CCF awards $10,000 in Coweta Together Education Grants
Pictured above: Coweta Community Foundation presents its Coweta Together Education Grant to Ruth Hill Elementary (from left to right) – Doug Kolbenschlag, Whitney Purinton, Laura Orozco, Heather Gould, Scott McInnis.
From Coweta Community Foundation Press Release
One way the Coweta Community Foundation serves the community is by giving back to its students in the form of annual education grants to teachers. The Foundation recently awarded $10,000 in grants to classroom teachers for creative projects sure to inspire Coweta’s young learners.
“The Foundation considers it a privilege to give back to our schools through these classroom grants,” said CCF Executive Director Scott McInnis. “Anyone who looks at the list of recipients will be impressed by the array of projects that local teachers are using to assist their students in learning.”
The Coweta Together Education Grant recipients included:
• East Coweta High, Melinda Keenan, East Coweta Entrepreneurs in FACS (popcorn machine supplies)
• East Coweta High, Anna Bassett, Murder in Coweta County Experience (books)
• Evans Middle, Brandie Fitzgerald, Alternate Seating (furniture)
• Ruth Hill Elementary, Laura Orozco, Calming Spaces Part 2 (furniture)
• Ruth Hill Elementary, Heather Gould, Project Illuminate (table)
• Westside School, Fran Anderson, Sensory items for Autism Students (various)
• Westside School, Stacy Davis, STEM Project (various)
• Westside School, Becky Rosencrance, Sensory Sensibility (various)
• Westside School, Connie Lytten, Virtual Reality Headsets (2)
• White Oak Elementary, Paula Corley, Create, Code, Communicate: Ozobots
• Central Christian School, Marisol Laboy, Digital Upgrade to the Art Platform
• Elevate-Coweta Students
• BackPack Buddies
• Madras Middle, Caroline Rothschild, Eagle’s Nest (Therapy Dog Supplies)
• Moreland Elementary, Mildred Rabun, Broadcasting Bright Futures: School’s Morning Announcements
• Willis Road Elementary, Brittania Wright, Bee-Bots
• Willis Road Elementary, Lindsey McFadden, McFadden Small Group Table
• Willis Road Elementary, Amanda Johnson, Wolfie’s Writing Club Writes (publish individual books – Club)
• Glanton Elementary, Amanda Scogin, Learning Literacy Through Creative Coding
The Coweta Community Foundation’s mission is to enhance the community’s quality of life by encouraging philanthropic interaction to provide a catalyst to help focus local philanthropy on the community’s ever-changing needs. As a Foundation, it manages individual gifts and bequests that enhance and support the quality of life in Coweta County.
For more information, please visit cowetafoundation.org.
East Coweta High School – CCF Board Members Doug Kolbenschlag and Whitney Purinton, Anna Bassett, CCF Executive Director Scott McInnis.
East Coweta High School – Doug Kolbenschlag, Melinda Keenan, Whitney Purinton, Scott McInnis.
Evans Middle School – Whitney Purinton, Doug Kolbenschlag, Brandie Fitzgerald, Scott McInnis.
Glanton Elementary – Whitney Purinton, Amanda Scogin, Scott McInnis.
Madras Middle – Whitney Purinton, Caroline Rothschild, Doug Kolbenschlag.
Moreland Elementary – Whitney Purinton, Scott McInnis, Mileigh Rabun, Doug Kolbenschlag.
Westside School – Doug Kolbenschlag, Whitney Purinton, Fran Anderson, Becky Rosencrance, Scott McInnis.
Westside School – Stacy Davis and Connie Lytten.
Willis Road Elementary – Whitney Purinton, Lindsey McFadden, Amanda Johnson, Brittania Wright, Doug Kolbenschlag.
