Mineola ISD Education Foundation makes teachers’ day

Posted 5/25/23

Cowbells clanged, drummers drummed, cheerleaders cheered, bubbles floated and confetti rained down as the prize patrol for the Mineola ISD Education Foundation made its annual rounds of the school campuses Friday.

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Mineola ISD Education Foundation makes teachers’ day

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Cowbells clanged, drummers drummed, cheerleaders cheered, bubbles floated and confetti rained down as the prize patrol for the Mineola ISD Education Foundation made its annual rounds of the school campuses Friday.

The foundation continued to increase its donations to fund teacher grants, giving away a record $80,600 this year.

The grant awards included $74,425 from funds raised through various foundation benefits, and $5,600 in additional CTE grants funded by an anonymous donor.

Awards are as follows:

Stephanie Griffin, $1400, Amplio Online Dyslexia Instruction

Laura Marder, $1445, Getin’ Piggy With It

Melissa Snook, $1099, Portable Music Classroom

Deborah Armstrong, $1500, Toys for Physics Not Just Play

Deborah Armstrong, $1500, Teaching With Real World Tools and Tech

Wendell Benningfield, $1500, Mr. B’s 5th Grade Inquiry Math Project

Wendell Benningfield , $1500, Mr. B’s 5th Grade STEM 3D Printer Engineering Lab

Wendell Benningfield & The 5th Grade Team, $1500, 5th Grade Career CTE Library

Wendell Benningfield & 5th Grade Science and Math Team, $6000, 5th Grade STEM Astronomy Aerospace Lab

Wendell Benningfield & 5th Grade Science and Math Team , $6000, 5th Grade STEMready AI, IT, Robotic Engineering

Julie Chappa, $731, Going in Circles with Trigonometry

Wendi Gowan/Annette Pecorino - ESL, $2500, Lexia English Language Program

Kaye Morris/Joseph Armstrong - MISD District, $5525, V4K Pro USB Document Cameras

Jana Nance, $967, Having Fun While Learning – Math Stations

Linda Roberts & Elementary Campus, $5727, Literacy for Our Littles

Susan Witt & Middle School Science Dept., $3000, Tetra View Microscope Request

Kristina Salonen & the Primary Campus, $3744, Book of the Month

Kristina Salonen & Elementary Campus, $3197, Storyworks: Not Another Passage

Kristin Layman & Primary Campus, $5245, Inchy Bookworm Vending Machine

Suann Pullen, $499, Charge Em Up for Greater Success

Jenny Sheeran, $715, Ozobot STEAM Kits

Dalton Williams, $1500, Request for Disc Golf

Maddie Wood  & 5th Grade Team, $2000, Sky Ranch Scholarship

Kathy Pruitt & 1st Grade Team, $3301, Math Manipulatives 

Aaron Cavitt & Graphic Design/Art/ Yearbook Team, $3325, Cameras for A/V and Yearbook

Aaron Cavitt & CTE/Fine Arts Team, $6000, Large Format Laser Engraver

Aaron Cavitt, $1500, Graphic Design Digitizing Hardware

Aaron Cavitt, $1500, Esports Update

EXTRA CTE GRANTS:

Patty Hawkins, $1496, Cut It Out

Shelby Turner, $4025, Automotive Diagnostic Implementation Strategy.