Foundation Announces Grant Recipients
(From L to R) - Cherien Kimball, Keri Annis, Jennifer Manternach, Joan Steinmetz, Katie Decker and CRCSD Foundation Development Director, Amy Geiger. (NOT Pictured) - Ted Neal, Stacy Haynes-Moore, and Carla Riley
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The Cedar Rapids Community Schools Foundation has announced the 2009 recipients of the Ruth Harbour Memorial Scholarship, the Weyerhaeuser Foundation STEM grants, the Ernie Pence Memorial professional development grant, and the CRCS Foundation grants.
Keri Annis, a third grade teacher at Pierce Elementary School, has received a $250 Ruth Harbour Memorial Scholarship to use toward a Master’s degree in School Library Media Science at the University of Northern Iowa. This scholarship was established by friends of the late Ruth Harbour, a Cedar Rapids Community School District school librarian and elementary school principal.
Ted Neal, a science and social studies teacher at McKinley Middle School; and Joan Steinmetz, a biology instructor at Kennedy High School, received $750 Weyerhaeuser Foundation grants. Neal will study the relationship between the ancestral Rocky Mountains and the bedrock of Iowa. Steinmetz will attend the National Association of Biology Teachers convention in Denver, CO. Cedar River Paper employees assisted the school foundation in securing this grant program that provides opportunities for professional development in the areas of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM).
Stacy Haynes-Moore, a language arts teacher at Jefferson High School, was awarded the Ernie Pence Memorial professional development grant. Haynes-Moore is pursuing a doctorate at the University of Iowa, focusing on language, literacy, and culture.
The Foundation also awarded four $250 professional development grants. Carla Riley, a first grade teacher at Erskine Elementary School, will use her grant to receive training in the Orton-Gillingham method of reading instruction. Katie Decker, a behavioral disorders paraprofessional at Grant Early Childhood Center, will register for a course titled “Culturally and Linquistically Diverse Children” at Kirkwood Community College.
Garfield Elementary School first grade teacher, Cherien Kimball, will attend a two-day summer workshop in Minneapolis centered on make-and-take sessions in reading, writing, and math. Jennifer Manternach, music teacher at Harrison Elementary School, will pursue a Master’s degree in educational administration at the University of Iowa.