Council Rock Teachers Receive $47,000 for Creative Projects

The Council Rock Education Foundation honored its newest awardees of outstanding innovative educators at a district school board meeting last month, awarding fifteen new Innovative Learning Grants to teachers and classrooms throughout Council Rock Schools to benefit K – 12 students.

Superintendent Dr. Robert Fraser extended congratulations to the grant recipients and Foundation for their dedication and commitment to the students of Council Rock. "The Education Foundation is a vital partner supporting the District's goal to provide the best possible educational opportunities to our students."

Each spring, the Education Foundation chooses proposals that most exemplify the Foundation's mission to support innovative experiences that enrich the excellent quality of education in Council Rock schools. The fifteen projects selected will bring new ideas into schools and classrooms for the 2019-2020 academic year, from Flexible Seating Classrooms to Rocketbooks, to Sensory Pathways and virtual reality field trips, just to name a few. Additional grants include programs in literacy, STEM, special education, and the Arts.

“This marks a milestone for the Education Foundation and our learning community as this is the highest grant award made to schools throughout the Council Rock School District,” states Gail Acosta, Executive Director of the Council Rock Education Foundation. “Thanks to our generous community of parents, businesses, board members and educators that believe in our mission – establishing creative projects that enhance the curriculum while engaging, educating and inspiring young minds for continued learning.”

2019-2020 Grant Awardees

• A Flexible Seating Classroom - Katrina Cerra, Richboro Elementary School
• Cricut—Ideas & Designs in a Day - Katie Christiansen, Churchville Elementary School
• Computer Science in CR STEM - Terese Grateful, Council Rock North
• Glowforge Laser Project - James Hunter, Newtown Middle School
• Hillcrest Daily Student News - Kate Brennan, Hillcrest Elementary School
• Life Skills: Bike & Safety Skills - Mallori Barch & Katy Callum, Newtown Elementary School
• MMW Pulls into the STEAM Station - Danielle Pugliese & Linda Wojton, MMW Elementary School
• One Book TWO Schools - Lisa Weiss, Churchville & Wrightstown Elementary
• On the Edge of our Seats - Kristin Mangan & Sandy Pierce, Wrightstown Elementary School
• Passport to Exploration (in memory of Dolores McCracken) - Andrea Mangold, Holland Elementary School
• Renovating ESY - Jamie Saeger, Caroylyn Miller, & Julia Dougherty, Goodnoe Elementary School
• Rocketbooks - Jim Biglan, Council Rock North
• Sensory Space at CR North - Michael Diglia, Council Rock North
• Sensory Pathway - Kim Rinella & Nicole Kerrigan, Hillcrest Elementary School
• Walk a Mile in Another Person’s Shoes - Cindy Naroff, Council Rock South

More about the Council Rock Education Foundation…

Since 2007, the Council Rock Education Foundation, a 501C3 organization, has supported the unmet needs of K-12 classrooms in the Council Rock School District. CREF establishes teacher classroom S.T.E.A.M. (science, technology, engineering, The Arts, Math) grants that enhance the curriculum and provide experiential learning for Council Rock’s 11,000 + students. In the last eleven years, 131 innovative teacher grants and two districtwide projects have been awarded totaling over $300,000.

To learn more about the Council Rock Education Foundation, visit their website at http://www.creducationfoundation.org or contact Gail Acosta at 215-944-1023/gacosta@crsd.org