Faculty Grants
Every year the Pilot Point Educational Foundation gives PPISD Teachers a chance to apply for grants to purchase items for their classroom.
Members of the board visit each campus to award the grants to the winners in a surprise ceremony.
PPEF is extremely excited to announce the award of over $40,000 in grants this year! A special thanks to CoServ and the Josephine Hughs Sterling Foundation for their generous donations toward the 2024 Grant Program.
Early Childhood Center
Daniela Martinez - Spanish books for Kinder grade bilingual class
Pre-K Teachers - 4 sandboxes and sand toys
Audra Litchfield - 2 Sensory tables and fillers for the STEAM lab
Elementary School
Dee Ann Annett - Phonics books, backed by science reading research, for early readers
Jennifer Paxton - Android tablets and cases for dyslexia therapy support
Jackie Fox, Ashley Davenport, Norma Colorado - 2 classroom iPads, w/ screen protectors and cases for SPED support
Megan Noland - Translation earbuds to translate the teacher’s words into native language
Dani Van Oort - 12 Orff instruments (pitched percussion instruments)
Kristi Ballard - Lonestar Learning, Target RLA Plus program for daily practice in format to support new digital STAAR test
Kelli Brown - Multi-sensory, interactive learning tools professionally painted by Edumarkings on outdoor basketball court
Kelli Niles - Sensory desk bands for fidgety students with ADHD, anxiety, autism, etc.
Irene Perez - Spanish books for 1st grade bilingual class
Maycee Stuckly & Vanessa Howard - Indoor greenhouse and raising chicks in 5th grade science lab, HS ag program constructing build-out
Middle School
Angelica Adkins - Cardboard looms, yarn, drafting tape, scissors, plastic needles
Jennifer Tullis - 24 Wireless headphones, multi-port charger, and pocket holders for classroom
Georgina Webb, Collen Price - Flexible seating for two special education classrooms
Andrea Perez - Camera lens and 4 new laptops for yearbook staff
High School
Kim Dunlap, Ralene Harris, Reagan Briggs - Cooking supplies and safety equipment to teach basic meal prep to SPED students
Cody Gull - Coops Project - chicken coop for 15-30 chickens + supplies and eggs to start flock
Jennifer Fronterhouse - Micron black pens for detailed art project that teaches creating different textures
Graziele Fancher - Enriched curriculum to implement new Spanish 3 and 4 classes
Donna Krouskup - 2 DSLR cameras and lenses for practical application in the forensics classroom + potential to share equipment with yearbook staff
Early Childhood Center:
Size and age appropriate cubicles for the library - $2,660.98
Pilot Point Elementary School:
Dramatic Paly & Community Center Project - $1,080.00
Headphones for speech-to-text as well as the text-to-speech on computers - $450.00
Pilot Point High School:
Hope Squad (Suicide Prevention) - $2,500.00
Forensic Science Equipment - $2,500.00
Therapeutic Furniture - $500.00
Pilot Point Early Childhood Center
Kindergarten Teachers- Sensory Engagement- $2,300
Math Intervention Activities/Manipulatives- $2,500
Let's Read! Library Books- $2,500
Life Skills Vocational Supplies- $2,614.50
Congratulations to the following teachers for receiving the Mini Grants this year. We were able to award $11,480.66 to projects for this next year.
Elementary School
Kindergarten Teachers - Funding for weekly Art projects - $897.70
Intermediate School
Amy Cooper - Dictionaries for the Writing Classroom - $845.00
Middle School
Nickolai Lanier - Mobile learning kits - $1,404.85
Jennifer Tullis - Gray Matter Set - $1,255.00
Emily Slagle - Software & Green Screen for broadcasting - $446.87
High School
Sarabeth Hesteande - Greenhouse Supplies - $2,900.00
Tabitha Gray - Theater Club - $647.00
Dorcas Boerner - Library STEM projects - $3,084.24
Elementary School
Education Galaxy- Corey Haughton-$2,200
Making the Rounds- Employee Childcare Stroller- $1,500
Sensory Equipment- Diane Sheppard- $853.92
Intermediate School
Education Galaxy- Dee Ann Annett- $2,200
Energy, Motion, and Forces- Debbie Aitken- $300
Reading/Writing Intervention Curriculum- Amy Witte- $815
Xylophone- Meredith Crouch- $500
Middle School
Library Mini-Makeover- $1,922
Can You Hear Me Now? (headphones)- $1,000
Elementary School
Butterfly Garden
Intermediate School
Read to Succeed Reading Supplies
Benchmark Assessment Materials
Middle School
Floor Graphics for Learning
Educational Escape: Critical Thinking
High School
Greenhouse Raised Beds
iMac for Yearbook
Elementary School
iPad Apps
STEAM Support
Flexible Seating
Intermediate School
Literacy Library
Middle School
Vocational Task Project Supplies
Breaking the Code to History
High School
Yearbook Supplies
Elementary School
Cricut for the Classroom
Active Sitting/Flexible Classroom
Intermediate School
Science Lab Equipment
Middle School
Special Olympics
Maps/Calculators
High School
Action Photography Lens
Elementary School
Literacy Library
Math Mania
Intermediate School
iReading for the Visual Learning Generation
Performance Piano
Middle School
Kinesthetic Math Classroom
High School
Yearbook Camera
Elementary School:
Whiteboards lesson
Leveled readers
Intermediate School:
Torch Learning Tool
Middle School:
Romeo Music System
High School:
Laptop for Data Room
Library Books
Elementary School:
Computer and Data Projector
Middle School:
Smart Boards
Elementary School:
Birds of Prey Presentation
Character Traits Cirriculium
Leveled Readers K-2
Intermediate School:
Listening Center Headphones
Middle School:
7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens workshop
High School:
Rachel's Challenge
Elementary School:
Kelly Gist - Literacy Stations
Second Grade Teachers- Reading/SRA Reading Lab
Corey Haughton - Pre-Med Science Camp
Tanya Price - The Morris Brothers Assembly
Intermediate School:
Bambi Pelzel- Morris Brothers- Bullying Prevention
4th Grade Teachers - Teaching in a Visual Wonderland
Darla Wooten, Kelly Skelton, Tammy Overo- Reading room and teacher Library
Nancy White - Lively Literacy Learning
Special Education and Inclusion Teachers - Pet Partner Therapy
Darla Wooten - Overhead Overload to Reading Readiness (Coserv)
Middle School:
LaDonna Carroll - Elmo
Jennifer David- Data Projector with Equipment
Leslie Mascari - Data Projector with Equipment
High School:
Diana Cook - Lights, Action, Record
David Gudgel- Smart Music
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Stacy Davis & Patty Dooley, 2nd grade leveled readers
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