Board members from the Zionsville Education Foundation roamed the halls of several Zionsville Community Schools Oct. 10 delivering good news to teachers whose grants were approved for the fall cycle. The eight grants totaled $29,690.40. (Photos by Heather Lusk)
2017 Fall Classroom Grant Summary
- William Doublestein, Boone Meadow Elementary, $9,013.13, for The Orff Classroom: Instruments That Last. The grant will provide a set of mallet instruments.
- Jen Skura, Stonegate Elementary, $4,289.76, for Making It Real: Hands-on Coding and Engineering. The grant will allow the students to explore the worlds of coding and engineering through age-appropriate, engaging, hands-on tools.
- Erin Kay and elementary STEM teachers, $4,575 for a STEM Capstone Project for Fourth Grade. The grant allows students to create a solution for an environmental disaster while learning about alternative sources of energy.
- Brandon Mooradian, Kelli Dixon and Patti McNally, Zionsville Community High School, $1,948.44, for Hearing the Text. The grant provides CPens and Aftershokz headphones to assist students with reading comprehension difficulties.
- Julie Noel, ZCHS, $3,000, for STEPS to Independence. The grant will provide environmental education and wilderness exploration opportunities for students in the Student Transition and Employment Partnership program.
- Jen Gibson, Zionsville Middle School, $4,200, for the Creation Studio. The grant will repurpose space at ZMS for graphic design projects, stop motion animated films and computer editing.
- Christina Saboleski, ZMS, $1041.13 for Bringing Theater to the Classroom. This grant will provide tools for a student-designed set for classroom use.
- Andy Seward, ZMS, $1,622.94, Vex IQ Robotics Club. The grant will help ZMS launch a competitive robotics team.
Source: Zionsville Education Foundation
