2018-2019

Impact Grant Winners’ Directory

License4Learning

Specialty Tag

Arts Education Grants

Non-Fiction Classroom Libraries Impact Grants

Middle School Book Clubs Impact Grants

Math, Science & Energy Education Impact Grants

STEM Partnership Grants

Donor Advised West Orange Middle Schools Science Impact Grants

School District Education Foundation

Matching Grant

Foundation for Orange County Public Schools

445 W. Amelia Street Orlando, FL 32801

407-317-3261 FoundationforOCPS.org

2018-2019 Impact Grant Fund Summary

Consortium of Florida Education Foundations

December 2018

Grant Category No. Grants

Funded Amount Awarded

Arts Education Support Impact Grants – funded by the License4Learning Specialty License Tag

23 $10,049

Non-Fiction Classroom Libraries Impact Grants – funded by the License4Learning Specialty License Tag and School District Education Foundation Matching Grant

32 $14,818

Middle School Book Club Impact Grants – funded by the License4Learning Specialty License Tag and School District Education Foundation Matching Grant

8 $ 14,157

Math, Science and Energy Education Impact Grants – funded by Duke Energy Foundation and School District Education Foundation Matching Grant

29 $ 65,852

STEM Partnership Impact Grants – funded by Duke Energy Foundation and School District Education Foundation Matching Grant

10 $ 41,789

Bond Foundation West Orange Middle School Science Grants and School District Education Foundation Matching Grant (non-competitive school grant)

43 $ 13,243

Total 145 $159,908

Since 1996, the Foundation for Orange County Public Schools has awarded over $3 million to over 5,000 teachers.

A special thank you … to our volunteer judges

Duke Energy Jamie England

Joseph Torrees-Rosario

Foundation Board Members Greg Dotson, Merlin

Entertainments

Eddie Sanabria, CFEFCU

OCPS Brenda Antoine

Kyle Dencker

Rebeca Hernandez

Jackie Juvinall

Pamela Leadbitter

Linda Lindsey

Janet Line

Nina Melendez

Cirene Powell

Colleen Puglisi Dylan Thomas

Universal Orlando Kristen Bennett

Joel Eng

Mike Geenen

Chuck Nilsen

Susie Shinner

Lori Velazquez

Marilee Amodt

Dana Casselton, Office Depot

George Fournier, Writer

Kathy Gill

Jeanne Green

Corine Hall, Baker Barrios Architects

Corine Hall

Jana Jensen

Lissette Lantieri, Office Depot Office

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Pam Leadbitter

Maritza Mixon

Michael Stevens, VALIC

Amanda Walters, History Center

Jim Waters

Lavon Williams, Orange County

Community Action Division

Lisa Wongshue, Skyward Tax

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Duke STEM Impact Grant Winners

Apopka ElementaryDeborah Blakeslee Title: “Its ALIVE” Building Bigger Robots Amount: $4944.28

Apopka HighMichael MacWithey Title: Inspiring Students to Soar via Drone Education Amount: $5000Jennifer Meyer Lead Teacher: Michael MacWithey Amount: $3000

Colonial 9th Grade Center

Title: Hatching Chickens: Raising STEM Competency Amount: $2086.36

Liberty Middle

Title: STEM Partnership Grant Amount: $4,978.21

Meadow Woods MiddleCorydon StrawserLead Teacher: Fernando Colom-Colom Title: Photovoltaic Analysis of Solar Panels Amount: $4965

Mid-Florida Campus (OTC)Grant TedaldiLead Teacher: Charles Brewer

Title: Moving Printing Forward, The Science Behind Ink

Amount: $4489

Sunset Park ElementaryJanette Moore

Title: Dash Robots

Amount: $1999.94

Wedgefield K-8 SchoolScott Bawden

Title: The Energy Initiative

Amount: $5000

Wekiva High

Christopher BatesLead Teachers: Diane Russo

and Randall Ius

Title: Preserving Delicious

Meats Through Science

Amount: $4826.09Hai Anh Nguyen

Title: Wekiva Aquaponics

for STEM Learning

Amount: $3500

Caela Paio�

Wolf Lake Middle

Duke Energy Math, Science & Energy Education

Impact Grant Winners

Apopka HighJennifer MeyerLead Teacher: Michael MacWitheyTitle: Taking Engineering Underwater with ROVs Amount: $3000

Baldwin Park Elementary

Title: Math, Science (and Engineering) are Fun!! Amount: $1727.65

Cypress Creek HighShari Foster-Henninghan Title: Making Physiology Come to Life Amount: $2829.15

Dillard Street ElementaryCynthia Hanson

Amount: $1967.96

Dommerich ElementaryMegan BaptistLead Teacher: Kristin Pilgrim Title: Experts in Energy ConversionAmount: $1994.75

Dream Lake ElementaryJennifer Crisan Title: Making Lil’ Engineers Amount: $1982.73Nora Hogan

Title: Inspiring Scientists

& Engineers!

