Nearly $10,500 in Mini Grants were distributed to Chillicothe R-II staff by the Chillicothe Education Foundation. The grants help bring new learning opportunities to classrooms across the district.
This round of grant funding is supporting 15 innovative projects that enhance instruction, student engagement, and hands-on learning. This includes recipients representing CHS, CMS, CES, Grand River Technical School, and the district’s K-12 gifted program.
The winning projects and their listed funding requests are:
Chillicothe Middle School
- Marissa Cowan: “Magnetic Mathematicians: Engineering 3-D Nets and Surface Area Foundations” – $450.00.
- Connie Rardon: “The ‘Write’ Stuff” – $494.88, designated the Patty Palmer Winner.
- Brook Kreatz: “The LURE of STEM: From Cast to Craft -Teaching Real-World Science Through Fishing” – $718.54.
- Rebecca Gilliland: “MindCraft: Cognitive Skill Building and Spatial Reasoning Through Puzzles” – $850.00.
- Adrienne Allen: “Safety and Hornet Fame in a Window Pane” – $3,065.00.
Chillicothe High School
- Bekah Anderson: “Slice, Slice, Baby: Safe 3D Sculpting for CHS Artists” – $498.00.
- Steven Parks: “Hornets in Motion: Speed & Strength Development” – $399.94.
- Samantha Yoko: “Not Enough Irons in the Fire” – $634.35.
- Lisa Rule: “Don’t Let the Shutter Stop Us!” – $320.00.
- Stephanie Rickert: “Operation: Cart Rescue – CHS Needs New Wheels!” – $555.12.
- Amy Adams: “Glow Big or Go Home -An Illuminating Stoichiometry Experience” – $370.98.
- Brooke Horton: “Sizzle & Serve: Cooking Up Real-World Independence at Hornet Cafe” – $249.98.
K-12 Gifted
- Sophie Chambers: “Paso a Paso: Building Bilingual Bridges in Our Schools” – $700.00.
Grand River Technical School
- Sandra Roberts: “Project V.I.S.I.O.N. [Virtual Industry Simulations for Industry-Focused Occupational Navigation]” – $649.99.
Chillicothe Elementary School
- Brandi Ellis and Emily Bell: “Autism Little Learners – Turning Chaos into Learning and Regulation” – $525.00.
