Grants Program

More than half of this year's funding -- $5,942 -- was provided by the Roger & Phyllis Kesseler Fund, $2,011 came from CAEEF general funds, $845 was provided by Gary & Barbara Russell for field trips, $722 was provided by the Mesack Family Trust for Middle School Teachers and $480 came from CAEEF legacy funds.

• $1,560 to GHS teacher Alecia Angerer for chemistry equipment 
   
• $396 to GES teacher Denise Aungst for a Zibiwing field trip 
   
• $1,300 to GES teacher Elly Miller for the Hiking Club
   
• $900 to school nurse Samantha Rogers for the GES Healthy Kids Club
   
• $1,200 to teacher Sam Spicuzza for technology for the GMS & GHS choir programs
   
• $1,280 to teacher Sam Spicuzza for the GES music room
   
• $1,000 to teacher Eric Tunney for snowshoes for the GES, GMS & GHS physical education classes
   
• $360 to GMS teacher Carrie Wilkinson for forensic science class equipment
   
• $500 to GMS teacher Christine Nothstine for the Student Council
   
• $480 to GMS teacher Tinelle Zigila for the English Department's Shakespeare unit 
   
• $1,125 to GES teacher Elly Miller for Forest Days

GRANTS CYCLE #5: WINTER 2021

The majority of this year's funding -- $3,450 -- was provided by the Roger & Phyllis Kesseler Fund, and $750 was provided for the first time by the Mesack Family Trust for Middle School Teachers.
 

• $1,968 to teacher Karen Leslie for K-2 STEM equipment for GES 
   
• $1,200 to teacher Sarah Sly for microscopes for GES science classes 
   
• $750 to teacher Samantha Amstutz for digital cameras for the GMS Art Department
   
• $141 to Tim Sanchez, principal, for the GMS GVR Program
   
• $141 to Levi Burkett, assistant principal, for the GHS GVR Program 

GRANTS CYCLE #4: WINTER 2020 

The fourth grant cycle ran January-March for the 2019-2020 or 2020-2021 academic year. 100% of the funding came from the Roger and Phyllis Kesseler Endowed Scholarship/Grant Fund. 
 

• $850 to Samantha Rogers, school nurse, for garden materials for the GES Grayling Bee-Healthy Garden
   
• $850 to teacher Samara Hartman for ingredients for dishes for the GMS World Cultures and Cuisines classes
   
• $850 to teachers Sarah Sly & Karen Leslie for a LEGO MINDSTORMS EV3 kit for the GES STEM/Robotics Program
   
• $850 to teachers Tinelle Zigila & Sandy Baynham for the GMS Language Arts' Shakespeare Drama Unit

The third grant cycle ran June-July for the 2019-2020 academic year. Three grants were awarded:
 

• $1,100 to teacher Karen Leslie for two Makey Makey invention kits for the GES STEM program
   
• $400 to teacher Christine Nothstine for one super kit (+) for the GMS robotics class
   
• $100 to Sarah Allen, GHS assistant principal, for items for the GHS Viking Renaissance Program: prize closet

The second grant cycle ran January-February for the 2018-2019 or 2019-2020 academic year. Three grants were awarded:
 

• $1,100 to teachers Eric Tunney and LJ Mead for heart rate monitors for the GHS physical education department
   
• $600 to Gina Brunskill, GES principal, for the Dolly Parton Imagination Library
   
• $300 to Sarah Allen, GHS assistant principal, and Bret Krabill, GMS teacher, for prizes for the Viking Renaissance Programs at GHS and GMS

The initial application window ran June-July 2018 for the 2018-2019 school year. Two grants were awarded:
 

• $1,000 to teacher Mary Tucker for laboratory equipment for the GHS chemistry department
   
• $1,000 to teacher Samantha Amstutz for three DSLR cameras for GMS and GHS photography classes