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2018-2019
Impact Grant Winners’ Directory
License4Learning
Specialty Tag
Arts Education Grants
Non-Fiction Classroom Libraries Impact Grants
Middle School Book Clubs Impact Grants
Math, Science & Energy Education Impact Grants
STEM Partnership Grants
Donor Advised West Orange Middle Schools Science Impact Grants
School District Education Foundation
Matching Grant
Foundation for Orange County Public Schools
445 W. Amelia Street Orlando, FL 32801
407-317-3261 FoundationforOCPS.org
2018-2019 Impact Grant Fund Summary
Consortium of Florida Education Foundations
December 2018
Grant Category No. Grants
Funded Amount Awarded
Arts Education Support Impact Grants – funded by the License4Learning Specialty License Tag
23 $10,049
Non-Fiction Classroom Libraries Impact Grants – funded by the License4Learning Specialty License Tag and School District Education Foundation Matching Grant
32 $14,818
Middle School Book Club Impact Grants – funded by the License4Learning Specialty License Tag and School District Education Foundation Matching Grant
8 $ 14,157
Math, Science and Energy Education Impact Grants – funded by Duke Energy Foundation and School District Education Foundation Matching Grant
29 $ 65,852
STEM Partnership Impact Grants – funded by Duke Energy Foundation and School District Education Foundation Matching Grant
10 $ 41,789
Bond Foundation West Orange Middle School Science Grants and School District Education Foundation Matching Grant (non-competitive school grant)
43 $ 13,243
Total 145 $159,908
Since 1996, the Foundation for Orange County Public Schools has awarded over $3 million to over 5,000 teachers.
A special thank you … to our volunteer judges
Duke Energy Jamie England
Joseph Torrees-Rosario
Foundation Board Members Greg Dotson, Merlin
Entertainments
Eddie Sanabria, CFEFCU
OCPS Brenda Antoine
Kyle Dencker
Rebeca Hernandez
Jackie Juvinall
Pamela Leadbitter
Linda Lindsey
Janet Line
Nina Melendez
Cirene Powell
Colleen Puglisi Dylan Thomas
Universal Orlando Kristen Bennett
Joel Eng
Mike Geenen
Chuck Nilsen
Susie Shinner
Lori Velazquez
Marilee Amodt
Dana Casselton, Office Depot
George Fournier, Writer
Kathy Gill
Jeanne Green
Corine Hall, Baker Barrios Architects
Corine Hall
Jana Jensen
Lissette Lantieri, Office Depot Office
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Pam Leadbitter
Maritza Mixon
Michael Stevens, VALIC
Amanda Walters, History Center
Jim Waters
Lavon Williams, Orange County
Community Action Division
Lisa Wongshue, Skyward Tax
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Duke STEM Impact Grant Winners
Apopka ElementaryDeborah Blakeslee Title: “Its ALIVE” Building Bigger Robots Amount: $4944.28
Apopka HighMichael MacWithey Title: Inspiring Students to Soar via Drone Education Amount: $5000Jennifer Meyer Lead Teacher: Michael MacWithey Amount: $3000
Colonial 9th Grade Center
Title: Hatching Chickens: Raising STEM Competency Amount: $2086.36
Liberty Middle
Title: STEM Partnership Grant Amount: $4,978.21
Meadow Woods MiddleCorydon StrawserLead Teacher: Fernando Colom-Colom Title: Photovoltaic Analysis of Solar Panels Amount: $4965
Mid-Florida Campus (OTC)Grant TedaldiLead Teacher: Charles Brewer
Title: Moving Printing Forward, The Science Behind Ink
Amount: $4489
Sunset Park ElementaryJanette Moore
Title: Dash Robots
Amount: $1999.94
Wedgefield K-8 SchoolScott Bawden
Title: The Energy Initiative
Amount: $5000
Wekiva High
Christopher BatesLead Teachers: Diane Russo
and Randall Ius
Title: Preserving Delicious
Meats Through Science
Amount: $4826.09Hai Anh Nguyen
Title: Wekiva Aquaponics
for STEM Learning
Amount: $3500
Caela Paio�
Wolf Lake Middle
Duke Energy Math, Science & Energy Education
Impact Grant Winners
Apopka HighJennifer MeyerLead Teacher: Michael MacWitheyTitle: Taking Engineering Underwater with ROVs Amount: $3000
Baldwin Park Elementary
Title: Math, Science (and Engineering) are Fun!! Amount: $1727.65
Cypress Creek HighShari Foster-Henninghan Title: Making Physiology Come to Life Amount: $2829.15
Dillard Street ElementaryCynthia Hanson
Amount: $1967.96
Dommerich ElementaryMegan BaptistLead Teacher: Kristin Pilgrim Title: Experts in Energy ConversionAmount: $1994.75
Dream Lake ElementaryJennifer Crisan Title: Making Lil’ Engineers Amount: $1982.73Nora Hogan
Title: Inspiring Scientists
& Engineers!
