Northampton Elementary Receives $7K Grant For Book Vending Machine

From the Klein Independent School District: The Klein ISD Education Foundation, community members and Klein ISD Superintendent Dr. Jenny McGown climbed aboard the Celebration Express Dec. 4 to deliver big checks and even bigger smiles to grant recipients across the district. The Klein ISD Education Foundation accepts grant applications twice a year to encourage, facilitate and recognize creative projects that lead to academic achievement for our Klein ISD students.

Northampton Elementary will implement a book vending machine thanks to the gracious sponsorship of Perdue, Brandon, Fielder, Collins & Mott, LLP totaling $7,000. One token at a time, the elementary campus will foster a love of reading and ensure access to relevant literature for EVERY student with a book vending machine. Students who demonstrate Northampton Core Values and Profile of a Learner traits while always striving to meet their personal and educational goals will receive a token to use in the book vending machine. This grant will provide learning opportunities and encourage positive behavior.

“Our wonderful SPED leader here saw a post on Facebook that she sent to me about a book vending machine,” Northampton Library Information Specialist Michelle Mason said. “Each member of the staff, from the custodian to the principal, will get a token each week to give to a student who is making positive choices. That student will get to pick a book from the vending machine that they get to keep forever.”

We are so grateful and proud to live and work in a district with a resource like the Klein ISD Education Foundation that supports our educators, who are continually challenging the norm and disrupting the status quo.

This fall, the Celebration Express delivered grants totaling $56,650 that will bring education to life for our learners. From a book vending machine to a mock pharmacy, our fall 2019 grant recipients are innovative, engaging, and inspirational.

This press release was produced by the Klein Indepedent School District. The views expressed here are the author’s own.