HSE Schools Foundation announces spring grant recipients

April 12th, 2012

The Hamilton Southeastern Schools Foundation recently announced recipients of its spring grants totaling close to $11,000. Each recipient, amount and project are listed below:

Abbey Browning and Lisa Brown, Fishers High School – $1,800 for Bringing Fine Art to the 21st Century. Purchase three DSLR cameras for a new digital photography class that teaches more than point and shoot so the students will learn to have control by using the manual functions.

Daniel Moosbrugger, Hamilton Southeastern High School - $970 for Ceramic Coiling Success for Beginners. Purchase two clay extruders for the Three Dimensional Art and Ceramics class. The extruders give the students much more success in creating and executing their projects.

Kayla Holcomb, Durbin Elementary - $1,763 for Empowering Students with the iPad2. Purchase 3 iPad2’s, cases and iTunes gift cards for the Special Education students. This will allow students with reading disabilities to independently study and complete assignments.

Mary Beth Riley, Durbin Elementary - $1,122 for Engineering is Elementary! Purchase engineering based curriculum kits for each grade level. The storybooks in the kits integrate cultural understanding with different countries and nationalities represented within them.

Kara Hiatt and Leslie Hopper, Thorpe Creek Elementary - $2,190 for iPads for Publishing at Thorpe Creek Elementary. Purchase 2 iPads and iTunes to aid students’ in publishing, which is the final step in the writing process.

Stacy Cook and Tanya Cooper, New Britton Elementary - $1,974 for LEARNS (Let Everyone Acquire Resources to support our Needs with Sensory input). Purchase a Sensory Motor Kit and other equipment that has been proven to aid students with moderate disabilities and help them with their academic learning.

Kevin Johnson and Jeff Johnson, Riverside Intermediate and Junior High - $1,970 for Riverside Natural Property Trails Development. Purchase materials to make signs, distance markers and visual aids for the trails and boundaries of their adjacent 76 –acre wooded property. All classes will be able to use this property for educational purposes.

For more information, contact HSSF Executive Director Lisa Allen at 317-594-4100.