The Warsaw Education Foundation has surpassed the $200,000 mark in Red Apple Grants awarded to teachers in Warsaw Community Schools.
Started in 1990, the WEF Red Apple Grant Program has provided funding every year since for innovative programs and enrichment opportunities for students and teachers in Warsaw Community Schools. This milestone was achieved Jan. 4 when more than $7,000 was awarded to six teachers for their projects designed to encourage academic growth in their students.
Red Apple Grants awarded for January are:
- Gina Courtois, Madison Elementary School, for her Kindergarten Literacy Centers materials that will provide kindergarten students with opportunities in writing, reading, rhyming, spelling, listening, sentence structure and reading skills at their level.
- Patty Perkins, Madison Elementary School, for her BookFLIX - Interactive Video Storybooks subscription that will provide literacy opportunities for students online at school, home, the public library or anywhere there is Internet access to strengthen reading fluency, comprehension and vocabulary.
- Risa Young, Madison Elementary School, for her First-Graders as Published Authors and Illustrators project which will aid in teaching students good writing, editing and revision techniques as they compose original stories to be published in individual hardcover books.
- Julie Bishopp, Leesburg Elementary School, for her Math Manipulatives on the Move materials that will provide a cart full of math activity kits, games, puzzles, geometric shapes and more to help teach students mathematical concepts in several classrooms at Leesburg.
- Abbi Montgomery, Warsaw Community High School, for her Cache Me If You Can! project that will use Global Positioning Systems technology to teach students about map reading, geography, longitudinal and latitudinal directions, and communicating effectively when giving and receiving directions in an innovative and exciting way.
- Andrew Tomasik, Warsaw Community High School, for his The Science and Art of Firing: Rekindling the Light of Creativity project to purchase a gas-fired kiln to demonstrate the physics, chemistry and creativity of developing glazes for fired ceramic pieces.For more information on Red Apple Grants and the Warsaw Education Foundation, contact Barb Smolen, executive director, at 574-371-5098, Ext. 2410, or e-mail Edfoundation@warsaw.k12.in.us The WEF is a 501c3 organization and donations made to the foundation are tax deductible.
