The Dripping Springs Education Foundation (DSEF) awarded nearly $49,000 in funding through 13 Innovative Teaching Grants and another eight Student Leadership Grants during DSEF’s spring grants program. The Innovative Teaching Grants are awarded to those teachers whose grant application highlights a program, teaching techniques, equipment, or technology requested to improve, advance, or enrich student learning. Teachers awarded with Innovative Teaching Grants were:
• Sycamore Springs Elementary
Drones in Education - $1,079, Roving Reporters - $833: Jennifer Sprague
• DSISD Elementary
Parent University - $2,006: Kim Bird
Growing Ageless Math Enthusiasm & Synergy - $3,310: Carla Bailey
Mighty Tiger Games - $2,920: Shay Diez
• Rooster Springs Elementary
Getting More Out of 45 Minutes of Science - $2,228: Capri Heintz
• Walnut Springs Elementary
A Wristed Development - $1,206: Laura Griffin
• DSISD Special Education
Equals Math Equals
Success Elementary &
Secondary - $7,756:
Erin Hawkins
• Dripping Springs High School
Broadcast to the Future - $7,697: B.J. Mercer
Organic Chemistry Lab - $800: Alissa Nevin
• Dripping Springs Middle School
Seismic Activity in Real Time - $932: Laura Black
Take Me to the Movies - $2,729, You Can do the Cube - $1,406: Amy Caldera
Student Leadership Grants are designed to foster the development of students’ leadership skills through their efforts to serve their school, community, or others in the world. Students, together with their faculty sponsors, apply for the grants. Projects receiving funding this spring are:
• Dripping Springs Elementary School
Quotes of Kindness - $112: Kolby Dennison, Lucy Louise Timmins, Allie Jenkins
Faculty Sponsor: Jennifer Crowder
• Sycamore Springs Middle School
PALS - $2,500: Lillian Lemm, Milan Malinak, Ariana Capek, Zoey Upton, Kaylee Wilson, Cary Austin, Austin Van Burkleo, Taylor Anderson, Maxim Caillabet, Tyler Mayer, Korbyn Jones, Alfredo Vilafane, Margaret Leontier, Reagan Otten, Ramsey Zogaib, Emma Williamson, Julie Leger, Mackenzie Cluver, Eben Sebastian
Faculty Sponsor: Kira Dyer
• Sycamore Springs Elementary
Tiger Friends Leadership Club - $975: Julianna Lamb, Rose McKenna, Kylie Reyes, Ryleigh Neff, Tana Steinbach
Faculty Sponsor: Kim Bird
Student Comic Book Publication/Writing Club - $539: Lucas Patent, Tibo Nguyen, Jonathan Schelling
Faculty Sponsor: Jessica Sigur, Jenny Sprague, Bonnie Wampler
• Dripping Springs High School
Community Star Parties - $900: Megan Hitt
Faculty Sponsor: John Adams
FIRST Tech Challenge Incubation - $1,122: Connell Gutierrez, Reid Lohman, Kendrick Lemmond, Johnny Dollard, Amy Green, Ian Stinson, Joseph Parsons
Faculty Sponsor: Kathy Shepherd
Audio & Video Technology - $7,764: Benjamin Cook
Faculty Sponsor: B.J. Mercer
Dripping Change - $140: Teagan Krewson, Audrey Balsdon
Faculty Sponsor: Michael Lemonds
This fall, DSEF awarded 17 other Student Leadership Grants. During this school year a total of 25 student projects received DSEF funding in excess of $33,400.
