich, in-depth art education throughout their elementary school years. An art show in the Holy Spirit gymnasium on April 26, 2007 featured the children artists of Holy Spirit.

Kids in Need Foundation – Fred Meyer

Holy Spirit Catholic School was awarded $498.94 in monies for a Second Grade science and math unit entitled “Ride the Wave!”.

This unit focused on physical science and the discovery that it exists all around us, from the electric light you turn on in the morning to the radio you listen to, and the big screen TV set you watch. This unit focused on the exploration of sound and light.

Through many hands on experiments the children made sound waves utilizing resounding tubes, and various tuning forks. They compared high and low sounds and discovered the difference in speed between the two.

The children discovered that light is every where in the world. Light carries information from the world to our eyes and brains. The children experimented with laser lights, convex and concave lenses and prisms to separate and regroup the light spectrum.