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Prize Patrol Surprises Teachers with Classroom Grants
The Mehlville/Oakville Foundation awarded 15 teachers with $4,000 in grants for educational projects.
Fifteen teachers in eight schools across the Mehlville School District received a total of $4,000 in grants from the Mehlville-Oakville Foundation.
The foundation surprised the teachers Nov. 28 with balloons and checks for up to $500 to fund educational projects that will enhance the classroom.
“I am so thankful to the Mehlville-Oakville Foundation for awarding this grant to our fifth grade students at Rogers Elementary!” Lisa Meyer said in a district release. Meyer is a Rogers fifth grade teacher who received funding for her project, Colonial Simulation.
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“The entire fifth grade class will benefit by participating in a colonial simulation for six weeks. Winning this grant will allow me to create a hands-on historical experience that I know my students will always remember,” she said.
A committee made up of teachers, Superintendent Eric Knost and Mehlville-Oakville Foundation members select the most interesting projects for the grants.
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Congratulations to all of the mini-grant recipients:
- Aimee Agosti, : Flipping for a Flipcam
- Lisa Meyer, : Colonial Simulation
- Julie Durham, Julie Krus and Meagan Ochoa, : Increasing Math Fact Achievement
- Linda Kernen, STRETCH: Quilting Across the Curriculum
- Linda Kernen and Julie Ziegler, STRETCH: Lights, Camera, Action
- Tim Brennan, Cathy Helfrich and Cheryl Tenschert, : Links to Our Past
- Joe Brinkman, : School Gardening
- Heather Muessig, Oakville Middle: Show Me a Movie
- Wendy Gicante, : Project Newspaper
- Ed Dusold and Tom Lutz, : 3-D Metal Sculpture
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