HHEF Awards $114K in Grants for 2014-15 School Year

The Hatboro-Horsham Education Foundation has awarded 16 grants totaling more than $114,000 for various innovative learning projects that will be done this school year throughout the district.

The winners will be honored at a ceremony Wednesday at the Horsham Athletic Club.

Since 1987, the Hatboro-Horsham Educational Foundation has awarded nearly $1 million in grants to throughout the district.

Here is a summary of this year’s winners. Click here to learn more about each project.

• Bringing Link Crew to Hatboro-Horsham, $5,190 (Vanessa DeLuca & Dennis Williams; HHHS, Grades 9–12)
• Bringing the Past Into the Future, $7,451.90 (Jim Keyes & Diane Heitzenrater; Keith Valley Middle School, Grade 8)
• Enhancing Literary Centers, $8,500 (Debra Stoddart & Beth Traczykiewicz; Crooked Billet Elementary, Grade 1)
• Genetics & Biotechnology Current Applications with Future Implications, $14,972.84 (Greg Poruban; HHHS, Grades 9–12)
• Hatboro-Horsham Robotics, $9,788 (Eric Zygmont; Keith Valley Middle School & HHHS, Grades 6–12)
• Healthy Body, Healthy Minds, $3,092.72 (Eric Glemser, Nicole Miletto & Tami Eldridge; Hallowell Elementary K–5)
• Hybrid Learning Classroom, $7,780 (Megan Grimes; Simmons Elementary, Grade 4)
• Improving Instruction Through SMARTer Formative Assessment, $3,247.20 (Nicole Dobos & Kate Rae; Keith Valley Middle School, Grade 8)
• Increasing Fluency & Engagement in World Language, $6,227.30 (Jordan Wells, Bunny Heim & Susan Salembier; Keith Valley Middle School, Grades 6–8)
• Innovative Assessment in Health & Physical Education, $5,127.47 (Angelo LaFratta; Keith Valley Middle School, Grades 6–8)
• iPads for Special Education: Increasing Engagement, $8,973.95 (Amy Ambler; Blair Mill, Grades K-5)
• Living Ecosystem: The Coral Reef Tank, $3,349.42 (Tim Enge; HHHS, Grades 9–12)
• Navigating Our Way Through AP Statistics, $7,500 (Joel Evans; HHHS, Grades 11 & 12)
• Outdoor Education at the JNC, $5,800 (Rachel Hartman; All Elementary, Grades 1–5 & Keith Valley Middle School, Grade 7)
• PeaceMakers, $1,525.83 (Tami Wunder-Italia; Crooked Billet, Grades K–5)
• School Sculpture Mobile Residency, $9,250 (Karen Kanter; Simmons Elementary, Grades K–5)
• Surface Pro 2 – Technology Integration-on-the-Go, $5,395.60 (Val Fasy & Carol Miller; Keith Valley Middle School, Grades 6–8)
• Trout in the Classroom, $1,300 (John Schumann & Sarah Carner; Pennypack Elementary, Grades 2 & 4)