NCPTT’s Heritage Education program conveys to our youngest
citizens the power of place and the stories behind our irreplaceable treasures.
It administers competitive mini-grants and provides resources to teachers to
enhance the educational experience by teaching students the value of their local
heritage. Heritage Education seeks to serve as a national model to educators in
this field.
2006 Mini-Grant Awards
After a well-publicized campaign to solicit applications from
the teachers of Louisiana, NCPTT convened a grants panel of educators and Center
staff to review the submission for CY2006. A total of forty (40) projects were
selected for funding, and the successful applicants were invited to Natchitoches
for an orientation session, review of requirements, and awards ceremony held at
the Center on July 8, 2006. Nancy Hawkins of the Louisiana Division of
Archeology once again conducted the grants training and will administer the
funds on behalf of the Center. Each grantee will receive a total grant of $2500,
which may be spent on a wide variety of eligible expenses for the classroom or
field trips; a lesson plan and final report are also due from each recipient at
the end of the grant cycle. The following projects were funded out of FY2006
monies:
| Teacher |
School |
Project |
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| Debbie Buco |
Galvez Primary and Galvez Middle Schools |
Whispers From the Past -- Something to Shout About! |
| Lee Ann Winkle |
Lakeside Jr./Sr. High School |
Mysteries of the Bayou State |
| Ghedy Matus |
Baton Rouge International School |
A French and Spanish Welcome to St. Francisville |
| Kathie Istre |
Dolby Elementary |
“A Look through My Eyes” |
| Tara Portier |
Bourg Elementary |
Shaping Our Past |
| Sheila Warner |
NSU Elementary Lab School |
Creative Arts: A Visual Journey Through The Eyes of a Kindergartner |
| Melanie Hanley |
Glasgow Middle School |
Capital Gains and Losses - Continued |
| Ron Kuerner, Jr |
Madisonville Junior High School |
Linking Louisiana's Past: Dead Center and Above Ground |
| Dava Powell |
Baker Middle School |
Surveying St. Francisville |
| Monica Durapau |
Eunice Elementary |
Louisiana: A Fantastic Potpourri of French History |
| Becky Graves |
Thomas Elementary School |
Appreciating Washington Parish's Treasures |
| Carol Herbert |
Kehoe-France School Southshore |
The Blues and Civil Rights |
| Julie Matherne |
Bourg Elementary |
Louisiana's Heritage is HOT! |
| Martha K. Anderson |
E. B. Williams Stoner Hill Elementary |
The Quest for Coates Bluff: An Archaeological Adventure |
| Janet Nash |
Donnie Bickam Middle School |
A Journey into Louisiana's Past |
| Lucia Richardson |
Baton Rouge International School |
Plantations in Jeopardy? |
A total of $40,000 was awarded directly to
these Louisiana school teachers, plus an additional 15% of the total to the SHPO
as an administrative fee to manage the program.
PTT Heritage Education Coordinator
Christine Faith recently joined NCPTT as
the new Heritage Education program coordinator. Faith is a certified teacher
in Louisiana, and recently taught at Pickering Middle School in Vernon Parish.
She was a park ranger and fire program assistant at Crater Lake National Park
and a NPS budget technician in Washington, DC. Faith earned her B.S. in
Geography from Southern Oregon University and her M.A. in Education from
Northwestern State University of Louisiana. In her new role with NCPTT, she will
continue to further the program's goals of instilling stewardship, enhancing
education, and creating a national model for heritage education.