Cedar Creek 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.
PEAK Grant Projects at Cedar Creek Elementary
| Year | Project | Amount | Teacher(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | School-wide Publishing Center | $1,360.19 | Pam Scott, Julia Presley, Jill Schaffer |
| 1999 | Storytelling | $510.19 | LeAnn Littleton |
| 2001 | Writers Willing to Write | $1,651.50 | Carol Arduser |
| 2001 | Reading In the Round: A Novel Approach for Sixth Graders | $536.00 | Benton, Schwartz, Stephan |
| 2003 | What do you Mean? Understanding New Vocabulary | $546.65 | Stephanie McCall |
| 2003 | Developmental Reading Assessment | $453.20 | Stephanie McCall |
| 2004 | Development Writing Assessment | $540.98 | Stephanie McCall and Nancy Joseph |
| 2004 | Alternative Text for the Developmental Reading Assessment | $429.00 | Stephanie McCall and Nancy Joseph |
| 2004 | Guided Reading Tools for Early Readers | $532.49 | Stephanie McCall and Nancy Joseph |
| 2004 | Authentic Authors Using Talented Traits | $547.87 | A Bleyenberg, B Daley, S Roach, J Presley |
| 2004 | Read Naturally | $273.90 | Stephanie McCall and Nancy Joseph |
| 2004 | Bridge Pack for Lower-Level Readers | $109.89 | Stephanie McCall and Nancy Joseph |
| 2004 | Creating A Literacy Rich Environment for ALL Children | $867.17 | Sarah Jordan and Suzanne Wiley |
| 2004 | Motivating Struggling Readers in 4th Grade Through Leveled Text | $232.76 | Beckie Daley |
| 2004 | Scholastic Decodable Readers | $773.85 | Stephanie McCall and Nancy Joseph |
| 2005 | Connecting Reading and Writing to Social Studies | $464.67 | Beckie Daley |
| 2006 | Art Around the World | $923.24 | Linda Welling |
| 2006 | Reading for Knowledge | $306.50 | Ginny Blumhorst |
| 2006 | We Both Read | $517.18 | Stephanie McCall |
| 2006 | Feel The Beat with Feet | $565.40 | Biljana Begley |
| 2007 | Book Worm Literacy Tool | $483.00 | Autumn Leach |
| 2007 | NEO Keyboards for Special Education Students | $705.78 | Kirstin Crowell and Dawn Twenter |
| 2008 | Rock On | $2,399.70 | Biljana Begley |
| 2008 | Establishing a Literate Community | $1,983.40 | Linda Driskill and Renee Lange |
| 2008 | Think Aloud -- Picture It! | $1,965.28 | Stephanie McCall |
| 2008 | Music "a la Carte" | $483.41 | Susan Ratigan & Angie Thurmond |
| 2009 | Art Around the World | $1,000.00 | Linda Welling |
| 2009 | Developing Early Readers: A Foundation for All Learning | $1,984.00 | Lynn Lang and Jenifer Opie |
| 2010 | Bingo for Books | $803.96 | Rebekah Hubbard |
| 2010 | One Minute Reader: Providing Parent Literacy Education and School-Home Literacy Support | $1,095.60 | Stephanie McCall |
| 2011 | MP3 for Proficiency | $1,000.00 | Jeannie Barnard, Kelly Burlingame, Stacy Abernathey |
| 2011 | Kindling a Love of Reading | $984.07 | Sara Benke |
| 2012 | BOOKS-The Breakfast of Champions | $2,268.00 | Sara Benke, Sarah Eckert, Julie Kirkpatrick, Kerri Draper |
| 2013 | BOOKS-The Breakfast of Champions Too | $2,108.40 | Sara Benke, Sarah Eckert, Julie Kirkpatrick, Kerri Draper |
| 2014 | Hear Ye! Hear Ye! | $1,675.00 | Sara Benke |
| 2014 | Reading Rocks! | $982.96 | Erin Simons, Misty Brewer, Kari Garcia, Stephanie McCall |
| 2014 | Mad Scientists | $575.00 | Patti Schwartz and Courtney danner |
| 2016 | Pasco System | $1,146.00 | Courtney Bennett |
| 2016 | Building,Designing,Creating & Programming in Makerspaces | $3,904.94 | Michelle Overbeck/Erin Simons |
| 2017 | Eco Cycle Aquaponics | $524.60 | Ginny Blumhorst |
| 2017 | UKE Can Do It!!! | $1,983.68 | Biljana Begley |
| 2017 | Problem Solvers | $372.64 | Misty Brewer |
| 2017 | Tuners for Elementary Orchestra, a "Snarky" Request | $845.75 | Libby Feyerharm |
| 2018 | Preparing Future Engineers | $866.57 | Miranda Jarnevic |
| 2018 | Think, Create, Solve, CODE! | $2,215.92 | Michelle Overbeck and Erin Simons |
| 2019 | Cardboard Creations using Makedo | $440.00 | Ginny Blumhorst |
| 2019 | Literacy for Our Littlest Learners | $1,674.00 | Kelly Burlingame, Lindsey Hennessey, Patty Kralicek, Ashton Stark, Jenifer Opie, Stephanie McCall |
| 2019 | Getting Engaged With Non-Fiction | $347.81 | Miranda Jarnevic |
| 2020 | Cuisenaire Rods | $121.52 | Kay Rosson |
| 2020 | One School: Community Read Alouds | $645.26 | Erika Elbert |
| 2021 | Developing Fluent Readers | $1,152.36 | Erika Elbert |
| 2022 | Collaborative Classroom Individualized Daily Reading Library | $1,441.80 | Mary Beth Hawk |
