Waynesville R-VI Foundation Grants awarded August 2022
The Waynesville R-VI School District Foundation awarded more than $7,000 in grants to Waynesville R-VI teachers. The following grants were awarded for the 2022-23 school year.
1) Alexandra Jarvis, Freedom Elementary, a $301.75 grant for books to promote social and emotional learning
2) Kyleen Oxendine, East Elementary, a $300 grant for decodable chapter books
3) Hannah Whitehead, Freedom Elementary, a $323.89 grant for decodable reading books
4) Melanie Rogers, Waynesville Middle School, a $476 grant for crossnets
5) Lisa Thornburg, East Elementary, a $300 grant for STEM tools
6) Mary Myers, East Elementary, a $260 grant for an incubator so she can hatch chickens
7) Katy Henson, Freedom Elementary, a $450 grant for sensory learning manipulatives
8) Christina Biart, Freedom Elementary, a $455.70 grant for social emotional bullet journals
9) Sara Allen, East Elementary, a $450 grant for STEM Lego wall and supplies
10) Susan Harris, East Elementary, a $500 grant for cardboard building tools for a Maker Space area
11) Jessica Babb, Freedom Elementary, a $200 grant for books that focus on social emotional learning
12) Allison Sylvester, Williams Early Childhood Center, for a $100 grant for a My Little Circus thematic unit.
13) Cydnee Gilmore, Waynesville High School, for a $250 grant to bring cards and paper flowers to the Waynesville Life Care Center
14) Jennifer Schaub, Wood Elementary, a $40.50 grant for sound box mats and chips and get moving sticks.
15) Natosha Hulett, Freedom Elementary, a $500 grant for literacy based sensory items
16) Sabine Labib, Williams Early Childhood Center, a $119.96 grant for strollers to help foster language and social emotional skills
17) Shannon Shrum, Waynesville Sixth Grade Center, a $389.70 grant for re-write boogie boards
18) Heather Cobb, Parker Preschool, a $200 grant for library books
19) Jordan Dewey, Partridge Elementary, a $500 grant for xylophones
20) Theresa Pollman, Thayer Elementary, a $174 grant for secret story supplies
21) Carrie Wolfe, Waynesville Middle School, a $307.43 grant for supplies for centers to promote literacy
22) Sarah Luttrell, Waynesville High School, a $359 grant, for a tile mural project
23) Joshua Mize, a $168.38 grant for modern history podcasts
24) Shannon Shrum, a $389.70 grant for boogie boards
Additionally, members of the foundation board tossed out t-shirts into the audience. The foundation board members are as follows: President Janice Dye, Secretary Cindy West, Treasurer Aaron Harrison, and directors Rick Harne, Sharon Kempen, Sophie Pierpoint, Courtney Long and Layne Lercher. Marianne Ward serves as the liaison.
The foundation is a non profit organization. The website is at
https://www.
Issued Aug. 24, 2022
