Education Foundation Awards $81,000 to Royse City ISD

Special Ed Teacher Debi Wood receives a grant from Shirley Magness.

Directors Ashlee Burke and Bobby Gladu exit the Grant Patrol bus.

(ROYSE CITY, TX — Nov. 12, 2019) The Royse City ISD Education Foundation is a non-profit organization that exists to enrich and enhance the education provided in the Royse City ISD Schools. On Thursday, November 7, 2019, directors and donors made surprise visits to campuses to award the 2019 Innovative Teaching Grants for a total of $49,628.80. In addition, the Foundation has awarded $12,000 to Royse City ISD for Bulb Digital Portfolios for students, $7,525.32 for smart boards to support the dyslexia program and $12,000 for additional special grants.

“Grant Patrol is one of the best days of the school year for the Education Foundation and is only made possible through the generosity of the donors,” said Executive Director Kim Crumrine. “The Foundation’s Board of Directors are the individuals who help raise the funds each year and build relationships in the community that positively impact the 6,600 students served in Royse City ISD.”

The 2019 Innovative Teaching Grants are:

We Like to Move It, Move it!

$1,500.00
Fort Elementary
Lisa O’Neal, Jennifer Murrey

SOAR: Near-Space Flight

$3,571.51
RCHS
Kevin Babcock

Drones: from Eye-level to Sky-level

$4,068.54
RCHS
Kevin Babcock

Bulldog Factory

$5,000.00
RCHS
Lisa Davis

QBall for Questioning

$1,200.00
RCHS
Kathleen Krumnow & English Dept.

Capturing Minds With Book Buddies

$1,880
Fort Elementary
Kristi Byrne, Stacy Bookout, Valeri Jayroe, Ashley Drabble, Miriam Martinez & Chelsea Robertson.

Bones, Math, & Basketball

$769.12
Scott Elementary
Alison Linnert

Let There Be Light

$1,999.00
RCHS
Gina Nelson & Sarah Steinbacher

Suspension Training

$907.52
Fort Elementary
Melissa Kethley Rager

“LEADing The Way to Mental Wellness”

RCHS Mental Wellness Center
$2,730.52
Leah Voth

Physics (Field) of Dreams

$4,888.01
RCHS
Alan Stowers, Kevin Babcock, Cynthia McNeal & Robert Sutherland

I’m Hungry for a Book!

$4,998.00
Vernon Elementary
Cheri Froehling& Noemi Ramos

MERGE Cube

$2,253.56
Fort Elementary
Amber Hutcheson

Entrepreneurs for Life

$3,263.01
RCHS
Michelle Culp, Jessica Gettys, Chelsea Holcomb& Debi Wood

Rock Climbing Wall

$3,293.00
Ruth Cherry Intermediate
Shannon Ellington & Georgette McDaniel

Play-On-Neon

$327.11
Fort Elementary
Angela Roberts

Uniquely Ukulele

$2,988.64
Ruth Cherry Intermediate
Sharon Steele

The Wondrous Wacky to Wiser Wiggle Walk

$1,500.00
Davis Elementary
Christy McNiel, Audrea Peterson, Crystal Anderson, Ashleigh Nelson, Ron Corcoran, Andres Gabino, Kimberly Palmer & Jennifer Prewett

Let Their Voices Be Heard!

$968.84
Herndon Intermedaite
Ashlee Poor, Kendra Scurlock, Marla Ours, Karen McGee & Carrie Patrick

All Aboard; Full Steam Ahead!

$1,522.42
Vernon Elementary
Tayla Wallis, Christy Miller, Jana Pope, Kim Faulk, Casey Oyer, Esther Holmberg, Bethani Leija, Julie Bennett & Kristen Jacobs

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