6 Pennsbury Schools Get Education Grants

FALLSINGTON, PA — Six schools in the Pennsbury School District have received grants totaling nearly $13,000 from the Pennsbury Education Foundation.

The foundation is a nonprofit that relies on donations with the purpose of improving teaching and learning in Pennsbury through new education initiatives. Grants are awarded through an application process that happens twice each year.

Foundation President Annette Young announced the following grants:

• Pennwood Middle School Principal Derek Majikas and teacher Adam Pfannenstiel — $1,124.74 to purchase a Pearl malletSTATION bundle, which is an electronic percussion setup.
• Charles Boehm Middle School Principal Travis Bloom and teacher Charles Kirk — $3,025 was approved to buy a Structural Stress Analyzer 1000, a tool that does material tests.
• Manor Elementary School Principal Terri Salvucci and teacher Patty Kropp — $1,500 was approved to buy three Sphero Robots for each elementary school (total 30 robots).
• Pennsbury High School West Acting Principal Cherrissa Gibson and teacher Megan Swope —$4,198.05 was approved to purchase a set of 15 Chromebook tablets.
• Oxford Valley Elementary School Principal Donna Minnigh and librarian Jennifer Dillon — $500 was approved to buy books related to the District SPARK program.
• Eleanor Roosevelt Elementary School Principal Lisa Follman and teachers Lorraine Brut and Samantha Young — $2,452.62 was approved to buy yearly subscriptions to "The Mightier Program" for six tablets.

In addition to gathering donations from local sources and individual donors, the Pennsbury Education Foundation also participates in the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development’s Educational Improvement Tax Credit Program, which awards tax credits to businesses making contributions.

For more information, you may visit the foundation's website.