Food for Kids Donations
The Lincoln County Area Retired School Personnel (LCARSP) presented donations to the school-to-home food programs in each school district in Lincoln County on Dec 2-4, 2020. Linda McGlothlin, LCARSP President, and Zenda Folta, LCARSP webpage administrator and photographer, met with representatives from each school district to present a check for $200 with a matching donation of $200 for their food support programs.
As part of the LCARSP Community Service in Lincoln County, LCARSP members voluntarily donate to the LCARSP Food For Kids project. The Food For Kids monies are then donated to the school-to-home food support programs – the Silex R-I Owls Pals, the Elsberry R-II Backpacks, the Troy R-III Buddy Bags, and the Winfield R-IV Pals Pax programs.
LCARSP is a unit of the Missouri Retired Teachers Association which supports the statewide Show Me Hunger project and strongly encourages local community service projects.
Elsberry R-II Backpacks
Sponsor- Natalie Head
Accepting:
Madison Leckbee, President Elsberry National Honor Society
Kyndal Pratt, Vice President Elsberry National Honor Society
Macy Barber, Secretary/Treasurer Elsberry National Honor Society
Winfield R-IV Pal Pax
Volunteer director – Terry Feeler (not available)
Accepting:
Pastor Fielding Poe of the First Baptist Church of Winfield
Troy R-III Buddy Bags
Sponsor & accepting -- Dr. Amy Salvo
Silex R-I Owls Pals
Sponsor – Laura McDonald
Accepting:
Kelan Kinion, President Silex National Honor Society
Laura Mc Donald, Co-sponsor Silex National Honor Society
Heather Miller, Co-sponsor Silex National Honor Society
As a representative of the Lincoln County Area Retired School Personnel, Carolyn Black, presented Mrs. Natasha Head a check for $500 to help fund the "Backpack Project" sponsored by the Elsberry National Honor Society. The "Backpack Project" provides food items for children over the weekend who might not have meals provided for them.
"Thanks to generous donations like this, we have been able to increase the number of students we help in grades K-4 at Clarence Cannon Elementary. We have increased to 29 students, are able to send more items, and increase our frequency to a weekly delivery, stated Natasha Head."
LCARSP has collected money to support the Lincoln County R-III (Troy) School District's "Buddy Bag Program" for several years. This year, the group will donate $500 to each of the other Lincoln County School Districts that have similar programs.
Veterans' Day at Cappel Elementary
Several LCARSP members helped make the Veterans' Day celebration at Wm. Cappel Elementary a success Friday, November 11, 2016. They arrived at school early in the morning and helped filled hundreds of balloons with helium for the annual Veterans' Balloon Launch.
After the program honoring our local veterans, the students took to the outdoors and released the balloons, each containing the school's contact information. It is hoped some of the balloons will be found in the days and weeks ahead and those finding them will write back to the school to let the students know how far their balloons traveled.
Here are a few photos of this special day.
2015 LCARSP Classroom Grant Recipients
Three $200 grants were awarded recently to several local teachers. These funds will enable them to purchase supplies that will enhance their classroom instruction.
Classroom Grant Applications were distributed to each of the four county public school districts (Silex, Elsberry, Troy and Winfield) and were open to those teaching Pre-K through 12th grade. Teachers were asked to describe their class and how the funds would be used. Applications were submitted by teachers from three of the four districts.
Heather Bauer, K-12 Art Teacher at Silex, plans to use her funds to help pay for supplies to hook up new technology in her classroom.
Katie Maixner, ‘Class within a Class’ teacher at the Troy Ninth Grade Center, Troy, will use her funds to purchase Interactive Notebook resources to enhance the learning for her Algebra 1 students.
Heather Dahm, Fourth Grade Teacher at Winfield Intermediate, will be using her funds to build her classroom environment with resources for reading and math. A first year teacher, Heather would like to create a learning environment where her students are excited to come each day.
to our four local school districts. Members feel it is a great way to thank our local teachers for encouraging a new generation of lifelong learners.
Lincoln County Area Retired School Personnel
Award Classroom Grants
Three $200 grants were
awarded recently to several local teachers. These funds will enable them
to purchase supplies that will enhance their classroom instruction.
Classroom Grant
applications were distributed to each of the four county public school
districts (Silex, Elsberry, Troy and Winfield) and were open to those teaching
Pre-K through 12th grade. Teachers
were asked to describe their class and how the funds would be used.
Jill Kinion, Silex
Kindergarten teacher, plans to use her grant to purchase a document camera for
classroom instruction.
Sherry Hollenbeck,
Special Education, Algebra 1 and Physical Science teacher at Troy Ninth Grade
Center, will use her grant money to buy two triple beam balances and 12
calculators so the students in her class do not have to share equipment to
complete assignments. This will allow for more student engagement and
interest.
Courtney Kirwan, Art
Teacher at Winfield Middle School, shared that last year, the department’s kiln
(pottery oven) was repaired and instruction in clay art could again be
offered. Currently, students are using pencils and paperclips to do their
sculpting. Ms. Kirwan plans to purchase the appropriate supplies to
correctly teach her class.
The Lincoln County Area School Personnel plan to make these Classroom Grants available each year to our local school districts. Members feel it is a great way to thank our local teachers for encouraging a new generation of lifelong learners.
Grant recipients: Jill Kinion, First Grade Teacher at Silex R-I (top photo), Sherry Hollenbeck, a teacher at the Ninth Grade Center of Troy R-III (middle photo), and Courtney Kirwan, Art Teacher at Winfield R-IV (left in bottom photo), Scholarship committee member, Barb Gorski, is on the right.
(This information appeared in THE LINCOLN COUNTY JOURNAL, Tuesday, January 6, 2015, pg. 11b)
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