Lakewood City School District: LREF Awards $19,000 In Teacher Grants

Press release from Lakewood City School District:

August 20, 2021

The Lakewood Rangers Education Foundation awarded its highest ever dollar amount in teacher grants for the 2021-2022 school year as xx projects were given funds totaling more than $19,000. Executive director Terri Richards called the proposed projects put forth by teachers from across the district “innovative and inspiring.”

With students returning to a full in-person schedule this school year, teachers are excited to introduce some creative, hands-on activities that keep students engaged and spark their curiosity. The grant proposals cover classrooms from PreK through grade 12 and touch on a wide range of subjects from science, literacy, math and economics to social emotional learning topics.

The money provided for the grants comes from LREF donor funds such as the Margaret Warner and the Meinke Creative Teaching grant funds as well as some funding from the foundation’s general fund.

Below is a sampling of grant projects from the 18 that were approved:

• Yoga Club at Garfield
• Stock Market Game at LHS
• Super Powered (mental health) Support Group at Harding
• Printmaking Pattern Project at LHS
• Ranger Wear for All - designing spiritwear hijabs at LHS
• Battle of the Books at the elementary schools
• Harding Traditions - a peer mentor program for 6th graders
• Eureka STEM Activities and Stories at Lincoln
• Connecting Generations Over the Dinner Table at West Shore Career-Tech

We look forward to sharing more details about the grant programs as they unfold over the school year.

This press release was produced by Lakewood City School District. The views expressed here are the author’s own.