2024-2025 Start Teaching Grant Awardees
The Grapevine-Colleyville Education Foundation “Star” Grant Patrol awarded funds for 28 Grapevine Colleyville projects totaling $43,427.
$5,380 – Turbo Start Introduction to Dyslexia Intervention, awarded to Meredith Burns, district wide english/language arts/reading and special education
$2,800 – Document Cameras: A Superior Tool for Teaching, awarded to Irene Sotelo, Timberline Elementary
$2,800 – Making Math in Engaging through VR, awarded to Tricia Jones, Cannon Elementary
$2,541 – Take Home a Book, Take Home an Opportunity, awarded to Jayne Williky, Cannon Elementary
$2,500 – Automotive Shop, awarded to Doug Poteet, Grapevine High School
$2,500 – Genetic Engineering for Everyday Applications, awarded to Julee R. Sanders, Grapevine High School
$2,500 – Preparing Tomorrow’s Forensic Scientists, awarded to Ashli Morris, Grapevine High School
$2,500 – Strengthening Foundational Skills through Purposeful Play, awarded to ValerieBalbaugh, Cannon Elementary
$2,298.48 – Bring Music Into the Arts Integrated Classroom, awarded to Ashley Benson, Bransford Elementary
$2,040 – Physics Waves, awarded to Dan Marek, Grapevine High School
$2,000 – Math Manipulatives, awarded to Joy Benson, Bransford Elementary
$1,800 – Sensory Literacy Room, awarded to Michelle Brosi, Bear Creek Elementary
$1,500 – Solar Telescope, awarded to Tanner Hannah, Colleyville Heritage High School
$1,006.40 – Perfect Proportions, awarded to Bonnie Lindle, Colleyville Middle
$1,000 – Ready for i-Ready, awarded to Cristina Williams, Timberline Elementary
$1,000 – Stands for Orff Instruments, awarded to Ashley Marsh, Heritage Elementary
$900 – Laminated Desk Maps, awarded to Nathan Barker, Colleyville Middle School
$800 – Cultivating Sustainability Through School Gardens, awarded to Candrease Barnett, Heritage Elementary
$750 – Structured Classroom Supplemental Support, awarded to Ruby Brock, district wide special education
$665.88 – Illuminating Theatrical Design, awarded to Kristinia Haney, Collegiate Academy
$650 – Coding Circuits, awarded to Joe Parthemore, Glenhope Elementary
$650 – Crack the Code, Dr. Karen Otto, Cross Timbers Middle School
$600 – Connected Texts Readers for Small Group Instruction, awarded to Catherine Husby, Grapevine Elementary
$574.77 – Base Ten Mat Manipulatives, awarded to Jane Simmons, Heritage Elementary
$500 – Intentionally You Traveling Mura, awarded to Jen Carlin, iUniversity Prep
$500 – Vocal Recording Studio Kit, awarded to Cameron Mumford, Colleyville Heritage High School
$370 – Boosting Student Engagement – Color Printer, awarded to Elyse Hahne, Timberline Elementary
$300 – Science Leveled Reader Library, awarded to Kerri Hendrickson, Grapevine Elementary