16th Annual Education Grants Awarded by Education Foundation, Inc.
The annual Lynchburg City Schools Education Foundation Grant Awards program and reception was held on June 2, 2008 at Linkhorne Middle School. Twenty-seven corporate sponsored education grant certificates were awarded to Lynchburg City Schools' teachers by corporate sponsor representatives. The winning grants, with a total budget of $28,556, were selected from eighty-seven proposals submitted. Priority was given to those grants that demonstrated innovative and effective ways to meet student needs and increase motivation to learn.
The annual program provides an opportunity for grant winners to make presentations highlighting their program or activity. Thanks to the continued generosity of our many participating corporate sponsors, the Foundation has awarded over $143,000 in grants since establishing the program sixteen years ago. This year's grant winners were:
Memorial Grant Recipients
George Rainsford Grant
“Red Ribbon Week”
Linkhorne Middle School
Laura Casler
Rev. Haywood Robinson Grant
“Radical Reading Rods”
Sandusky Elementary School
Patricia Miller and Carolyn McCarron
Jimmie Ping Grant
“Grasp It”
Hutcherson Early Learning Center
Michelle Schindler
Anne/Chauncey Spencer Grant
“Living Museum”
R. S. Payne Elementary School
Kelli McCrady, Shelley Burleigh and Kim Beuerle
Corporate Sponsor Grant Recipients
Bank of the James Grant
“5th Grade Hot Shots with Hot Dots”
Perrymont Elementary School
Barbara Braun, Gwyn Maccubbin and David Vest
BB&T Bank Grant
“Let’s Listen and Learn”
Paul Munro Elementary School
Elizabeth Rinckel
The News & Advance Grant
“Casios for Kids”
Linkhorne Middle School
Beth Schrock
Lynchburg Retail Merchants Foundation Grant
“STAMP Club”
Dunbar Middle School for Innovation
Joy Victor and Elizabeth Tyree
Jim Martin Pontiac Buick GMC Grant
“Forensic Science Club”
Linkhorne Middle School
Cathy Runion
WSET Grant
“Heroic Clay Animation”
Linkhorne Middle School
Sheri Bosta, Peter Sengenberger, Dennis Cooke, Teresa Howell and Rhonda Miller
The Babcock & Wilcox Companies Grant
Lynchburg City Schools Ed Foundation Grant
“Academic Achievement and the Arts: Teaching Math through the Visual and Performing Arts”
Thomas C. Elementary School for Innovation
Barbara Moody, Bonnie Craig and Sharon Bulson
Lynchburg Municipal Employees
Federal Credit Union Grant
“VAAP Me Into Math”
LAUREL Regional Program
Becky Mann, Clark Robbins and Jennifer McCormick
The Babcock & Wilcox Companies Grant
“Saltwater Touch-Tank”
Dunbar Middle School for Innovation
Thomas Foster
The Babcock & Wilcox Companies Grant
“Healthy Water = A Healthy Heritage”
Heritage High School
Alex Drumheller
Lynchburg Nissan Grant
Smith Barney Citigroup Grant
Lynchburg City Schools Ed Foundation Grant
“The Middle School Learning Center Needs a Library”
Middle School Learning Center
Cathy Viar
R.M. Gantt Construction Company Grant
Lynchburg City Schools Ed Foundation Grant
“Having Fun is a Great Way to Learn”
Bedford Hills Elementary School
Butchie McKinney-Barbara Mehler
Dodson Pest Control Grant
Lynchburg City Schools Ed Foundation Grant
“Hands on History”
Linkhorne Middle School
Doris Shambora
The Babcock & Wilcox Companies Grant
“Fun with Feathered Friends”
Bedford Hills Elementary School
Nancy Campbell and Lucinda Pickering
Candler Oil Company Grant
“Team Green”
Sheffield Elementary School
Deborah Rosenberger
AREVA Grant
“Get Connected in the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering & Math) Club”
Dearington Elementary School for Innovation
Tawanda Johnson
Genworth Financial Grant
“Living History”
Pride Plus
Juliann Edwards and Janet Jones
Wal-Mart Grant
Frito-Lay Grant
Lynchburg City Schools Ed Foundation Grant
“Expanding Their Minds: Cultural Experiences for the Culturally Deprived”
Sandusky Middle School
Susan Cox, Connie Ellison, Santina Knight, Eva Yoder, Terra Dowuonah-Hammond and Virginia Bowman
R. R. Donnelley Grant
“The Dinner Party or Coffee to Go: An Adventure in Art History through Ceramic Design”
E. C. Glass High School
Linda Graham and Kimberly Gibson
Piedmont Community Health Plan Grant
“Reading Across the Curriculum”
Heritage High School
Andrew Clark
SunTrust Bank Grant
“Now You Know…SOLs to Go”
Sandusky Elementary School
Vickie Roberts, Dee Tanner and Catherine Straw
Wachovia Bank Grant
“Wrapping Up Math Scores”
Robert S. Payne Elementary School
Gilda Reichert
Central Virginia Federal Credit Union Grant
“Science Club”
Dunbar Middle School for Innovation
L. Sue McClure and Elizabeth Tyree