Black lights provide a sensory experience for individuals who have visual sensory processing disorders. A UV rug in the blacklight area would be an updated addition to the Transition Center's sensory room. Students will have the opportunity to have sensory breaks throughout the day, which helps overstimulation they may experience.

This adult size platform swing provides students with sensory processing needs the opportunity to stimulate their vestibular needs. Students provided with frequent sensory breaks can often focus more during instructional times. This swing would be an additional seat for the existing swing frame at the Transition Center.

This junior size platform swing provides students with sensory processing needs the opportunity to stimulate their vestibular needs. Students provided with frequent sensory breaks can often focus more during instructional times. This swing would be an additional seat for the existing swing frame at the Transition Center.

This canvas seat swing swing provides students with sensory processing needs the opportunity to stimulate their vestibular needs. Students provided with frequent sensory breaks can often focus more during instructional times. This swing would be an additional seat for the existing swing frame at the Transition Center.

This taco swing seat provides students with sensory processing needs the opportunity to stimulate their vestibular needs. Students provided with frequent sensory breaks can often focus more during instructional times. This swing would be an additional seat for the existing swing frame at the Transition Center.

Playaway bookpacks are a unique way to integrate technology into literacy. Students with disabilities often require multi-sensory experiences when learning to read. Playaway audio-books provide that experience with a small pre-loaded listening device that reads the books to the students. The book pack also contains the book itself for reading along. The bookpacks enhance literacy in our students who so often struggle to read. This grant would provide a set of 16 bookpacks, each containing 3-5 books.

This smart projector allows for students to have a hands on experience when learning in the classroom. Interactive documents built in to the curriculum used at the Transition Center are able to be manipulated by students who require a different path to learning and instruction. The projector will open up the opportunities for students to access the curriculum where their needs and abilities are.

The purpose for this grant is to promote and teach communication and collaboration skills, to inspire team work, and to allow for opportunities in differentiated instruction.

Students will use the kitchen aids and food processors weekly in the Culinary Arts Lab and in the Introduction to Culinary Arts Kitchen. They will be a great tool for students to learn techniques and be more fast and efficient in their work. These new and larger KitchenAids will help the students get more done when doing Caterings. With the increasing number of students in the Culinary program we are short on kitchenaids and food processors. We use these regularly for a variety of tasks. We use the KitchenAids not only for baking and pastry but also for helping prep a variety of savory food items. The food processors are one of our most versatile pieces of equipment. We can use it to chop, blend but also to grate and shred. These items will be a great addition to our kitchen and help tremendously in class and for caterings.

I am trying to build/grow a classroom library in hopes to build/grow our students love of reading. Throughout the year, my students come into class and read a book of their choice for 10-15 minutes each day. The more books I can have in my classroom, the more I hope students will find ones they enjoy. Our library is a great resource, but most of my students will not finish a novel in 2 weeks with only 10-15 minutes of reading time each day, and it's disappointing for the students if they have to return the books before finishing them. (They have to return a book after 2 weeks if someone else is on the wait-list for it.) Also, if a few students love a certain book and recommend it to others, I'd like to have additional copies of the more popular reads. This also allows students to read in pairs or small groups. As the year draws to an end, I will ask my students for recommendations on what titles to add to the classroom library, and then I will go buy those books with the Barnes & Noble gift card provided. The ultimate goal of a classroom library is to get kids reading more through student choice, and the biggest bonus of students reading more and connecting to novels they choose, is that they will become better readers and writers!

Purchase taller computer table and stool so student in back of room can stand or sit to observe demonstrations, presentations and learn more effectively.

Purchase taller computer table and stool so student in back of room can stand or sit to observe demonstrations, presentations and learn more effectively.