Spanish Classes Benefit from Grant

The Cissna Park Education Foundation helped the Spanish program at Cissna Park High School to pay for materials, projects, games, and activities to supplement the textbook. Materials included: Serpientes y escaleras (Chutes and Ladders), Rueda de Espanol (Wheel of Fortune), Bingo, and Entrevistas en Rotación (Rotating Interviews) along with many others. In this picture, Haelly Young and […]

Cissna Park Kindergarten Awarded Grant

The students in Mrs. Redeker’s Kindergarten class would like to thank the Cissna Park Education Foundation for their awarded grant. The grant has allowed the Kindergarten class to purchase an updated beginning of the year curriculum for learning and exploring colors. The grant has also allowed the purchase of an updated fine motor learning curriculum […]

CP Education Foundation Announces Scholarships

The Cissna Park Education Foundation has announced that four privately funded scholarships and awards are available for the 2022 graduating class. The Illinois Grain and Seed Equipment Scholarship is being funded by IGSE of Cissna Park. This $600 scholarship is available to any graduate who is pursuing higher education in the area of agriculture, including but not limited to business, sales, science, marketing, […]

Physics Students Explore Kinematics

The Cissna Park High School physics class is learning about kinematics, thanks to the Cissna Park Education Foundation and their donation of wireless kinematic sensors.  “We are able to track the velocity and acceleration of different objects as well as determine the force acting upon certain objects in a variety of conditions,” said Hannah Allen, […]

ServSafe Books Prepare FACS Students

The Foods and Nutrition class received a set of eight ServSafe books with a Cissna Park Education Foundation grant. The ServSafe program will be used to study for the manager’s certification in food service.  “Every restaurant must have a certified manager on duty, which makes any student who passes the exam more employable in any […]

First Graders Try Out Chromebooks

Mrs. Shelisa Henrichs and her first grade class are thankful to the Cissna Park Education Foundation for fulfilling a classroom mini grant this year. With the grant, the class was able to purchase two Chromebooks, cases, and a wireless mouse for each computer. “Throughout our reading block, students have the opportunity to work on Reading […]

5th Grade Expands Classroom Library

Mrs. Kara Borchers’ 5th grade class has been able to continue their love and passion for reading with new novels for their classroom library, provided by a mini-grant from the Cissna Park Education Foundation.  Mrs. Borchers was able to purchase about 20 novels with the grant to broaden her classroom library where students are able […]

Kindergarteners Working With Words

Mrs. Redeker’s Kindergarten class has a new word work cart and supplies, thanks to a mini-grant from the Cissna Park Education Foundation. The supplies within the word work cart will allow the students to practice sight words in a hands-on manner. They will be able to manipulate many different types of tools to create, build, […]

Chromebooks Help Teach Real World Skills

The Cissna Park Education Foundation approved a mini-grant request for the purchase of two Chromebooks for the Family and Consumer Sciences (FACS) classes at Cissna Park High School (CPHS). “Although the FACS classroom had some Chromebooks, there were never enough for students to work on projects individually,” said Donna Jean, CPHS FACS teacher. “Students have […]

3rd Grade Updates Classroom Library

The excitement in Mrs. Kidwell’s room was palpable when she announced, “We are getting new books for our classroom library!”. The Cissna Park Education Foundation allowed the third grade classroom to purchase over 60 books for their classroom library. One of the main goals Mrs. Kidwell had coming into the year was updating her classroom […]