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FPEF Grant Awards

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COVID Aid to Teachers and Social Support

As you read through our 2020 grants, we hope you are inspired by the educators who continue to create pioneering programs for our students. We are grateful to the donors of our endowment who make this possible. The following is a comprehensive list of grants and donors that make our students’ educational experiences unforgettable.

Number of Teachers Awarded in the Last Year
Approximate Number of Students Impacted by FPEF Grants

2020 Fall Grant Awards

Becky Hall - Fayettevile Virtual Academy, Holt, McNair Expand

Beyond Our Walls

Award Amount: $2,987.00

Teacher Project Description: Promethean board to enhance the learning experience for students receiving dyslexia therapy.

Chad Lechtenberger - Washington Expand

Can you hear me now? 

Award Amount: $1,575.00

Teacher Project Description: Voice amplifiers for teacher teams to support instruction while social distancing.

Cheyanne Plunkett - Asbell Expand

My Personal PE Pack

Award Amount: $2,209.54

Teacher Project Description: We will use the unique equipment distanced in our own personal spaces to enhance mask free activity!

Chris Michaels - Woodland, Ramay, Fayettevile High School Expand

FPS Virtual Choir

Award Amount: $6,674.97

Teacher Project Description: Equipment for the creation of virtual choir performances for all FPS choir members.

Claire Garrett - Root Expand

Promethean Power

Award Amount: $2,600.00

Teacher Project Description: Promethean boards to enhance Blended Learning.

 

Contessa Shew - Vandergriff Expand

Art Supply Kits

Award Amount: $3,400.00

Teacher Project Description: Art supplies for each student to safely create art independently from home or school.

Dana Hill - Happy Hollow Expand

Recess Stations 

Award Amount: $1,210.29

Teacher Project Description: Equipment for elementary students to use during recess to allow for social distancing.

Diane Firmin - Ramay Expand

A Book Of My Own

Award Amount: $1,677.00

Teacher Project Description: Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie books for every 7th grade ELA student.

James Kunzelmann - Fayetteville High School Expand

Art At Home!

Award Amount:$6,500.00

Teacher Project Description: Art supplies and equipment that can be sent home so we can continue making art virtually.

Jami Dugger - Holcomb Expand

How Do I Stay in my Seat?

Award Amount: $420.96

Teacher Project Description: Tools for all education classrooms and Encores to support sensory-related experiences.

Jason Edwards - Root Expand

Raz Rocket Reading

Award Amount: $3,861.28

Teacher Project Description: Digital reading resources for all K-4 students at Root Elementary

Jay Guthrie - Washington Expand

Learn Without Tears

Award Amount: $1,657

Teacher Project Description: Handwriting Without Tears program for Washington 1st grade and Kindergarten students

Jimmy Frisby - Fayetteville High School Expand

PPE for Agriculture Class 

Award Amount: $5,000

Teacher Project Description: Personal protective equipment for students welding in various Agriculture classes.

Joy Shirley - All Elementary and Middle Schools Expand

Second Step Bullying Prevention 

Award Amount: $6,500.00

Teacher Project Description: Bullying prevention curriculum for K-6 students to promote antibullying behavior.

Katie Laws - Fayetteville High School Expand
Swivl Camera Docks
Award Amount: $3,000.00
Teacher Project Description: Swivl camera docks for equitable and professional hybrid teaching and learning at the high school.
Lauri Cavell - McNair Expand

Boom Cards

Award Amount: $280.00

Teacher Project Description: Technology tools for speech/language students.

Linda Stocker - Fayetteville High School Expand

Hands-On From a Distance

Award Amount: $2,566.15

Teacher Project Description: Anatomy lab materials to provide students at FHS the ability to conduct individual experiments.

Loom Shamsud-Din - All Elementary, Middle, & Junior High Expand

Carrots, Not Sticks 

Award Amount: $2,000.00

Teacher Project Description: Resources for at-risk K-12 students to incentivize and reinforce behavior improvements in school.

Michelle Phillips - McNair Expand

How HOT is science?

Award Amount: $2,300.00

Teacher Project Description: Science kits for virtual students to engage in engineering design projects and experiments.

