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.”

P.E. Wallace grant recipients and their funded projects are:

6th Grade English teacher Jana Jenkins for Vocabulary Games such as Scrabble to provide a creative way to increase students’ vocabulary; 6th Grade Math teachers Tammy Davis, Cathleen Fender and Sandra Wright for classroom supplies (dry erase boards, markers and erasers, a magnetic coordinate grid, student seating, small group tables, and storage units); P.E. teacher Dona Elliott for Physical Education Equipment, Sixth grade science teacher LaSonya McDaniel for Science Lab Equipment, Fifth grade Math teacher Tonya Schultz for Technology in the Classroom, and Fifth grade Music teacher Diane Swiger for Music Performance Resources.