2023/2024 Educator grants awarded from the Nancy Sprowls Memorial Fund

Erin  Kraly - Huntington Elementary School (Brunswick)
Project Title:  Wild About the Arts
Amount:  $421.76
Project Description: To help purchase art lesson materials to create a fully immersive Wild About the Arts event that incorporates over 1500 pieces of kindergarten to fifth grade student artwork and student musical performances in April. Students will apply the elements and principles of design to create multiple artworks that are jungle or safari inspired with lesson inspiration from Henri Rousseau alongside additional artists.

Jeannette Timko - Kidder Elementary School (Brunswick)
Project Title:  Kidder Theater Club Start-Up
Amount:  $321.60
Project Description: These funds will be used for starting up a drama/theater program at Kidder Elementary. Fourth and fifth  grade students will have the opportunity to join a new club at Kidder, Drama Club. This club will build confidence, develop creativity, encourage teamwork and collaboration as students perform and produce a production. It will also enhance individual acting (role and character, voice, time, situation, time period and mood of the production) and all technical areas of scenery, lighting, costuming and sound.

Danielle Cuculic - Medina High School
Project Title:  Adventures in Plein Air Drawing
Amount:  $239.85
Project Description: To purchase additional supplies for a Plein Air Drawing Unit and Field Trip to Hinckley Lake. I would like to buy brush pens to have as a travel medium for students to work with that allows them to quickly layer large areas of color and are easy to transport. This Plein Air Unit will help students develop skills in observational drawing, composition and connect experience to the creation of artwork

Tyler Skidmore - Medina High School
Project Title: Dalcroze Eurhythmics Workshop
Amount:  $350.00
Project Description: We are requesting $350 to bring a skilled clinician/Dalcroze Eurhythmics expert to conduct an interactive workshop in our high school choir and music theory classes. This transformative project will take place during the fall semester of 2023 and will target our students' musical development and holistic growth. Through Dalcroze Eurhythmics exercises, our students will develop a heightened sense of rhythmic precision. This skill is essential for any musician and will greatly benefit our choir members and music theory students alike

2023/2024 Educator grants awarded from general funding

Cassie Jirous - Lodi Family Center
Project Title: Media Lab/Teaching Artistic Behaviors (TAB)
Amount:  $800.00
Project Description: The purpose of this grant is to help provide supplies for a media lab that will allow students to explore various materials so they can find what inspires them. The goal is to set up an entire classroom solely focused on art utilizing the TAB philosophy, which states that the child is the artist and the classroom is the artist's studio. This program will become a permanent program offered through the Kids Maker Space. Last year we served 76 kids during our Summer STEAM Camps. This coming year, we are planning on serving 100 kids during the 2024 Summer STEAM Camps.

Amy Muhl - Central Intermediate School (Wadsworth)
Project Title: Adaptive Hand Drums
Amount:  $734.85
Project Description: To enrich the lives of our adaptive student population at Central Intermediate School with hand drums that can be played by students with limited mobility. These can be played solo or together with others as well. Students will be able to play an instrument with pitches using their hands, or mallets, and on their laps or the floor as needed.

Marlene Bossart - Central Intermediate School (Wadsworth)
Project Title:  Adaptive Art Integration
Amount:  $703.85
Project Description: To purchase adaptive art materials for the Art room. The specially designed scissors, crayons and assorted art tools will help me  meet the growing needs of the special education population at my building, now and in the future.

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