Pamela Skelton - Asbell Expand

Skelton's Post Office

Award Amount: $2,113.02

Teacher Project Description: Books, rewards, and postage to mail virtual students materials and motivation for learning.

Renee Deshommes - Adult & Community Education Center Expand

Online Certifications 

Award Amount: $5,000

Teacher Project Description: Access to online education and certification programs to increase academic and workforce skills.

 

Rikki Haney - McNair Expand

Math Manipulative Kits

Award Amount: $420.00

Teacher Project Description: Students will receive personal math manipulative kits to supplement in-person and at-home learning!

 

Shawn Flannigan - ALLPS Expand

6 Feet Outdoor Education 

Award Amount: $3,618.55

Teacher Project Description: Equipment for Outdoor Ed students to do large sections of learning outside.

Sim Barrow - Ramay, Leverett, Owl Creek, Asbell, ALLPS, Holt Expand

Learn Outdoors

Award Amount: $11,500.00

Teacher Project Description: Materials to create outdoor learning spaces at high need schools.

Tara Lechtenberger - Washington Expand

Together we are better! 

Award Amount: $10,040.00

Teacher Project Description: Transportation, supplies, and staffing for Creative Cats in order to reconnect students to school.

Trevor Cooperescue- Fayetteville High School Expand

COVID Performances & Beyond

Award Amount: $2,480.85

Teacher Project Description: Equipment for theatre & personal communication students to record performances & tailor instruction.

 

Valerie Sisco - Asbell Expand

Our Voice 

Award Amount: $3,120.20

Teacher Project Description: Portable audio systems for traditional classrooms to enhance instruction delivery.

2020 Spring Pendergraft Grant Awards

Sarah Jewell - Holt Expand

Experiential Learning: Piloting Adventures through VR Expeditions

Award Amount: $11,029.51

Teacher Project Description: A Google Expeditions Kit that will impact 515 Holt students this year alone, to explore a plethora of interactive, virtual experiences needed to build background knowledge in all subject areas taught.

Funded by: Neal R. Pendergraft Grant

2020 Spring Standard Grant Awards

Cameron Simpkins - Fayetteville High School Expand

Igniting Youth Research-A Science Symposium

Award Amount: $3670.00

Teacher Project Description: Lab equipment and professional research poster printing materials for hosting the first annual Science Symposium where FHS students will display their individual research endeavors.

Funded by: Anne & Jack Butt

Carri Finley - Owl Creek Expand

Choose Love Through Action

Award Amount: $2431.23

Teacher Project Description: High-quality literature and resources to support teachers, students and parents as they apply strategies from the four main components of the Choose Love Social-Emotional Learning program: courage, gratitude, forgiveness, compassion in action.

Funded by: Denise & Hershey Garner

 

Jade Cameron - Fayetteville High School Expand

Gardening with Robots

Award Amount: $5045.00

Teacher Project Description: FarmBot CNC farming machine for FHS agriculture students to learn about programming, motors and drives, automation, and precision agriculture.

Funded by: Matthew J. Siebenmorgen, Tammy & Read Hudson Family

Jami Dugger - Holcomb Expand

The Calming Space

Award Amount: $1700.00

Teacher Project Description: Tools for multi-sensory room to provide sensory integration and self-regulation skills to students in order to de-escalate behaviors, teach calming strategies, and return to general education classroom for meaningful participation.

Funded by: Becky Knight Memorial

Jordan Strayhorn & Richard Bell - Fayetteville High School Expand

Science Equipment for Family and Consumer Sciences

Award Amount: $6500.00

Teacher Project Description: Science equipment for Family and Consumer Science classes to investigate food and nutrition.

Funded by: David Lashley, Treva Hamilton

Kristy Harter - McNair Expand

Squeeze Please!

Award Amount: $946.99

Teacher Project Description: This project will provide students access to deep pressure therapy that will help them cope with different forms of stress, anxieties and sensory needs within school.

Funded by: Glen Conklin Foundation

Willow Fitzgibbon - Fayetteville High School Expand

True Lit Festival

Award Amount: $5277.00

Teacher Project Description: In partnership with the Fayetteville Public Library, FPEF introduces notable author, Kwame Alexander, to all 9th-grade students at Fayetteville High School.

Funded by: Jim Blair Author Series

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