Each year VAE honors the Creative Classroom Grant Recipients
at our Annual Reception which is held at the start of the school year.
Creative Classroom Grants for 2019-20
Thanks to the generosity of our business partners and donors,
Valley Alliance for Education has approved funding for 24 grants totaling $27,003.53
PLUS 3 School Grants to the Teachers of the Year from each Division:
Sponsored by NTELOS Wireless Foundation
Totaling $30,003.53 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 2019-20
(Pictured above are some of the 2017-18 Creative Classroom Grant recipients at our annual award reception)
| Lead Teacher | Division | School | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| Danielle Bozung | Staunton City | Bessie Weller Elementary School | Setting Learning on Fire! |
| Tonya Coffey | Augusta County | Wilson Elementary School | Bustin’ Out of the Classroom |
| Martha Mikell | Augusta County | Stuarts Draft High School | WhiteBox Learning Prosthetics |
| Anthony Peters | Waynesboro City | Waynesboro High School | A Surveying We Will Go |
| Cheryl Sams | Augusta County | Wilson Memorial High School | Coding with Tablets |
| C.J. Bateman | Augusta County | Stuarts Draft Middle School | The “KEY to Success |
| Emillie Culbertson | Staunton City | Staunton High School | Building Global Readers |
| C.J. Bateman | Augusta County | Stuarts Draft Middle School | Time is the Best Teacher! |
| Meredith Boggs | Augusta County | North River Elementary School | Practice Makes Perfect Packs! |
| Lindsay Hutchinson | Augusta County | Hugh K. Cassell Elementary School | Let your Light Shine |
| Jessica Herr | Staunton City | T.C. McSwain Elementary School | MekaMon’s Mission on Mars |
| Lindsay Campbell | Staunton, Waynesboro City and Augusta County | Valley Career and Tecnical Center | For the Love of Reading! |
| Tessa Buchanan | Augusta County | Riverheads Elementary School | Book Lovers unite: Go For the Gold |
| Sarah King | Waynesboro City | William Perry Elementary School | LEGOs for Learning: Building Math Concepts |
| Katherine Tacy | Staunton City | Dixon Educational Center | All Aboard the PRESCHOOL STEAM Locomotive! |
| Kim Bowman | Augusta County | Wilson Elementary School | Authentic Learning in the Library |
| Kelley Cash | Augusta County | E.G. Clymore Elementary School | Innovation Stations |
| Courtney Hallacher | Augusta County | Riverheads High School | Turning Fish Poop to Food: Integrating Aeroponics |
| Stephanie Mullaney | Waynesboro City | Wayne Hills Preschool Center | I Can Do It! Fostering Independence in Preschool |
| Valerie Donathan | Augusta County | Churchville Elementary School | Game On!! |
| Jennifer Goss | Staunton City | Staunton High School | Practice Makes Perfect: Building Better Skills |
| Mary Mawyer | Augusta County | Hugh K. Cassell Elementary School | Reading SERIES-ly |
| Elizabeth Eastep | Augusta County | Riverheads High School | Rumination Station |
| Heather Durham | Augusta County | Riverheads High School | Students Celebrating and Sharing Student Successes |
| School Grants honoring the 2018 Tears of the Year: | Sponsored by our business partner: | NTELOS Wireless Foundation | |
| Michelle Freed | Staunton City | Shelburne Middle School | 2018 Teacher of the Year |
| Matthew Rider | Augusta County | Stuarts Draft High School | 2018 Teacher of the year |
| Katherine Stevey | Waynesboro City | Kate Collins Elementary School | 2018 Teacher of the Year |