RIMSD #41 Staff Receive More Than $250,000 in PRIME Grants

Jeff Martin - $950.00, Music from the Ground Up
Angie Paprocki - $1,500.00, Don’t Wait Another Chapter…Books are Magical!

Department/School Grant
Janine Olsen & Bridget Taheny - $3,000.00, Girls on the Run
Jennifer Sholl - $3,000.00, Lego Club-Building Kids Up One Step at a Time
Jessica Stockwell - $3,000.00, Time to Recharge

 

Kimberly Dillender - $1,200.00, Differentiation and Enrichment for Gifted Students
Amanda Hollingsworth - $1,500.00, Tell Me a Story
Brandy Junis - $1,000.00, Meeting the Sensory Needs for Diverse Learners
Danielle Neneman - $1,500.00, Classroom Furniture for Success
Beth Raygor - $1,500.00, The Sounds of the Classroom
Renee M Wiliams - $1,499.89, Calming Spaces for Reading, Mindfulness and Yoga 

Department/School Grant
Melissa Barton- $1,800.00, All About Our Towns
Alleena Blackwell - $1,350.00, Developing Financial Literacy in the Upper Elementary Grades
Henry Hall - $3,000.00, Empowering and Engaging Students with the Vocabulary & Nearpod
Beth Raygor, Shelby Haars, Brandy Junis, Candace Vroman-Lopez- $3,000.00, Attendance Can Be the Key
Ryan Scannell - $2,999.00, Putting Around/Golf
Amy Verstraete - $3,000.00, Bringing Knowledge to Life
Michael Rockstroh - $5,000.00, Tuning in with Tubanos

Eugene Field Elementary
Teacher Grant
Tyler Allison - $1,500.00, Under the Lens    
Cindy Arkebauer - $1,497.86, Enhancing Curriculum, STEM, and Cultural Experiences through Magna Tiles and Legos
Angie Brownson - $1,371.93, SELF Expression
Cynthia Castro - $1,136.54, Chromebook Cubbies and Calming Classroom Vibes
Jessica Daves - $1,499.67, Empowering Students Success Through Dramatic Play and Sensory Centers
Michelle Schneckloth - $1,500.00, Embracing Inclusion
Grace Shepherd - $1,500.00, STEAM Steps
Abbigail Yodts - $1,484.64, STEM Extensions Extraordinaire

Department/School Grant
Angela Seys - $1,600.00, Reading with the Sciences

 

Frances Willard Elementary
Teacher Grant  
Brooke Greenwood - $1,500.00, Literary Oasis
Brynn Pauwels - $1,500.00, The Incredible Intervention Initiative
Amy Self  - $1,500.00, Sensory-Friendly Classroom Environment

Department/School Grant
Carissa Boyd, Kelly Beale, Elisha Harksen - $3,000.00, Taking Care of Our Pack   

 

Horace Mann Early Learning Center
Teacher Grant  
Patti Brooks - $1,500.00, Building STEM in a World of Preschool
Emma Dayhoff - $1,500.00, ECSE Playground Improvement Project
Elizabeth De Lille - $1,500.00, Preschoolers STEAMing into the Future
Josie French - $1,500.00, Sensory Integration
Kathleen Hernandez - $500.00, Look Who’s Talking
Aubrey Keller - $1,500.00, Take a Look at Our Classroom
Amanda Mays - $1,500.00, Welcoming Inclusion and Diversity
Michele McDonald - $1,500.00, Wow, that’s cool! Science in Preschool
Jeanne Mueller - $1,500.00, Stream – building and shaping young minds of the future
Monica Painter - $1,500.00, Fine Motor and Sensory through Instruction
Jennifer Robinson - $1,500.00, Getting Down with Science
Jennifer Smith - $1,500.00, Circle Time Success
Linnea Sparacello - $1,500.00, Creating a Multicultural Preschool Classroom

 

Department/School Grant
Jill Loter - $3,000.00, ECSE Playground

 

Longfellow Elementary
Teacher Grant  
Steven Inman - $550.00, Sensory Haven: Enriching Learning through Multi-Sensory Experiences

Department/School Grant
Eliana Aguilar - $3,000.00, Uke Can Do It
Steven Inman - $1,700.00, Kids, You’re Golden 
Tara Niemeier & Mandi Stout - $3,000.00, The Ultimate Kindergarten Experience
Kiley VanOpdorp - $1,743.00, RECYLCE THAT TRASH!

