Pennsbury Education Foundation Awards $20K In Grants For Various Projects

The Pennsbury Education Foundation has awarded 10 grants totaling more than $20,000 to schools in the Pennsbury School District.

Grant recipients include everything from initiatives for students in kindergarten up to high school. Projects include programs that develop literacy, math skills, health and more.

Here are the grant recipients:

• Fallsington Elementary Principal Brian Shaffer and teacher Meghan Mix: $725 for the Mystery Math Show student assembly
• Edgewood Elementary Principal Stephanie Hultquist and teacher Joseph Gallo: $500 to partially fund the purchase of heart rate monitors for students.
• Makefield Elementary Principal Donna McCormick-Miller and teacher Molly Werthman: $3,050 to purchase literacy materials for kindergarten and first grade.
• Makefield Elementary Principal Donna McCormick-Miller and teacher Alison Majikas: $589.99 to purchase K’nex materials for STEM design work.
• Penn Valley Elementary Principal Barbara Hidalgo and teacher Betty Zubrzycki: $1,099 to purchase five standing student desks.
• Quarry Hill Elementary Principal Peggy Schiavone and teacher Robyn Rowlands: $2,000 to partially fund Cubelet blocks for robot building activities.
• Charles Boehm Middle School Principal Theresa Ricci and teacher Anita Quinn: $3,000 to purchase a portable design center.
• William Penn Middle School Principal Christopher Becker and teacher Jeffrey Kobasa: $4,500 to purchase new stage curtains for the school cafetorium.
• Pennsbury High School East Principal Reggie Meadows and teacher Lauren Woodson: $3,815.68 to purchase 30 graphing calculators.
• Pennsbury High School West Principal Lisa Becker and teacher Linda Smith: $950 for an interactive concert in the German language.

“The PEF Board is pleased to support a variety of school initiatives through our second round of grants for the current academic year. The next round will be offered in the fall. We value the work that our teachers do in the classroom, and we look for effective ways to distribute funds twice each school year to benefit our students,” said Pennsbury Education Foundation President Annette Young.

The Pennsbury Education Foundation is a 501(c)(3) organization that relies on donations and supports the purpose of improving teaching and learning in Pennsbury through innovative educational initiatives.

Grants are awarded through an application process that takes place twice each year.