Several New Boston teachers were awarded more than $35,000 in grants at a district-wide teacher’s appreciation pep rally Friday afternoon.
The New Boston Education Foundation presented 23 classroom instructional grant checks to teachers at New Boston Independent School District. The grants will be used to purchase materials for the classrooms that will improve the learning experiences of New Boston students.
“I am very grateful for the hard work that the education foundation board puts in to make these grants possible. It is wonderful to see those resources going back into the classrooms to help our teachers and students. All supplies and materials purchased through our grants stay with the classroom so they are beneficial to the New Boston school district for years to come,” said Kayla Simmons, NB Education Foundation president.
The NB Education Foundation is a non-profit organization that raises funds to support innovative educational programs throughout the district through annual fundraisers like Bougie Bingo and the Golf Scramble. They also work with local businesses, like Waste Management, to provide additional grant funding for school projects and improvements.
“These ladies have regular jobs and families but they donate their time and go out into the community to make this happen for our teachers. We as a district wouldn’t be able to provide all of this for our teachers, but this just goes to show what the collaboration between educators and the community can do,” said Brian Bobbitt, NBISD superintendent.
This year’s grant recipients: Diana Buchanan received $1,085 for her first grand reading and science classes.
Monche Crawford received $982 for her pre-k 4 class.
Nicki Crook and Raquel Robinson received $3,636 for speech pathology.
Casey Gibson received $1,285 for early childhood special education literacy, math and speech.
Heather Hunter received $1,091 for her first grade reading and science classes.
The kindergarten group of Sarah Laney, Ariel Butler, Ambra Roberts, Marisa Pearcy and Maegan Turk received $3,148.
The pre-k 3 STEM group of Kishina Shaw, Callie Martinez and Savannah Ward received $3,500.
The second grade group of Hannah Wilson, DeAndra Beauvais, Alysse Pruitt and Melissa Maddox received $3,045.
Alisa Griffin received $943 for her third through fifth grade special education classroom.
Becki Carpenter received $1,390 for her third through fifth grade special education classroom.
Mary Harris received $1,301 for her third grade reading classes.
The fourth grade group of Samantha Harrison, Maikan Bobbitt, Madison Basso and Marilyn Hillis received $1,240.
Miranda Irving received $1,079 for her third through fifth grade special education classroom.
The third through fifth grade reading group of Dena May, Mary Haris, Alisa Griffin, Marilyn Hillis, Samantha Harrison, Kyndra Davis and Jennifer Johnson received $2,819.
Amanda Pemberton received $1,196 for her third through fifth grade math intervention classes.
The fifth grade math group of Baylee Thomas, Alexzandra Bagwell, Kyndra Davis and Jennifer Johnson received $1,240.
Shane Valenica received $1,500 for his fifth grade music students.
Diana Land received $237 for her eighth grade reading students.
Amanda Lee received $1,332 for her middle school self-contained special education classroom.
Mason Higginbotham and Joshua Roberts received $422 for high school theater and art.
Callie Perkins received $118 for her high school business classes.
Crystal Pommer received $1,382 for her high school health science classes.
Alice Young received $1,300 for her junior and senior math classes.
