Projects Funded by 2018 Pints for Half-Pints Proceeds

(October 1, 2018 through September 30, 2019)

IPS #48 (Louis B. Russell School, 3455 Central Avenue)

• Provided funding to enable each grade to have a field trip. Trips were to the Indiana State Museum, Indianapolis Zoo, Conner Prairie, Microsoft coding, Holliday Park
• Donated books signed by speakers at weekly meetings
• Provided volunteers for “Read Around the World” and donated books to the classrooms.
• Provided 5 weekly classroom tutors in several subjects and grades
• Purchased sensory tables and items to aid learning disabled students
• Purchased chart paper and colored pencils for mathematical understanding
• Purchased art materials to integrate mathematics and science through art
• Provided funds for dry erase boards, markers, and interactive notebooks for math classes
• Purchased color printer and toner for students to print out math problems
• Purchased iPads to help students learn to read, write, and count
• Funded 20 students attendance at Heartland Film Festival and learning to make short films
• Provided funds for all 6^th Grade students to have a college campus visit at IUPUI
• Funded materials to construct a model of the solar system

IPS #55 Butler Lab School (1349 E. 54^th Street)

• Purchased Dreambox headphones for use with laptops
• Purchased a gathering drum and floor toms for music class
• Provided funds for equipment to enable students to create art in non-desk locations
• For the music department, purchased books about musicians of representative races and ethnic backgrounds
• Funded the materials for a parent-student painting event

IPS #59 (Merle Sidener Gifted Academy, Kessler and Keystone)  

• Provided funds to purchase materials to display artwork
• Funded Lego League @ $1,000
• Helped purchase art materials and light pads

IPS #91 (Rousseau McClellan School, 5111 Evanston)

• Donated $1,000 to sponsor robotics club
• Funded  library listening center
• Purchased art supplies
• Purchased music supplies
• Purchased practice pads and drum sticks for the music department

Shortridge High School: International Baccalaureate (3401 N. Meridian)

• Purchased Kindle Fire tablets for students without access at home
• Purchased electronic balances
• Purchased reeds for wind instruments
• Purchased graphing calculators
• Purchased Chromebooks to enable research, analysis and report creation
• Provided funds for magna tiles to assist learning about geometry
• Provided materials to aid in dissection of animals in science class
• Funded chemistry games to understand atom structure, ions, and compound formation
• Purchased dry erase boards and markers for graphing
• Purchased board games to help understand ionic compound naming and ionic formation
• Funded the purchase of a 3-D printer for engineering design class
• Funded kits to study the passing of traits in corn kernels and blood types
• Purchased headphones to assist disabled students in test-taking
• Provided funds for distilled water bottles, goggles, cleaning solution, and water filter pitcher, all to be used in experiments
• Purchased mallets and drumming supplies for music class

Midtown STEAM support through TechPoint Foundation for Youth: 

• Spent $1,000 to sponsor Coder Dojo Hackathon