Good Ideas Program Gives Grants To Teachers
The sixth-annual Good Ideas Grants for Teachers program recently awarded $30,000 in grants to teachers in Eastern Washington and North Idaho.
Public and private elementary and secondary educators whose school or students receive Washington Water Power electric or natural gas service were eligible to apply for the grants, which were up to $600 for individual teachers and up to $1,000 for teams.
Area recipients’ are:
Almira Coulee Hartline Middle School, Almira and Coulee, Wash.: Matt Cox and Brenda Burns.
Athol Elementary, Athol, Idaho: Diane Riley, Cindy Clabby and Janie Johnson.
Creston Elementary, Creston, Wash.: Linda Moyer, Joanne Sherwood and Debbie Portner.
Deary School, Deary, Idaho: Buck Wright, Gerry Queener and Warren Baab.
Endicott Elementary, Endicott, Wash.: Michael Anderson, Sue Lynch and Becky Gonzalez.
Farmin-Stidwell Elementary, Sandpoint: Angie Olmstead.
Finch Elementary, Spokane: William Waddell, Gerald Oberst and Kathy Swanstrom.
Hofstetter and Aster elementary schools, Colville, Wash.: Vickie Anderson, George Heath and Laura Day.
Jefferson Elementary, Pullman: Penny Bettas, Rena Mincks and Rob McPherson.
Jefferson/Franklin/Sunnyside Elementary schools, Pullman: Ruby Larive and Sharon Yount.
Jenkins High School, Chewelah, Wash.: Kyra Rolstad, James Biancardi and Charlotte Kohlstedt.
Kellogg Middle School, Kellogg: David Dose and Mary Cobb.
Lakes Middle School, Coeur d’Alene: Barbara Scarth, Lynn Morris and Alisson Vinci.
Lakeside Middle School, Plummer, Idaho: Deborah Norbeck, Amy Lynn and Bruce Lust.
Lewiston High School, Lewiston: Marian Adams, Mary Ann Funk and Michelle Hintz.
Lincoln Middle School, Pullman: Bonnie Svingen and Ron Wise.
Mary Walker School District, Springdale, Wash.: Denise Robertson, Alice Cook and Amy Buche.
Moscow High School/Lena Whitmore Elementary School Moscow, Idaho: Lee Anne Eareckson, Shirley Ringo and Peggy Folk.
Mullan High School, Mullan, Idaho: Ed White and Tom Sutton.
Orchard Prairie Elementary, Spokane: Edward McCarthy, Janine Hilliard-Sammeth, Janie Lewis and Janet Isherwood.
Orient School District 65, Orient, Wash.: Becky Anthony, Teri Smith and Jacki Smoldon.
Parkway Elementary, Clarkston, Wash.: Karen Conklin, Phil Peltonen and Stephen Ashworth.
Ponderosa Elementary, Post Falls: Hal Clark, Kathy Webster and Alisson Vinci.
Post Falls High School, Post Falls: Teresa Bayley and Linda Fry.
Selkirk School, Sandpoint: Anne Hinsley, Pat DeMarco and Karen Cavasar.
Shadle Park High, Spokane: Laurel Tinsley, Vern Page and Ron Clipperton.
Balboa, Hamblen, Linwood and Westview elementary schools, Spokane: Lori Poffenroth, Jim Guest, John Reid and Sam Compogno.
Wallace High School, Wallace: Nick Hoffman, Charlene Krone and Charlotte Klette.
West Valley, Spokane: Merrie McIvor, Sue Nees, Dina Jones and Nancy Cartwright.
Winton Elementary, Coeur d’Alene: Nancy Mueller, Donna Grabenstein and Kathy Thompson.
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