2024-2025 School Year Mini-Grant Awards

Name School Descriptor Amount
Kevin Dailey Ballyshannon MS Drop the Phones, Pick up the Drones $1,500
Andrea Leffler Boone County High School Choir performance tops $3,417
Amanda Behne Boone County High School Enhancing Biological Science Through the Use of Microscopes $3,000
Derek Vaske Boone County HS Forensic Science Kits $1,994
Sarah List Camp Ernst Middle School Innovative Cardboard Construction Tools $700
Kari Kelly Camp Ernst Middle School Goalball for Visually Impaired $650
Katy Murray Camp Ernst MS EL Window Garden $500
Dana Wilde Collins ES Collins Coffee Cart Restock $740
Jessica Steffen Conner MS Snack Cart – Empowering Special Needs Youth $350
Lindsay Bertsche Conner MS Art Display Infrastructure $288
Craig Twehues Cooper HS Coral Reef Biotope Display Aquarium $2,000
Hilary Lytle Cooper HS Pear Deck Premium for Enhanced Engagement and Outcomes $158
Jessica Klosinski Erpenbeck ES Algorithmic Thinking with Rubik’s Cubes $710
Nick Dorning and Krista Brassine Gray MS Gray Middle School News Crew $3,500
Kelly Hahlbeck Kelley ES Sphero Bolts Coding and Robotics $3,756
Megan Wilson Kelley ES Video Production equipment $884
Kristen Ewing Kelley ES Art Class Pottery Wheels $375
Anne Oney Mann ES Thinglink…Exploring Our Learning in 360! $600
Jennifer Davis Ockerman MS STEM Explorers Makerspace $2,350
Lauren Barnhill Ryle HS Rock band class start-up $1,500
Heather Jones Steeplechase ES Microscopes for Young Explorers $360
Brenna Aschermann Stephens ES Ipad integration with new interactive touch panels $1,450
Katie Dankel Stephens ES Building Math Thinking Classrooms $900
Caleb Robinson Stephens ES Music Skill with Ukuleles $500
Katrina Centers Stephens ES Special Education Social Skills Borrowing Books $500
Helen Potraffke Stephens ES Whiteboard easels & poster walls for CKLA and Math $500
Chereste Rounds Stephens ES Igniting Curiosity through Historical and Science Fiction Books $360
Jordan Scheid Thornwilde ES Carrels for Specialized Classrooms $2,797
Barbel Kyser Yealey ES Gross / fine motor skills equipment $2,000
 Total: $38,339