DCSF awards $45K in Fall Grants

November 23, 2020November 23, 2020 WAW Admin Coplin, Demopolis, foundation, grants, Miller, Reynolds

Teachers in Demopolis City Schools got a surprise last week with the announcement of grants for the fall semester. A total of $44,937.51 from the Demopolis City Schools Foundation was distributed among educators at all four Demopolis campuses.

“We are excited to announce the recipients of Fall Grants and appreciate the hard work of the Grants committee,” said Peter Michael Reynolds, Foundation president. “We also want to thank our donors for their continued support allowing us to further our mission of encouraging excellencein the classroom which has permitted us to award classroom grants totaling more than $1.3 million since 1993.”

“I also want to thank our Grants Committee for all of their hard work,” added Ashley Coplin, executive Director of the DCSF. “This grant round included applications from last spring and this fall due to classroom instruction going virtual last March with requests totaling $119,594.78. We appreciate the continued support of our donors, and we anticipate having another grant round in the Spring.”

Paul Miller, Grants Committee chairman, said, “We want to recognize and thank all the teachers and staff members that applied and especially those receiving grants for the great ideas that demonstrate the fundamental purpose of the Foundation, enhancing the opportunity for the children of Demopolis to learn.”

Information about how to donate to the Foundation can be found at www.demopolis.org. The Foundation also can be followed on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.

The Demopolis City Schools Foundation is an independent nonprofit established in 1993 to encourage private charitable support of the Demopolis public school system. It is governed by a 33-member Board of Directors.

2020 Fall Grants

Andi Turberville’s DHS special needs class celebrates with her as she receives a DCSF grant.

Demopolis High School

$1,097.37 to Charles Jones for a battery table saw and belt sander
$2,000 to Lisa Lawrence for books for the library
$2,164.32 to Andi Turberville for touch screen laptops for students with special needs
$8,369.98 to Courtney Kerby for professional video equipment

From left are Supt. Kyle Kallhoff, DCSF director Ashley Coplin, grant recipient Beth Lindsay and DMS principal Derrick Hester.

Demopolis Middle School

$5,000 to Beth Lindsay for microscopes for 2 life science classrooms and a locking cabinet for storing them in Lab 212
$2,000 to Ginger Godwin to purchase eBooks and matching hard cover books for the library
$6,598.50 to Braswell Braswell for Lego Mindstorm EV3
$5,900 to Brandon Allen for two oboes for the Middle School band program

Librarian Emily Windham shares the DCSF grant with USJ students.

U.S. Jones Elementary School

$2,27.97 to Julie Harrison for materials to provide students with essential tools to complete hands-on STEM projects
$2,000 to Emily Windham to purchase new books for the library
$309.68 to Anne Johnson for a locking technology cart, USB multi-device charger and short charging cords

WES students will pick up the beat now that Dale Foster has received a grant for instruments.

Westside Elementary School

$2,000 to Andrea Johnson for new titles in popular fiction series for the library
$1,516 to Zoe Lewis for Four iPad minis to use in the self-contained classroom
$283.14 to Emily Black to expand classroom STEM box materials
$2,695.55 to Jessica Bowden for STEM activities
$2,500 to Dale Foster for Orff mallet instruments (xylophones, metallophones, and glockenspiels)
$280 to Andrea Dunn for manipulatives to allow students to explore basic concepts of measuring, construction, problem solving, and collaboration

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