2022-2023 LCARSP Classroom Grants Awarded

LCARSP Grants 2022-23

Each year the Lincoln County Area Retired School Personnel sponsors classroom grants for our four county school districts.  These $200 grants are designed to give some financial assistance to teachers and a non-certified staff member for needed classroom items. This year, since our fundraiser (selling handmade crafts at Eagle Fork Pumpkin Patch) was so successful, we were able to awarded extra grants!

Silex R-1 - Jill Kinion teaches 2nd grade in Silex and would like math manipulatives to better engage students and help teach concepts.  She had to borrow math manipulatives from other teachers. She's chosen eight manipulatives so her students can use them in class. (Cheryl Kerns is presenting the check.)

Elsberry R-2 – Dani Rockwell teaches 6th grade Math and ELA teacher at 

Elsberry Middle School for 22 years.  She wants to shift her math classes from traditional to hands on STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) activities.  She’s relied on donations but wants to use the grant to buy materials for a bridge building activity as well as a Snack Stand for students to inventory, sell, and then transfer the information into graphs to learn percentage, rates, ratio, multiplication, and division.

Troy R-3 – Heather Dildine teaches at Troy South Middle School.  Her goal is to get 6th graders to increase their reading to grade level.  She’d like to order 5 Graphic Box Sets called “Wings of Fire” as well as several graphic novels. Students would read, discuss in groups, and build confidence in reading. (Nancy Lenk is presenting the check.)

2nd Troy R-3 Lauren Presley– Media Specialist- Boone, Lincoln, and Hawk Point.  Her request was for Tonie Boxes. The encourage imagination with screen free digital listening experience that plays songs, stories and more. They come with painted characters to help imagination and storylines. She’d like 3 TonieBoxes, 5 characters and a storage case.  (Nancy Lenk is presenting the check.)

3rd Troy R-3  Tricia Moore – Lincoln 2nd grade. Tricia has worked to get her personal dog in Lincoln Elementary as a facility dog named Puc.  They plan to have the dog visit 3-4 days a week.  What they need is curriculum so staff can learn how to utilize the dog to his fullest potential.    She’s asking for the curriculum MUTT Grees K-2 and MUTT Grees 3-6 @ $98. each that is self-explanatory.  (Nancy Lenk is presenting the check.)

Winfield R-4- Emily Ramano.  –Emily Romano has been teaching Special Education Social Studies and Science in Winfield High School for 4 years.  She requested flexible seating in her classroom where students are asked to co-exist, concentrate, and focus on science and social studies along with others with behavior challenges and ADHD.  Unstructured seating helps them all stay on task better in more comfortable seating. (Mary Tarpein is presenting the check.)

Para/Uncertified Staff – Troy R-3  Madison Schneider -Madison Schneider is a paraeducator or teaching assistant who supports students with disabilities, and supervises individual or small-group work at the Early Childhood Education Center. She is requesting 4 Cube Chairs. Cube chairs are designed to allow toddlers of all heights to sit, get in and out independently, and have two different seating heights.  This alternative seating would allow her to work in small groups easily. (Sherri Heckmann is presenting the check.)

Congratulations to this year's Classroom Grant recipients and thank you to all our local school teachers who work so hard to educate and inspire our youth!  

You are all awesome!