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Chillicothe Educators Receive $5,400 In Minigrants

More than $5,400 in Mini Grants were presented to Chillicothe R-II staff.  The grants are provided by the Chillicothe Education Foundation.  The fall mini-grant recipients include:

  • Cassie Holcer: K-1st Grade – (Decodable books), $500
  • Holly Thompson: 6-8th Grade – VEX IQ Robot Education Kit, $449
  • Weston Baker: 6-8th Grade – Multi Media Grant, $500
  • Katie Maples: K-5th Grade – Razzled Dazzled, Not Frazzled Painting, $483.38
  • Traci Norris: 10-12th Grade – See it on the Big Screen, $201.78
  • Brittni Taylor Naugle: 1st Grade – Safer Spaces for Difficult Emotions, $500
  • Heather McGraw & 1st Grade teachers: 1st Grade – Developing Dedicated Readers with Decodable Books, $498
  • Amanda Bagley: 2nd Grade – Science of Reading in Action, $174.89 (Patty Palmer)
  • Ellen Duckworth: 9-12th Grade – Making Culture “Cooler,” $232
  • Kate Jones: 5th Grade – Making Mathematicians, $409.96
  • Shelby Holcer: Kindergarten – Building the Foundation for our Reading, $495
  • Zeb Yoko: 9-12th Grade – Plant Lights for Student Growth, $480
  • Clayton Vadnais: 9-12th Grade and above, DoughBot – Drivetrain Mechanics;
  • Brandon Dennis, 9-12th Grade and above – DoughBot – Automated Control Systems, $500 combined grant.

 

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