Pennsbury Foundation Awards Eight Grants

FALLSINGTON, PA — Eight grants to schools across the Pennsbury School District, totaling more than $12,000, were recently awarded by the Pennsbury Education Foundation.

The foundation is a nonprofit that relies on donations and supports improving teaching and learning in Pennsbury through innovation. Grants are awarded twice a year through an application process.

Foundation President Annette Young announced the following grants:

• Charles Boehm Middle School Principal Travis Bloom and school counselor Donna Bradshaw. $1,750 was approved to buy 50 wiggle seats and bouncy bands for student seating.
• Pennsbury High School West Principal Lisa Becker and teacher Robert Roach. $5,157.43 to buy the Anatomy in Clay learning system.
• Pennsbury High School East Principal Reggie Meadows and teacher Mary Beth Dillione. $150 to buy a rocking chair and weighted blanket for students with special needs.
• Penn Valley Elementary School Principal Barbara Hidalgo and teacher Timothy Behe. $267.93 to buy Brain Train and Beyond: Speed Cup Stacking materials
• Penn Valley Elementary Principal Hidalgo with teacher Janice Portland. $250 to buy Reader’s Theater Stage Microphones.
• Quarry Hill Elementary School Principal Richard Rebh and teacher Katie Veneziale. $298.97 to buy a Silhouette Cameo 3 machine and supplies.
• All 10 Pennsbury elementary schools will host "Eyes of the Wild" live-animal assemblies with a focus on animal adaptations. The application for an approved grant totaling $2,750 was submitted by Afton Elementary Principal Dr. Joseph Masgai and teacher, Kristin Slota, on behalf of all of the schools.
• The Pennsbury Technology Department received a grant of $1,611 to buy ten Q-balls (microphones-in-balls) as teaching aids in all 10 Pennsbury elementary schools. The application was submitted by Brad McCormick, Director of Technology, and teacher/administrative intern Amanda D’Amico.