Teachers apply for mini-grants through a grant proposal distributed each year by the district office. Applications are reviewed each fall by the CEF Mini-Grant Committee. Those awarded mini grants are then able to use those funds toward the cost of materials and items necessary to complete each project. 

Thirteen Chillicothe R-2 teachers have been named recipients of 2007 Chillicothe Education Foundation mini-grants, totaling $4,305, which will be used for various educational learning tools. The Chillicothe Education Foundation allows teachers to apply for mini-grants at the beginning of the school year. Each of the mini-grants are for projects for up to $500 each.

CEF Prize Posse pictured at CHS with the high school Mini-Grant recipients.
Photo by Megan Neis, C-T

This year's recipients are: Jana Shira, "A Slice into Chillicothe History," $500; Deborah Wilson, Christine Jones and Stephanie Affield, "Float Your Boat," $396; Rosie Smith and Tiffany Acree, "Extra, Extra, Read All About It," $431.90; Penny Huff, “Count on CACE," $485; Kim Kieffer, "Plug Into Reading," $498; Traci Norris, Rachel Hunt, Deanna Morgan, Barb Thurmon and Annie Shipp, "Walk and Talk," $399 each.

Shira's project, "A Slice into Chillicothe History," is a program where sixth grade students are slicing into their local history with research through personal interviews, primary sources, Chillicothe's murals, posters and information provided from response student letters written to local residents and business owners. Shira explained that the students will take walking field trips to local historical sites and downtown. Students will be required to journal and photograph historical landmarks. Students will create presentations about Chillicothe's history which will be shared with other classes, parents and students in other communities. The culminating event will be a visit to the "Home of Sliced Bread" marker and original depot with a luncheon at Wabash. Guest speakers will detail the impact of the railroad serving Chillicothe yesterday and today.

Chillicothe Middle School teachers Deborah Wilson, Christine Jones and Stephanie Affield were awarded their grant for their "Float Your Boat," enrichment class where students are required to make their own boats out of cardboard and duct tape. Jones explained that the mini-grant fund will help pay for cost of duct tape, exacto knives and other supplies needed for children to make their own boats. The students involved in the class are given a budget for purchasing cardboard, duct tape, rental space and employee pay. Affield will also use some of the funding to purchase software to compile a video documentation of the students' progress on the boats.

At Field School, Rosie Smith and Tiffany Acree were awarded funding from the Chillicothe Education Foundation for their "Extra, Extra, Read All About It" program. Smith explained that this project focuses on low-grade level readers and children who are not fluent in English and are currently learning the language.

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C-T Photo/Laura Schuler

Several Chillicothe R-2 School teachers were awarded Mini-Grants from the Chillicothe Education Foundation. Teachers winning mini-grants: Front Row from left: Kristy Clampitt, $497.50 for "Picture Perfect"; Melissa Englert, $492 for "Is That a Fact?" Nonfiction Reading and Writing; Nancy Elliott and Ellen Gott, $499.75 for "Community Investigations"; and Stephanie Affield, $463 for "Chillicothe Challenge."

Standing behind the teachers are members of the Chillicothe Education Foundation. From left, Brenda Fellhoelter, Director; Ed Milbank, Director; Ed Douglas, President; Mary Staton, Director; and Mike Turner, Treasurer.

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2004 Mini-Grant Winners

• Rosie Smith - Field School
• Linda Fox - Dewey
• Kim Griffin/Jane Schmitz - Garrison
• Shelly Singleton - Field School
• Connie Dow - CMS
• Nancy Nowland - Dewey
• Emily O'Dell - Central Elementary

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Teachers Awarded Mini-Grants from Chillicothe Education Foundation (2003)
Chillicothe Constitution Tribune, 10 03 03

C-T Photo / Catherine Stortz Ripley
The Chillicothe Educational Foundation mini-grant recipients for 2003-04 are: (front row, from left) Julia Reeter, kindergarten, Dewey School; Shelly Singleton, second grade, Field School; Sandra Roberts, Career Independence Program, Grand River Technical School; Carla Williams, Career Independence Program, Grand River Technical School; Christal Cowan, special education, grades 6-8, Chillicothe Middle School; Shelly Turner, Title 1 Reading/Reading Recovery, Dewey School; Terria Cox, fourth grade, Central School. (back row, from left) Katherine Gibson, speech/language therapy, Dewey School; Lisa Gann, second grade, Field School; Brenda O'Halloran, Title I Reading,/Reading Recovery, Dewey School; Dale Wallace, Chillicothe R-2 Schools superintendent; Bruce Brodmerkle, school board representative on educational foundation; Dana Macoubrie, educational foundation board; Dave May, Chillicothe R-2 Schools assistant superintendent.

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The Chillicothe Education Foundation recently announced the recipients of the mini-grants for the 2002-03 school year. The teachers who received the grants submitted applications to the foundation, and their entries were approved from a field of 17. In all, $3,000 has been awarded for the mini-grant program. The funds for these mini-grants were raised through the Chillicothe Educational Foundation Golf Tournament held last May. Pictured are the recipients of the mini-grants: front row, from left: Jill Watkins, Rosie Smith, Anne Jeschke, and Cinthia Barnes. Back row, from left: Rusty Black, Tim Riekena, John DeBey, and Ed Douglas, Chairman of the Chillicothe Educational Foundation.