Lorena Education Foundation Awards Grants for 2016

The Lorena Education Foundation presented their annual grants on April 27th to teachers across the district. The foundation awarded grants to 9 applicants in a total amount of $18,443.14. The grants will fund creative projects and initiatives that will impact hundreds of Lorena ISD students.

Congratulations to the following grant winners:

Sunnye Forrest—$470.00

LPS—Technology & School Counseling:

Moving into the 21st Century

Jan Bradford—$2,940.00

LPS—Chromebook Composing

Ella Snodgrass—$5,427.80

LPS—Creative Collaboration through Chromebooks

Sharon Tucker, Nancy Carter, Dayna Patzke,

 Chris Jeffrey, Jennifer Johnson

Joan Sykora—$3,928.00

LPS—#thefuturebeginshere

Karen Channon, Susan Kilpatrick, Amanda Niemeyer, Jennifer Sykora, and Brooke Taylor

Jen Johnson—$2,111.34

LES—A Kinesthetic Environment:

Fidgeting Our Way to Learning

Christy Freeman

Rachal Roessler—$1,170.00

LHS—SSDC—NASA Houston

Sam Bartlett—$1,050.00

LHS—Lorena Best Robotics Team

Rachal Roessler—$732.00

LHS—Vernier Probes

Kerrie Swepston

Heather Scherr—$614.00

LHS—Spanish Cameron Park Zoo Trip

Karen Jeffrey

Congratulations to all these teachers, and thank you to the Lorena Education Foundation for supporting our students and teachers!

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Education Foundation Golf Classic

The Golf Classic has been moved to November 19th!!!

It's not too late to sign up for the 9th Annual Lorena Education Foundation Golf Classic!  

The tournament will be held Thursday, November 19th at Cottonwood Creek Golf Course.  For information, please visit the Education Foundation's webpage.  

All proceeds will help fund teacher grants awarded next spring.

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Education Foundation Grant Winners Announced

The Lorena Education Foundation presented their annual grants on April 24th to teachers across the district. The foundation awarded grants to 21 teachers in a total amount of $20,363.61. The grants will fund creative projects and initiatives that will impact hundreds of students across all campuses.

Congratulations to the following grant winners:

Extended Learning: BrainPop & BrainPop Jr  - $3,295
Submitted by: Sarah Miller, Belinda Maldonado & Raygan Douglas (Primary & Elementary)

Chromebook Stations Phase 1 - $5,638.75
Submitted by: Raygan Douglas, Susan Tekell, & Jessica Webb (Elementary)

SmartZoom Microscopes - $5,800
Submitted by: D'Aun Cox, Jessica Qourzal, Luke Blaylock & Craig Randolph (Middle School)

Leopards Lending Hands - $1,827.86
Submitted by: Deborah Peevey, Ashley Jones, Jennifer Pitts, Holly Hubbard, Stacy Bartosh, Kyle Crawford, & Tammy Schulte (Middle School)

SSDC: Space Settlement and Design Competition - $1,140
Submitted by: Rachal Roessler (High School)

iPod Touch for Online Access - $543.84
Submitted by Brandy Romer (Middle & High School)

Lorena BEST Robotics Team - $1,344.95
Submitted by: Sam Bartlett (Middle & High School)

Primary & Elementary Play: The Princess Bride - $775
Submitted by: Beauen Bogner (High School)

Congratulations to all these teachers, and thank you to the Lorena Education Foundation for supporting our students and teachers!

Education Foundation Golf Tournament

The Lorena Education Foundation's 8th Annual Golf Classic will take place on Friday, November 1st at Twin Rivers Golf Course.  This year's tournament will begin with registration and lunch at 11:30 am and a shotgun start at 1 pm. 

Proceeds from the golf classic benefit the teachers and students of Lorena ISD through annual teacher grants. Area golfers and local businesses wishing to participate in this great event can contact the foundation at EducationFoundation@LorenaISD.net or call 254-214-5725.

Science, Technology and Engineering Success

Lorena High School science/physics teacher, Sam Bartlett, had a simple idea:  If you build it, they will come.  Last spring, with hopes of developing a local science club, Mr. Bartlett applied for and won a grant  from the Lorena Education Foundation to purchase parts and build a computer from scratch.   With his grant in hand, Mr. Bartlett then solicited students to form LSTEC (the Lorena Science Technology and Engineering Club).  Last week the students and Mr. Bartlett met after school to build their first computer, Leopard I.  With excitement in the air and an overall atmosphere of half business and half party, the students finally flipped the switch.  “There were cheers and high fives when we turned it on for the first time and it worked”, said Mr. Bartlett.  “I want to thank the Lorena Education foundation again for making this fantastic experience possible.”  He went on to explain the high school students will also form the Lorena High School BEST Robotics Team, using the computer to design and build a robot and then compete later this year in the Boosting Engineering, Science and Technology competition, or BEST Robotics.

LISD appreciates Mr. Bartlett, who, like so many other teachers in Lorena, strive to show students that science, math and technology can be fun, challenging and rewarding.  If you would like to help the Education Foundation make future grants like this possible, you can mail your donation to the Lorena Education Foundation, P. O. Box 39, Lorena, Texas 76655 or consider participating in our annual Golf Tournament Fundraiser on Friday, October 26th.  For more info about the tournament or the foundation, contact them at EducationFoundation@LorenaISD.net.