The Warsaw Education Foundation recently awarded 11 Warsaw teachers with grant funding for their classrooms!
Thank you to our teachers for all you do and thank you to the community for supporting our WCS teachers!
Summary of the 11 grants awarded this cycle:
Title: Calculating Algebra
Summary:Providing a set of Texas Instrument calculators Algebra I students.
Teacher: Kim Dawson
School: Warsaw Community High School
Title: Making English Learning Fun and Engaging
Summary: Increasing the supply of hands-on learning tools and games for our English Language Learners.
Teacher: Brooke Friedberg
School: Jefferson Elementary School
Title: Pumpkin Chunkin
Summary: A class wide (hopefully school wide) competition among 7th graders to design and build catapults that will launch small pumpkins as far as they can.
Teacher: Robin Coffman
School: Lakeview Middle School
Title: Adding style-for-less to digital paintings
Summary: Using a drawing stylus to aid in digital drawings on the Ipad tablet.
Teacher: Kelly Morrow
School: Warsaw Community High School
Title: The Motivation Room Project
Summary: The goal of this project is to provide a calming, sensory centered space for all students to utilize at various points throughout the day, where they can take brain breaks, learn and develop appropriate coping mechanisms, and de-stress so that they are able to find the motivation to be successful in the classroom.
Teacher: Kayla May
School: Eisenhower Elementary School
Title: Social Emotional Learning for Preschool
Summary: Our goal is to provide early intervention for social emotional learning for preschool students to empower our community preschool teachers and equip them with the tools necessary to support social emotional learning in the classroom setting.
Teacher: Emily MacDonald, Kelly Duncan, Julie Robinson, Stacey Ousley
School: Lincoln Elementary School
Title: Publications Camera Repair
Summary: The WCHS Publications department is in need of funding to repair our old cameras and lenses thereby granting more opportunities for more students.
Teacher: Erin Leinbach
School: Warsaw Community High School
Title: Foundations in Personal Finance
Summary: This program will teach middle school students about finances.
Teacher: Nicole Landon
School: Edgewood Middle School
Title: Lifetime Reading Achievement Award for All Readers
Summary: Equipping all students to become successful readers.
Teacher: Lauren Harbison
School: Jefferson Elementary School
Title: Recipe for Success
Summary: This project will fund to replace old and worn equipment and supplies in the Family and Consumer Science (FACS) Kitchen Labs.
Teacher: Lynette Hawn
School: Edgewood Middle School
Title: Design It: A Collaborative Project
Summary: Designing and producing a school spirit shirt collaboratively between Digital Design & Publications and Design & Modeling courses.
Teacher: Abbi Richcreek
School: Edgewood Middle School
The Warsaw Education Foundation, a 501c3 non-profit organization established to support teachers and students in Warsaw Community Schools, announces 11 teacher grant recipients for the Fall 2022 grant cycle! The Foundation is funding over $7,000 worth of grants to support teachers with materials for learning projects in Warsaw Schools.