Pictured left to right: Westerville educators Lori Searfoss, Jennifer Frye, Daphne Irby, Kimberly Niles and John Rowson.
The Westerville Education Foundation (WEF) recently announced that four grants totaling $4,608.51 were awarded to school employees. These groups and individuals were recognized on May 10 at an award ceremony and breakfast held at the Westerville Public Library. Recipients were:
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$1,019.94 to Jennifer Fry, Elementary Technology Integration Specialist, for “Presentations with Pocket Projectors,” an innovative project that will utilize mini projectors to easily connect to district-owned iPads or iPods.
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$988.57 to Kimberly Niles, Elementary Technology Integration Specialist, for “Wireless Projection Project,” which will enable the computers of 43 teachers to wirelessly project their iPad to the entire classroom for instructional purposes.
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$600 to John Rowson, Amber Knight, Andy Habing and Jessie Martin, Westerville North High School and Heritage Middle School, for “Pictures are Worth a Thousand Words.” The purpose of this project is to provide 20 middle and high school students who have mental health difficulties with the opportunity to express their emotions, thoughts and feelings through digital photography.
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$2,000 to Jan Fedorenko and Lori Searfoos, Hanby Elementary School, for “Teaching English Language through the Arts.” This special Year of the Arts grant application was approved for the implementation of a summer workshop program for English Language Learners (students and parents) to develop language and communication skills through the arts.