Five Wells County school teachers have been awarded mini grants of $250 each to fund a creative project in their classroom. Bluffton’s Beta Phi chapter of Tri Kappa announced the recipients this week.
Southern Wells
Becca Miner: Students will use hands on scientific tools for measuring and predictive scientific leaning.
Caleb Stucky: Write Time students will use Re-Write max tablets for interactive math, handwriting and quick answer learning.
Shelly Ivans: Art and STEM Glow Time students will use black lights and fluorescent lights to learn the science of UV light.
Bluffton
Kristi Eicher and Nicole Williamson: Life Skills Project with students building and selling door hangers to develop life and work experience.
Norwell
Lisa Tarr: Upper level Spanish Hellas Units students developing Spanish fluency in Spanish arts, music, literature and sciences.
The intention of these grants is to encourage Wells County teachers to implement creative classroom projects in the areas of need where school budgets fall short or tax dollars cannot be used. Reaching a large group of area children is one of the goals and priorities of the mini-grant program.
Upon completion of the 2023-2024 school year the recipients must provide a final report showing how the mini grant funds were spent and a summary of the success and learning of the classroom project.
Bluffton’s Tri Kappa sorority yearly holds two main fund-raisers: Street Fair Shirt Sales and Nut and Candy Sales. Money from these events are used to support Wells County charity, culture and educational projects.
