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.
• 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.
