Hot Links for Staff

The links below are intended as a helpful resource for staff. To suggest a bookmark or report a dead link email Barry Rico.

Grants and Workshops

Grant Wrangler Featured Grants
GRANTS
The Board of Education should be informed when grants are being worked on or approved. Teachers should notify a site administrator when applying for all grants.



Digital Wish
This site works to connect donors with educators in need of technology products.

Anheuser-Busch Community Grant
Anheuser-Busch places education as one of its primary focus areas in communities where the company and its subsidiaries operate.

National Council of Mathematics Teachers A range of grant programs to support math teachers. Various deadlines.

CTAP Region IV Funding Alert - collection of current tech funding opportunities from California Tech. Assistance Prog. in Alameda County.

CLASSES AND WORKSHOPS

CTAP3 Workshops - technology classes in the Sacramento area.

CTAP4 Workshops - Events calendar in the Bay Area, including Solano.

The Conference Calendar - search for upcoming (mostly tech-related) workshops in the state or country.

Contests and Offers

Reporter's 2012 Campus Star Contest - It's Campus Star time again, an opportunity for students in grades 3-12 to receive recognition and prizes! Download the entry form and register as soon as possible. Deadline for student entries is April 5. The 2012 entry kit is now here in pdf along with the Lesson Plan for teachers which includes information to schedule a guest speaker for your class.

Reporter's E-Edition - Teachers in Vacaville Unified can sign up to receive free The Report E-edition, a full pdf version of The Vacaville Reporter. Fill out the attached form.

Young Minds Digital Times Film Competition - is an innovative film competition for students in grades 6-8 and 9-12 to showcase their work and win prizes.

SchoolTube.com Video Contests - - Various contests for student- and class-submitted videos.

Olympus Classroom Grants and contests - Three contests with varying deadlines, thirty five winners. $50,000 in awards.


VUSD Programs and Files

AR Quiz lists - for all K-8 VUSD schools
Tech Help Pages
SubFinder
Vacaville Weather - from Padan's monitoring station
VUSD Document Locker
VUSD GATE Program Web site
VUSD Nutrition web site and lunch menu

Resources for Teaching

California Content Standards and Curriculum Frameworks for all subjects
Educator's Reference Desk - more than 2000 unique lesson plans