Hampton Education Foundation awards educational grants to teachers totaling nearly $30,000
The Hampton Education Foundation (HEF) recently awarded grants totaling $29,915.92 to Hampton City Schools teachers. A total of 33 grants were awarded to teachers at 18 different schools.
Teachers had the opportunity to apply for two types of grants, the Innovative Instructional Grant and the Instructional Mini-Grant.
Innovation grants (individual and group):
This program is to help Hampton City Schools teachers to develop, plan, implement and evaluate innovative instructional strategies which are aligned with the Virginia Standards of Learning. All Hampton City Schools teachers, including resource teachers, were eligible to apply.
This year HEF funded Individual Innovation Grants in an amount up to $1,000 and, new this year, groups of teachers/staff at the same school working on one project together were able to apply for a Group Innovation Grant in an amount up to $2,500.
HEF funds projects that:
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Are innovative and creative
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Have specific measurable outcomes
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Will target needs of challenged students
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Include unique ways of using technology and 21st century learning
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Focus on increasing achievement and self-efficacy of all students
Mini-Grants:
The purpose of the Mini-Grant Program for Teachers is to provide materials, supplies, and/or resources to enhance and improve the classroom learning experience in alignment with the Virginia Standards of Learning. This can include, but is not limited to: project materials, classroom supplies, instructional tools, and student supplies. Grants up to $500 may be requested. All Hampton City Schools teachers, including resource teachers, were eligible to apply.
2022-2023 grants were awarded as follows:
Mini-Grants Awarded |
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Name |
School |
Project Title |
Total funds requested |
Stephanie Booz |
Kecoughtan High School |
KHS Mornings |
$450.00 |
Angela Goerger |
Asbury Elementary School |
Cracking the Reading Code |
$500.00 |
Sheila Barnhart- Ramirez |
Langley Elementary School |
The Power of Play |
$492.09 |
Kari Espada |
Hampton High School |
Creating BioFuel |
$500.00 |
Heather (Courtney) Worrell |
Phenix PreK-8 School |
Calm Down Classroom Kits |
$500.00 |
Carrie O’Hanlon |
Phenix PreK-8 School |
Class Campaign Project |
$400.00 |
Erica Butler |
Phillips Elementary School |
Learning to Love Literacy Launch |
$463. 44 |
Missy Powell- Riedl |
Burbank Elementary School |
Pollinator Garden |
$500.00 |
Jennifer Holmes |
Forrest Elementary School |
Make It Fun Makerspaces! |
$500.00 |
Elizabeth Hester |
Smith Elementary School |
Advancing Readers By Adding Background Knowledge |
$500.00 |
Nancy T. Eason |
Armstrong School for the Arts |
A December to Remember |
$496.62 |
Victoria Martin |
Smith Elementary School |
Ready, Set, Glow |
$500.00 |
Robin Calloway |
Lindsay Middle School |
Evidence-Based SDI Videos for 6th Grade Math Students |
$500.00 |
Michelle Raybourne |
Kraft Elementary School |
Uke Can Play The Ukulele! |
$300.00 |
Anne Crawley |
Smith Elementary School |
Smith Elementary's Reading Society of Readers |
$500.00 |
Michelle Bowers |
Armstrong School for the Arts |
My Learning Bag |
$415.00 |
Individual Innovation Grants Awarded |
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Name |
School |
Project Title |
Total funds requested |
Frances Thompson |
Langley Elementary School |
Sewing STEAM into the Library |
$1,000.00 |
Lisa Ann Wilson |
Ann H. Kilgore Gifted Center |
Picture THIS! |
$1,000.00 |
Sabrina Burbanck |
Jones Magnet Middle School |
Moon Phase Models |
$616.09 |
Sheila Barnhart- Ramirez |
Langley Elementary School |
Organizing the "Junk Drawer" |
$940.00 |
Kari Espada |
Hampton High School |
Creating BioFuel |
$1,000.00 |
Tiffany Hinton |
Burbank Elementary School |
STEM and Exploration |
$850.00 |
Kathryn Kilgore and Robin Felkner |
Langley Elementary School |
Langley Outdoor Classroom |
$1,000.00 |
Michele Ferrel |
Ann H. Kilgore Gifted Center |
Trout in the Classroom |
$1,000.00 |
Cathy Doherty |
Mary Jackson Elementary School |
What is an author? |
$998.98 |
Rosario Conn |
Tarrant Middle School |
Explore other possibilities via Virtual Reality |
$1,000.00 |
Jesse Reese |
Phenix PreK-8 School |
Courtyard Garden |
$1,000.00 |
Group Innovation Grants Awarded
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Names |
School |
Project Title |
Total funds requested |
Corinne Huber and Jennifer Rascoe |
Lindsay Middle School |
STEAM Maker Spaces |
$2,400.00 |
Missy Powell- Riedl and Kathryn Pepe |
Burbank Elementary School |
Bee Bots |
$1,700.00 |
Kimberly Coleman and Augustus Colem |
Bethel High School |
Bruinneurs (Bruin + Entrepreneur) |
$2,500.00 |
Kemi Layeni, Fredrika Conyers, and Travis Walker |
Phoebus High School |
Exploring Our History Through Food and Literature |
$1,798.00 |
Angela Goerger, Marcella Oliver, Maureen Houser, Katherine Martin, Lisa Haight, Heather Davis, Elaine Cosme, Jennifer Price, and Angela Goerger |
Asbury Elementary School |
S'More Reading |
$2,500.00 |
Thomas Worrell, Kemi Layeni, Katelyn Deel, Elizabeth LaBreck, Kasey Rizzo, and Joy Jones |
Phoebus High School |
Phoebus Poetry Month |
$1,558.50 |
