Clear Creek ISD teachers receive more than $100,000 in Innovative Grants

Rotarians gather with Tammie Hyde of Seabrook Intermediate. The Seabrook Rotary Club sponsored her grant. Pictured are Seabrook Rotarians (from left) Mike Huss and Jeremy Hood and Space Center Rotarians Dr. Greg Smith and Scott Rainey.

Teachers from Clear Creek Independent School District recently received more than $100,000 in grant money to fund educational ideas for implementation in the classroom.

The Clear Creek Education Foundation distributed the money. Board members, CCISD administrators and donors visited classrooms across the district to provide the grant recipients with the news of their grants being funded.

Out of 130 Innovative Grant applications, the foundation was able to fund 37.

The 2012 grant recipients are as follows:

Mark E. Ruckstuhl from Clear Falls High School, sponsored by Richard and Susan Cilentro

Ashley Barnes from Sandra Mossman Elementary, sponsored by the Hollings Renton Foundation

Ivanell George from Clear Springs High School, sponsored by BP Texas City

Karen Haddad from Clear Springs High School, sponsored by LyondellBasell

Michelle Brookover from North Pointe Elementary, sponsored by Randall Porterfield Architects

Maria Scardasis from Art and Pat Goforth Elementary, sponsored by Maudlin and Son Manufacturing

Julia M. Brightwell from Art and Pat Goforth Elementary, sponsored by Harbour Resort and Conference Center

Rene McCoy and Veronica Walker from Falcon Pass Elementary, sponsored by Kaduceus Holdings Inc.

Erin Tite from James F. Bay Elementary, sponsored by Balfour of Houston

Rachael Shimek from Clear Falls High School, sponsored by Texas Citizens Bank

Shara Appanaitis from Clear Falls High School, sponsored by Brandon Fielder Collins and Mott LLP

Barbara Amstead from Walter Hall Elementary, sponsored by Jacobs Technology

Marshall Ponce from Clear Creek High School, sponsored by Generocity Services

Andrea Donovan from Sandra Mossman Elementary, sponsored by Frede Chevrolet

Daniel Myers from Arlyne and Alan Weber Elementary, sponsored by Lexus of Clear Lake

Elizabeth Scully from Clear Springs High School, sponsored by CCISD Alumni Association

Shannon Simonds from Clear Falls High School, sponsored by Emmeline Dodd

Lindsey Skewis from Bayside Intermediate, sponsored by CCEF

Sarah Simoneaux from Space Center Intermediate, sponsored by Scott Rainey and Martha Bowles

Michelle Hammonds from Brookside Intermediate, sponsored by Lockheed Martin Space Systems

Matt T. Rauch from Space Center Intermediate, sponsored by CCEF

Lisa Wooley from Clear Falls High School, sponsored by CCEF

Brandee M. Cole from John F. Ward Elementary, sponsored by Barrios Technology

Ashley Harris from League City Elementary, sponsored by CCEF

David Self from Margaret S. McWhirter Elementary, sponsored by United Space Alliance

Donald Mize from Clear View Education Center, sponsored by U.S. Development

Gaylen Betros Adams from Lloyd R. Ferguson Elementary, sponsored by CCEF

Claire Clewett from Clear Horizons Early College High School, sponsored by Gulf Coast Educators Federal Credit Union

Randy Rothchild from Clear Brook High School, sponsored by LyondellBasell

Gail Smith from W. and Eleanor Hyde Elementary, sponsored by CCEF

Danielle Fritsch from Henry Bauerschlag Elementary, sponsored by Maxim Group

Donna Brown from League City Elementary, sponsored by Kroger

Tamiko C. Brown from Walter Hall Elementary, sponsored by Texas New Mexico Power Co.

Tammie Hyde from Seabrook Intermediate School, sponsored by Seabrook Rotary Club

Brianna L. Centeno from C.D. Landolt Elementary, sponsored by Joe Barlow

Mathew Bartley from Westbrook Intermediate, sponsored by Joe Barlow

Leticia Delgado from Ed. H. White II Elementary, sponsored by Seabrook Rotary Club.