Six educators and staff members have been awarded grants totaling $4,100 from The Bette Marschall Memorial Education Fund of The Columbus Foundation. The fund was established in honor of former Westerville teacher and principal Bette Marschall, who died in 2001.
The recipients include:
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Jennifer Cole, a social studies teacher at Heritage Middle School, who was awarded $200 to provide honoraria for speakers as part of her project, “The Immigration Connection”
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Susan Kaul, an administrative assistant at Mark Twain Elementary, who was awarded 6. $500 to purchase books for a summer literacy program
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Robin Mara, a mental health specialist at Westerville North High School, who was awarded $200 to purchase materials for the Warrior Way Leadership Conference
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Erin Moehl, a Spanish teacher at Westerville Central High School, who was awarded $300 to subsidize tuition for a course titled, “Professional Development in the Southern Cone: An Immersive Experience for a Spanish Teacher”
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Debbie Pellington, gifted facilitator at Heritage Middle School, who was awarded the $508 to purchase books about activists and changemakers for a unit titled, “With Liberty and Justice for All”
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Juls Rathje and Meegan Moore, art teachers at Genoa Middle School, who were awarded $600 to purchase materials for an artist residency with mosaic artist Vicki Murphy
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Stacy Schneider, an intervention specialist at Westerville South High School, who was awarded $300 to subsidize tuition for a course titled, “Bridging the Culture and Poverty Gap in Education”
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Aislynn Valentine, a science teacher at Westerville South High School, who was awarded $693 for costs related to an Ohio State Climate Center field trip, with two parts – a UN Climate Change Conference and a tour of the Byrd Polar Climate Research Center
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Summer Weinheimer, art teacher at Whittier and Alcott elementaries, who was awarded $300 to subsidize tuition for a course titled, “Critical Analysis of Multicultural Teaching”
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Matthew Wolfe, theatre director at Westerville South High School, who was awarded $500 to purchase rights and materials for a production of “Akeelah and the Bee” as part of the Black Voices Project