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Clinton Education Foundation Hands Out Yearly Teacher Grants

Three classrooms in the Clinton school district were awarded grants from the Clinton Community Education Foundation Thursday afternoon.
 
Russell Long is the Foundation Treasurer and says they awarded grants across three classrooms totaling around $2500 dollars. The number of applications was down this year but Long hopes some things the Foundation will try in the future may increase the number next year.
 
 
President of the CCEF, Barbara Gullone indicates the teacher grants are there to bridge the gap between what teachers need that the school cannot supply due to budget constraints. She says they want to do what they can to enhance the learning experience of students in Clinton.
 
 
Virtual reality equipment is coming to Laura Molitoris and Monica Kessinger's classroom at Clinton Elementary School. Molitoris says it will allow their students to do virtual reality field trips to places all over the world, enhancing some equipment they already have.
 
 
Ginger Morgan's classroom at Lincoln School will be getting $1000 for the Letter People. Morgan is a special needs teacher for the kindergarten-first grade.
 
 
The speech pathologist at Douglas School, Kelli Cothern says she is getting additional resources to work with her students, increasing the toys and learning tools she has access to.
 
 
Gullone indicates the CCEF is also contributing to the Junior High School and the sixth-grade class field trip to the Heartland Community College space center.
 
 
Ideas for increasing teacher applications for the yearly grants are still in the early stages. 
The CCEF also contributes to scholarships for students graduating and they also help pay for dual-credit courses at Clinton High School. 
 
Picture Below: CCEF President Barbara Gullone, Molitoris, Kessinger and CCEF Treasurer Russell Long
 
 
Pictured Below: Gingers, Gullone and Long
 
 
Picured below: Gullone, Long and Cothern
 

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