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Homecoming Tailgate Party
September 28, 2012

The Harlem Ambassadors vs. The La Porte Legends
October 15, 2012

The following teachers were awarded grants from the LPCSC Education Development Foundation. These grants are offered on a yearly basis.

The winners announced May 2011 are:
• Gregory Alberding - La Porte High School: What Are You Made Of? $500 award
• Holly Lyles and Liz Kirk - Riley Elementary School: Science Safari - Let's Explore The World Of Science. $500 award
• Charity Shouse - Kesling Middle School: Embossed Metal Encaustics. $500 award
• Maria Amor - Lincoln Elementary School: Culinary Skills and Core Standards. $500 award
• Sharon Nash, Julie Ross, and Lynette Capusan - Crichfield Elementary School: RTI Resource Room Materials. $490 award
• Pam Steck and Ronda Shelton - Riley Elementary School: Reader's Theater To Promote Fluency. $450 award
• Tammy Lipscomb and Tanya Roach - Boston Middle School: Boston Books For Kids. $450 award
• Judie Dermody and John Dearing - Kesling Middle School: Newton's Laws. $300 award
• Kari Schroder and Tricia Zila - Lincoln Elementary School: Dynamite Differentiation. $150 award
• Benjamin Anderson, Joann Archambault, and Kay Younggreen - Indian Trail Elementary School: iPad Apps For Achievement. $150 award
 

In addition to the teacher grants, the Foundation announced the creation of a student scholarship in memory of long-time educator, Mr. Allen Brinklow. Mr. Brinklow taught social studies at La Porte High School for thirty-two years, he served on the Board of School Trustees for the La Porte Community School Corporation and served on the Board of the La Porte Educational Development Foundation.

The winners announced May 2010 are:
• Marcia Aragon, Jen Cochran, Rita Goers, Faryl Smith – Lincoln:  Writer’s Workshop, Writing Our Way to the Top!
• Marcia Aragon, Faryl Smith – Lincoln:  Bringing AR into the Reading Curriculum
• Aaron Gogel – Boston Middle School:  A Move in the Right Direction
• Sara Sightes – Kingsford Heights:  Math Magic-Making Sense with Math Manipulatives
• Rachelle Pruitt, Tom LaFrance – La Porte High School:  Project Team Building
• Charity Shouse – Kesling Middle School:  Advertising for Social Change
• Bonnie DeWolf, William Schramlin, Stacy Glanz, Cori Kiff, Tara Merritt, Aaron Gogel, John Dwyer, Colin Roberts, Sandy Huber – Boston Middle School:  Civil War Interdisciplinary Unit

The winners announced May 2009 are:
• Lynne Wahlstrom - Crichfield:  Mobi Mobile Interactive Whiteboard
• Barb Hooper - Kesling Middle School:  Speed Stacking
• LaPorte High School Business Teachers:  Digitool: IBE Smartpens
• Elementary School Counselors:  Grief Response Resource Center
• Christine Rosenbaum - La Porte High School:  "The Wheel of English"
• Sara Sightes - Kingsford Heights:  "Fun with Fluency, Feeding the Minds of Emergent Readers"
• Bonnie DeWolf - Boston Middle School:  The Importance of Understanding Money and Economics
• Intermediate Teachers - Riley Elementary School:  Touchmath, Response to Intervention

Support our children with an education license plate!

Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles offers a specialized education plate that benefits LaPorte Education Development Foundation. Your $40.00 contribution shows your personal commitment to education; $18.75 goes directly to the school corporation or the public educations foundation of your choice, $6.25 goes to the Indiana School Counselor Association, and $15 covers plate administrative costs.

To Purchase Your Garfield Plate:

1. Click here to complete and print the Garfield Education License Plate form. Adobe Acrobat Reader (available for free at www.adobe.com) is required to view and print the file
2. Present the form to the clerk at the license branch when renewing or purchasing new license plates

You can also order on-line at www.in.gov/bmv. Make sure to specify the LaPorte Community School Corporation identification number (4945) when placing your order whether ordering online or in person.

Please consider specifying that your United Way donation be allocated directly to the La Porte Educational Development Foundation by indicating such under the Optional Box at the bottom of the pledge form.