• SANTA ROSA EDUCATION FOUNDATION AWARDS $36,000 IN TEACHER GRANTS

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    November 17, 2020
    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:  November 17, 2020              
     
    CONTACT:  Cathy Purdon
    purdonc@santarosa.k12.fl.us
                         
     
    ANNOUNCING 2020-2021 SREF TEACHER GRANT RECIPIENTS:
     
    SANTA ROSA EDUCATION FOUNDATION AWARDS $36,000 IN TEACHER GRANTS
     
    Santa Rosa County, FL:
     
    Santa Rosa Education Foundation is pleased to award 36 Teacher Grants totaling $36,000 to Santa Rosa public educators.  SREF, in partnership with the Consortium of Florida Education Foundations, the Florida Legislature, and grant sponsors Navy Federal Credit Union, Gulf Breeze Optimist Club, and AppRiver, is enabling teachers to implement grants that engage students in active learning while increasing student achievement in the areas of Artistic Literacy, Literacy, and Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) Education.
     
    Artistic Literacy Grant Recipients: Christy Stump, Gulf Breeze Elementary; Mary Beth Caupp, Hobbs Middle; Susan Julio, West Navarre Primary
      
    Literacy Grant Recipients:  Tally Hawthorne, Dixon Intermediate; Brooke Neal, Dixon Intermediate; Jennifer Grubb, Gulf Breeze Elementary; Maegan Baker, Hobbs Middle; Cheryl Burt, Holley-Navarre Intermediate; Tammie White, Holley Navarre-Intermediate; Emily Pittman, Holley-Navarre Middle; Gwendolyn Jones, King Middle; Jo Lynn Wiley, Milton High; Alejandra Kim, Pace High; Michelle Barlow, Pea Ridge Elementary; Tonya McLean, Pea Ridge Elementary; Melissa Albro, Rhodes Elementary; Brooke Cole, West Navarre Intermediate; Kim Rounsaville, West Navarre Primary; Kayla St. Romain, West Navarre Primary
     
    STEM Education Grant Recipients: Paula Jones, Avalon Middle; Joseph Peterson, Avalon Middle; Jessica Whitfield, Avalon Middle; Meredith Powers, Berryhill Elementary; Marci Kennison, Dixon Intermediate; Tally Piscopo, Dixon Intermediate; Tricia Coady, Gulf Breeze Elementary; Kim Coley, Gulf Breeze Elementary; Stephanie Duffy, Gulf Breeze High; Wendy Hachtel, Hobbs Middle; Jennifer Woll, Holley-Navarre Primary; Tabitha Dampson, Jay High; Keerstin Blankenbeck, King Middle; Amy Frizzell, Rhodes Elementary; Sharon Stanford, Russell Elementary; Rebecca Rosenburg, West Navarre Primary; Amy Cozart, Woodlawn Beach Middle
     
    A list of projects funded may be found at  https://santarosaeducationfoundation.org/programs/grants/. 
     
    Cathy Purdon                                      
    Executive Director
    Santa Rosa Education Foundation
    6032 Highway 90
    Milton, FL  32570
    850-983-5043
    www.santarosaeducationfoundation.org