Williams Elementary, other area schools win education grants

published May. 20, 2011

The Pasadena Independent School District Education Foundation passed out more than $113,000 in grants to 33 teachers at 21 area schools last week.

This year's grants pushed the total donations the foundation has made since its launch in 2003 to more than $1 million. The money is awarded to teachers who wrote successful grant requests.

Williams Elementary took away the most money with six mini-grants totaling $14,188. Three music educators at Jackson Intermediate received a check from the Albemarle Corp. for $5,000 for the purchase of sound and recording equipment.

Teachers at Pasadena High, Sam Rayburn High and Moore Elementary earned three mini-grants each. Jessup Elementary landed two.

Other recipient schools included Memorial High, The Summit, the L.P. Card Center, Shaw Middle School, Morris Middle School, Melillo Middle School, Fisher Elementary, Sparks Elementary, Red Bluff Elementary, Bush Elementary, Gardens Elementary, Kruse Elementary, Parks Elementary, McMasters Elementary and Turner Elementary.

Bill Barmore, president of the Education Foundation, called the latest round of mini-grant awards "a great milestone."

"What a great honor it is to be able to provide the students of Pasadena ISD with enhanced educational opportunities, brought to us in the form of innovative mini-grants by the talented educators of our district," Barmore said in a statement.

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