Over $10,000 Granted to Teachers This School Year By Community Foundation

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By: Kallie Sulanke, Community Engagement Officer— 

Muncie, IN—The Community Foundation is pleased to announce that $10,744 was granted to Delaware County Teachers through the Robert P. Bell Education Grants program to support creative and innovative classroom projects this school year. During teacher appreciation week, and throughout the year, the Foundation is grateful for the teachers in this community that look for ways to stimulate learning in students.

 

Grants included:

Teacher School Award Amount
Michelle Bade West View Elementary School $450
Christy Bilby, Whitney Hood, and Ashley

Osterholt

Albany Elementary School $395
Lance Brand Delta High School $450
Ben Buehler and Barbara Miller Yorktown High School $272
Beth Buehler East Washington Academy $157
Jessica Cantwell Pleasant View Elementary School $450
Clara Chi Indiana Academy $450
Bethany Clegg Burris Laboratory School $246
Laura Daugherty Wes-Del Elementary School $225
Sarah Hill and Courtney Crabtree Cowan Elementary School $291
Jennifer Jessie Saint Mary/ Pope John Paul II Catholic School $391
Wendy Jones Yorktown High School $394
Laura Kingsley, Kaylee Vannatta, and Katherine

Atkinson

Grissom Elementary School $450
Rusty Lumpkin Cowan Jr./Sr. High School $379
John Marsh Indiana Academy $450
Julie Marshall and Lisa McKee Eaton Elementary School $415
Julie Marshall and Lisa McKee Eaton Elementary School $230
Taryn McKnight and Jody Lawrence Southside Middle School $261
Les McSparrin Indiana Academy $450

 

Stephanie Nagelkirk Indiana Academy $450
Stephanie Nagelkirk Indiana Academy $450
Stephanie Nagelkirk Indiana Academy $400
Christie Pasman Selma Middle School $450
Randyl Reffett Yorktown Elementary School $450
Sean Scott Indiana Academy $177
Candace Smithson Cowan Jr./Sr. High School $91
Candace Smithson, Magee Shepler, Dianne

Love, and Amy Meekin

Cowan Jr./Sr. High School and Cowan

Elementary School

$219
Candace Smithson, Magee Shepler, Dianne

Love, and Amy Meekin

Cowan Jr./Sr. High School and Cowan

Elementary School

$212
Nancy Swickard West View Elementary School $450
Evan Ward Indiana Academy $273
Becky Watters Eaton Elementary School $124
Laurie Wilhelm Pleasant View Elementary School $50
Megan Wright Indiana Academy $142

 

Awards of up to $450 are available through the Bell Grants program. All Delaware County teachers are invited to apply during any of the four grant cycles. Teachers may apply online at cfmdin.org. Application deadlines are September 1, November 1, February 1, and April 1 annually.

In 2016, The Community Foundation established the Robert P. Bell Teacher Grants Fund to permanently endow the program to ensure that teachers have access to funds to help engage their students in meaningful ways for years to come. Individuals can contribute to the fund to memorialize a special teacher, honor a retiring teacher or teacher celebrating a work anniversary, or to simply show their support for K-12 education in Delaware County. Additional information about this program and online giving options are available at cfmdin.org.

Foundation staff may also be contacted at 765-747-7181.

 

The Community Foundation of Muncie and Delaware County, Inc. is a publicly supported philanthropic organization governed by a volunteer board of local citizens. The Foundation manages contributions donated by individuals, businesses and corporations as a permanent community endowment. Distributions from these funds are given back to the community in the form of grants to nonprofit organizations and agencies. To date, more than $47 million has been awarded to enrich the lives of the residents of Muncie and Delaware County.