The Blue Springs Education Foundation awarded $15,000 in scholarships to Blue Springs School District staff. The scholarships are made possible through BSEF donations and sponsors.
BSEF Staff Scholarships are for certified or classified staff members pursuing any degree in education.
The Bartolotta Family Scholarship is for those staff members pursuing an education degree starting with a Master's. The Kenny Shaver Memorial Scholarship is for staff members who are continuing their education in the pursuit of any degree in the field of special education.
2022-2023 BSEF SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS:
BSEF STAFF SCHOLARSHIPS ($1,000 each)
Christina Durham – Chapel Lakes Elementary
Morgan Huttinger – Blue Springs High School
Mahaylee Peterman – Moreland Ridge Middle School
Michelle Sisco -- JAMES LEWIS Elementary
Lori Stricklin – James Walker Elementary and William Bryant Elementary
Alison Winkpleck – Blue Springs High School
Terre Yaghoubian – Daniel Young Elementary and Thomas Ultican Elementary
Bartolotta Family Scholarship ($1,000 each):
Alex Burnham – Brittany Hill Middle School
Ashley Long – Chapel Lakes Elementary
KENNY SHAVER MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIPS ($2,000 each)
Tan-Taisha Cunningham – Blue Springs High School
Christine Harris – Blue Springs South High School
Alison Winkpleck – Blue Springs High School
2023 GRANT RECIPIENTS
The Blue Springs Education Foundation held its annual grant patrol, awarding staff grants for classroom projects, technology, and innovative teaching. This year, the Education Foundation awarded nearly $80,000 in funding thanks to its generous donors and sponsors.
Brittany Hill Middle School
Move Less, Play More, Alyssa DeSantis, $3,945
I am Seen Program, Travis Lewis and Laura Mermelstein, $495.60
Blue Springs High School
Wildcat TV – The Great Camera Upgrade of 2022, Matt Marble, $4,787.94
Out of the Blue Business Challenge, Kelly Fowler, $1,925 - Sponsored by Oswald Rew LLC
Reading Nook, Ashley Stanton, $1,537.17 -Sponsored by the Kenny Shaver Memorial Fund
Putting the Action in Action Potential, Jenna McClanahan and Joy Klotz, $564.14 - Sponsored by Women Endowing Education
Blue Springs High School Freshman Campus
Noise Cancelling Headphones, Diane Severns, $199.90 - Sponsored by the Kenny Shaver Memorial Fund
Blue Springs South High School
Something to Graph About, Jill Hertzog, Kara Palermo, Nathan Dorsch, Kaitlin Bartolotta, $4,179.73 - Sponsored by the Duvall Family
Bringing the Career of CSI to the Classroom, Kristin Tolentino, $1,933.32 - Sponsored by David and Kathryn Gilmore
All Hands on Earth!, Kristen Tolentino, $1,884.50 - Sponsored by Women Endowing Education
Calculators for Chemistry, Dan Sundberg, Tadd Marshall, Nathan Mooney, Cody Fritts, $1,700
Chapel Lakes Elementary
Breakfast Book Club, Stacy Scalfaro, $400 - Sponsored by JE Dunn Construction
Cordill-Mason Elementary
Communication Station X 2, Anna Ramos, Shannon Hickman, Devin Casey, $3,334 - Sponsored by the Kenny Shaver Memorial Fund
High Interest Intermediate Reading Intervention, Carie Sullivan and Angie Archer, $650 - Sponsored by Meyer Music
Lighting the Way to Success, Anna Ramos, $920 - Sponsored by the Kenny Shaver Memorial Fund
Delta Woods Middle School
Microscope Madness, Jennifer Rohner, $4,292.42 - Sponsored by the Duvall Family
Trout in the Classroom, Justin Whitman, $2,550 - Sponsored by Newkirk Novak Construction Partners
Daniel Young Elementary
Diversify Your Shelf (Book Club), Amy Bohannan and Becky Farmer, $765
Franklin Smith Elementary
Growing Readers, Jennifer Carle, $433.97
Hall-McCarter Education Center/AIMS(Applied Innovation Middle School)
The Outdoor Marketplace of Ideas, Meghan Jenkins, William Wright, Sonya Gough, Gail Bush, $3,870 - Sponsored by Tandem Paving
John Nowlin Elementary
Speech Buddies, Heather Wagner, $305 - Sponsored by the Kenny Shaver Memorial Fund
James Walker Elementary
Helping our Helping Hands, Rachel Barker, $3,983.06 -Sponsored by the Kenny Shaver Memorial Fund
STEM Stations for Super Students, Lauren Tierney, $1,500
Multiplication Madness, Kari Hartstack, $647.36
Liggett Trail Education Center
Cooking up Good Communication, Sarah Basore, Melissa Mersch, Lori Raines, Hillary Sellers, Karen Van Cleave, Breanna Willmore, $1,105.30
- Sponsored by the Kenny Shaver Memorial Fund
Paul Kinder Middle School
Solving Equations with Algebra Tiles, Jennifer Streeter, $139.98
Sunny Pointe Elementary
School-Community Literacy Connection, Allison Spencer, Tiffany Morris, Allison Roderick, $5,000
- Sponsored by the Duvall Family
Classroom Speech Generating Devices, Meghan Porter, $835.80 - Sponsored by the Kenny Shaver Memorial Fund
Hear me! Hear me!, Samantha Faulkenberry, $600
Sensory Room, Elizabeth Roush and Miranda Rau, $332.24
Thomas Ultican Elementary
Readers are Leaders!, Adriana Marble, $4,835.06 - Sponsored by Hollis + Miller Architects
We are all Ears!, Casey Sisney, Annette Luke, Carrie Schelp, Stacy Hassler, $2,721.92 - Sponsored by Major Saver
Voy Spears Jr. Elementary
Dynamic Decodables, Hannah Burasco and Jenny Self, $5,000 - Sponsored by Women Endowing Education
Supporting Striving Readers, Rebecca Wilkerson, $298.48 - Sponsored by JE Dunn Construction
William Bryant Elementary
All Kids Bike, Kurt Lower, $5,000 - Sponsored by Bobby and Vanessa Hawk, and Julius Oswald
Beat the Clock with Addition and Subtraction, Jessi Talcott, Ashli Oddo, Megan Lindsey-Huffman, Gina Taylor, $1,712.19 - Sponsored by Women Endowing Education
Phonics Fun in Literacy Centers, Brittni Johnson, $748 - Sponsored by Women Endowing Education
William Yates Elementary
Flexible Seating, Kelly Gard, $2,395 - Sponsored by JE Dunn Construction
Rainbow Arch, Kim Cunningham, $2,000 - Sponsored by the Kenny Shaver Memorial Fund