The Warrior Run “CULTURE OF READING” Team was recently awarded a Foundation Innovation Grant ($1183) for “Who Will Get Caught Reading?!” Thank you to them for providing an attractive incentive to champion reading at WR! Team members are L. Dalrymple, K. Travelpiece, R. Murphy, M. Seymore, A. Lunger, O. Hendershot, J. Yevics, L. Greenawalt, J. Delany, and T. Bartholomew, not in pic.
Kudos to Co-Principals Wendy Arnold and Michael Freeborn awarded a grant creating multiple sensory indoor and outdoor spaces at the elem. building ($4,758) to create activities and stimuli for K-6 students. No numbers on the hopscotch path! Hop to: I - Am - Brave - Loved - Creative - Smart - Powerful - Kind - Truthful - Helpful - Important. WRCEF Board Member Dave Gehrum joins them here.
KINDERGARTEN teachers take the stage for their fall Foundation Innovation Grant ($1275) providing “Alphapals,” soft colorful tools for reading and phonics in all five classrooms.Shown here at the K Playground are Taylor Stahley, Jill Bertanzetti, Heidi Lundy, Vickie Kilgus, and Patty Marshall.
WR EDUCATORS Deb Waughen, left, and Jonathan Hall, right, were granted funds ($2470) to help support attendance with 3 students of the WR chapter of FCCLA at the organization’s fall Disney Leadership Institute in Orlando. Family, Career, and Community Leaders of America is a student organization for the study of family and consumer science education. Waughen and Hall are spurring the local leadership effort for these students. Congrats to this team for their efforts!
Congratulations to elementary science and STEM teachers, Jodie Danowsky and Kristin Barr, on their fall Foundation Grant ($2226) to attend the “National Conference on Science Education” in Philadelphia hosted by the NSTA, National Science Teaching Association — an exciting professional growth opportunity.
For Computer Science Education, Kristin Barr, 1st grade teacher, received a fall Foundation Innovation Grant ($1500) for her “Unplugged Coding/Sphero Indi Project.” From a colleague, Mrs. Barr is developing her STEM program into a powerhouse of meaningful experiences for her students.”
Congrats to Jessie Delany, Ryan Pelletier, and Theresa Bartholomew awarded a grant for students enrolled in WR’s Career & Technology Education (CTE) program on education (up to $8600). This “Dual Enrollment Tuition Scholarship” assists in tuition costs for WR CTE Education students who anticipate a teaching career.
Teacher Deb Waughen will receive funds through her Foundation Innovation Grant ($1500) to help fulfill new Family and Consumer Science standards in her high school classrooms. Her grant will provide American Red Cross “INFANT AND CHILD CPR MANIKINS” for training in curriculum related to child development and childcare
The 9-12 English Team plans to initiate “READING NIGHTS UNDER THE STARS and a READING COFFEE HOUSE” as part of their grant ($1000). With improving reading literacy a major goal of WRSD, Lindsay Dalrymple, Megan Seymore, Krysta Travelpiece, Rachael Murphy will promote reading outside the classroom.
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