SJPS Foundation Grant Recipients
2021-22 TEACHER GRANTS
$30,634.42
Melissa Binns, Jason Huber, Kaylee Gray: Don’t Drop the Bloxels!! $599
This project is a creative and authentic way students can explore, code, create, and narrate stories in in the classroom or at home.
Ian Brown: Bringing the World to All: VR Headsets in the Classroom $14,628
Carmen A. Grandy Award for Teaching Excellence
Callie Campbell: Flexible Seating for SJHS Secondary Resource Room $2,127
Sarah Juengling: Graphing Calculators for SJHS $2,813
Burke Lokey, Joshua Doe: Band and Orchestra Spain Tour – Masterclass and Performance in Madrid $5,000
Laura Pallo, Gabriela Parra: Operation Update $1317
Technology specific iPads for speech and language applications.
Natalie Rank: Learning is Always in Play $296
New materials/manipulatives for the Early Childhood Special Education Preschool classroom which will enhance the learning of all of the children in the program.
Tessa Sheldon: High Noon Reading Intervention Program $1301
High quality, research based materials designed for students with learning differences in the area of reading.
Sara Smothers: PLT4M Conditioning Program for Upton and SJHS $2,550
PLT4M offers physical conditioning programs for remote or in person physical education students. Students can engage in training videos put together by Certified Strength and Conditioning Coaches, and will also be encouraged to set healthy lifestyle goals.
2021-22 NEW TEACHER GRANTS
Lauren Borre, E.P. Clarke $1,930.52
Emmy Koenig, Lincoln Elementary $349.65
Brittany Mohney, All schools $832.04
2021-22 SPECIAL FUND REQUESTS
October 2021 Awards = $122,762.21
Kristina Allen: Builder’s Club Offsite Project $70
Bryan Arbut: Project Lit Book Club $2,300
Tracy Becker and Joyce Hunter: Senior Service Project Presentation Day Materials $246
Lauri Berry: Key Club Service Leadership Conference $800
Greg Blomgren: Outdoor Metal Tables on Lakeview Ave. $5,330
Carrie Brunsting: SJ Robotics Funding $10,830
Callie Campbell: SJHS Photography Club Field Trip $1,800
Amy Dirlam: Project Wayfinder — SEL Curriculum for SJHS $24,035
Amy Dirlam: Building Book Love Year 3 and Beyond $15,180
Colleen Elkins: DiLL Language Lab Head Phone $1.100
Kelly Gaideski: Professional Learning Communities at Work (PLCs) Refresh II $43,646
Daniel Hernandez: Spanish Club $612
Colette Jasiak: Social Emotional Learning Applied Through Games $908
Craig Jeffers: Intervention and Restorative Practices Programming $6,500
Nevine Khalil: Checkmate Chess Club $836
Kelly Kietzerow: Science Olympiad $500
Claire Krieger: Fostering Love for Literacy in Virtual Students $828
Claire Krieger: Virtual Field Trips for Virtual Elementary Students $265
Burke Lokey:Large Instrument Rental for Spain Trip $5,000
Chad Mandarino: Sarrett Nature Center Pond Ecology Field Trip $1975
2021-22 SPECIAL FUND REQUESTS
March 2022 Awards = $250,690.53
Kristen Bawks: Engaging Every Student Every Day – Professional Learning with Dr. Jensen $17,975
Kristen Bawks: Continuing our Partnership with the Positivity Project $8,985
Greg Blomgren: Senior Career Day Experience $1,410
Kristin Burnette: Have I Got News for You: Expanding the Upton Experience $2,100
Denise Clark: FIRST Robotics Elementary and Middle School $8,847
Amy Dirlam: Media Center Makeover; Outfitting the Heart of the School $50,000
Joshua Doe: Jazz Band Updates! $4,500
Chastity Edlefson: Modernizing the SJHS News Studio $4,350
Kelly Gaideski: GrapeSEED $22,200
Kelly Gaideski: Project Wayfinder – Curriculum for SJHS and Upton MS $24,035
Kelly Gaideski: Summer Reading Book Bonanza and Secondary Summer Send Off $48,500
Kelly Kietzerow: Science Olympiad Coaching Program $260
Stephanie Lear: Tech Team Hits the Fab Lab at Lake Michigan College $3,730.98
Becky Lokey: The Writing Process & Author’s Craft: Author Visit with Literary Award Winner, Sharon Draper $1,000
Amy Peterson and Tracy Olson: Senior Dinner Dance $3,000
Marcus Roll: LED Lighting Upgrade for the John and Dede Howard Auditorium $49,797.55