The Rock Island-Milan Education Foundation awarded $58,438 in PRIME Grants to 33 teachers of the RIMSD for the 2020-2021 school year. PRIME Grants are available for any teacher to fund innovative projects or new materials for their classrooms.
Teacher Grants – up to $1,500
Bri Arnold, RICMS: $1,500 - Interactive Learning in Kindergarten
Angie Brownson, Eugene Field: $1,500 - STEM-tastic Learning
Giovanna Davila, Thomas Jefferson: $850 - Music Making at Home
Rita Entsminger, RICMS: $1,445.75 - Scholastic News Digital Plus Science Spin and Technology
Kris Hayes, RICMS: $1,333.57 - Investigations & Explorations - The Learning Continues
Monica Hughes, Craig Sharp, RIHS: $1,500 - iJag Room Upgrade
Amy Moffit, Sarah Andrus, Alice Less, RICMS: $821.60 - 2020 Teacher Survival Kit
Heidi Nerud, RIHS: $875 - Inquiry-Based Online Science Simulations Using Gizmos
Leah Quintana, Frances Willard: $1,349.41 - Kinesthetic Classroom
Michelle Schneckloth, Eugene Field: $1,000 - Increasing Building Wide Social-Emotional Awareness
Haylie Selhost, Eugene Field: $1,312.03 - Flexibility for Cognitive Thinking
Shaya Smith, RICMS: $1245.12 - Technology and Text
Jennifer Trimble, RIHS: $1,338.95 - Dem bones Dem Bones Need Help Walking Around RIHS Again
Chad Wickard, RICMS: $1,493.72 - For the Love of Learning II
School & Departmental Grants – up to $3,000
Alexis DeWilde, Ridgewood: $2,468.12 - Virtually Reading: A Digital Classroom Library
Julie Hansen, RICMS: $2,950 - Brain Pop/Brain Pop Jr. Subscription
Elizabeth Hughes, Ridgewood: $2,000 Sensory Room
Angie Paprocki, Jennifer Knuth, Mary Justin, Denkmann: $3,000 - Hey Kindergarten-Let's Write!
Beth Raygor, Earl Hanson: $2,811.45 - A Better Space to Work, Read, and Collaborate
Alannah Alexander, Ruth Sherrard, Edison Jr. High: $2,955.70 - Trauma Sensitive Classroom Environment Implementation
Christi Varnes, Edison Jr. High: $3,000 - Projecting Our Learning through Tactile Engagement
District-wide Grants – up to $5,000
Ramona Dixon, District: $5,000 - School Supplies for the 1st Day!
Jessica Matherly, RIHS: $5,000 - Rocky Resource Room
Krystall Trice, District: $5,000 - Family Engagement that Improves Student Achievement
