Congratulations to the recipients of 12 GEF Teacher Grants for 2018-19! This year, GEF awarded $21,339 in grant funds to enrich and enhance learning environments at Glendale Unified School District (GUSD) schools. Grants were awarded in our three priority areas—Visual and Performing Arts, Science and Technology, and Health and Fitness. Since the launch of the program last year, GEF has awarded 26 grants for a total of $37,111 involving 48 GUSD teachers. Thank you to the Bentley Family Fund for their generous donation in support of the GEF Teacher Grants this year.
The 2018-19 GEF Teacher Grant recipients are as follows:
Iris Valdez, Carolyn Spencer & Christine Dashdemirians
Balboa Elementary School
BUGZ! The Musical
Paula Nakaya
College View School
Your FRIDA join me at the easel
Kirsten Korte & Connie Hernandez
Early Bird Preschool
Science for All!
Verjinia Mayer, Rebecca Perez & Danielle Petitti
Eleanor J. Toll Middle School
Students Invent Creative Solutions with 3D Design & Printing
Danica Lisiewicz, Jon Wenn & Liz Weaver
Eleanor J. Toll Middle School
Theatricum Americana: Strength of Women—on going struggle for women’s rights and equality
Michael Rosales, Patricia Telles & Ibrahim Belou
Glendale High School
Riding Toward Inclusion
Martin Rhees
Herbert Hoover High School
Drum Heads for Hoover Percussion
Janet Goldsbury
Theodore Roosevelt Middle School
African Drum Circle
Roger Sondergaard
Thomas A. Edison Elementary School
Caught in a Pickle: Pickleball for All
Anya Bergman, Sarine Gureghian & Ashken Hagopian
Thomas A. Edison Elementary School
A Theatrical Experience of the Magical World of Roald Dahl’s “James and the Giant Peach”
Krista Bendgen, Talin Khachikian & Nina Minasyan
Thomas Jefferson Elementary School
A Trip Back in Time
Jessica Briggs, Sandy Fink & Christy Herington
Woodrow Wilson Middle School
Running with a Purpose: Lap Trackers to the Rescue
A presentation of awards is scheduled at the GUSD Board Meeting on January 15, 2019 at 4:30 pm; a short reception will be held prior to the board meeting at 4:00 pm in GUSD room 103, 223 N. Jackson St. The reception will highlight the projects funded.
For more information, contact Elsa Chagolla, GEF Executive Director at 818.247.0466 or elsa@glened.org.
