Port Angeles Education Foundation Board President Michelle Turner, on left, presents checks to Michell Gentry, AmeriCorps program director, and Kira Acker, Port Angeles School District business and operations director, on right.

Port Angeles Education Foundation Board President Michelle Turner, on left, presents checks to Michell Gentry, AmeriCorps program director, and Kira Acker, Port Angeles School District business and operations director, on right.

Winners of education SPICE grants announced

PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles Education Foundation has announced the award of 36 SPICE grants totalling $67,902.

Supporting Projects of Innovation, Creativity and Excellence (SPICE) grants are awarded for enrichment opportunities for students in the classroom and beyond.

This year’s awards include:

• Youth Day at the Juan de Fuca Festival of the Arts, $3,000, all schools, submitted by Carmen Geyer.

• Seattle Opera Tour, $1,310, all elementary schools, submitted by Vicki Helwick.

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• Recorders, $800, all elementary schools — general music, submitted by Dan Cobb.

• Indigenous Treaty and Art Connections, $3,008 Trudy Kindler Native American Studies Grant, Dry Creek Elementary — Ridge, submitted by Karen Doran.

• Learning our Community’s History, $950 Trudy Kindler Native American Studies Grant, Dry Creek Elementary — fourth-graders, submitted by Katrina Leslie.

• Keyboards and marimbas, $4,500, Dry Creek Elementary — general music, submitted by Jesse Reynolds.

• Everybody Dances, Everybody Shines theatrical production, $750 Rich Boyd Grant for the Arts, Dry Creek Elementary — all students, submitted by Lambert Grimes.

• Disc golf course, $3,500, Dry Creek Elementary — all students, submitted by Jarom Packer.

• Author Mary Truly presentation, $500, Dry Creek Elementary — second-graders, submitted by Patricia Hopkins.

• Social/emotional tool kits, $1,987, Dry Creek Elementary — preschool/kindergarten, submitted by Kaitlin Alderson.

• Library fiction collection, $2,500, Hamilton Elementary — all students, submitted by Janet Vaughan.

• Rocketry, $1,020 Joe Glatz Rocket Man Grant, Hamilton Elementary — third- through fifth-graders, submitted by George Kheriaty.

• Trip to Seattle Museum of Flight, $1,165 Joe Glatz Rocket Man Grant, Hamilton Elementary — sixth-graders, submitted by Kahle Dietz.

• Trip to Seattle Museum of Flight, $1,200, Jefferson Elementary — sixth-graders, submitted by Jessica Bruning.

• Farm to School, $985, Jefferson and Dry Creek elementary — fourth-graders, submitted by Raena Young.

• Swimming lessons, $1,012 Patti Reifenstahl Memorial Grant, Jefferson Elementary — fourth-graders, submitted by Raena Young.

• Classroom art supplies, $530, Jefferson Elementary — fourth-graders, submitted by Raena Young.

• Trip to Seattle Aquarium, $700, Jefferson Elementary — fourth-graders, submitted by Raena Young.

• Trip to Point Defiance Zoo, $3,000, Roosevelt and Dry Creek elementary — kindergarteners, submitted by Meagan Sheahan.

• Trip to Seattle Children’s Theatre, $4,320, Roosevelt Elementary — third- through fifth-graders, submitted by Erika Kuch.

• Spanish non-fiction resources, $254, Stevens Middle School — seventh- and eighth-grade Spanish, submitted by Debbie Tiemersma.

• Drone project, $876, Joe Glatz “Rocket Man” Grant Fund, Stevens Middle School — Technology Student Association, submitted by Brenda Mason.

• Positive behavior reinforcement, $2,000, Stevens Middle School — all students, submitted by Melissa McBride.

• Classroom library, $1,500, Stevens Middle School — seventh-graders, submitted by Rylee Horton.

• Equipment and whiteboards, $1,000, Stevens Middle School — CTE medical detectives, submitted by Heather Titterness.

• Classroom library focused on Native and global stories, $2,500 Trudy Kindler Native American Studies Grant, Stevens Middle School — seventh-graders, submitted by Susan McDonald.

• Trip to Chihuly Garden & Glass Seattle, $3,275, Lincoln High School — all students, submitted by Angela Tamas.

• Shared culture through cooking and events, $1,500, Port Angeles High School — International Culture Club, submitted by Allison Evans.

• Science field trips, $2,939, Port Angeles High School — Science Club, submitted by John Gallagher.

• Budget Challenge: Road Test for Personal Finance, $500, Port Angeles High School — special education, submitted by Shirlene Fitzwater.

• Trip to State Capitol in Olympia, $1,025, Port Angeles High School — civics/political science, submitted by Stacey Sanders.

• Acoustic and electric guitars, $4,300, Port Angeles High School — guitar class, submitted by Jarrett Hansen.

• ViewSonic smart board bundle, $4,177, Port Angeles High School — English 10, submitted by Brooke Hoefler.

• Supplemental lab equipment, $580, Port Angeles High School — chemistry/biology, submitted by Rodger Johnson.

• Whiteboard technology, $4,739, Port Angeles High School — ELA special education, submitted by Deziree Greenstreet.

The Foundation also granted an additional $10,000 to the Port Angeles School District’s AmeriCorps tutor/mentor program.

For more information or to make a donation to the foundation, visit www.pa-ef.org.

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