Hopkins Project Awards offer teachers another avenue to enhance learning experience – KVOE

The Bud and Irene Hopkins Foundation made several stops in Emporia on Tuesday.

Foundation Vice President Michelle Hopkins-Molinaro joined several district administrators and board members in presenting the Hopkins Project Awards. Hopkins-Molinaro tells KVOE News this is a natural extension of the foundation's willingness to help the district after it organized the Star Performer and WOW! awards for individual teachers for years.

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Board member Leslie Seeley says the program helps teachers as they meet student needs.

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Nearly 15 projects were awarded across the district, with grant amounts ranging from $620 to over $5,000.

Since 2002. the Hopkins Foundation has handed out almost $450,000 to better than 230 teachers and support staffers across USD 253.

*Katrina Goscha, Emporia High: Lightboard*Randy Wells, Emporia High: Lebert Buddy System trainers*Misty Lawson and Rick Jones, Emporia Middle School: Learning About the Past*Samuel Barrett, Logan Avenue Elementary: Logan Avenue disc golf course*Emily Joplin, Logan Avenue Elementary: Mars Colonization PBL field trip*Randielle Houser, Riverside Elementary: Flexible seating for fourth grade*Jenna Adkins, Timmerman Elementary: Math PBL projects*Tabatha Granado, Timmerman Elementary: Resource room*Annisa Lord, Village Elementary: STEAM productions*Hannah Prophet and Ashlee Anno, William Allen White: Growing Our Health Together*Marilyn Dalton, Carol Taylor, Jennifer Wendling, Karen Horton, Roberta Shafer, William Allen White Elementary: Books in Kids Hands, Kids in Parents Laps*Melanie Curtis, William Allen White Elementary: Green Screen Storytelling*Stephanie Yoho, Walnut Elementary: The Eagles Nest

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