Amount: $2000
East River HighPeter McCormickLead Teacher: Scotty ChamblessTitle: Using Quadratics in ArcheryAmount: $1350
Evans HighVenusha MoodleyLead Teachers: Ashley Steadman, Sonjia Thomas, Carlos Nobriga, Ashley Harris, Althea Dawkins, Lauren Williams
Title: Evans – BiotechnologyAmount: $3000
Olympia HighTracy Ebert Title: Of Rats and Men
Amount: $2500
Orange CenterLarissa Brown Title: Let’s Get Bzzzy
Amount: $1999.65Eliza McAfee Lead Teacher: Sarah Lander
Title: Kindergarten Teacher
Amount: $1999.10Lilia Oakey Whitehouse
Title: Let’s Get Bzzzy
Amount: $1990
Princeton ElementaryCatherine Mohr
Title: Hatching Duck Eggs
Amount: $600
Spring Lake ElementaryAmanda Henleben
Title: K’NEX Renewable Energy SetsAmount: $1999.90
Kristin BrownTitle: Science GrantAmount: $2864.81Megan CabreraTitle: Energy EducationAmount: $2510Brian LawsonTitle: Science & STEM ClubAmount: $2332.95
Freedom MiddleArana Berenice Title: Let the Electrons Flow
Amount: $2164.64
Howard MiddleDeanna BuckleyLead Teacher: Susie Quillin
Title: May The Force Be With YouAmount: $2892
Lake George ElementaryHeather Febres Title: Coding Crusaders Amount: $997.81
Liberty MiddleMichael Krones Title: 3-D Printing a Green FutureAmount: $3000
Lockhart MiddleRoger BarriosLead Teachers: Andre Rawlerson, Naomi Nelson Title: Jonas’ Whales | Underwater Submersible Drones | Electrical Buoys to Detect C02 |Currents in Florida Beaches Amount: $3000Hannah WeldonLead Teacher: Campbell KimberleeTitle: Farmrobotics: The Mini-Robot: The Skunk Spray Machine
Amount: $2964.70
Meadow Woods MiddleNilsaliz Medina
Title: Let it Blow!
Amount: $2537.82William Young
Title: There’s No Air in HereAmount: $2144.42
License4Learning Arts Education
Impact Grant Winners
Aloma Elementary
Title: Art Enlarged Amount: $500
Bay Lake ElementaryMeredith Barnes Title: Ecstastic for Ukuleles Amount: $500
Bridgewater MiddleKelly Padua Title: Pinhole Photography Amount: $486.75
Cherokee SchoolHilary Faustmann Title: Arts Education Amount: $500
Corner Lake MiddleHilary Faustmann Title: Dance Costumes and Shoes Amount: $500
Eccleston ElementaryNicole Horton-Harris Title: Full S.T.E.A.M Ahead Amount: $498.95
Edgewater HighNatalie Hawkins Title: Sounds Like Drama Amount: $500
Forsyth Woods ElementaryBrad Gillet Title: Together We Drum Amount: $482.79Jennifer Margrave-Garcia
Title: Multicultural
Weaving Experiences
Amount: $500
Freedom HighChristopher Perez Title: Replacing Guitar Strings for HS Guitar ProgramAmount: $249.37
Freedom MiddleKenneth Evans Title: Instrumental Music Materials Support Amount: $500
Jackson MiddleMadison Ickes Title: Instrument Repairs Amount: $500
Maxey ElementaryKerry Czarnowsky Title: Etching your way to SuccessAmount: $500
Meadow Woods ElementaryAmanda Johnson Title: Art of Students with AutismAmount: $240
Meadow Woods MiddleBryant Alecia Title: Musicals are Life Amount: $500Katherine Stevens
Title: Musical Theater
for Drama Class
Amount: $500
Odyssey MiddleDaniel Davis, Jr. Title: Odyssey MS Theatre LibraryAmount: $500
Rock Lake ElementaryKia King Title: Yarn with a Twist Amount: $428.27
Spring Lake ElementaryKaleigh Arsenault Title: Clay All Day - Pottery Access for all Students Amount: $443.37
Union Park ElementaryBeth Lucas Title: Ceramic Sculptures Amount: $250
Walker MiddleTashianna Torres Title: Instruments for Change Amount: $470
Zellwood ElementaryLisa Wallace Title: Get Moving with Hand Drums!!Amount: $500
Amber Ballard
License4Learning Non-Fiction Classroom Libraries
Impact Grant Winners
Andover ElementaryFrancis Lorenzo Title: Read Aloud Nonfiction Picture Books to Fifth Graders? Yes!! Amount: $498.23
Bay Lake ElementaryBrooke Taylor Title: Nonfiction Grant Amount: $308.52
