MPISD Grant Day was held on October 30, 2020. The awards totaled $53,236.28 and were given to 2 campuses and 35 individual teachers.
Fall 2020 grant recipients and their funded projects are:
Amanda Jones, Principal of E.C. Brice Elementary, was awarded a campus grant of $10,000 for Smart TV’s to be used as projectors in every classroom.
Nathan Rider, Principal of P.E. Wallace Middle School, was awarded a campus grant of $9,998.30 for an Outdoor Learning Center.
Annie Sims Elementary School ($10,437.16): Kerry Wells for “A Magic Slate for Today’s Kids”; Bethany Malone to purchase scoop rockers; Jeremiah Soria for sensory integration materials; Britney Phillips to purchase scoop rockers and bands; Lori McBride for writing tables, lap desks, and portable seats; Kelly Silman for an interactive projector; Maribel Prado for an LED interactive panel; Adriana Sanchez for a projector; and Maria Cates for an interactive projector.
Frances Corprew Elementary School ($5,503.74): Ashley Sterrett for ORFF instruments for music class; Vicki Lee to purchase technology to use in the dyslexia program; Dunia Rodriguez for interactive math materials; Kristy McCollum to purchase an inclusion/resource support device; Amanda Phillips for books for her classroom; Candice Watkins for classroom storage; and Jessica Williams to purchase games for her classroom.
P.E. Wallace Middle School ($24,469.57): Tara Flores for EV3 robotics materials; Wendy Manzano for an iPad and case; Elda Hernandez to purchase an iPad and case; Abdiel Luzunaris to purchase a Future Basketball Star instructional program; LaSonya McDaniel for online science help; Magdalena Martinez for Chromebooks and supplies; Dana Armstrong for flexible seating; Sonia Sanchez to purchase flexible seating and materials; Katherine Miles to purchase Discovery Lab for Science Classrooms; Arely Nava for technology and materials; Jenifer Griner for sensory processing with hands-on learning materials; Tonya Schultz to purchase stand-up desks and books; Tammy Davis for flexible seating; Kristina Powell to purchase Discovery Lab for Science Classrooms; and Olga De La Torre Guzman for materials for dual language science and social studies.
Mount Pleasant Junior High School ($1,250): Tina Terrell for an iPad and Kara Campbell for flexible seating.
Mount Pleasant High School ($1,790.94): Doug Little for Chromebooks and Tammie Tigert to purchase 3 laptops.
“We are so thankful to the MPISD Foundation for again presenting grants to our staff members,” said MPISD Superintendent of Schools, Judd Marshall. “These funds will allow our teachers to do things that will benefit our students that would not be possible without Foundation assistance as they fall outside the budgets for our campuses. These supplemental funds will help us enrich the learning experiences of our students. I am also very thankful to all our employees and community members who have donated to the Foundation. Without them, these grants would not be possible.”
“It is always exciting to surprise the grant winners on grant awards day, especially this year,” said Mariela Crockett, MPISD Foundation Director. “For the first time in our history, we were able to award two campus-wide grants, one to E.C. Brice Elementary and another to P.E. Wallace Middle School, for a total of $19,998.30. The Foundation has awarded over $320,000 in grants to MPISD teachers and administrators in our five years of operation. This fall we awarded a total of $53,451.41. We could not have accomplished so much without the support from MPISD staff members and the Mount Pleasant community and we are very grateful for that support.”
Anyone interested in donating funds to the MPISD Foundation should contact Crockett at 903-575-2000.