GCEF Awards Star Teaching Grants

Cheers and tears of joy could be heard and seen across GCISD on Friday, December 1, as the Grapevine-Colleyville Education Foundation (GCEF) surprised Star Teaching Grant recipients. The 28 GCEF grants total $74,611. The purpose of the Star Teaching Grants is to support educational needs of students, enhance existing programs or pilot a new program. To support the foundation in its endeavors to help our schools, visit the GCEF’s website.

Congratulations to this year’s Star Grant recipients:

Bridges Accelerated Learning Center
Linda Lancaster
Grant Name: Bridges Bulldog Juggling Team--Equipment

Collegiate Academy
Sarah Roberts
Grant Name: CA Phoenix Mechs Robotics
Kaci Hill
Grant Name: CA Cooking Club

Cannon Elementary School: A GCISD STEM School
Kyleigh Whitsell, Stefani Donaldson, Chloe Roe, Peyton Meyer
Grant Name: NASA
Alejandra Paniagua
Grant Name: Improving Student Learning through Document Cameras
Heather Hagar
Grant Name: Coding, Robotics, 3D Printing, Curricular Connections, Gifted Instruction...Oh My!

Colleyville Heritage High School
Casey Muckley
Grant Name: Infinite Musical Theatre
Leesa Palmer
Grant Name: Blitzing to a Higher STAAR Passing Rate: Incorporating Lowman Materials in the English 2 Classroom

Colleyville Middle School, Colleyville Elementary School
Janellis Ramirez, Karen Boyse, Andy Thomason, Juanita Priesand
Grant Name: Colt Grove

Cross Timbers Middle School
Angela Norris
Grant Name: Newline Document Camera

Dove Elementary School
Ashley Mitchell
Grant Name: Tools for Success!
Bree Moody
Grant Name: Heart Health

Grapevine Elementary School
Natalie Finch
Grant Name: Once Upon a Time: Storytelling in Pre-K with Puppets & Props

Glenhope Elementary School
Brittany Cohen
Grant Name: Learning is a Trip!
Amanda Miller
Grant Name: "DASH"ing Into the World of Coding
Tiffani Griffard
Grant Name: LEGO League
Leah Robertson
Grant Name: From Facts to Inspiration: Granting Non-Fiction Books for Lifelong Learning

Grapevine High School
Lori Payne
Grant Name: Chargers for Students
Amber Owens
Grant Name: GCISD Culinary ProStart Team
Doug Poteet
Grant Name: Automotive Shop Tool Improvement
Diane Elliott, Doug Hood, Angelina Curtis
Grant Name: "Hot Shot" Coffee Business

Grapevine Middle School
Shauna Hunter
Grant Name: Classroom Charging Stations

Heritage Elementary School
Christi Cooper
Grant Name: Intro to the game of chess

Heritage Middle School
Amber Martinez
Grant Name: Rise and Shine Coffee Cart

Timberline Elementary School
Melissa Solomon
Grant Name: Success Through Sensory
Irene Sotelo
Grant Name: Enhancing Teacher Modeling with Document Cameras

District-wide
Dr. Lisa Pedevilla
Grant Name: GCISD Professional Learning Grant 
Meredith Burns
Grant Name: BUILD: A K-1 Early Reading Intervention