Foundation OK's $11,000 for class projects
With school funding in question because of the economy, the work of the Zeeland Public Schools Education Foundation (ZPSEF) takes on added importance. This fall, 15 teachers and their students at eight Zeeland schools will benefit from $11,302.30 in foundation grants approved for classroom projects. Grants funded range from a geocaching adventure for elementary students to fraction tower equivalency cubes at the middle school level to a shaken baby simulator at the high school level. All grants are paid for with private donations to the foundation.
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“More than 30 staff members requested funds for a huge variety of projects,” Mary Beth Timmer, community involvement coordinator for Zeeland Public Schools reported. “This spring, the review committee approved 15 of the project. Grants will help teachers expand the basic curriculum and give our students experiences they would not have had otherwise.”
Below is a summary of the grants approved for the upcoming school year. The list includes the name of the teacher submitting the request, the project funded, the dollar amount, and the school where the grant money will be used.
- Michelle DeBoer/ sensory diet classroom for elementary resource room students/ $1,000/ Woodbridge Elementary
- Lisa Shears/geocaching equipment/ $1,500/ Woodbridge, Quincy, and Roosevelt Elementary Schools
- Bill Kowal/fitness equipment/ $2,000/ Creekside Middle School
- Heather Remy/palm sanders for middle school woods class/ $250/ Creekside Middle School
- Tara Maynard/ algebra tiles/ $895/Creekside and Cityside Middle Schools
- Jill Caesar/Veronica Gautier/Bal_A_Vis_X (balance, audio, vision exercise program) $513.75/ Cityside Middle School
- Mark Gronevelt/Smart Board Audio/ $280/ New Groningen Elementary
- Phil VanKampen/balance balls for seats/ $316.88/ New Groningen Elementary
- Marie TenElshof/recording equipment for high school and middle school orchestras/ $628/ both middle schools and both high schools
- David Moore/Amy Kendall/sensory motor room/ $763.82/Cityside Middle School
- New Groningen special education/ Reading A to Z program /$1,000/ New Groningen
- Mary Elhart/Fraction Tower Equivalency Cubes (math)/$368.50/Cityside
- Joe Guy/Data Based Question Project/ $486/ Zeeland East and West High Schools
- Tami Dykhouse/Multicultural Art addition to middle school art class/ $1,000/ Creekside Middle School
- Gail Wiegel/Shaken Baby simulator/$300/Zeeland West High School
