Underwood 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 | School-Wide Community Postal Theme | $735.41 | Jeanie Cook |
| 1997 | Reading Fluently | $301.20 | Kay Klingbell & Terri Sievers |
| 1997 | Thematic Literature Makes Science Fun | $1,020.71 | Kay Klingbell & Terri Sievers |
| 1997 | Kindness is Contagious | $730.00 | Cheryl McLaughlin |
| 1998 | Techno-Talk | $1,769.00 | Karla Magyar |
| 1998 | Take the Classroom Outdoors | $1,437.40 | Teri Curp |
| 1999 | The Publishing Center | $856.65 | Danelle Marsden |
| 2001 | A Collaborative Effort: Raising Student Abilities | $1,317.80 | Katherine Knabe |
| 2002 | Visual Displays With "Shopper Stopper" Appeal | $554.27 | Heather Ingrassia and Danelle Marsden |
| 2003 | Cupstacking | $475.48 | Stacey Bryant |
| 2006 | Getting to the "Heart" of PE | $1,141.22 | Stacey Bryant |
| 2008 | Boardmaker Plus | $409.91 | Robin Mishler |
| 2008 | The Elmo | $1,459.00 | Blair Holcumbrink |
| 2008 | On the Move | $575.02 | Linda Beebe-Boring |
| 2009 | Enhancing Visual Learning in the Classroom | $519.00 | Karen Bannister |
| 2010 | Heart Adventure | $4,570.00 | Carla Krebs, Stacey Bryant, Peggy Brown |
| 2010 | Enhancing Reading Skills Through MP3 Audio Books | $2,450.00 | Karen McKarnin |
| 2013 | SNAG-A-School Golf Program | $3,142.18 | Stacey Bryant |
| 2014 | Building a Grade Level Library with Outstanding Science Trade Books | $1,296.83 | Karen Bannister |
| 2015 | We the Children | $426.41 | Lori Merrigan |
| 2016 | Makey Makey Here, Makey Makey There | $311.48 | Nicole Nowlin |
| 2017 | Being a Writer Kit-6th Grade | $810.00 | Tia Kim |
| 2017 | Being a Writer Kit-4th Grade | $810.00 | Lacey Fiedler, Carol Gilpin, Cara Hemmel |
| 2017 | STEAM Rolling into Makerspace 1 | $1,356.32 | Sandy Bauer |
| 2017 | Geometric Solids Sets | $98.90 | Kristen Whipple |
| 2018 | Tchoukball - Weird Name, Cool Game! | $811.93 | Stacey Bryant |
| 2018 | It Don't Mean a Thing if it Ain't Got Four Strings | $1,853.25 | Abigail Sander |
| 2019 | School-Wide Math Mania | $2,525.25 | Lacey Fiedler, Lori Driskell, Karen Bannister, Mary Ostrander, Michelle Fiedler, Kelly Morgan, Shallyn Persell |
| 2019 | An Attitude of Gratitude | $254.25 | Lori Merrigan |
| 2019 | Glass Fusion in the Art Room | $260.00 | Sarah Muckey |
| 2020 | Word Work in Action! | $116.47 | Kristen Whipple |
| 2020 | An Attitude of Gratitude: Take Two | $820.80 | Lori Merrigan, Alyssa Clifford, Lacey Fiedler |
| 2020 | Just Bead It! | $663.61 | Edith LaMastres |
| 2020 | Words Matter! | $588.15 | Edith LaMastres, Shallyn Persell |
| 2021 | Got Gratitude? | $775.20 | Lori Merrigan, Lacey Fiedler, Jennifer Cline |
| 2021 | All Hands On Deck! | $1,073.97 | Kristen Whipple, Edith LaMastres, Shallyn Persell, Kelly Doutt |
| 2021 | DrumFIT-UnBEATable FUN! | $2,775.00 | Stacey Bryant |
| 2021 | Being A Writer Kit-5th Grade | $1,728.00 | Lacey Fiedler, Lori Merrigan, Jennifer Cline |
| 2022 | You Can Change the World | $940.20 | Lori Merrigan, Jennifer Cline, Nicole Nowlin |
| 2022 | Building Readers through Shared Reading | $337.50 | Nicole Nowlin, Lori Merrigan, Jennifer Cline |
