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October 26, 2017

MISD Education Foundation Awards over $41,000 for Innovative Instruction

The Montgomery ISD Education Foundation’s (MISDEF) Prize Posse spent an #MPACTful day on Friday, October 20, surprising deserving MISD educators with grants to fund innovative instruction for students. A grand total of $41,056.67 was awarded across all eight MISD campuses. This is the fourth year of existence for MISDEF and the monetary awards continue to support classroom and campus initiatives. In its inaugural school year of 2014-2015, MISDEF awarded $35,000 and the allotments continue to grow. MISDEF awarded the following grants:

$332.13 – MRE – Susan Friedrich Bitsbox – Let’s get coding!

$4941.69 – MRE – Katie Stroade (along with all elementary PE teachers) Moving and Learning

$4941.69 – SCE – David Vaughn (along with all elementary PE teachers) Moving and Learning

$405.96 – SCE – Melinda Wilson

Chic Lit

$546.45 – SCE – Katie Kreger Genius Hour Gurus!

$2022.22 – SCE – Jennifer Harrison Makers in Motion (Mobile Makerspaces)

$1,134.95 – MJH – Joey Bansuelo (along with Wagner and Boozer) Finale Music Notation Software Purchase

$324.50 – MJH – Shelley Smith MJH Makerspace: Low-tech and High-tech

$927.72 – MES – Carrie Fitzpatrick Making and M-PACT – “Up-Beat” Relationships with Rigor”

$2,693.85 – MES – Courtney Dyer & Shelby Smith Locomotive Learning

$4941.69 – MES – Tim Rader (along with all elementary PE teachers) Moving and Learning

$1206.84 – MES – Ginny Lewis Literacy Connections through Art

$1600.00 – MES – Angela German & Donna Moriarty Read with Pre-K

$2141.00 – MES – Lorra Lynch Can You Hear Me Now?

$530.00 – MES – Sarah Wieghat Let’s Break into Education!

$2051.27 – MES – Kristen Watkins Learning is Fun When You Get to Play the Ukulele

$2298.78 – KES – Jessica Samuel & Maria Smith STEM Innovation

$4941.69 – KES – Bobbi Wells (along with all elementary PE teachers) Moving and Learning

$1000.09 – KES –Amy Suttles Blending the Colors between Art, Reading, and History

$2004.65 – KES – Joni Stephenson Uke Can Do It!

$1824.61 – KES – Heather Spaugh, Becky Bradley, & Terri Wischan STEM into the Future

$1199.00 – KES – Lisa Miller Ozobot, Math and Science at its Finest!

$2133.95 – OHJH – Courtney Wagner (along with Bansuelo and Boozer) Finale Music Notation Software Purchase & Raise Your Voice SuperScope

$1,134.95 – OHJH – Matthew Boozer (along with Wagner and Bansuelo) Finale Music Notation Software Purchase

$777.60 – OHJH – Wendy Jebousek (with Caren Hoffmann) Reluctant Readers Seriously Need Series Sets!

$777.60 – OHJH – Caren Hoffmann (with Wendy Jebousek) Reluctant Readers Seriously Need Series Sets!

$1199.00 – LSE – Dr. Catherine Bartlett (accepted by Kelly Lout) Montgomery Mindfulness

$1598.68 – LSE – Andrea Gauthier Ukes for Youth

$2002.44 – LSE – First Grade Team Maker Space: Exploring, Thinking, Making, Learning & Breaking Out Leaders

$4941.69 – LSE – Sherrie Wisnieske (along with all elementary PE teachers) Moving and Learning

$170.81 – LSE – Jill Carswell & Stephanie Lowry Weather Wizards

$1,750.00 – MHS – Heather Orr Michael John Trotta Composition Project

$500.00 – MHS – Regina Dickey

Community Garden for MHS by AP Environmental Science

$2416.81 – MHS – Jennifer Duffer & Russell Reid MHS Robotics: In the Zone