Congratulations to Steve Gideon for being this months “We Support Our Schools” winner! Steve Gideon co-hosts a book club at Darby High School, along with Bryan Dufresne. The club is voluntary for high school students and meets during the student’s free time, often after school or on the weekends. The books are chosen by the…
Congratulations to Lori Lewis for being this months “We Support Our Schools” winner! Lori is Stevensville’s Middle School’s PE and Health teacher. She hopes to use to funds to purchase body balls as an alternative seating option for her students. With the focus of her classes on promoting healthy choices, having seating that engages the…
Congratulations to Krista Votaw for being this months “We Support Our Schools” winner! Krista is a First Grade teacher for Corvallis Primary. She is planning to add more textile, hands-on tools for her students who struggle with focusing on a task and handling their extra energy while studying. In addition to purchasing a couple more…
The Winner of December’s We Support Our Schools is Stephanie DeBiasio. She is a Science Teacher at Hamilton Middle School and wants to use the funds to purchase pulleys, cables, and harnesses for hands-on experiences. By utilizing a different number of pulleys while lifting students off the ground, the students will learn about how pulleys…
Congratulations to Tobie Fisher for being this months “We Support Our Schools” winner! Tobie teaches at Darby Elementry. She is going to use her grant money to add 3 more students to her Explode the Code program which is a research-based, teacher- tested program that builds essential literacy skills for students at a variety of…
A2Z Personnel and 107.9 The Drive congratulate Megan Lewis for being this months “We Support Our Schools” winner! Megan teaches kindergarten and Washington Elementary and plans to purchase hands-on science equipment for her students including beakers, magnifying glasses, and (she hopes) lab coats. She hopes to encourage her students to believe that they can be…
Birch Fett, Hamilton High School A2Z Personnel and 107.9 The Drive congratulates this month’s “We Support Our Schools” recipient, Birch Fett of Hamilton High School. Mr. Fett teaches math. He plans to use his two hundred dollars from A2Z Personnel to purchase an I-Pad to assist his Calculus students with his “Do Dogs Use Calculus?”…
Amy Reed, Lone Rock School, Stevensville A2Z Personnel and 107.9 The Drive congratulates this month’s “We Support Our Schools” recipient Amy Reed, fourth grade teacher at Lone Rock School in Stevensville. Amy will use her grant to purchase 30 calculators geared to fourth graders. The calculators have programs to help students with the fractions and…
Becky McGillivray, Hamilton Middle School A2Z Personnel and 107.9 The Drive congratulates this month’s “We Support Our Schools” recipient Becky McGillivray 7th and 8th grade teacher at Hamilton Middle School. Becky will use the two hundred dollars to bring a tribal elder of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai tribes to speak to her classes about…
Kristina Berger, Corvallis Middle School Mrs. Berger teaches computer sciences. The $200 gift will be put towards more headphones to allow each individual student in classes of 30, to use a set of head phones during the class. We Support You Kristina Berger! Congratulations from A2Z Personnel and 107.9 The Drive.
Jennifer Moore, Daly Elementary School Jennifer, a 4th grade teacher at Daly Elementary School in Hamilton, requested funds to help maintain and replenish the Magnetism and Electricity lessons in the 4th grade classrooms. We are pleased with how the funds will be used and that we could help it come to fruition.
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