January 2014 Grant Awards
The Hood River County Education Foundation has had another excellent year for grants! We have recently completed our review of applications for our January 2014 grant cycle. However, as in years past, we faced some difficult decisions. In the end, the Board has awarded 14 grants totaling $10,123. The following is a list of those awards.
Hood River Middle School
Patsy McNulty (Hood River Middle School) $600.00
Books for Reading Intervention Classes for 6, 7, 8 grades
Ann McDonald/Kyla Louis/Josh Hobson/Angie Adkins (Hood River Middle School) $800.00
Cultural Understanding: Japanese American Experiences during WWII
Wy’east Middle School
James Sampson (Wy’east Middle School) $800.00
Enlarging a Classroom Microscope Lab
Barb Hoikka (Wy’east Middle School) $800.00
Enlarging a Classroom Microscope Lab
David Sacquety (Wy’east Middle School) $800.00
Nonfiction books for the classroom
Jennifer Graves (Wy’east Middle School) $800.00
Support for the Musical Peter Pan Jr
Dodie Sims (Wy’east Middle School) $800.00
Battle of the Books
Hood River Valley High School
Jennifer Stevens (Hood River Valley High School) $375.00
Recreating Van Gogh
Shawn Meyle (Hood River Valley High School) $798.80
Enhance media classes – DSLR Camera
Mandy Webster (Hood River Valley High School) $350.00
Building a classroom library
May Street Elementary
Sandi Hansen (May St. Elementary) $800.00
Dragon Mathematicians – math interventions
Emily Rowan (May St. Elementary) $800.00
Dragon Mathematicians – math interventions
Mid Valley Elementary
Judie Holt-Mohar (Mid Valley Elementary) $800.00
Science Exploratorium
Community Ed
John Rust (Community Ed) $800.00
Youth Fitness Program for K-8 students