Education Edge Classroom Grants
Education EDGE Recipients
FY2526 Edge Grant
Education Edge August 2025 Recipients
Project Name:
MameRegulation Station
Maribel Reyes-Rodriguez- (Social Worker)
Team members:
Dana Tisdale (Behavior Intervention-Elem-LIC
Project Name:
Future in Focus: Coding, Creativity & Communication. A Gordon Parks StoryLab - Empowering Storytelling Through Technology
Mary Del Vecchio Floro (Technology Educator)
Team members:
Leah Templeton(media Arts) ,
Cory McCracken (Technology Educator), Erik Cooke-Stone (Vocal Music),
Tatiana Larsen(Art)
Project name: Creating an Accessible Art Experience for all Kelly Students
Melody Stanberry (ART)
Project Name: Building Literacy through hands-on engagement: A library for every learner:
Perla Coyle (1st grade)
Project name: One to One Student Calculators and Manipulatives for Geometric shapes/constructions and graphing concept
Jeremiah Patton (Mathematics)
Project name: Becoming Published Authors
Sophia Aikens (5th grade)
Project name: The Next Chapter Starts NOw!
Cristi Hare (esol)
Team: Sharene Urban (Reading Intervention),
Misty Harris (Reading Intervention)
Project Name: Doubling the Rate of Spanish Acquisition
Elizabeth Polson (Spanish)
Project name: STEM Kits for Self - Advocacy
Amanda Bintz (Interrelated, Sr High)
Project name: TARGETing Success: Incentives for positive student behavior
Hannah Schaake (Building Instructional Tech Specialist)
Team:
Stacy Malicoat (Instructional Coach Sec),
Brooke Dickey (Asst Principal), Amanda Anderson (Counselor), Theresa Delgado(English), Charmalina Valdovinos(English)
Project name: Using Drones to Improve Mathematics Skills by Engaging Coding Challenges
David Maneth (Middle School Exploration of Tech Lab)
project name:
Bass Enrichment Caleb Linkous (vocal music)
team: Michelle Blount
(Bookkeeper), Harrison Koppenhaver (Strings/Winds)
Project name: Grizzly Outdoor Accessible Learning Spaces (GOALS)
Susan Grommesh (science)
Project names:
Graphical Literacy Mthemic Contests - Geometry and Data Analysis
Mark Tolbert (Mathematics)
Team:
Steven Harcus (Mathematics),
Cody O'Brien (Gifted)
Safe, Seen, and Synched: A Speech and Debate Safety Iniative
Hannah Erdman (speech)
Rewards & Team Building for Literacy Intervention
John Perkins (English)
Team:
Melinda Perkins (English)
Zones of Learning: Flexible Seating for Success
Elizabeth Brawner (ESOL, Newcomer)
Increasing and Enhancing Laboratory Experiences for high school biology and anatomy students
Alisa Abuzeineh (Science)
Project name: Student Driven Phenomenon Based Science
Emily McKnight
(science)
Project name:
Helping my science teacher to make our lessons funnier
Jacqueline Nascimento-Odenheimer (Interrelated)
team:
Teresa Martinez (Interrelated)
2023-2024 Investments
Education EDGE Classroom Mini-Grant Gift Fund
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Supported Thirty Nine WPS staff members throughout FY24
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Awarded a total of $124,302 in classroom mini grants
Education EDGE Athletic Gift Fund
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15 volleyball uniform tops, 1 shot clock, 1 volleyball stand, 1 controller, and 1 tennis net
Education EDGE Fine Arts Gift Fund
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4 ¼ upright string bass, 8 trombones, 1 Clay mixer, and 4 Theatre spotlights with bulbs for auditorium productions
New Teacher Investments
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Education EDGE Gift funds pledged more than $60,000 in mini-grants to new teachers to purchase items for their classrooms
Have Questions? Contact Us
Holly Wilson
Grant Administrator
hwilson@usd259.net
316-973-4461
TaDonne Neal
Grant Technician
tneal2@usd259.net
316-973-4537
Bridgette Warren Budget Technician bwarren@usd259.net 316-973-4727
Sonia Welch Administrative Assistant swelch1@usd259.net 316-973-4754
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