The Mt. Pleasant ISD School Foundation awarded its second Educator Grants last week. The grants, totaling $24,709.36, were presented personally by Foundation Board members to 22 teachers on seven campuses. The presentations were made before morning assemblies of students and staff members and in classrooms.

“We are so thankful to the MPISD Foundation for these grants,” 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. Combined with the $8,719.65 the Foundation presented to teachers in January, this group has awarded $33,429 in additional funds to our teachers in its first year of operation. That’s amazing. I am so very thankful to all our employees and community members who have donated to the Foundation. Without them, these grants would not be possible.”

E.C. Brice grant recipients and their funded projects are:

Second grade Dual Language teacher Sandra Cortez for a Social Studies Dual Language Center, Science teacher Rachel Findley for Project Lead the Way Resources, Dyslexia teacher Jill Kent for Read Naturally Live, and Kindergarten Dual Language teacher Magdalena Martinez for a Kindergarten Science Dual Language Bin and Bilingual Center Supplies.