Arlington Education Foundation gives 14 grants worth more than $10,000 to classroom teachers
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During the Arlington Public Schools Board of Directors regular meeting on April 22, the Arlington Education Foundation (AEF) gave $10,334.92 to teachers in the Arlington School District.
“As of this spring, AEF has provided over $180,000 in classroom mini grants in the past 13 years benefiting over 500 individual teachers/classrooms and thousands of students,” said AEF Board Member, Kevin Ess. “We feel really good about our ability to support the teachers and staff of Arlington Schools and we will continue to look for ways to build upon this to generate a continued future of support for our district.”
The 2024 AEF Spring Mini Grant recipients are:
Money Granted |
Recipient(s) |
School |
Purpose |
$943.46 |
Darcy Larson & Grade Team |
Presidents Elementary School |
Chain Reaction Machines STEM Exploration |
$1,250.00 |
Erin Green & Janell Sabol |
Stillaguamish Valley Learning Center |
Empowering Literacy |
$600.00 |
Amy Bryan & Karin Stringer |
Presidents Elementary School |
Ordinary People Change the World Book Set |
$1,250.00 |
Tammie Duskin & Grade Team |
Haller Middle School |
Mystery from History Unit NF Informational Books |
$1,250.00 |
Carrie Saunders & Grade Team |
APPLE ECEAP Preschool |
Preschool Gardening Project |
$493.19 |
Karen Gorzela |
Eagle Creek Elementary School |
Communication Therapy Materials |
$389.00 |
Melisa Donnelly |
Kent Prairie Elementary School |
Multi-Tiered Bilingual Language Intervention Curriculum |
$820.00 |
Wesley Klein & Grade Team |
Eagle Creek Elementary School |
Promoting Science, Writing & Wellness through Egg Incubation |
$1,000.00 |
Tiffany Gates & Grade Team |
Kent Prairie Elementary School |
Diversifying Classroom Library |
$469.27 |
Fran Schmitz |
Haller Middle School |
Enrichment Books for Classroom Learning |
$500.00 |
Bailey Newell |
Presidents Elementary School |
Sensory Supports |
$410.00 |
Jennifer Anspach |
Eagle Creek Elementary School |
Expanding Sentences |
$500.00 |
Kipp Otterness |
Post Middle School |
Music Room Speaker Amplifier |
$460.00 |
Rebecca Conner |
Post Middle School |
Community Culture Cooking |
Teachers can apply for the classroom mini grants in the fall and spring.