D. Jack Mahuron Education Fund Recipients.
WCCF Announces D. Jack Mahuron Education Fund Recipients.
The D. Jack Mahuron Education Fund was established at the Washington County Community Foundation to encourage educators and staff to teach in innovative ways. This year, the fund has awarded several teachers in the county school corporations over $5,000.00.
Students in Laura Purlee’s East Washington Elementary 5th grade class will be dissecting owl pellets to identify contents, record and analyze data, and discuss the food chain and predator/prey relationship.
Charles Adams’ East Washington Middle School Emotional Disabilities room will be receiving new reading comprehension resources as well as headphones. They will also be doing their own room facelift with backlight paints, giving students the opportunity to design the wall as well as drawing and painting it.
The STEAM Lab at Salem Middle School, led by Jessica Morgan, might turn green with envy. Maybe not with envy, but it will be turning green in order to become a green screen room, allowing students to produce videos about the content they are studying in core classes.
Bradie Shrum Elementary students will be seeing the addition of equipment that will allow them to learn about 3D design and think critically about those designs. Emily Johnson and Crystal Mikels, STEM leaders, will encourage students to better learn the programs and then assist them in seeing their designs from start to finish all while preparing students with programming skills, teamwork, collaboration, creativity, flexibility, and critical thinking.
Peyton Medlock’s East Washington Middle School Special Education room will be getting more organized and encouraging students to obtain their learning materials in an easier manner, allowing them to be more successful in the classroom.
Kindergarten students in Peggy Monroe’s East Washington Elementary School Classroom will be watching chickens hatch in a new incubator, allowing a hands-on approach to life cycles.
Sue Shipman’s East Washington Elementary School PE classes will be engaging in dynamic activities that foster teamwork and cooperation, listening skills, motor skills, and mental focus with the purchase of a new parachute.
Kayla Moore’s self-contained classroom at East Washington Elementary will become a classroom family while printing positive memories and realizing coping skills with a grant for a document printer and ink.
Students at West Washington Elementary will be building new VEX robots using advanced technology and coding skills. Melissa Nicholson and Veronica Bays will lead students through critical thinking and problem solving in order for the robot to move autonomously.
East Washington Elementary Pre-K students will be powering through the playground thanks to a grant awarded to Jennifer Anderson for new riding toys that promote balance, core muscle strength, and overall coordination.
All West Washington School Corporation students that need crisis counseling and help dealing with anxiety, depression, and anger issues will have the opportunity through Maria Burks’ and Michael Dockery’s office to utilize supplies for those needs.
Lesia Ellis’ 2nd grade East Washington Elementary School classroom will enjoy some fall fun through a creative pumpkin project. The grant will also be sued for social emotional learning books and animals to learn a variety of emotions, what emotions look like, and how to explain those emotions to others.
Donors to the Washington County Community Foundation serve as a beacon of hope, creating a legacy of care and compassion that shines for generations to come.
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