Plainview ISD can now conduct vision screenings in half the time because of funding from the Plainview Area Endowment. In the past, the school system only had wall charts to use for vision screening for students. The vision screener also made screening younger and special needs students much quicker, taking what used to be a 1-2 minute process down to just a few seconds. When students would fail the exam, they retested in two weeks, and then referrals were sent out. With the

A Plainview Christian Academy 9th/10th-grade teacher used their mini-grant from the Plainview Area Endowment to purchase learning materials focused on geometry. These educational toys, including Clever Catch balls, Geoboards, and Folding Shapes, helped students better understand concepts. The teacher commented that the new materials “assisted students in receiving visual, auditory, and kinesthetic experiences while learning geometry.” The PCA teacher expanded on how the Volum

With a mini-grant from the Plainview Area Endowment, a Plainview Christian Academy 4th grade teacher purchased items to create an Experimentation Station for their students. Items included in the Experimentation Station: electricity activity lab, simple machines activity lab, magnet activity lab, solar system activity tub, and many more. These educational kits “put science into the hands of the students and made difficult concepts tangible,” the teacher reported. The PCA teac