Chain of Lakes MiddlePaige Politte Title: Showing our Kids the World Amount: $496.65Carmen Lamar
Title: Non-Fiction Books
Amount: $496.65
Jacqueline JonesLead: Lydia Glover
Title: Reading Instructor
Amount: $496.65
Dommerich ElementaryJason LeFebvre
Title: ZOOm into Books
Amount: $500
Dream Lake ElementaryJennifer Crisan
Title: Making Lil’ Engineers|
Amount: $496.81
Gotha MiddleKimberly Do
Title: Gotha 8th Grade Science Literacy ProjectLead: Glen Andree and Stephen Milis
Amount: $500
Innovation MiddleTara Wilson
Title: Classroom Library Books
Amount: $500Kaleigh Gill
Title: American History
Nonfication Library
Amount: $500
Keene’s Crossing ElementaryJennifer Scraper
Title: Deeping Learning
Through Nonfiction Text
Amount: $323.85
Lake George ElementaryHeather Febres Title: This Book is Just Right: Building a Classroom Library for Advanced Readers Amount: $486.47Aislinn Van Buren
Title: Non-Fiction Classroom Libraries Build Character
Amount: $365
Lakeville ElementaryPaige Rohter Title: Non-Fiction Classroom Libraries Impact Grant Amount: $500
Laureate Park ElementaryAshley Ohmart Title: Classroom Libraries
Amount: $459.66
Liberty MiddleDaniel Stau er Title: Classroom Libraries
Amount: $471.48
Millennia GardensDawn Chehab Title: Air Boating Through
‘The Glades’ Amount: $500Erica Roberts Title: Around the World in 180 School Days Amount: $500
Ocoee ElementaryKaren Castle Title: A Fun Dose of Nonfiction
Amount: $477.70
Piedmont Lakes MiddleSheila Adams Title: 8th Grade ELA Class
Novel Study Amount: $500
Pineloch ElementaryDanielle Burton Chaney
Title: Informational Texts Needed
Amount: $497.51
Pinewood ElementaryNisha Phillip-Malahoo Title: Tolerance Through Reading
Amount: $500
Prairie Lake ElementarySarah Clark Title: Non-Fiction Library
Amount: $443.89
Rock Springs ElementaryLouise Schulz Title: Book Club Booty Amount: $500Christine Pankonin Title: Non-Fiction Nitty Gritty
Amount: $500
Vista Lakes ElementaryBrittany Skinner Title: Motivating Minds with Magazines Amount: $447.98
Waterbridge ElementaryJoycelyn Hsiung Title: Sphero Amount: $425
Wedgefield K-8 SchoolCharity Travis Title: Classroom Set of Night by Elie Wiesel Amount: $500
Whispering Oak ElementaryJohn Warpenburg Title: Are You For Real? Amount: $322.27
Wyndham Lakes ElementaryGladys Ayala Title: Non-Fiction Books will Make my students SMARTER !Amount: $500
Zellwood ElementaryTamara Daugherty Title: The Intrepid Reader Amount: $486
Bond West Orange Middle Schools Grant Winners
Bridgewater Middle
Gotha Middle
Ocoee Middle
Robinswood Middle
SunRidge Middle
Lubna AghaSummer ArmstrongAndrew BakshDaniella BlackburnTerry Cu elJon GarberLuis Leandro GonzalezCheryl JenkinsStephanie LeisherSusan RobertsKristina RokickiAndrew SalazarLee Wilson
Glen AndreeKimberly DoDouglas RoseAaron Trenary
Lauren BrackenJamie CantuLacretia DalyDavid GrothShannon HulcherMilton MarianiKathryn McCallisterWallace PhillipsCarmen ShepperdBabu SinghKarin Vorheis
Lisa BrownGino PirolloMelanie Stringer
Susan ColwellDeepra DabiesinghNancy GreeneDavid GuzmanMichael HaddanRenee HansfordEllis RamosPatricia ThackerMeghann Thrasher
License4Learning Middle School Book Club Grant Winners
Blankner SchoolCarrie Wods Book Club: Blankner Book Buddies Amount: $1336.40
Glenridge MiddleStacey Pena, Leah Williams & Krista DiederichBook Club: Book Dens Amount: $1,888.56
Hunter’s Creek MiddleKellee Moye Book Club: Mrs. Moye’s 7th Grade Lunch Book Club Amount: $1,900
Legacy MiddleAlyson Murray Book Club: Jetsy Literary Society (Girls)& Literary Guild (Boys)Amount: $700
Ocoee MiddleJan Richards
Book Club: Battle of the Books Amount: $150
Piedmont Lakes MiddleKim Bugar
Book Club: Piedmont Book Club
Amount: $310
Robinswood MiddleLisa Kress and Breanne Cerkiewicz
Book Club: RMS Book Club
Amount: $2371.67