Pleasant Lea Elementary
Since 1993, the Lee’s Summit Educational Foundation has invested over $7.5 million in the Lee’s Summit R-7 School District in the form of
PEAK (Promoting Excellence And Knowledge) classroom grants, continuing education scholarships, classroom technology, need-based grants, and more. Learn more about how the Foundation has impacted your school below.
Awarded Classroom PEAK Grants
| Year | Project | Amount | Teacher(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | STAR: FOCUS | $743.92 | Maria Russo |
| 1995 | Puppet Extravaganza | $372.65 | Joni Phillips |
| 1997 | ROBOT | $747.82 | Maria Russo & Trish Alexander |
| 1998 | Chiming Tigers | $865.20 | Jacqueline Anderson |
| 1998 | Video Flex Magnifies Learning | $1,421.95 | Teresa Graves & Joni Phillips |
| 1998 | L.A.M.P. | $935.00 | Cheryl Huff |
| 1999 | Social Outreach Skills | $450.00 | Kelly Hokanson Voitenko |
| 1999 | Techno-Speech Tools | $1,150.00 | Cheryl Steffens |
| 1999 | 3M-Science (Molding Minds through Magnification) | $569.50 | Kim Erholtz |
| 2001 | S.O.S. Social Outreach Skills | $458.00 | Tamara Beltramo |
| 2001 | S.M.A.R.T.S. | $2,760.00 | Tamara Beltramo |
| 2002 | Literacy Launch - An Adaptation of Reading Recovery | $1,436.25 | Mary Ellen Pearson |
| 2002 | Visual Displays With "Shopper Stopper" Appeal | $798.00 | Candy White and Louise Boone |
| 2003 | Writing for Life | $374.85 | Kim Erholtz |
| 2004 | Student Led IEP's-Promoting Self Advocacy | $459.97 | Susanne James |
| 2005 | We're On A Book Adventure | $662.00 | Jeanette VanBebber |
| 2005 | See It-Hear It-Say It | $916.00 | Laura Soliday |
| 2005 | Let the Discovery Begin | $386.76 | Janet Slauter |
| 2005 | "Stompin Science--An Investigation of Newton's laws" | $332.00 | Kelly McKnight |
| 2006 | Flashmaster Fact Learning | $1,057.30 | Kelly McKnight |
| 2006 | Smart Students Aboard with Music | $817.35 | Jackie Harvey |
| 2006 | Game Day! | $209.50 | Laura Soliday |
| 2006 | Social-Tech | $309.88 | Tonya Hall |
| 2007 | Reading and Writing and Arithmetic | $523.09 | Trish Williams |
| 2007 | At-Risk Reader Literacy Library | $1,645.90 | Jeanie Cook |
| 2007 | Reading on a Roll | $512.00 | Jeanette VanBebber |
| 2007 | Create-A-Book Shore: Life Cycles of Monarch Butterflies & Other Insects | $349.00 | Maria Kandt |
| 2008 | Tap to the Beat of MAP | $959.25 | Jacqueline K. Harvey |
| 2008 | Reading + Writing Creatively with the H4 | $950.00 | Rick Sanders |
| 2009 | Action Based Learning Lab | $1,600.00 | Chris Hertzog |
| 2009 | At-Risk Readers Intervention Literacy Library | $1,462.00 | Ginger Hughes |
| 2009 | Reading and Writing Creatively with the H4 Part II | $475.00 | Rick Sanders |
| 2010 | Songbooks to Develop Confidence in Emerging Readers | $467.99 | Jeanie Cook |
| 2010 | Read It! Play It! Sing It and Move It! | $453.21 | Jackie Harvey |
| 2012 | "Jumping Flee" in The Elementary! | $1,888.60 | Jackie Harvey |
| 2013 | Can You See it Now? | $540.00 | Kelly Weimer |
| 2013 | Expanding Expression | $4,534.20 | Tonya Hall |
| 2014 | Building "Up" the Common Core in Music | $698.99 | Jackie Harvey |
| 2015 | Speaking Loud and Clear for ELLs | $1,426.88 | Melissa Clarke & Rachel Kitley |
| 2016 | Building,Designing,Creating & Programming in Makerspaces | $3,904.94 | Michelle Overbeck & Erin Simons |
| 2016 | Heart Rates in the Classroom | $1,256.46 | Emily Haines |
| 2018 | Eureka, I Can Read! | $1,770.66 | Kim Erholtz, Jessica Christian, Jill Gordon |
| 2018 | Think, Create, Solve…CODE! | $2,215.92 | Michelle Overbeck and Erin Simons |
| 2020 | LED Microscopes for science labs | $1,278.14 | Beth Spencer |
| 2020 | Engineering Up a Storm | $296.00 | Jessica Christian |
| 2020 | Tangy Math Games | $768.00 | Kelly Weimer |
| 2020 | I've Got a Book For That! | $550.47 | Kelly Weimer |
| 2020 | Podcasting the Possibilities | $351.16 | Sarah Brim |
| 2020 | Elementary Art In the 21st Century | $630.00 | Angela Penticuff |
| 2021 | Collaboration, Creativity, Critical Thinking, and Communication with STEM | $2,116.18 | Michelle Overbeck |
