The Rock Island-Milan Education Foundation awarded more than $90,000 in PRIME Grants to 46 staff members 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
Tina Tyson, Thomas Jefferson: $1,500
Ballie Vandygriff, Earl Hanson: $957
Lauria Vroman, RIHS: $717
Chad Wickard, RIMCS: $1,500
Logan Wynn, RIHS: $1,500
Ben Kirgan, RIHS: $715.44
Jacqueline Krone Franks, RICMS: $1,475.44
Kim Laingen, WJHS: $1,200
Christopher LaRoche, RIHS: $1,338
Stacy Lofgren, RIMCS: $1,100
Meghan Miers, RIHS: $1,500
Julie Pearson, RIHS: $1,004.58
Shaya Smith, RICMS: $1,250.83
Venessa Taylor, RIHS: $1,500
Kristin Adams, RICMS: $839.99
Cindy Arkebauer, Eugene Field: $1,500
Danielle Blackwood, RICMS: $1,500
Katy Bohan, Eugene Field: $989.97
John Dowdal, Thomas Jefferson, $1,440
Laura Erickson, Longfellow: $1,218.14
Brooke Greenwood, Frances Willard: $1,500
Betty Hall, RIA: $1,500
Henry Hall, Earl Hanson: $957
Misty Judd, RIA: $1,500
Barbara Fackel PRIME Grant Award
Kiley VanOpdorl, Longfellow: $790
School & Departmental Grants – up to $3,000
Diana Bush, Earl Hanson: $3,000
Tia-Farrah Edwards, TMLC: $3,000
Kimberly Gardner, Frances Willard: $2,656.45
Mara Goodvin, Ridgewood: $1,564.32
Kristina Koos & Sara Marner, Frances Willard: $3,000
Nikki Melody, Frances Willard: $3,000
Eric Nesbitt, Denkmann: $3,000
Tara Niemeier & Mandi Stout, Longfellow: $3,000
District-wide Grants – up to $5,000
Krystall Trice, District: $5,000
