Mini-grants awarded to teachers
April 18, 2010
Wentzville School District
The Wentzville Schools Foundation has announced the list of educators selected to receive $500 Foundation mini-grants for 2010. The program is designed to reward Wentzville teachers for their resourcefulness, innovative ideas and strategies that benefit the education of students in the Wentzville School District. In its seventh year, this program enables teachers to apply for competitive grant monies that have been raised by the Foundation and donated by community groups and individuals.
“It’s a tribute to the creativity and effort of our wonderful teachers, that the Foundation has chosen to award more grants than ever before,” said Superintendent Dr. Terry Adams. “The Foundation does great work in awarding these grants, and our teachers do great work in using this money to help our students in a variety of ways.”
The grant recipients and their schools are as follows:
*Linda Gilmore Harsy, Crossroads Elementary
*Donna Clark and Amanda Gift, Green Tree Elementary
*Jennifer Hennessy, Green Tree Elementary
*Terri Hammel, Heritage Primary
*Amy Hoffman, Katie Zak, Kate Marren, Tiffany Kuhn, Lakeview Elementary
*Denise Volansky-Bartlow, Lakeview Elementary
*Kathy Twellman, Parents as Teachers
*Kolleen Schulte, Dani Peters, Becky Ambrosius, Kim Youngberg, Holly Harris, Peine Ridge Elementary
*Sonya Hooker, Wentzville South Middle
*Susan Meneau & Leslie Murphy, Wentzville South Middle
Teachers wishing to implement a new program in their classroom are encouraged to apply annually for the grants. The Wentzville Schools Foundation is an independent, non-profit organization whose mission is to develop community support for public education and for the students of the Wentzville R-IV School District.
From the Wentzville School District
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