Peoria, IL- A joint effort between The Murray and Rena Yeomans Fund of the Community Foundation of Central Illinois and Peoria Public Schools Foundation awarded 22 District 150 teachers $20,000 in grants.

District 150 Classroom Grants are available to any Peoria Public Schools District 150 teacher interested in additional projects to enrich the classroom experience for the students. It is a competitive grant process that aligns with District 150 strategic goals and the school improvement plan. Awards are made in amounts of $1000 or less. While most grants address classroom initiatives from teachers, the selection committee considers requests from other personnel such as counselors and other program staff.

2013 Classroom Grant Recipients include:

Hines Primary School, Peggy Peryam : Multicultural Instruments $825
Sterling Middle School, Michelle Couri : Sterling Students Stepping‐Up in Peoria! $450
Thomas Jefferson Primary, Lauren Wulf: Art Club $1,000
Lindbergh Middle School, Wesley Stephens: Using technology to supplement student enrichment $1,000
Rolling Acres Middle School, Laura Bally: The Cougar Cultivators: Seeds for Change $1,000
Valeska Hinton Early Childhood Education, Tami French: Valeska Hinton ECEC First Grade Collaborative Project $778
Rolling Acres Middle School, Beth Perce: Peoria Riverfront Museum S.T.E.M. (Science Technology Engineering Mathematics)Field Trip $950
Roosevelt Magnet School, Alexander Van Beek: Roosevelt Drama $1,000
Richwoods High School, Sarah Degarmo: Art Room 180 $1,000
Hines Primary School, Terra Boeker : Technology Supports for Early Readers $1,000
Sterling Middle School, Kirsten Kelly: Check Out the Kindle $983
Developmental Center, Stephanie Zutter: Courageous Pacers $1,000
Richwoods High School, Juli Cranwill: Special Education $995
Harrison Community Learning Center, Michael Rigali: Inquiry Based Math Instruction $956
Woodruff Career and Technical Center, Lynne Anderson: T‐shirt Press $1,000
Day Treatment Trewyn, Patricia Belcher: 1st ‐ 8th Grade Reading Mastery/Corrective Reading $500
Northmoor Primary School, Maryanne Donohue: Peoria Ballet Literacy Partnership $1,000
Quest Charter Academy, Kathryn Creasy: Field Trip to the Cemetery that Inspired Spoon River Anthology $350
Richwoods High School, Thomas Sparkman: Richwoods HS MCJRTOC $1,000
Woodruff Career and Technical Center, Jacob DuPree: Here Today, Gone Tomorrow? $1,000
Richwoods High School, Tamara Butler: RHS Step Team‐‐‐‐‐> Stepping to S.U.C.C.E.S.S. $1,000
Mark Bills Middle School, Denise Smith: The Global-cize program is the opportunity for students to take a day outside of school and learn community building $996