MONROE - The Monroe Excellence In Education Foundation announced its 2015 grant winners.
The Monroe Excellence In Education Foundation is an independent community organization that is designed to provide private resources to enhance educational programs; offer extended educational opportunities; encourage innovation; and recognize the achievements of students and staff in the Monroe school district. It is a component of the Monroe Fund, organized under the Community Foundation of Southern Wisconsin.
This year a special grant was awarded in honor of Beth Kille, who has supported EIE for six years at its annual Steak and Shake fundraiser. Jill Leuzinger, representing Parkside, Northside and Abraham Lincoln Accelerated Learning Academy elementary schools, received the grant of $750 to update and add to their musical inventory in order to enhance the newly-adopted Orff teaching method.
Other 2015 grant recipients include:
• Monroe High School: Monroe Technology and Media Program, $1,500
• Monroe High School: Link Crew, $1,000
• All elementary schools: Kindness Retreat, $1,000
• Monroe Middle School: Speech and Occupational Therapy Group Activities, $150
• Monroe Middle School: Giving By Doing (Project Linus), $350
• Monroe Middle School: Sphero Robotic Ball, $590.84
• Monroe Middle School: Courage Retreat, $1,000
• Monroe Middle School: Nurtured Heart, $1,000
• Northside Elementary School: LEGO Education, $1,000
• Abraham Lincoln Elementary: Let's Roll With Code (Sphero Ball), $1,429.96
• Monroe High School: Wacom Drawing Tablets for Art, $2,226
• All elementary schools: School-To-Home, $1,000
Since its first grant cycle in 2002, Monroe EIE has funded more than 100 projects totaling more than $150,000; this year, a total of $12,997 was awarded. These grants include funding from EIE Endowment, EIE Spendable, Class of 1977, Class of 1949, Rehmstedt Fund for Northside Elementary, the Tschudy Family Fund and the MHS Instrumental Music Fund.
For more information, contact Cindy Rupnow at 608-328-7109 or cindyrupnow@monroe.k12.wi.us.
To learn more about EIE, contact Linda Gebhardt, donor service representative, at 608-328-4060 or linda@cfsw.org, or visit the EIE tab on the Monroe Schools website at monroeschools.com.
The Monroe Excellence In Education Foundation is an independent community organization that is designed to provide private resources to enhance educational programs; offer extended educational opportunities; encourage innovation; and recognize the achievements of students and staff in the Monroe school district. It is a component of the Monroe Fund, organized under the Community Foundation of Southern Wisconsin.
This year a special grant was awarded in honor of Beth Kille, who has supported EIE for six years at its annual Steak and Shake fundraiser. Jill Leuzinger, representing Parkside, Northside and Abraham Lincoln Accelerated Learning Academy elementary schools, received the grant of $750 to update and add to their musical inventory in order to enhance the newly-adopted Orff teaching method.
Other 2015 grant recipients include:
• Monroe High School: Monroe Technology and Media Program, $1,500
• Monroe High School: Link Crew, $1,000
• All elementary schools: Kindness Retreat, $1,000
• Monroe Middle School: Speech and Occupational Therapy Group Activities, $150
• Monroe Middle School: Giving By Doing (Project Linus), $350
• Monroe Middle School: Sphero Robotic Ball, $590.84
• Monroe Middle School: Courage Retreat, $1,000
• Monroe Middle School: Nurtured Heart, $1,000
• Northside Elementary School: LEGO Education, $1,000
• Abraham Lincoln Elementary: Let's Roll With Code (Sphero Ball), $1,429.96
• Monroe High School: Wacom Drawing Tablets for Art, $2,226
• All elementary schools: School-To-Home, $1,000
Since its first grant cycle in 2002, Monroe EIE has funded more than 100 projects totaling more than $150,000; this year, a total of $12,997 was awarded. These grants include funding from EIE Endowment, EIE Spendable, Class of 1977, Class of 1949, Rehmstedt Fund for Northside Elementary, the Tschudy Family Fund and the MHS Instrumental Music Fund.
For more information, contact Cindy Rupnow at 608-328-7109 or cindyrupnow@monroe.k12.wi.us.
To learn more about EIE, contact Linda Gebhardt, donor service representative, at 608-328-4060 or linda@cfsw.org, or visit the EIE tab on the Monroe Schools website at monroeschools.com.