Congratulations to the many Snohomish School District employees who are the recipients of this year’s Snohomish Education Foundation (SEF) classroom grant program. The SEF will award 38 grants totaling $23,749 to teachers and classrooms throughout the District. Grant recipients will be awarded at a ceremony at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 17, in the District’s RSC training room. Recipients are:
Kathleen VanHorn- $525.48 – Signing Exact English dictionaries
Wendy Stegall - $500 – Bikes and scooters for special education
Liz Abendroth - $500 – Whole picture art curriculum
Erica Fague - $500 – Kindergarten registration packets
Abbey Assink - $516.35 – Kindergarten carpet
Val Stensland and Perilyn Johnson - $199 – School fitness program supplies
Carmen Marchel, Zan Pederson-Moens, Alex Snyder and Kimberlee Spaetig-Peterson - $288.43 – Tiles and ink
Kimberlee Spaetig-Peterson - $172.15 – Knex and $100 for edible science
David Martinson - $400 – Model car building for EBD program
El Rue Stowell - $402.50 – 12 flashmasters
Jenny Granger - $750.00 – Electronic books
Phyllis Bazzano-Carr, Karen Erickson, Julie Filer, Peggy McCormack and Julie Poier - $320 – Mentor texts for writing
Ginny Schilaty - $1,000 – Day of science
Laura Lipke, Jody Bostock, Sarah Ladd, Kristen Beverford, Erika Landis, Katie Haugland, Amy Reese, Emi Halvorsen and Jeff Thoreson - $750- Books and CDs for listening centers
Jenny Jordan and Patty Stromerson - $351.75 –Tile project
Karen Hickenbottom - $750 – Lego league robotics
Jennifer Morrell, Andrew Smith, Robyn Biggerstaff and Garry Bower – $1,104.17 - Classroom atlas set
Carolyn Coombs - $500 – Pedometers for PE
Janet Dickison - $700 – Friendship garden for connections program
Cameron Stewart, Judy Dahlberg, Erika Robbins, Janet Markov and Sydney Ocheltree – $2,066.26 – Physical science textbooks
Malcolm Bates - $1,000 – Day of arts
Jean Ingersoll and Mark Wolitarsky – $308.68 – Harwood for incline ramps
Cathy Tanasse and Bryan Mossburg - $250 – Materials for display easels
Alicia Sents - $2,000 - Flip cameras
Sharon Sanchez - $150 - Career handbooks
Ben Doucette - $2,000 – Flip cameras
Tony Stapleton and Tami Caraballo - $280 – Peg sculpture for forensic anthropology study
Michael Graystone - $750 – Life fitness program
Michael Graystone - $750 – Art and ceramic supplies