March 6, 2008
The Hood River County
Education Foundation has awarded 17 grants to teachers who
exemplify excellence in education.
Teachers write grants
for projects to promote student development in their classroom
or school. These innovative ideas are reviewed and scored by a
committee.
All of the teachers
should be commended for their efforts whether their ideas
received funding or not, according to Mike Schend of the
Foundation.
It is amazing to see
the large number of dedicated teachers that want to improve
educational opportunities for their students, Schend said.
The majority of the
funds used for the teacher grants were generated from the
proceeds from the Trail Band Christmas Concert in December.
Grants were awarded to:
Paula Lindquist, first
grade at Westside Elementary (Spanish-Literacy guided readers)
$750
Kathleen Welland,
kindergarten at Parkdale Elementary (Native language skills)
$605
Bobbie Stirling, music
at Mid Valley Elementary (Djembe drums) $750
Emily Kohner, Special
Education at Wyeast Middle School (the art of geology) $340;
(horticulture lab) $750
Amirra Malak, art at
Cascade Locks School (environmental science) $445
Shawn Meyle, Multimedia
Design at Hood River Valley High School (Green Screen Set)
$750
Janice Patton, Talented
and Gifted at District level (science equipment) $750
Kim Yasui, ELL at Mid
Valley Elementary (Spanish dual readers) $750
Larry Bentz, math at
Cascade Locks School (graphing calculators) $690
Christina Sanchez, The
Learning Center at Pine Grove Elementary (math manipulatives)
$750
Nancy Waller,
kindergarten at Westside Elementary (decodable books) $708
Patty Schend, Linda
Drew, Kelvin Calkins, fifth grade at May Street Elementary
(solar calculators) $618
Janna Liberty, Special
Ed. at Mid Valley Elementary (math games) $750
Ann McDonald, eighth
grade at Hood River Middle School (framing art) $360
Debra Boquist, science
at Cascade Locks School (wildlife habitat) $750
Jim Sampson, science at Wyeast Middle
School (chemical modeling kits) $750
