Bette Marschall Memorial Education Fund Awards Nine Grants


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The Bette Marschall Memorial Education Fund of The Columbus Foundation has announced the recipients of nine grant awards totaling $2,599 to Westerville City Schools personnel for applications submitted this spring.  Recipients are:

  • Jen Harris, Walnut Springs Middle School, $350 to pay the registration fee to attend the Innovative-Counseling Conference in Atlanta;
  • Susannah Lee, Westerville Central High School, $205 to pay the cost of year-long access to Apple educational consultant and membership fee to participate in iEarn Network;
  • Kelli Stuckey, Annehurst Elementary School, $165 to purchase subscriptions of Scholastic News magazine and Science Spin magazine for 30 students;
  • Rachel Schultz, McVay Elementary School, $348 to purchase special instructional materials directed toward assisting young students having multiple disabilities in acquiring math, reading, and daily living skills;
  • Erica Lane, Annehurst Elementary School, $337 to purchase subscriptions to Scholastic News magazine for 75 students;
  • Denise Mundy, Huber Ridge Elementary School, $147 to pay for printing 30 copies of Alpha-Zoo journals and to purchase 12 Alpha-Zoo T-shirts;
  • Debbie Pellington and Nyesha Clayton, Heritage Middle School, $299 to purchase 35 copies of The Puzzler's Mansion, by Eric Berlin;
  • Cait Maloy, Westerville North High School, $450 to purchase equipment and supplies that will permit North to establish a permanent Monarch Butterfly Way station; and
  • Lindsey Clouston, McVay Elementary School, $298 to purchase a variety of books dealing with inventors and inventions.

Additional information about the Fund and how to contribute may be obtained at

http://home.earthlink.net/~marsdavi.