Spring 2021 Grant Awardees
grants for teachers, supporting Westerville City Schools, innovative programs
After School Homework Club
Fouse Elementary
Tracy Price
Provide bus transportation for students to After School Homework Club
Global Games
Heritage Middle School
Jennifer Cole & Debbie Pellington
Purchase of Global Games unit to provide year-long, cross-curricular learning opportunities through game play
African-American Read-In
Blendon Middle School
Lee Rutherford & LaTresa Rieves
Making literacy a significant part of Black History Month by building community, bringing awareness and understanding, and building conversation around diverse texts, especially African-American texts.
Huber Garden Project
Huber Ridge Elementary
Kaylee Reese, Ashley Dias & George Victory
Materials to grow and maintain a school garden to help teach practical skills, and to encourage team building and inclusion, particularly for Emotional Disturbance (ED) students.
Rocky Book Walk
McVay Elementary
Olivia Bechtel
All-weather, outdoor book walk along the trail adjacent to McVay ES, to enable adaptable, continuous student learning.
Longfellow School Garden
Longfellow Elementary
Kristin Potter
Plant and maintain a school garden to help teach English language proficiency and science, particularly for English Learners
Family Engagement
Westerville South
Brandi Young
Post-COVID re-engagement for students and their families through learning various musical insturments and playing various family games
Hang Time Social Skills Club
Westerville North High School
Sarah Painter & Cassondra Wilson
Purchase of event tickets, and access to BrainPOP, to help teach social skills to students who have disabilities, and to help them earn their Student Engagement graduation seal.
Culinary Club
Westerville Central High School
Jody Christy & Richard Heeron
Teaching students how to prepare a home-cooked meal that is simple and inexpensive
Black Voices Production
Westerville South High School
Matt Wolfe
Promoting the arts and showcasing productions that represent black/brown plays written by black women, and featuring a diverse cast.
Warrior Way Mentoring Program
Westerville North High School
Kristina Cameron
Connecting Westerville North students with elementary & middle school students across the district to prepare them for HS and to teach "The Warrior Way."
Summer Reading Program
Mark Twain Elementary
Susan Kaul
