Highlights of ACSF in Asheville High School

2011-2012 Awards

Amanda Schoonover, of Asheville High School, has been awarded an Innovation Grant for Science Olympiad.  This well-established national program provides opportunities for students to apply science, technology, engineering and math skills.  Science Olympiad allows enrichment for students who are interested in science and provides the opportunity for students to look deeper into specialized fields of science that are not included in the curriculum.  This innovative project will bridge the gap between students who have an interest in career and technical education and those students who excel in science.  Science Olympiad seeks to establish itself this year as a successful and well-respected extracurricular activity within the school community and state-wide.

 Jerome Hughes, of Asheville High School, will be a Fellow on the project Teacher-to-Teacher.  Through this project Jerome and another AVID teacher will be trained by Princeton Review as SAT Test Prep Instructors.  They will then enmesh SAT strategies into the AVID elective and SAT preparation class curriculum.  The research will focus quantitatively on the level of improvement each student makes as measured by full-length practice SATs and actual SATs, and qualitatively on how the instruction impacts students' overall level of test taking anxiety measured by student and teacher surveys.

2010 - 2011 Awards

A TAPAS Grant was given to Heidi Freeman and Ellen Knight for resident artist, Tamiko Ambrose Murray, for a WORDSlam 2011 Workshop.  Ms. Murray will share her poetry writing and performing experience with students and teach them how to refine their slam poetry skills.

Lee Ulrey was awarded a TAPAS Grant for resident artist, Lisa Yahiya, and the Empowerment: Male and Female Approaches to Power project. Students will explore and research the gender behaviors and expectations through dance.    

A Progress Energy E-Education Grant was awarded to Bill Hendley for Electronic Car Conversion project. The grant will go toward the needed repair and upgrades for the two electronic vehicles currently being study and in competitions at AHS.

Asheville High School was awarded a Progress Energy E-Education Grant for Infrared Thermometers, Electricity Usage Monitors, and CO2 Sensors, written by Dacia Harris and Sarah Duffer.  Students will learn about basic home energy audits techniques, electricity's impact on our environment and many other energy efficiency topics.

Laura Westbrook was awarded a Micro-Grant for Character Education DVDs. These DVDs will be used during Extended Advisory time to the whole student body.  Character trait videos will include Forgiveness, giving, honesty, hope, humility, love, perseverance,  purpose, respect, responsibility self discipline and self worth.

A Micro-Grant was awarded for Applied Chemistry Lab Kits written by Jennifer Thomas.   These kits will be used to help lower-ability students Chemistry concepts and how they are used in the real world.

Ted Williams was awarded a Micro Grant for purchasing Sciencesaurus Reading books.  These books will help teach science to students who are lower level readers. 

A Micro-Grant was awarded to Frank Smith for College Financial Aid Resources.  These funds will allow students and their to have references on how to properly apply for financial aid for college.  This project will include informational workshops.  

William Sanderson was given a Micro Grant to cover Field Trip fees. The field trips are for AP biology students to see an aquatic ecology and veterinary diagnostics laboratory.

A Micro Grant was awarded for Baby Simulators written by Laura Westbrook. The grant will be used to repair the baby simulators.  These babies teach students what it is like to care for an infant. 

2009 - 2010 Awards

Asheville High School was awarded an ACSF Innovation Grant for Labquests, a proposal written by Jennifer Thomas.  The Labquest tools will be used to conduct experiments in Earth & Environmental Science courses.