Meadowbrook

The table below lists grants that have specifically benefited Meadowbrook Elementary school. The second table lists grants that benefit all Hopkins elementary schools.

Title	Description	Year
Youth Frontiers	Helped fund joint initiative between Hopkins Schools and Youth Frontiers focused on character development. Learn more.	2000-2001
Booster Camp	HEF awarded a grant for a four day “Booster Camp” experience for children entering the first grade who need additional reading instruction.	2001-2002
English Language Learner Boost	Created a pilot program to provide additional basic reading instruction for English Language Learners	2001-2002
Reggio Emilio Approach for Early Childhood Education	A matching grant was awarded to Stepping Stones, an all day program for four-year-olds, located at Meadowbrook and Gatewood to integrate the Reggio Emilia philosophy into the curriculum.	2002-2003
Readers' Workshop	Granted funds to continue the Reading Workshop program for Grades 5 and 6 providing a week-long concentrated reading intervention aimed at English Language Learner (ELL) students and others who struggle with reading.	2002-2003
LEGO Educational Materials	LEGO Educational Materials allows students at Meadowbrook Elementary to apply science, technology, engineering and math concepts through hands-on activities with levers, gears, pulleys, wheels and axles; motorized simple machines; and renewable energy.	2005-2006
Second Grade Reading Support	This grant provides more cartridges for the Leap Pad^TM system, an instructional technology that offers interactive, multi-sensory instruction to struggling young readers.	2007-2008
Personal Math Manipulatives	Much of a children's math sense is developed through play. This grant provides diecuts of math manipulatives so that hands-on math play can occur in classrooms and continue at home.	2008-2009
Meadowbrook Culture Club	Funds from this grant re-establish the Meadowbrook Culture Club, which hosts 3 all-school multi-cultural events.	2008-2009
Classroom Stability Balls	This grant funds stability balls for one classroom. Stability balls promote physical fitness as well as encourage better focus on instruction.	2008-2009
Active Learning for the Classroom	Using stability balls, this pilot program helps teachers evaluate how to focus students’ attention and learning in new ways along with integrating opportunities for physical activity beyond the gym class.	2009-2010
Stand Up for Learning	Stand-Up desks allow students an ergonomically sound way to stand up, sit down, stretch, fidget and even move about - all while staying alert and focused on classroom instruction.	2009-2010
Classroom iPad Pilot Project	With 30 new iPads and training for teachers, Meadowbrook is testing a new computing model. The iPads provide opportunities to select and download educational “apps” and eBooks.	2009-2010
iPod Listening Centers	Books with audio CDs for iPod to enhance the Daily Five. Read more	2012-2013
Literacy Intervention	Exciting, well-paced materials to help bring struggling readers to grade level. Read more	2013-2014
RoboSquad – Bringing STARBASE to Elementary	Fourth and fifth graders across the District are attending STARBASE Minnesota, a Department of Defense program that utilizes a mission to Mars as the vehicle to introduce practical fun applications of engineering and science principles. RoboSquad brings STARBASE back to Hopkins. This pilot program consists of building and manipulating twelve Lego programmable robots. Read more.	2015-2016
Bakken Museum STEM Residency	Through a partnership with the Bakken Museum, third graders will design solutions to engineering problems using inquiry, creation, planning, collaboration, and good old-fashioned trial and error. Read more	2016-2017
Read, Read, Read!	Physical books possess an intangible power that cannot be found in a device. Adroitly harnessing that power can turn even reluctant students into passionate life-long readers. Read more	2016-2017
Urban Orchard	Plums, Cherries, Golden Raspberries and Pears are the future bounty from Meadowbrook’s new urban orchard, located in a large interior courtyard. Trees and bushes planted this spring will provide curriculum and leadership opportunity for many, many years to come. Read more.	2018-2019
Everyone Making Music Togethter	Xylophones, metallophones, and glockenspiels – these instruments are perfectly tailored to engage budding musicians, specifically in grades K-2, and are completely adjustable for each student. This grant doubles Meadowbrook’s inventory to allow every student in class to play at once rather than in shifts Read more.	2018-2019
Lab Packs: Rethinking Homework	As an innovative pilot alternative to traditional homework, Meadowbrook third graders will take home weekly tote bags filled with fun, interesting experiences for students to explore. These "home connection literacy packs" will expand students’ range of experiences and broaden background knowledge around a variety of topics, cultures, and points of view, including the fine arts, STEM and more. Read more.	2019-2020
Log Cabin Outdoor Learning	A new child-sized log cabin will be added to the outdoor preschool play area in this collaboration among all early learning programs at Meadowbrook. As staff model care and concern for nature and the environment, preschoolers will be guided in activities designed to develop essential skills, observe changes in nature, and work cooperatively. Read more.	2019-2020

