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Winter 2014 teaching grants

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