Thursday, October 22, 2009

On Friday, October 16, 2009, the Chillicothe Education Foundation Committee, along with Superintendent of Schools, Dr. Linda Gray Smith and Vice Superintendent Wade Schroeder, visited four schools in the R-2 district to award 2009 mini-grants.

The Prize Patrol met at Chillicothe High School where a mini-grant was awarded to 12th grade English teacher Lisa Rule for her project "Kindling the Reading Fire with the Kindle." Rule was awarded $500.

The Patrol, entering with buzzers and balloons, awarded a mini-grant in the amount of $500 to Stan Baldwin for the project "Technology Through Robotics." Baldwin gave most of the credit to student Drew Jones, who had written the grant.

Chillicothe Middle School was next on the tour with a stop at Kristy Clampitt's sixth grade language arts classroom in the gymnasium. Clampitt was awarded a $500 mini grant for her project, "Books for Everyone." Clampitt is a two-time winner.

Billie McGraw at Field Elementary was awarded a $1,000 mini-grant along with the remaining third grade teachers for the project "Listening to Literature and Loving to Read."

The last stop on the tour was at Central School, where the fourth grade teachers, Terria Cox, Stephanie Affield, Ellen Gott, Bryan McKay, Savannah Phillips, and Lacey Waters, were awarded a mini-grant for $1,500 for their combined project "Missouri Marathon."

The total amount awarded was $4,000 and was celebrated by recipients. CEF Committee members are Julie McCoy, Lindy Chapman, Brenda Fellhoelter, superintendent Dr. Linda Gray Smith, and vice superintendent Wade Schroeder. Each schools' principal, Tony Perry, Bryan Copple, Paula Grozinger, and Philip Pohren, were also invited to participant in the awards. Education Foundation committee members unable to attend were Ed Douglas and Inger Young.