Junior League of Chattanooga Gives $22,000 To Hamilton County Teachers

Junior League of Chattanooga announced the winners ofthe 2014 MiniGrants for Teachers Program. JLC awarded 28 MiniGrants in increments up to $750 each to Hamilton County public school teachers for creative and unique projects.  These grants will be implemented in 18 schools and will affect over 4,100 students this year alone.

Three additional Hamilton County teachers were awarded MiniGrants in increments up to $1,500 for inspired and particular projects focusing on JLC’s initiative Seeds of Change. "Thanks to our generous corporate sponsor, Hamico, Inc. and Kashi Foods, JLC awarded more than $22,000 to fund these important projects," officials said.

JLC honored the MiniGrants recipients Tuesday with a reception at the Junior League House.  Recipients were thanked for inspiring young minds and enriching the lives of the children in the community.  A list of the teachers who were awarded MiniGrants at the reception, along with their school and winning project, are as follows (teacher(s), school, project):

Alex Hamer & E’tienne Easley, East Lake Elementary, Rocket Science Reading;

Alvin Tarver, The Howard School, Banishing Obesity;

Anita Campbell, The Howard School, Leadership Opportunities as Citizens of the
World;

Brielle Farrow, Central High School, Empirical Formula Determination Lab;

Cara Morris, Dalewood Middle, Bodies on Display;

Chad Burnette, Chattanooga High School–Center for Creative Arts, Kinetic Sculptures: Recycled Art in Motion;

Chasity Rehagen, Wallace A. Smith, Extra Extra! Write All About It!;

Cristol Kapp, Clifton Hills Elementary, Build Me a Story;

Diane Hitchcock, Snow Hill Elementary, Enriching the Classroom Leveled Library;

Garrick Hall, Hixson High, Physically Fit & Fresh; 

Jessica Hubbuch, The Howard School, Howard Sustainable Garden

Jill Blackmon, East Lake Elementary, STEM Girls;

Jillian Simpson, Tyner Academy, The Life Aquatic: A Living Ecosystem at Tyner Academy;

John Cunningham, Brainerd High, Aquaponics Garden;

Karen Williams, Dalewood Middle, Developing Life Skills;

Karilena Wood, Wolftever Creek Elementary, Integrating Literacy in Social Studies
Curriculum;

Kathryn Graham, Wolftever Creek Elementary, Integrating Literacy into Science Curriculum;

LeAnn Maretti, Wallace A. Smith, Money Doesn’t Grow on Trees;

Linda Bugg, Bess T. Shepherd Elementary, Reflex Math;

Melba Burkes, Washington Alternative Learning Center, Destination Pollination;

Sandra Cipriani, Big Ridge Elementary, Kindling a Passion for Reading;

Sarah Woerner, Tyner Academy, Introduction to Soccer;

Shonda Foublasse & Mary Rausch, Brainerd High, Brainerd Promise;

Stacey Culver, N. Hamilton County Elementary, Bag of Knowledge;

Susan Kite, East Ridge Elementary, Library’s Endangered Creatures;

Terri Holmes, Red Bank Middle, Flipped Classroom;

Tina Cotreau-Guillot, Central High, And the Murderer Is…?;

Valerie Brown, Bess T. Shepherd Elementary, DIVAS (Darlings that are Intellectual, Valued,
Articulate and Successful!); and

Vicki Sewell, Snow Hill Elementary, From Van Gogh to CARson…Traveling
Through the Arts & Sciences.