The Bud and Irene Hopkins Foundation made several stops in Emporia and USD 251 North Lyon County on Tuesday.
Foundation Vice President Michelle Hopkins-Molinaro joined district administrators and board members in presenting the Hopkins Project Awards. Hopkins-Molinaro tells KVOE News this is a natural extension of the foundation’s willingness to help the district after it organized the Star Performer and WOW! awards for individual teachers for years.
USD 253 board member Leslie Seeley says the program helps teachers as they meet student needs.
Nearly 15 projects were awarded across Emporia, with grant amounts ranging from $620 to over $5,000. Another seven USD 251 projects were funded with over $16,000 in total awards.
Since 2002. the Hopkins Foundation has handed out almost $450,000 to better than 230 teachers and support staffers across USD 253.
USD 253 Hopkins Project Award winners
*Katrina Goscha, Emporia High: Lightboard
*Randy Wells, Emporia High: Lebert Buddy System trainers
*Misty Lawson and Rick Jones, Emporia Middle School: Learning About the Past
*Samuel Barrett, Logan Avenue Elementary: Logan Avenue disc golf course
*Emily Joplin, Logan Avenue Elementary: Mars Colonization PBL field trip
*Randielle Houser, Riverside Elementary: Flexible seating for fourth grade
*Jenna Adkins, Timmerman Elementary: Math PBL projects
*Tabatha Granado, Timmerman Elementary: Resource room
*Annisa Lord, Village Elementary: STEAM productions
*Hannah Prophet and Ashlee Anno, William Allen White: Growing Our Health Together
*Marilyn Dalton, Carol Taylor, Jennifer Wendling, Karen Horton, Roberta Shafer, William Allen White Elementary: Books in Kids Hands, Kids in Parents Laps
*Melanie Curtis, William Allen White Elementary: Green Screen Storytelling
*Stephanie Yoho, Walnut Elementary: The Eagles Nest
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USD 251 winners
*Adrienne Lang: Boosting Literacy
*Dakota Nightingale: Comfortable Learning
*JD Chanley: Learning Through Virtual Reality
*Misty DeDonder: RV remodel
*Jessica Woodrow: Calm Cat Cave
*Shari Beatty: Fourth Grade Calculations, Couponing, Charity
*Auriel Fox: Ninja Course
