The Warsaw Education Foundation has surpassed the $250,000 mark in Red Apple Grants awarded to teachers in Warsaw Community Schools. The WEF Red Apple Grant Program, which began in 1990, has provided funding every year since for innovative programs and enrichment opportunities for students and teachers in Warsaw Community Schools. This milestone was achieved in January when more than $11,000 was awarded to 11 teachers from nine different Warsaw Community Schools for projects that will encourage academic growth in their students. These teachers began working on projects in January, studying a range of subjects from honey bees to chocolate to DNA analysis and their students will benefit from the in-depth learning these opportunities will provide. Red Apple Grants are awarded to teachers for classroom materials as well as school-wide projects that advance enrichment opportunities, support innovative and inventive teaching, and promote academic exploration. Red Apple Grants awarded in January are: Literacy: • Wendy Kovach, Gateway Education Center, Library Reading Collection - $1,497.33 • Carla Milliman, Lincoln Elementary, Roads to Reading - $1,135.97 Math: • Taylor Bean, Claypool Elementary, Shared Math Library - $336.98 Science: • Terry Aukeman, Warsaw Area Career Center, Let it Glow, DNA Study - $1,455 • Shirley Fleming, Eisenhower Elementary, STEM Science Club - $1,227.16 • Pardee Gunter, Washington STEM Academy, Junior Master Gardener - $1,467 • Nate Howett, Edgewood Middle, “Bee”ing Observed – Honeybee Study - $1,000 Media/Communications • Angela Hopper, Warsaw Area Career Center, Lighting Your World - $1,500 Technology • Phillip Call, Warsaw Community High School, Flipped Classroom Microphone Headsets - $47.90 Multi-Academic • Nicole Cervone-Gish, Madison Elementary, and Debbi Buhlmann, Eisenhower Elementary, The Rainforest Chocolate Project - $1,500 Founded in 1987, the Warsaw Education Foundation strongly believes that investing in academic excellence today will return excellent leadership tomorrow. The Foundation thanks Biomet and Zimmer for their generous support of the Red Apple Grant Program. For more information on Red Apple Grants and the Warsaw Education Foundation, visit the website at www.WarsawEducationFoundation.org or contact Barb Smolen, executive director, at 574-371-5098, Ext. 2410. The WEF is a 501c3 organization and donations made to the Foundation are tax deductible.