Amount: $2000

East River HighPeter McCormickLead Teacher: Scotty ChamblessTitle: Using Quadratics in ArcheryAmount: $1350

Evans HighVenusha MoodleyLead Teachers: Ashley Steadman, Sonjia Thomas, Carlos Nobriga, Ashley Harris, Althea Dawkins, Lauren Williams

Title: Evans – BiotechnologyAmount: $3000

Olympia HighTracy Ebert Title: Of Rats and Men

Amount: $2500

Orange CenterLarissa Brown Title: Let’s Get Bzzzy

Amount: $1999.65Eliza McAfee Lead Teacher: Sarah Lander

Title: Kindergarten Teacher

Amount: $1999.10Lilia Oakey Whitehouse

Title: Let’s Get Bzzzy

Amount: $1990

Princeton ElementaryCatherine Mohr

Title: Hatching Duck Eggs

Amount: $600

Spring Lake ElementaryAmanda Henleben

Title: K’NEX Renewable Energy SetsAmount: $1999.90

Kristin BrownTitle: Science GrantAmount: $2864.81Megan CabreraTitle: Energy EducationAmount: $2510Brian LawsonTitle: Science & STEM ClubAmount: $2332.95

Freedom MiddleArana Berenice Title: Let the Electrons Flow

Amount: $2164.64

Howard MiddleDeanna BuckleyLead Teacher: Susie Quillin

Title: May The Force Be With YouAmount: $2892

Lake George ElementaryHeather Febres Title: Coding Crusaders Amount: $997.81

Liberty MiddleMichael Krones Title: 3-D Printing a Green FutureAmount: $3000

Lockhart MiddleRoger BarriosLead Teachers: Andre Rawlerson, Naomi Nelson Title: Jonas’ Whales | Underwater Submersible Drones | Electrical Buoys to Detect C02 |Currents in Florida Beaches Amount: $3000Hannah WeldonLead Teacher: Campbell KimberleeTitle: Farmrobotics: The Mini-Robot: The Skunk Spray Machine

Amount: $2964.70

Meadow Woods MiddleNilsaliz Medina

Title: Let it Blow!

Amount: $2537.82William Young

Title: There’s No Air in HereAmount: $2144.42

License4Learning Arts Education

Impact Grant Winners

Aloma Elementary

Title: Art Enlarged Amount: $500

Bay Lake ElementaryMeredith Barnes Title: Ecstastic for Ukuleles Amount: $500

Bridgewater MiddleKelly Padua Title: Pinhole Photography Amount: $486.75

Cherokee SchoolHilary Faustmann Title: Arts Education Amount: $500

Corner Lake MiddleHilary Faustmann Title: Dance Costumes and Shoes Amount: $500

Eccleston ElementaryNicole Horton-Harris Title: Full S.T.E.A.M Ahead Amount: $498.95

Edgewater HighNatalie Hawkins Title: Sounds Like Drama Amount: $500

Forsyth Woods ElementaryBrad Gillet Title: Together We Drum Amount: $482.79Jennifer Margrave-Garcia

Title: Multicultural

Weaving Experiences

Amount: $500

Freedom HighChristopher Perez Title: Replacing Guitar Strings for HS Guitar ProgramAmount: $249.37

Freedom MiddleKenneth Evans Title: Instrumental Music Materials Support Amount: $500

Jackson MiddleMadison Ickes Title: Instrument Repairs Amount: $500

Maxey ElementaryKerry Czarnowsky Title: Etching your way to SuccessAmount: $500

Meadow Woods ElementaryAmanda Johnson Title: Art of Students with AutismAmount: $240

Meadow Woods MiddleBryant Alecia Title: Musicals are Life Amount: $500Katherine Stevens

Title: Musical Theater

for Drama Class

Amount: $500

Odyssey MiddleDaniel Davis, Jr. Title: Odyssey MS Theatre LibraryAmount: $500

Rock Lake ElementaryKia King Title: Yarn with a Twist Amount: $428.27

Spring Lake ElementaryKaleigh Arsenault Title: Clay All Day - Pottery Access for all Students Amount: $443.37

Union Park ElementaryBeth Lucas Title: Ceramic Sculptures Amount: $250

Walker MiddleTashianna Torres Title: Instruments for Change Amount: $470

Zellwood ElementaryLisa Wallace Title: Get Moving with Hand Drums!!Amount: $500

Amber Ballard

License4Learning Non-Fiction Classroom Libraries

Impact Grant Winners

Andover ElementaryFrancis Lorenzo Title: Read Aloud Nonfiction Picture Books to Fifth Graders? Yes!! Amount: $498.23

