ODESSA R-VII FOUNDATION GRANT RECIPIENTS

2016 - 2017

McQuerry Kindergarten Team presented by Henry Grubb

Herb Schell (right) presented by Candice Osborne, Director

Melissa Everett (right) presented by Henry Grubb, Director

Kasey Kelmel (right) presented by presented by Candice Osborne, Director

Leslie Ricketts (right) presented by Henry Grubb, Director

Michelle Cicle (right) presented by Henry Grubb, Director

Stacy Behrmen (left) and Kylie Schudel (right) presented by Candice Osborne, Director

Jason Rahtert (right) presented by Henry Grubb, Director

Adrienne Cole (right) presented by Candice Osborne, Director

Donna Gwodz (right) presented by Candice Osborne, Director

Laura Ward (left) presented by Henry Grubb, Director

Kristi Bieri (left) presented by Henry Grubb, Director

Cassie Luppens (left) and Pat Jones (right) presented by Candice Osborne, Director

Robin Smith (left) presented by Henry Grubb, Director

Michelle Nolan (right) presented by Candice Osborne, Director

Valarie Stark (left) presented by Henry Grubb, Director

Crissa Cockrum (left) presented by Candice Osborne, Director

Julie Crawford (right) presented by Henry Grubb, Director

Kathy Frerking (right) presented by Henry Grubb, Director

Gayle Bainbridge (right) presented by Candice Osborne, Director

Cindy Snow (right) presented by Henry Grubb, Director

Jackie Vochatzer (Center) presented by Principal Daniel Armstrong (left) and Superintendent Robert Brinkley (right)

Lynne Oakes (left) presented by Superintendent Robert Brinkley

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McQuerry Kindergarten Team presented by Henry Grubb

The Odessa R-VII Public Foundation Board of Directors presented teacher grants on Friday, February 10, 2017. Twenty-three grant applications were approved. Grants (totaling $13,351.67) were distributed to the following staff members by the Odessa R-VII Foundation Board of Directors. Congratulations to these recipients:​

MCQUERRY ELEMENTARY         
Kindergarten Team - $750.00 (Kindergarten Fire Tablets)
Herb Schell - $750.00 (Chinese Silk Painting)
Kasey Kelmel - $500.00 (Chrome Notebooks for First Graders)
Leslie Ricketts/Jennifer Hales - $500.00 (To Grow What’s in “Your Dome” Just Use a Chrome)
Jackie Vochatzer - $500.00 (Chrome Notebooks for First Graders)
Melissa Everett - $500.00 (Chromebooks in the Classroom: Teaching Like It’s 2999)

ODESSA UPPER ELEMENTARY  
Pat Jones/Cassie Luppens - $750.00 (Theatre Troup)                               
Lynne Oakes - $375.00 (Special Tools for Special Needs in Art)
Physical Education Department (OUE/OMS/OHS) - $626.67 (Finding Fitness at It’s Core)
Robin Smith - $750.00 (Train Ride to the State Capital for 2017-2018)                 
Gayle Bainbridge - $500.00 (Today’s Technology - Chromebooks)
Crissa Cockrum - $500.00 (Today’s Technology - Chromebooks)
Julie Crawford- $500.00 (Today’s Technology - Chromebooks) 
Kathy Frerking - $500.00 (Today’s Technology - Chromebooks)
Michelle Nolan - $500.00 (Today’s Technology - Chromebooks)
Cindy Snow - $500.00 (Today’s Technology - Chromebooks 
Valarie Stark - $500.00 (Today’s Technology - Chromebooks)   

ODESSA MIDDLE SCHOOL           
Stacy Behrman/Kylie Schudel/Katherine Shroyer - $600.00 (Total Solar Eclipse Observation Activities)
Michelle Cicle - $750.00 (Dawg Design Expansion)

ODESSA HIGH SCHOOL                
Jason Rathert - $750.00 (Robotics)
Laura Ward - $750.00 (Using TI-Nspire Technology to Improve Daily Mathematics Instruction)
Adrienne Cole - $500.00 (Technology in The Classroom)
Donna Gwodz - $500.00   (Chromebooks)     

Foundation Teacher Grant in Memorial to Sherry L. Billings will be awarded at the Foundation Gala on April 1, 2017.