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Shawnee Public Schools educators received $14,860 in grants from the Shawnee Educational Foundation, announced Michelle Wallace, SEF president.

SEF awarded more than $21,000 in classroom grants to SPS and other Shawnee area schools this year, Wallace said.

SPS teacher and principal grants that were funded are as follows:
Shawnee Early Childhood Center
  • Brandy Swinford, “It's a WATER-FUL Life!” $1,114.17
  • Cassie Flora “Light Up Our Learning,” $1,237.37
  • Sandra Bradley “Everyone can have Fun in the Sun!” $828.99
Horace Mann Elementary
  • Rosemarie Bushong and Sydney Anderson, “A Book a Day Is Just a Token Away,” $1,199
  • Rosemarie Bushong “Little Minds at Work,” $459.91
  • Christi Lovelady, “Let's Go Outside to Learn!” $1,334.52
Jefferson Elementary
  • Camille Pfeiff, “Bountiful Books!” $1,200
  • Lacy Arnold, “Kinesthetic Learning for Kinders,” $1,245.20
Sequoyah Elementary
  • Cathie Womack, “Hands on Reading,” $731.36
  • Kathy Carrington, “New World of Coding,” $1,156.76
Will Rogers Elementary
  • Starla Howard, “Books! Books! Books!” $1,145.62
Shawnee Middle School
  • Keely Tolin, “Ready Set Charge!” $1,980.71
Shawnee High School
  • Jessica Armstrong, “Expanding Knowledge and Understanding through Nonfiction Books,” $1,227.95

The Shawnee Educational Foundation is dedicated to providing a reliable and perpetual source of needed supplemental funds and to foster excellence in educational programming and instructional techniques in Shawnee area schools.