 

Ridgewood Elementary
Department/School Grant
Toni Moore - $3,000.00, SPIKE Problem Solving

Multi-School Grant
Mara Goodvin - $5,000.00, Put a Little Calypso in Your Life
Gina Lawrence - $5,000.00, The Very Kinesthetic Primary Student
Principal -$5,000.00,  Legacy of Sound

 

Rock Island Academy
Teacher Grant  
Samantha Heath - $400.00, Craftivities for Little Leopards
Ashley Reeves - $1,493.28, Empowering Kindergarten Success
Jamie Ruberg - $1,199.16, Diverse Tools for Diverse Learners
Kelly Vroman - $514.56, One Stop Shop: Pathways to Executive Functioning
Lisa Williams - $1,500.00, Read to Love, Love to Read

Department/School Grant
Vickie Duiling - $2,500.00, Building Future Leaders
Amanda Hauger - $2,077.00, Magnificent Moby Max
Becky Lapp - $3,000.00, MTSS Assistive Technology Lending Library
Heather McCarty - $3,000.00, Hygiene Heroes
Deborah Noble - $1,100.00, Book Nook for Parents
Jamie Parkins, Amanda Schauerbroeck, Lathan Tre'Chiondria - $1,611.23, Second Grade Scientists
James Slankark - $3,000.00, PBIS Leopards Roar    
Amy Zero - $3,000.00, Toys as Tools: Behavior Intervention

 

Deidre Dunbar - $1,166.20, Sensory Smart Reading Support
Chad Wickard - $1,500.00, Engaged and Excited II

Department/School Grant
Sarah Andrus - $2,513.67, ELA Math Interventions
Krista Lonian - $3,000.00, Flexing Our Fluency Skills with Reflex Math
Kelly Tyler - $2,922.06, Meaningful Intervention

 

Thomas Jefferson Elementary
Teacher Grant  
Mika Atkins-Jacobs - $624.00, Moby Max
April DeGroot - $500.00, No More Wire Headphones
Carrie Henderson - $1,500.00, Wonderbooks
Emily Petrov - $1,500.00, LEAP with Ballet Quad Cities
Susie Pittard - $1,500.00, More STEM in the Classroom

Department/School Grant
Attendance Committee - $1,500.00, Awesome Attendance Celebrations
Giovanna Davila - $3,000.00, Fine Arts Day
Troy Porter - $3,000.00, Fantastic Freckie

 

Edison Junior High School
Teacher Grant  
Kristi Geisler - $1,000.00, PCS
Tara Gonzalez - $1,500.00, Writing for SEL
Melanie Martinez - $1,500.00, So Fresh and So Clean

Department/School Grant
Tara Gonzalez - $3,000.00, Raised Garden Project
Cassandra Salas-Mikaio - $3,000.00, Soaring Artists

 

Washington Junior High School
Teacher Grant  
Maggie Benevides - $1,500.00, Washington Resource Room
Kimberly Laingen - $1,500.00, Job Skills for a Functional Classroom
Jazmin Taylor - $1,500.00, Financial Literacy and Empowered Community with Classroom Economy

Department/School Grant
Emilie Heald - $3,000.00, Form and Function
Elizabeth Moyer - $1,600.00, Warrior Wellness Clinic

 

Rock Island High School
Teacher Grant  
Lori Anderson - $1,481.00, Body Sensing
Caitlin Clough - $1,500.00, Empowered Learning
Yolanda Grandberry-Pugh - $450.00, Building My Own Family Tree
William Gustafson - $1,200.00, Digital Drawing Screens Addition
Ben Kirgan - $1,491.69, Better Measurement in Science
Jason Kitterman - $1,462.00, Leg Up on Education
Christopher LaRoche - $1,429.00, There is More to Science than just Beer’s Law: Getting Absorbed in Spectrophotometry
Aaron McKay - $1,500.00, Headphones for Computer Lab
Meghan Miers - $209.99, Reading Nook
Janna Miller-DeDecker - $1,500.00, Learn to Earn
Demetryione Singleton - $1,500.00, ED/BD Classroom
Courtney Stone - $1,239.94, Explorations in Dissections
Sarah Vens - $500.00, Creating a Rocky Newsroom
Jacob Vroman - $1,500.00, Studies in Comparative Analysis
Laurie Vroman - $1,400.00, Sensational Science: Using Sensors to Collect Data
Wade Weber - $1,500.00, Tool Time

Department/School Grant
Kyle Hoffman - $3,000.00, Weights for Fitness Center/PE
Jason Kitterman - $3,000.00, Printing in a Third Dimension
Christopher LaRoche - $2,793.00, In Your Face, Interface!
Stacey Morrell - $300.00, Mindful Moments
Steve Rogers - $3,000.00, Graphing Calculators for Classrooms
Wade Weber - $3,000.00, Safety, Safety, Safety
Logan Wynn - $3,000.00, Cardio Equipment

Multi-School Grant
Stephanie Dieudonne - $5,000.00, Let’s Work Together
Mike Emendorfer - $5,000.00, Fitness Center/Improving Equipment for Junior High & High School Students
Cameron Kotovsky - $5,000.00, Harmony in Organization: Orchestrating Efficiency in Music Filing
Kathy Lelonek - $3,500.00, Rocky Resource Room
Mary Mendelin - $5,000.00, Tiffany D. Jackson Author Visit

 

Thurgood Marshall Learning Center
Department/School Grant
Amanda Crecelius, Brittany Coopman, Darla Jones, O'Nita Watkins-Harris, Katie Reyhons - $2,200.00, TMLC Sensory Room

 

Rock Island-Milan School District 
Multi-School Grant
Chris Beierlein, Bettina McWiliams, Dionne Lohman, Tami Kelley - $5,000.00, Small Shifts to Bring Big “Gifts” for Students
Christie Blodig - $5,000.00, Spot Vision Screener
Paulette Risden-Rice - $4,156.00, Drink More Water