2025-26 Imagine Grants Winners

Biofeedback hardware and software for District mental-health therapists to use in helping students build emotional regulation and resilience

Staff training for Children's Defense Fund's Freedom School program

Sustainable permaculture perennial sections in school gardens across the District, guided by Indigenous knowledge, culture, and history

Preparedness materials for families who could face possible deportation

Adaptive tricycles for students unable to participate on a traditional bike during school-wide bike safety courses

Equipment and preparation for PE teachers to provide equitable learning experiences across the District and to create a common elementary PE curriculum

Clay and glazes for a literature- and art-based collaborative art project between Crescent Valley and Mountain View and for a January ice cream social/collaborative bowl making experience

Cooperative and competitive games and social-skills books for structured groups to improve students' social and communication skills

A comprehensive cultural dance program—the Gecko Folklorico Group—for all second through fifth-grade students, centering the school's dual-immersion community

Comprehensive, hands-on learning opportunities during field trips for third-grade students to study how and why animals develop specific environmental adaptations

Third-grade field trip to Willamette Heritage Center in Salem to learn about the history of the Kalapuya people

High-quality literature focusing on Indigenous peoples

Materials to promote social/emotional regulation and fine-motor development for kindergarten students with IEPs, special-needs students, and those with no previous educational experience

An OMSI school assembly about weather and weather-related jobs

American Sign Language (ASL) resources for first and second graders to support hearing-impaired students and to encourage all students to develop inclusive communication skills

Two SAFE workshops—one middle school, one high school—to bring SAFE students together and foster the transition from middle to high school with high school students acting as mentors

Structured field trips for alternative-education students to expand learning, build community, and increase access to experiences outside the classroom

Movement-based regulation tools, hands-on building kits, and bike-repair supplies for a skill-building hub to help students channel energy in constructive ways while developing real-world skills

One of three 3D printers needed for STEAM classes to replace old, dysfunctional units

Redesign of the garden for mobility-challenged student access

Basic hands-on woodworking supplies to teach skills while updating garden furniture and grape trellis

Adaptive Chomp saws for special-education math students to use while safely cutting and assembling student-designed cardboard projects

Math tutoring instruction, including eighth-grade students as peer tutors

Opportunities for students at Corvallis High School, Crescent Valley High School, and College Hill to learn from and interact with local experts at the annual Women in STEM event

Collaborative project between the construction program and Urban Farm students to build a new hen house

A festival organized by the SAFE Team, celebrating students' cultural heritage through interviews, food, music, dance, and games

Mobile whiteboards for Algebra and Geometry classes working in small groups

Staff time, transportation and supplies to help integrate newcomer English Language Learners (ELL)—many of whom are recent immigrants—into the school community

Additional Mariachi instruments to further enrich experiences for bi-lingual students coming to CHS from Garfield and Linus Pauling

Supplies for bringing Pacific Islander students and families together through culturally focused education, dance, music, cooking, and traditions

Woodworking supplies for Skills for Success project-based real-world woodshop assignments in pre-vocational math class

Partnering with independently owned local bookstores to purchase current, high-interest books for a classroom library

Partnering with independently owned local bookstores to purchase current, high-interest books for a classroom library

Specialized HPDE plastic material to manufacture signs for National Forest ranger districts

One of two needed cellos, to help foster equitable access to reliable instruments within Orchestra program

A professional-grade sandblasting cabinet to complete metals program's art-to-industry pipeline, transforming student projects from rough metal into polished, professional artwork

Native-language texts for multilingual students to read in English Language Arts classes alongside the assigned English text