Congratulations to the 2020-21 creative classroom grant recipients, we had many extremely deserving applications. Unfortunately, due to the Covid-19 virus and economic downfall, funds did not allow us to fund as many grants as we would have liked to. We would like to encourage applicants to re-apply for the next grant cycle.

Creative Classroom Grants for 2020-21
Thanks to the generosity of our business partners and donors,
Valley Alliance for Education has approved funding for 16 grants totaling $17,947.74
PLUS 3 School Grants to the Teachers of the Year from each Division:
Sponsored by NTELOS Wireless Foundation
Totaling $20,947.74 in awards
VAE – would like to THANK everyone who participated in the CCG process
See Below for a complete list of CCG Recipients and School Grants for 2020-21
(Pictured above are some of the 2019-20 Creative Classroom Grant recipients at our annual award reception)
Lead Teacher | Division | School | Title |
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Cheryl Sams | Augusta County | Wilson Memorial High School | Medieval Parabolas! |
Lori Peltonen | Staunton City | Staunton High School | Humans of OHS |
Tracee McDonald | Augusta County | Riverheads High School | The Constitution Visualized |
Kristin Beery | SAW | Valley Career & Technical Center | Boisterous for Oysters |
Katherine Stevey | Waynesboro City | Kate Collins Middle School | Life Science Module |
Ben Wyrick | Augusta County | Stewart Middle School | 3D Printing Architecture |
Joey Mason | Augusta County | Wilson Middle School | Hands on Math |
Kynndall Hartt | Augusta County | Stuarts Draft Middle School | iGenius Hour -iPads for iGenuis Hour |
Linda Brake | Augusta County | Riverheads Elementary School | The Dynamic Duo! |
Heather Smith-Reeps | Staunton City | T.C. McSwain Elementary School | Polygon Power |
Heather Smith-Reeps | Staunton City | T.C. McSwain Elementary School | Measuring the Amaryllis – Queen of Flowers |
Sharon Zoumbaris | Waynesboro City | Westwood Elementary School | Playaways – The Best of Both Reading Worlds |
Amber Yeates and Tessa Buchanan |
Augusta County | Riverheads Elementary School | Bringing the Classroom to Life |
Jessica Herr | Staunton City | T.C. McSwain Elementary School | We did it with We Do |
Heidi Whitecotton and Mark Sokolowski | Augusta County | Stewart Middle School | Digging Deep While Blasting Off! |
Erin Hagedorn | Waynesboro City | Kate Collins Elemetary School | XXXXXX |
School Grants honoring the 2019-20 Tears of the Year: | Sponsored by our business partner: | NTELOS Wireless Foundation | |
Lisa Cooper | Staunton City | Bessie Weller Elementary School | 2019-20Teacher of the Year |
Emily Hewitt | Augusta County | Stuarts Draft Elementary School | 2019-20 Teacher of the year |
Alexandria Lancaster | Waynesboro City | William Perry Elementary School | 2019-20 Teacher of the Year |
2018 Teachers of the Year