ASHLAND – Ashland City Schools Foundation and Ashland County Community Foundation are pleased to announce the recipients of their fall semester teacher mini-grants.
These mini-grants will allow 25 Ashland County educators to implement innovative programs and projects to advance student learning, both in and outside their classrooms.
Grants totaled $5,013 from ACSF and $22,921 from ACCF. The following teachers received grants from one or both organizations:
Ashland City Schools Foundation
BreAnn Fennell, Reagan Elementary School, received a grant for We’re Going to the Zoo!
Ruth Miller, Ashland High School, received a grant for Learning English from Scratch.
Ashland City Schools Foundation and Ashland County Community Foundation
Charles Benway, Ashland High School, received a grant for Secret Society Supporting Her and Him “SSSHH.”
Sarah LeVeck, Ashland Middle School, received a grant for Calming the Teenage Brain.
Brooke McGaffick, Ashland Middle School, received a grant for Manipulatives in a Thinking Classroom.
Ashland County Community Foundation
Carly Black, Hillsdale High School, received a grant for Romeo and Juliet isn’t a romance?
Martha Buckner, Dale-Roy School, received a grant for Guiros for Dale-Roy School Students and instruments for new students.
Jordyn Burnison, Loudonville High School, received a grant for Science Labs Throughout School Year.
Katie Gibson, Hillsdale Elementary School, received a grant for The Gift of Reading.
Tessa Gilmer, Mapleton Elementary School, received a grant for Mapleton Elementary
Playground Upgrade-Playing and Learning on the Blacktop.
Amber Haldeman, Ashland Middle School, received a grant for Collaborative Intervention-Based Classroom.
Kaitlin Jackson, Taft Intermediate School, received a grant for Taft Art Club.
Marty Kral, Ashland Middle School, received a grant for A Steel Drum Celebration: The Music of Trinidad and Tobago.
Rachel Kral, Taft Intermediate School, received a grant for Flexible Seating.
Shanna Lawrence, Reagan Elementary School, received a grant for Leading and
Learning with Basketball Jones.
Kate Long, Ashland High School, received a grant for AP Precalculus Exam preparation binders.
Hannah Mabry, Loudonville C.E. Budd Elementary, received a grant for Books for Budd Literacy Night.
Shelby MacKenzie, Mapleton Elementary School, received a grant for A Little Spot of Emotions.
Linda Michael, Ashland Middle School, received a grant for Positive Mind Building Activities for ACT.
Erin Miller, Ashland Middle School, received a grant for Starting a First Year Classroom.
Amy Nelson, Ashland Middle School, received a grant for Level Up Language Arts.
Monica Ralph, Mapleton Middle School, Cultivating Classroom Connections: Rallying Real-Life Learning through Content-Centered Compensation.
Kerry Reisinger, Mapleton High School, received a grant for Reading Passport program.
Tiffany Smith, Hillsdale Elementary School, received a grant for Feeding Readers One Book at a Time with Bookworm Vending Machine books.
Aimee Turchyn, Mapleton Middle School, received a grant for Making Reading and Writing Hands-On, Fun, and Purposeful.
Ashland City Schools Foundation and Ashland County Community Foundation accept applications for teacher mini-grants each semester, with deadlines in September and January.
Grant requests should be for programs and projects that are not covered by school budgets.
For spring semester 2025 grants, any K-12 teacher from any school in Ashland County may apply online at www.ashlandforgood.org/grants by January 15. Applicants from the Ashland City School district will be considered for ACSF grants, and all applicants will be considered for ACCF grants.
Questions should be directed to Courtney McNaull, Community Engagement Director, Ashland County Community Foundation, at 419-281-4733 or courtney@ashlandforgood.org.