Education Foundation awards over $10,000 in grants

West Milford — The West Milford Education Foundation has announced its grant program recipients. This year, teachers made 55 grant requests from throughout the school district. Eighteen grants were awarded, totaling over $10,000. The teachers will report on the progress of their grants to the Board of Education in early 2010. The West Milford Education Foundation is a non-profit organization whose mission is to focus financial and other resources, and community/private sector commitments, to benefit our public school children. This organization provides grants for new and existing programs, enhances the school district’s programs and curricula and also provides equipment and other materials that would not otherwise be available to our schools. The foundation’s annual fundraiser, A Taste of the Highlands, is the main source for funding the grant program. More information can be found at the foundation’s Website www.wmtps.org/edfound/wmefmain. Grant recipients include: Krista Rieder and Amy VanDruten Macopin Middle School Walking in Their Shoes: Costumes for the Classroom Norma Bozenmayer West Milford High School Native Sustainable Garden at the High School Campus Gregg Vetter Macopin Middle School Health First and CPR Equipment Upgrade Richard Dygos and Leslie Finke Macopin Middle School Operation Thank You Greg Matlosz West Milford High School Model UN Goes to Columbia University Cathy Schopp Macopin Middle School The “Write” Words John Finke Macopin Middle School Physical Education Physical Fitness Upgrade Austin Vallies, Jennifer Sisco-Smith, Jennifer Williams, and Lauren Rembrandt Macopin Middle School Macopin Middle School Musical Nancy Gridley and Meghan Donegan Westbrook Elementary School Audiobooks for Struggling Readers Sue Kaczor, Jenelle Peine, Theresa McCabe, Maureen Mulligan, Brian Leslie, Dianne Byers, and Colleen Minick Westbrook and Paradise Knolls Elementary Schools Dig It! A 4th Grade Mini-Musical Jenny Deery West Milford High School Geocache! Can You Find the Hidden Treasure? Stephen Beattie West Milford High School New Shop Tool Cathy Mellino-Murphy West Milford High School Geocache! Can You Find the Hidden Treasure? Georgean Coleman Apshawa Elementary School Historical Storybook of West Milford Susan Morris and Leslie Spohn Upper Greenwood Lake Elementary School Science Fair Alison Kuehn Macopin Middle School DNA: It’s Not Just For Scientists Anymore Johanna Archer Macopin Middle School — Library and Media Center Attracting Reluctant Readers with Graphic Novels Erica McPartland and Matthew Paccione Macopin Middle School; Learning Music with Passion and Purpose with clinician, Dr. Peter Boonshaft