May 2023A2Z Personnel and the Drive at 107.9 are proud to award the The We Support Our Schools Grant for the month of May to Natalie Martin! Natalie teaches kindergarten through fourth grade music at CorvallisPrimary School. Natalie’s personal musical talents include voice, and playing piano and Ukulele. Her small music classroom is a place…
APRIL 2024:The April 2024 “We Support Our School’s” grant has been awarded to Kelli Hollingsworth from Hamilton Middle School. A2Z Personnel and the Drive at 107.9 award this grant monthly during the school year to deserving educators in the Bitterroot Valley from Darby to Florence. Kelli Hollingsworth teaches 5th grade in Hamilton. She requested this…
MARCH 2024:A2Z Personnel and the Drive at 107.9 are proud to award the March 2024 “We Support Our School’s” Grant to Stevensville Elementary’s 4th grade teacher, Dakota Wilton!Dakota is a Bitterroot local, attending Lone Rock Elementary and then graduating from Stevensville High School. She now teaches 4th grade at Stevensville and is the Cheerleading coach….
FEBRUARY 2024:The “We Support our Schools” grant for February 2024, awarded by A2Z Personnel and the Drive at 107.9., goes to Jennifer Kirby.Jennifer is the band teacher at Florence School and teaches students from 6th-12th grade. She will be applying the $200 grant money to help cover the cost to purchase a new snare drum…
JANUARY 2024The January 2024 recipient of the “We Support our Schools” grant awarded by A2Z Personnel and the Drive at 107.9., is Annah McCrossin from Corvallis Elementary. Mrs. McCrossin isCorvallisPrimary School’s Librarian. She will be utilizing the grant to purchase books for 3rd and 4th grade students to participate in this year’s “Montana Battle of…
DECEMBER 2023:December’s 2023 recipient of the “We Support our Schools” grant, awarded by A2Z Personnel and the Drive at 107.9, is Erica McKoy from Washington Elementary School in Hamilton. This is Mrs. McKoy first year teaching Kindergarten at Washington Elementary. She was nominated for the grant by a parent who expressed, “She is amazing with…
Sarah Daman is the recipient of the “We Support Our Schools” grant, sponsored by A2Z Personnel and The Drive 107.9, for the month of June. Sarah teaches Science at the Stevensville Middle School. Students in Sarah’s class and Ms. Whitehead, the other science teacher’s class, conducted a mini–Science Fair on May 26th. The grant will…
A2Z Personnel and the Drive 107.9 were excited to award Diane Warren from Stevensville School the We Support our Schools grant for the month of May. Diane teaches Special Education at the middle school. She is coordinating a half day event for the 120+ students who have had a GPA of 3.5+, have had zero…
A2Z Personnel and the Drive 107.9 had the pleasure of presenting Leanne Deschamps with the “We Support Our Schools” grant for April 2023! Leanne teaches high school English at Florence Carlton High School and will use this grant money for a special project that she and her students have been preparing for quite some time.Leanne…
A2Z Personnel and the Drive 107.9 are happy to award Michelle Welch with the “We Support Our Schools” grant for March 2023! Michelle Welch is the Mental Health Counselor at Florence School. She is proud that Florence has this resource to provide to their students. With the grant, Michele intends to buy sensory “fidgets” to…
A2Z Personnel and The Drive 107.9 are happy to award Kristine Dandy with the We Support Our Schools grant for February of 2023! Ms. Dandy is a 4th grade teacher at Daly Elementary School in Hamilton. She is excited to use this grant to purchase more books for the entire 4th grade from the “National…
A2Z Personnel and The Drive 107.9 are happy to award Jackie McCann with the We Support Our Schools grant for January of 2023! Mrs. McCann is the Liberian at Florence Elementary School. Mrs. McCann has really been wanting to create a fairy garden space for her students to enjoy and to also help spark imagination…
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