Jamie Reinke from Cleveland Elementary will use $2,361.75 for her proposal, “Success for All Students.”

She plans to purchase individualized task boxes for students on IEPs. Materials include sorting and matching games, peg boards, snap and lock beads, puzzles, shape sorters, magnetic marker stations, animal manipulatives, literacy bundles, and more. In the application, she wrote, “SPED teachers are working to keep students within their GenEd classroom and building to ensure they receive a free, appropriate education in the least restrictive environment. Students with greater needs struggle to make growth towards IEP goals within the GenEd classroom. They may need a smaller setting to work toward these goals. This learning will occur through the use of task boxes that are related to their IEP goals. These tasks will increase the student’s stamina for independent work time; increase their confidence as they master new skills in an interactive and enjoyable activity; and provide them with the chance to rejoin their nondisabled peers for whole group instruction, specials, lunch, recess, and counseling. This allows students to grow within the least restrictive environment, builds healthy peer relationships, lessens their anxiety, increases their self-confidence, and helps them develop a sense of belonging within the community and their school.”