The Roanoke County Schools Education Foundation has earmarked funds for use by teachers in the county through a classroom scholarship grant process. The purpose of the scholarship program is to fund creative classroom projects that are not funded by usual school budgets, but provide a unique and result-oriented learning experience for students.
We are pleased to announce that we are awarding $19,696.52 to the following recipients for 2012:
All Schools - $200 Allotment for Copier Paper
All High Schools - One Additional Digital Microscope
Burton Center for Art & Technology
Elyse Hart - Holidazzle 2011
Teresa Fitzpatrick - Crustacean Fabrication
Mike French - Soldering Skills Relating to PC Repair
David Baxter - Masonry Seating/Sculpture
Timothy Miles - CSI Miniature
Bonsack Elementary
Melissa Peroulas - Reading is "Fun"damental
Julie Sandzimier - Figure It Out
Kimberly Riley - Listen Up to Learn
Suzanne Witcher - Make Reading Come Alive with the Daily Five
Kyndal Smith - I Can Do It Myself - Art Center
Cave Spring High
Emily Pitts - Microscope Mania
Sherrie Tyler - The Knight & Day Cafe: An Equal Opportunity Employer
Paul Soucie - Stick Frame Houses
Fort Lewis Elementary
Susan Partsch - Making Classroom Connections through Literature
Charlotte Ferguson - Around the World in 180 Days
Glen Cove Elementary
William Pratt - Using Terabands at Development Levels for Lifelong Exercise
Casey Summey - Ramp Up Your Reading
Chip Donahue - Learning the Nature of Science at the Glen Cove O.L.E.C.
Kathy Harrison - Let's Read about Math
Glenvar Elementary
Bonnie Pollock & Staci Bowman - A Wayside Stop for Migrating Monarchs
Glenvar Middle
Sharon Hill - Everyday Literacy
Ann Fajardo & Beth Sellers - Worm Factory
Glenvar High
Sherry Siska - I-Witness to History: American Literature & the Civil Rights Movement;
and My Literacy Timeline
Sherri Agee & Andrea Leonard - "Romeo & Juliet" Through the Graphic Novel
Ann Blomberg - Fish Sticks for Art & Science Students; and Let There Be Dragons
Herman L. Horn Elementary
Kathleen Lunsford - Creating A Success-Filled Environment for the Non-Traditional Learner
Hidden Valley Middle
Trey White - The Real World Magazine Project
Lisa Riddle - Writing & Illustrating books
Teresa Worth - Hidden Valley Middle School Art Projects
Ron Coleman - The Anatomy of Calamari
Marilee Weikel - Decoding Heredity 2011
Mary Elmore & Christine Morgan - Putting the Pieces Together: The Autobiography of a Kid
Hidden Valley High
Sara Cann - AP Biology Rocks Kindergarten Science II
Annette Meyer - Renovated Homes for Hidden Valley Bluebirds
Mountain View Elementary
Sharon Tarpley-Looney - Oh, the Places you will go ..in the Library?
Mt. Pleasant Elementary
Paula Stocks - Building Readers, Changing Lives
Allison Angell & James Boan - Survivor: MPE Outwit, Outlast & Outplay the Virginia SOL's
Northside High
Patricia Truxillo - Black History Month Concert
Oak Grove Elementary
Catey Moretz - Math Club
Gloria Howell - 180 Days Around the World with Art, Music & Books
Charlotte Ferguson - Around the World in 180 Days
William Byrd High
Denise Underwood - Printmaking Station
Allyson Strassburg - Mindblowing Mosiacs
Since 1998, the Foundation has provided over $190,000 to 1,059 teachers.
