DCSEF - Funded Projects

  • Funded Projects

    2024
    Elementary Buddy Program purchase from Amazon for video games $160.43
    Elementary - request for (2) new shelving units $715.00
    5 -12 Band - purchase 50 chairs $2,000.00

    2023
    7-12 Band - to help purchase a new timpani set $2500.00
    School District - to help with a touchscreen monitor to digitalize our records and alumni pictures $7500.00
    7-12 Music & Drama Dept - to help 20 students attend 2-Day Thespian Festival at UNI $150.00

    2022
    PK-6 Art - purchase new paint brushes, rollers and print-making ink $600
    K-12 Music - to help meet the goal of replacing old wooden risers $1000
    PK-12 Library - purchase new books for the library $425.52

    2021
    HS Industrial Arts - to purchase concrete for 3 driveway approaches to the current building $1000
    HS Industrial Arts - building a shed to store equipment and materials $5000

    2020
    No Meetings due to COVID-19

    2019
    HS Language Art 30 Keyboards with stands $1800
    8-12 Vocal  30 Dry erase clipboards and markers $104
    HS Industrial Arts ACE Program equipment $1500
    HS Drama 10 Play Scripts $370
    HS Drama Iowa Thespain Festival $130
    5-12  six STEM Wind Experiment Kits $714
    5-12 Industrial Tech Paper cutter $196
    2-way security Radio system $500
    PK- 12 Iowa Children Choice/Teen Award books  $900

    2018
    5-12 Band Sousaphone $3295
    PK-8 Old Creamery Theater $500
    K-8 Positive Behavior Prevention and Support $500
    K-8 Iowa Children's Choice/Teen Award Books $ 465
    Iowa High School Book Award Books $ 177
    Iowa PK-2 Goldfinch Award Books $236

    2017
    HS Science - 6 Microscopes $1930
    1-2 Science 12 Robotic Balls $1799
    7-12 Vocal Wall-Mounted Magnetic White boards $748
    5-12 Band a Concert Tom $498
    7-12 Choir Chairs $1500
    K-12 Safety Signs $1404
    K-8 Iowa Children's Choice/Teen Award Books $ 475
    Iowa High School Book Award Books $ 205
    Iowa PK-2 Goldfinch Award Books $192

    2016
    7-12 Cyber Science 3D Projector System $5000
    1-2 Grade Reading 25 copies of Ready Common Core Reading Series $713
    K-12 staff Papercutters $650
    HS Special Ed external iPad keyboards $700
    K-8 Iowa Children's Choice/Teen Award Books $ 540
    Iowa High School Book Award Books $ 164
    Iowa PK-2 Goldfinch Award Books $ 273

     
    2015
    K-12 Classroom TV $4899
    Elementary Science Equipment $1195
    HS Welding Stations $4000
    K-8 Iowa Children's Choice/Teen Award Books $454
    Iowa High School Book Award Books $164
    Iowa PK-2 Goldfinch Award Books $273
     
    2014
    HS Industrial Arts Wedding Stations $5,000
    Preschool - 8th Global Beat Xylophones $516
    Preschool Puppet Theater $300
    Preschool Cot Sheets $253
    1st and 2nd Dictionaries $369
    3rd - 4th grade Renewable Energy Lab $700
    Preschool Indoor gross motor supplies $598
    HS Science Equipment $1,434
    K-8 Iowa Children's Choice/ Teen Award Books $365
    Iowa High School Award Books $298
    Early Development preschool Book $212
    Ball Field Handicap Access project $1,000.00
     
    2013
    Middle School "Z for Zachariah" books $560
    Preschool CD's, iHome & iPod $450
    Preschool Camera $200
    1-2 grade iPad headphones $384
    High School Language Arts Classroom White Board $748
    High School Construction Tools $600
    K-12 50 folding chairs $600
    5-12 Band Tuba $1000
    5-12 Choral  Ukuleles $600
    High School Anatomy and Physiology Skeleton $543
    Kindergarten E-books $194
    First Grade iPad Headphones $272
    9-12 Special Education Graphic Calculators $450
    K-12 Iowa Children Choice/Teen Award Books $725
    Early Development Preschool Books $150

    2012
    High School Band Uniforms $1,000
    Durant Entryway Rugs $1506
    Kindergarten "just right" ebooks $1,129
    Preschool iPod & wireless speaker system $495
    High School Art Technology $2,560
    Preschool Eight "World Music Drumming" Instruments $1,373
    High School Water Quality Testing Equipment $530
    K-12 Iowa Children Choice/Teen Award Books $510
    Early Development Preschool Books $340
    PreK-12 Library Catalog Software $7,309
    Wireless Computer Speakers $500

    2011
    5-8 Music Department Chair Dollies $664
    8-12 Industrial Arts Ceiling mounted projection system $ 850
    Third Grade Play Field Trip $90
    K-12 Iowa Children Choice/Teen Award Books $550
    K-6 Vocal Department - 5-disc CD Changer 
    HS Auditorium Improvements $3,000
    K-8 Guidance educational aids $300
    HS Science lab supplies $300

    2010
    HS Yearbook Department Digital Camera and Accessories $ 256
    HS Earth Science Renewable Resources $ 667
    K-12 - 2 MimioXi Wireless Upgrade Kits and 3 MimioPads $ 1,309
    K-12 Iowa Children Choice/Teen Award Books $500
    K-4 Reading Recovery Books $ 986
    Student Interaction Technology (Mimio Systems) $ 6,893
    4 Document Cameras with Projectors $ 5,366
    PreK - 4 Educational Items $185
    Early Development Preschool Books $300
    Third Grade Play field-trip $75
     
    2009
    HS Biology Dissection Equipment $485
    5-8 Music Department Over-head Projector $555
    4-6 Composer DVD Set $150
    PK-6 grade "Creating Music Series" $240
    K-12 Iowa Children Choice/Teen Award Books $500
    HS Music Department Choir Robes $930
    K-12 Fitness Center for Audio Visual Equipment $500
    5-6 Ken-A-Vision Digital meg-pixel Camera $340
    5-12 Presentation Room Document Camera $887
    5-12 Music Department Percussion Cabinet $875
    Early Development/Preschool Books $250

    2008
    K-6 i-Pods for Special Need students $1,000
    K-12 Iowa Children Choice/Teen Award Books $450
     
    2007
    K-12 Iowa Children Choice/Teen Award Books $400
    HS Gymnasium Sound System $2,500
    K-8 Super CD Recorder, Speakers and Receiver $780
    College Prep "Tuesday with Morrie" Books $300
    "Connecting Our Libraries For Literacy" grant $560
    5-12 Music Department stands $1,440
    Giving Tree $10,000
    2006
    K-8 Iowa Choice Book Awards  $250
    HS Calculator Based Vernier Science Lab $12,000
    HS Special Needs Computer $950
    K-8 Non-Fiction Library Books $311