PORT TOWNSEND — The Port Townsend Education Foundation recently awarded more than $37,000 in grants to 16 applicants from the Port Townsend School District.
Funding was distributed to applicants at Port Townsend High School, Blue Heron Middle School, Grant Street Elementary and the Mar Vista alternative high school program.
A total of $50,000 had been allocated for funding this year, but the balance will carry over into next year’s grant cycle.
“We approached Port Townsend School District Superintendent Gene Laes with an offer to release up to $10,000 of the balance for any project which his administrative team felt would benefit all schools, but his preference was that we hold this money for use in next year’s grant cycle,” said Port Townsend Education Foundation President Nik Lance.
Programs
Programs earning funding, lead applicants and amounts awarded are:
■ Species Identification and Habitat Support at Blue Heron Wetlands: Jason Lynch of Blue Heron Middle School, $2,489.80.
■ Arts in Education: Teaching Artists in the Classroom: Dorothy Stengel of Grant Street Elementary, $4,245.
■ Differentiated Instruction — Teaching Artists in the Classroom: Susan Doyle of Blue Heron Middle School, $1,800.
■ Enhancing the Science Curriculum through Modern Technology: John VanAckeren, Port Townsend High School, $5,000.
■ Tales, Text & Theater: Julie Dow of Blue Heron Middle School, $2,000.
■ Wellness Unit (Supplement to Writing Unit): Tom Gambill of Port Townsend High School, $1,800.
■ Video Enhancement in the Classroom: Leslie Shively of Blue Heron Middle School, $2,979.88.
■ Writers in the Schools (WITS)/Centrum and PT Arts Commission: Diane Frame of Blue Heron Middle School, $2,000.
■ Maritime Discovery Program: Jennifer Manning of Blue Heron Middle School, $3,000.
■ Improving Mathematics Instruction by Using Technology to Promote Classroom-based Formative Assessment: David Thielk of Port Townsend High School, $4,211.71.
More programs
■ Environmental Science Immersion II: Wanda Synnestvedt of Mar Vista alternative high school, $2,395.
■ Foreign Language Oral Assessment Technology: Teresa Janssen of Port Townsend High School, $1,246.46.
■ Exploring Graphic Representations Through Kinesthetic Modeling: Jennifer Manning of Blue Heron Middle School, $737.10.
■ No Child Left Behind in Physical Education: Deborah Rich of Blue Heron Middle School, $600.
■ iPad2 & Therapy-Related Applications: Phillipa Lance of Grant Street Elementary, $882.
■ K-5 Amplification Systems (2): Mary Wilson of Grant Street Elementary, $2,000.