Education Foundation awards grants
The Centerville Education Foundation recently awarded 12 grants, worth $5,400, to teachers in Centerville City Schools to use for classroom projects in the coming months. Recipients include:
■ Meryl Matthews, Catherine Tsatalis and Meredith Florkey, Primary Village North, “Literacy, Math and Science in the Woods, Oh My!”
■ Leanne Alldred and Kaitlyn Kownick, Primary Village South, “Growing Readers”
■ Sarina Alesi, Lisa Thompson, Nikki Hoff, Taylor Mackell, Jackie Vollmer, Lauren Bridgens and Amanda McCormick, Driscoll Elementary, “Driscoll Second-Grade Super Readers Challenge”
■ Tish Kemp, Kelly Gartz, Katie Combs, Jessica Sanders, Summer Shaffer and Heather Price, Driscoll Elementary, “Home-A-Rama”
■ Christi Woods, Normandy Elementary, “Podcast Screen Divider”
■ Rachel Hatton, Normandy Elementary, “From ‘Farm’ to Table”
■ Julie Shisler, Amy Goheen and Susan Jones, Stingley Elementary, “All are Welcome Here Library”
■ Stephanie Carder, Stingley Elementary, “Picture-Perfect STEM”
■ Trent Green, Lynn Dawson, Stephanie Wiedle and Pamela Jarrells, Magsig Middle School, “Sensory Tools/Room”
■ Mary Frances Downs, Magsig Middle School, “Etch A Sketch, No WiFi Needed”
■ Nicole Mick, Watts Middle School, “Cupcake Wars”
■ Lisa West, Heather Winkler, Kristen Johnson, Lisa Ernest, Debbie Priest and Heather Lopez, Centerville High School, “La Biblioteca Móvil: The Mobile Spanish Library”
Funds to support these teacher grants were donated by generous community members, parents, students and Centerville alumni. In addition, this year the Centerville Noon Optimist Club made a $2,500 donation toward this program.
Grant applications were reviewed by a committee of teachers and Centerville Education Foundation members earlier this month, and recipients were recognized at the Centerville Board of Education meeting on Jan. 24.