Woodland 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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Hands-On Physical Science - Electricity and Magnetism | $414.97 | Peggy Brown |
| 2002 | Pictures Please II | $435.00 | Shelli Cornell |
| 2002 | TechnoTalking with Speechviewer 3 | $687.00 | Diane Tyree |
| 2003 | Brick Works | $190.29 | Peggy Brown |
| 2005 | Reading Improvement | $1,119.86 | Cynthia Briggs |
| 2007 | Incident Investigations | $1,714.00 | Wanda Hartter |
| 2007 | Ready-To-Go Books | $660.00 | Rebecca Carr, Kristen Cordes, Donna Ramel, Rita Rogers |
| 2007 | Math Manipulatives | $892.66 | Cinthia Rew and Maggie Miller |
| 2008 | Learning to Read is Exciting! | $600.00 | Colby Cantrell & Mary Beth Circello |
| 2008 | Music "a la Carte" | $483.41 | Susan Ratigan & Angie Thurmond |
| 2009 | I Can Listen, I Can Read! | $561.00 | Colby Cantrell |
| 2009 | Sing It, Play It, Experience It! | $489.50 | Angie Thurmond |
| 2010 | Reading with Meaning | $1,267.56 | Kathy Ryan |
| 2011 | ABC's in a Tub | $382.17 | Kristen Cordes |
| 2011 | The Slate Returns to School | $1,080.00 | Colby Cantrell, Stacy James and Donna Ramel |
| 2011 | The Slate Returns to School | $1,080.00 | Amy Westacott, Anne Braun and Karen Marlborough |
| 2011 | Kindle the Reader in Me | $4,000.00 | Sandy Bauer |
| 2012 | Go Phonis Go | $744.70 | Rebecca Carr, Stacy James, Rita Rogers |
| 2013 | Increasing Vocabulary Skills in Pre-School Students | $1,568.55 | Jill Kounkel |
| 2013 | Kids Discover Facts are FUN-om-enal | $2,440.00 | Sandy Bauer |
| 2014 | Having Fun with Addition and Subtraction | $598.90 | Colby Cantrell, Jeanine Herrman, Megan Webb |
| 2015 | "Sum"thing to Make a "Difference" | $358.99 | Colby Cantrell & Amy Droege |
| 2016 | "Uke" Can Help Us Grow | $1,979.70 | Brianna Wessley |
| 2016 | Raise the Beats | $980.70 | Amy Westacott |
| 2017 | Drumming UP Critical Thinking! | $1,169.69 | Brianna Wessley |
| 2017 | Tuners for Elementary Orchestra, a "Snarky" Request | $845.75 | Libby Feyerharm |
| 2018 | DrumFit, Move Your Body To The Beat! | $2,113.05 | Brianna Wessley and Amy Westacott |
| 2018 | Maker Math Toolkits | $262.07 | Vanessa Buhrmester |
| 2018 | Beginner Books Make Life-long Learners | $728.53 | Lindsey Adamczyk & Annie Nierman |
| 2018 | Eureka! It's Math Manipulatives! | $1,147.95 | Colby Cantrell, Sara Benke, Jeanine Nared |
| 2018 | Comprehension Construction Toolkits | $97.82 | Vanessa Buhrmester |
| 2019 | Branching Readers into Life Long Readers | $269.46 | Julie Hogle |
| 2019 | Connecting to Comprehension | $195.00 | Julie Hogle |
| 2019 | Math Kits for Kindergarten | $2,621.59 | Lindsey Adamczyk, Heather Diaz, Amy Peters |
| 2020 | A Soft Way to Start Our Day | $377.96 | Anne Braun |
| 2020 | Strengthening Phonemic Awareness through Touch | $126.91 | Julie Hogle |
| 2020 | Ringing Up Independence: A Musical Approach To Literacy | $494.25 | Brianna Wessley |
| 2021 | Games for Gains | $880.88 | Lindsey Adamczyk & Melissa Gouldsmith |
| 2021 | Cardio Drumming, Move to the Beat with DrumFit! | $348.55 | Ryan Evans & Brianna Wessley |
| 2021 | Cooperative Games to Play in K | $2,567.85 | Amy Peters, Katie Vance, Heather Diaz |
| 2021 | Creating a Diverse Classroom Library | $586.46 | Vanessa Buhrmester & Ashley Engler |
| 2021 | Steaming Through Literature | $298.33 | Anne Braun |
| 2021 | Books About Me - Books for Deaf/Hard-of-Hearing Students | $521.71 | Krystal Wygas & Darla Nelson |
| 2022 | Work With Me - Mastering Math Skills At Home | $613.98 | Vanesa Buhrmester |
