Schools

Education Foundation Awards Annual Grants

About $20,000 total given to District 308 teachers.

As it prepares for its BBQ dinner fundraiser Friday, June 17, at PrairieFest, the Oswego Foundation for Educational Excellence recently announced its recipients of this year's grants to District 308 educators. 

In all, grants were awarded to about 75 educators to help cover classroom and instructional above and beyond what the district provides, said OFEE board member Danielle Paul. 

For more information or to buy tickets for Friday's BBQ, e-mail donations@oswegofoundation.org

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The following is a list of this year's grant winners.

ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS District Wide Math Kindergarten Carla Wood, Megan Mann Old Post K-5 Math Dana Ruopoli, Sue Blocker Stephanie Thomas, Stephanie Tripp Modaff John Francis, Deanne Todd Beth Hammer, Angela Sperlakis The Wheatlands Second Grade Anne King, Julie Siebel Mary Greifenkamp, Tami Maddox Howard Shaw Southbury Kindergarten Carrie Gaca, Jennifer Doerfler Sarah Wineinger Wolf Crossing District Wide Music Gina Torbett The Wheatlands First Grade Barb Richmond The Wheatlands Gifted 1st-5th Lisa DeVol The Wheatlands  Third Grade Jennifer Porter, Nicole Goodyear Jolene Gruenke, Julie Cronin Janee Schaefer Wolf's Crossing Second Grade Erin Jenkins, Elizabeth Hartsock Wolf's  Crossing Third & Fourth Grades Julie Cooney, Caroline Dunbar Southbury Kindergarten - Fifth Grade Stacie Bayon, Rachel Morrison Mary Weber The Wheatlands Reading Recovery Susan Randazzo Boulder Hill Reading Recovery Stephanie Townsend Hunt Club Reading Recovery Jenna Lockhart Southbury Reading Recovery Mary Weber Grande Park First Grade Lisa Brougham, Rachel Fitzgerald Jennifer Main, Donna Porrey Kim Short Hunt Club Kindergarten Luz Aguilar Hunt Club Kindergarten Linda Ivanitz Southbury First Grade Kristy Stith JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLS Plank Junior High School Junior High Kristen Mattson, Jill Beane Sandra Campanaro, Sean Ferguson Jillian Brolley, Julie Knauf Traughber Junior High School Junior High Angela Smith, Lisa Clark Kathryn Yaeger, Kristen Beneshunas Ruben Martinez Bednarcik Junior High School Junior High Jennifer Borneman, Brandon Niewinski Mike Linden, Angie Kiernan, Brittany Gilla Heather McGowan, Kristi Gabehart, Kristina White Michelle Peat, Erin Kocher, Ashley Miller Bednarcik Junior High School Junior High Renee Welch SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLS Oswego East High School Senior High Paul Hurt Oswego High School Senior High Kevin Schoenbach Oswego High School Senior High Mike Wayne, Julie Pavlini Craig Watson

Editor's note: This story has been clarified to more accurately reflect what OFEE grants provide educators.

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