Grants for All Elementary Schools

Title	Description	Year
Naturalist	Funded assistant naturalist for student field trips.	2000-2001
Elementary Learning Centers	Awarded funding for the development of Learning Centers at all elementary schools in the district. This sizable grant of $45,000 will fund specialized instruction for students requiring basic skills instruction. The Learning Centers will provide direct instruction in reading, writing and/or math.	2003-2004
STAR Fund -- LRT Support in Elementary Schools	Awarded $115,000 buying back over 4,900 hours of LRT (Learning Resource Teacher) support. This is equivalent to restoring one hour per day to a grade level across all elementary schools.	2003-2004
A Sound Investment	Over the course of several years, HEF funded the implementation of classroom amplification systems in elementary schools throughout the District. Read more	2003-2006
Area Learning Centers	A $45,000 award provided certified instructors to work with individual or small groups of elementary students who need assistance with basic skills in core subjects. This tutoring takes place outside the normal school day allowing teachers time to provide for the learning needs of all students, including middle and upper achievement level students.	2004-2005
Infrared Classroom Amplification	A $60,000 award for Infrared Classroom Amplification systems for 34 K-3 classrooms. Building on the success of pilot programs at Tanglen, Katherine Curren and Eisenhower, these systems have enhanced students’ listening and learning behaviors by minimizing background noise and providing an advantage for students with attention and learning needs. Read more.	2004-2005
Leapfrog Literary Centers	A $40,000 award for Leapfrog Literacy Centers used by kindergartners and first graders to reinforce letter recognition, rhyming words, sounds, word recognition and fluency. HEF funded a pilot of this program at Eisenhower, which received enthusiastic reviews and prompted the request to take the program district-wide.	2004-2005
Dance Residency	Awarded a grant to fund a two-week dance residency with Christopher Yeager for all elementary schools in the district. The residency will provide instruction in the elements of self-expression through dance/body movement that is inclusive of all students’ learning styles and behaviors, and connects with other curriculum areas such as history and language arts.	2004-2005
Elementary Amplification	Following three years of pilot support for improving sound environments in elementary classrooms, the Hopkins Education Foundation awarded its largest grant in history to complete amplification in all Kindergarten-6th grade classrooms in the district. This $130,000 grant will have students hearing more clearly in an additional 79 classrooms. Read more	2005-2006
Primary Art Specialist Resource Grant	This HEF grant allows the continuation of the award-winning elementary school art program that was nearly eliminated due to resource cuts. Read more.	2006-2007
Nature's Corner	This program gives students the opportunity to increase their knowledge of plants and animals in their local environment.	2007-2008
Nature's Corner	This is the second (and final) year of funding to build Nature's Corner digital slide show library. This library can be accessed by teachers throughout the district to aid in their classroom discussions.	2008-2009
Books on Hand -- Grades 5 and 6	Classroom libraries are important to build good reading skills because they are easy for kids to access. This grant enhances classroom libraries in all our elementary schools by increasing the non-fiction offerings and providing engaging options for readers with diverse interests and skill levels.	2010-2011
Books on Hand -- Grades 3 and 4	Expanding classroom libraries for grades 3 and 4 in all elementary schools. Read more	2011-2012
Books on Hand -- Grades 1 and 2	First and second grade classroom libraries will receive expanded book options to build literacy skills. Read more	2012-2013
Magnifying the Power of STEM	Bash 2013 Special Appeal, year one of a two-year initiative. This Special Appeal provided STEM kits in elementary schools and rolling robots labs in Junior highs. Read more	2012-2013
Math Manipulatives Intervention	Exciting, hands-on instructional materials to help elementary school students who are struggling with math. Read more	2013-2014
History Live	Minnesota Historical Society experts will use 21^st Century technology to ‘transport’ Hopkins students back in time, connecting them to important segments of our country’s history. Read more.	2015-2016
Social Emotional Learning Assessment Study	Over the course of the 2017-18 school year, Special Education staff will pilot 4 different assessment tools for evaluating students’ social and emotional leaning. The assessment tool that best benefits students will then be used as a framework to further the work of school social workers and classroom teachers. Read more	2016-2017
Giant Maps: Sitting on Top of the World	Short of viewing Earth from space, National Geographic’s Giant Maps are the most exciting way for students to explore their world in realistic scale to develop a global understanding of its size and scope. This HEF grant will purchase two permanent vinyl maps: a 20’ x 26’ North American map, and a 17’ x 21’ Minnesota map. Read more.	2017-2018
Preschool Social Emotional Curriculum	Second Step Early Learning Kits will create a consistent framework across Hopkins Public Schools. The implementation of these kits will help build a strong foundation in social emotional development for the approximately 500 children enrolled in all Hopkins Preschool Programs within the six elementary schools as well as The Harley Hopkins Family Center. Learn more	2019-2020
Grade 5 Virtual Literacy	Currently, fifth graders are acquiring 60-100% of their learning virtually. This grant funds subscriptions to a slate of digital literacy resources to enhance and engage their endeavors during this very unusual year of COVID-19. Learn more	2020-2021

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