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Innovative Educator Grants

The Innovative Educator Grant program is one of our staple initiatives that was established to offer unique education opportunities for specific teacher-initiated programs in the Harrisonburg City Public Schools. Every year, HEF accepts applications from local K-12 teachers about new programs they want to implement in their classrooms. The applications are reviewed by HEF's Grants Committee and invited guest reviewers from the community.
Thank you to every educator who submitted a grant application. We appreciate your creativity, thoughtfulness, and efforts in going the extra mile for our students!

2020-21 IEG Awardees

Grant Title & Awarded Amount

Educator

Project Description

School

Songs to Tell Your Story

$2,000

Maggie Hagy

5th Grade students will work with their music teacher and local musician, Trent Wagler, to learn about poetry, ukulele, and songwriting to create their own songs.

Keister Elementary

3D Printed Vertical Garden

$3,100

Gemma Amendola

Students will design and create a beautiful installation piece in the form of a vertical garden using 3D printing technology while they learn about the benefits and care of plants, and how to design a closed hydroponic system.

Waterman Elementary

Buckets of Fun

$500

Gerald Philp

This is a performance opportunity for Skyline Middle School drummers to play for the community (socially distanced) at local hardware stores.

Skyline Middle School

STEAM at Home

$660

Tara Walters

Students will each have a microcomputer that they will learn how to program to integrate science, technology, engineering, math, and art.

Spotswood Elementary

Mathalicious

$320

Michelle Swartley

“Mathalicious provides teachers with an opportunity to teach standards-based math through real-world topics that students care about,” encouraging creativity, critical thinking and problem solving. (Mathalicious, 2020).

Thomas Harrison Middle School

Maestros and Mathematicians

$2,270

Anne Marie Trobaugh

This project would provide a kits of musical instruments for Elon’s virtual preschool students to use in learning and performing math and literacy skills, as well as in-depth exploration of musical concepts related to the Foundation Blocks for Early Learning.

Elon Rhodes Early Learning Center

Illuminating At-Home Learning

$900

Ashley Anderson

Preschool learners illuminate learning in a sensory-integrated, hands-on experience to develop skills in many content areas (math, science, literacy, art, oral language, social emotional, and fine motor.)

Elon Rhodes Early Learning Center

Sensory Hallways: Engaging Mind, Body and “Soles”!

$2,800

Colton Frey

Sensory hallways allow students to engage their bodies in learning, emotional regulation, and mindfulness practice.

Stone Spring Elementary School

Energy Consumption Audit

$1,000

Austin Mumaw

In this project, the 5th grade students at Spotswood will conduct and analyze an energy consumption audit of Spotswood and at their homes in order to propose changes to reduce energy use and save on energy cost.

Spotswood Elementary School

Into The Woods: If 1 Photo = 1000 Words, Then 2 Trail Cameras = Unlimited words

$600

Dwight Huyard

Two trail cameras will be placed in the woods behind Skyline Middle School to explore and document the local biodiversity.

Skyline Middle School

Puppet Theater for Early Learners

$1,815

Anne Marie Trobaugh

A “Puppet Theater” for early learners, providing learning opportunities and collaboration with students and families in support of the growth in language, creation, and interactions.

Elon Rhodes and Keister (Preschool)

Capturing the Face of Covid

$2,000

Mary Strickler

This graphic and digital arts integration with English and living history will collaborate life-size cut-outs of each child that features poetry, graphics and collage images of a student's life during the Covid pandemic.

Harrisonburg High School / James Madison

Not-A-Box Day

$600

Ian Linden

This isn't a box, it is a... Students will use their creativity to create something unique using their own materials at home and a box provided by the school.

Stone Spring Elementary School

Be Work Ready!

$3,900

Lisa McQueen

This project is a scalable, STEM-focused model that is an innovative solution to the unemployment crisis that faces a large and growing population of those with disabilities.

Harrisonburg High School

Artful Emotions: Social-Emotional Understanding and Expression Through the Arts

$875

Jill Martorana

The focus of this project is to increase the social-emotional understanding and expression of individuals with different abilities/diverse needs through an exploration of various art forms in order to make connections and express personal emotions/feelings through art.

A group of students with different abilities/diverse needs at the elementary, middle, and high school level.


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​​We can't wait to see more amazing learning projects in action with our students 
and share how they are having a positive impact in our schools!  


Thank you to our lead sponsors
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Phone: 540-434-9916   HEF@harrisonburg.k12.va.us
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    • Innovative Educator Grants
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    • Make a Donation
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