Bay Lake ElementaryBrooke Taylor Title: Nonfiction Grant Amount: $308.52

Chain of Lakes MiddlePaige Politte Title: Showing our Kids the World Amount: $496.65Carmen Lamar

Title: Non-Fiction Books

Amount: $496.65

Jacqueline JonesLead: Lydia Glover

Title: Reading Instructor

Amount: $496.65

Dommerich ElementaryJason LeFebvre

Title: ZOOm into Books

Amount: $500

Dream Lake ElementaryJennifer Crisan

Title: Making Lil’ Engineers|

Amount: $496.81

Gotha MiddleKimberly Do

Title: Gotha 8th Grade Science Literacy ProjectLead: Glen Andree and Stephen Milis

Amount: $500

Innovation MiddleTara Wilson

Title: Classroom Library Books

Amount: $500Kaleigh Gill

Title: American History

Nonfication Library

Amount: $500

Keene’s Crossing ElementaryJennifer Scraper

Title: Deeping Learning

Through Nonfiction Text

Amount: $323.85

Lake George ElementaryHeather Febres Title: This Book is Just Right: Building a Classroom Library for Advanced Readers Amount: $486.47Aislinn Van Buren

Title: Non-Fiction Classroom Libraries Build Character

Amount: $365

Lakeville ElementaryPaige Rohter Title: Non-Fiction Classroom Libraries Impact Grant Amount: $500

Laureate Park ElementaryAshley Ohmart Title: Classroom Libraries

Amount: $459.66

Liberty MiddleDaniel Stau er Title: Classroom Libraries

Amount: $471.48

Millennia GardensDawn Chehab Title: Air Boating Through

‘The Glades’ Amount: $500Erica Roberts Title: Around the World in 180 School Days Amount: $500

Ocoee ElementaryKaren Castle Title: A Fun Dose of Nonfiction

Amount: $477.70

Piedmont Lakes MiddleSheila Adams Title: 8th Grade ELA Class

Novel Study Amount: $500

Pineloch ElementaryDanielle Burton Chaney

Title: Informational Texts Needed

Amount: $497.51

Pinewood ElementaryNisha Phillip-Malahoo Title: Tolerance Through Reading

Amount: $500

Prairie Lake ElementarySarah Clark Title: Non-Fiction Library

Amount: $443.89

Rock Springs ElementaryLouise Schulz Title: Book Club Booty Amount: $500Christine Pankonin Title: Non-Fiction Nitty Gritty

Amount: $500

Vista Lakes ElementaryBrittany Skinner Title: Motivating Minds with Magazines Amount: $447.98

Waterbridge ElementaryJoycelyn Hsiung Title: Sphero Amount: $425

Wedgefield K-8 SchoolCharity Travis Title: Classroom Set of Night by Elie Wiesel Amount: $500

Whispering Oak ElementaryJohn Warpenburg Title: Are You For Real? Amount: $322.27

Wyndham Lakes ElementaryGladys Ayala Title: Non-Fiction Books will Make my students SMARTER !Amount: $500

Zellwood ElementaryTamara Daugherty Title: The Intrepid Reader Amount: $486

Bond West Orange Middle Schools Grant Winners

Bridgewater Middle

Gotha Middle

Ocoee Middle

Robinswood Middle

SunRidge Middle

Lubna AghaSummer ArmstrongAndrew BakshDaniella BlackburnTerry Cu elJon GarberLuis Leandro GonzalezCheryl JenkinsStephanie LeisherSusan RobertsKristina RokickiAndrew SalazarLee Wilson

Glen AndreeKimberly DoDouglas RoseAaron Trenary

Lauren BrackenJamie CantuLacretia DalyDavid GrothShannon HulcherMilton MarianiKathryn McCallisterWallace PhillipsCarmen ShepperdBabu SinghKarin Vorheis

Lisa BrownGino PirolloMelanie Stringer

Susan ColwellDeepra DabiesinghNancy GreeneDavid GuzmanMichael HaddanRenee HansfordEllis RamosPatricia ThackerMeghann Thrasher

License4Learning Middle School Book Club Grant Winners

Blankner SchoolCarrie Wods Book Club: Blankner Book Buddies Amount: $1336.40

Glenridge MiddleStacey Pena, Leah Williams & Krista DiederichBook Club: Book Dens Amount: $1,888.56

Hunter’s Creek MiddleKellee Moye Book Club: Mrs. Moye’s 7th Grade Lunch Book Club Amount: $1,900

Legacy MiddleAlyson Murray Book Club: Jetsy Literary Society (Girls)& Literary Guild (Boys)Amount: $700

Ocoee MiddleJan Richards

Book Club: Battle of the Books Amount: $150

Piedmont Lakes MiddleKim Bugar

Book Club: Piedmont Book Club

Amount: $310

Robinswood MiddleLisa Kress and Breanne Cerkiewicz

Book Club: RMS Book Club

Amount: $2371.67