With much fanfare and hoopla, the Mineola ISD Education Foundation handed out 39 teacher classroom grants totaling almost $83,000 Friday in the halls fo the district’s four campuses.

The foundation presents awards each spring after holding fundraising efforts throughout the year to help teachers add a little luster to their classrooms.

The grants awarded are as follows listed by item to be purchased, teacher and/or team applying, amount and brief description:

Numworks Calculators, Julie Chappa & HS Math Team, $1822, Class set of calculators for high school math

 4th and 5th Grade Career CTE Library, Wendell Benningfield/4th and 5th Grade CTE Partners, $1500, Books expanding student CTE library to learn about CTE careers

4th and 5th Grade STEMready AI, IT Robotic Engineering, Wendell Benningfield & Meghan Dobbs, $3000, Vex Lego Robotic and Engineering tools/supplies

4th and 5th Horticulture Greenhouse & Garden Program, Wendell Benningfield/4th and 5th Grade Teams, $1500, Raised beds and garden supplies

Number Navigators, Lori Casper, 209.49, Calculators, clocks, and other tools to enhance math instruction at middle school

Apple TV for New Primary Classrooms, Kaye Morris/Joseph Armstrong & Primary Campus, $5960, 40 Apple TVs compatible with teacher laptops – 1 for each new primary school classroom

Food Science – Using Food to Teach Science Topics, Norvella Anderson & High School Science Team, $6000, Cooking station equipment for new 4th year science course at high school

JBL Party Box Plus, Haley Stanley, $1399, Bluetooth speaker and microphones for P.E., athletics and assemblies at middle school

4th and 5th Grade Language Translator Program, Wendell Benningfield & Elementary Campus, $3600, 10 sets of earbud translators to be used by students, teachers, and parents

Indoor Gross Motor Toys, Kelsey Young, $1500, Indoor Gross motor equipment for new primary campus

8-Note Resonator Bell Sets, Melissa Snook, $1078, Musical Instruments for primary school music classes

Financial Math Games, Amanda Harris, $430, Games for financial math application at high school

Run, Jump, Hop – Yellowjackets Stay on Top, Brittany McMahon & Primary Campus, $6000, Edumarking for outdoor games and activities on primary school playground

Geometry Tools, Haley Holmes, $416, Tools for real world geometry activities at high school

STEAM “Y” Science, Laura Marder, $1500, STEAM Bus-Innovative hands on STEAM activities for Pre-K-12 students

Hop Into Biology, Laura Marder, $1227, Specimens for high school biology instruction

Intervention Library, Amy Anderson, $1469, Book packages to enhance instruction/build confidence for struggling readers on the primary campus

MES Math Lab, Kara Ellerbee & Elementary Campus, $2111, Tools/manipulatives for creation of elementary school math lab)

Seeing Into the Future, Hannah Davis & 2nd Grade Team, $1400, Wireless document cameras for all 7 regular second grade classroom teachers

Walking Track I-Pad/Cases, Samantha Bowker & Primary Campus, $1872, 4 I-Pads/Cases to track student progress data with EZ-scan software in P.E.

Hands On Shooters, Samantha Bowker, $239, 8 Hands-On Shooter basketballs for primary P.E.

Stop, Collaborate and Listen, Brittany McMahon & 2nd Grade Team, $3484, Dry-Erase table for each regular 2nd grade classroom

Let’s Get Cooking, Norvella Anderson and Team, $800, Cooking utensils/tools for new 4th year science course at High School

Let’s Get Clean, Cathy Nations and Team, $1500, Sink, faucet & hot water heater for new 4th year science course at high school

Technology and Communications Course, Ashley Veach, $1430, 4 I-pads and two types of microphones for new middle school course

Shutter Vision:  Capturing Moments in Focus, Katherine Elmore & Aaron Cavitt, $5943, Camera, lens, and accessories for yearbook and graphic design at high school.

Little Sponges Language Program, Wendi Gowan & Annette Pecorino - Primary ESL, $2000, Engaging/interactive web-based ESL language acquisition program

Models Matter, Cathy Nations & Norvella Anderson, $389, Atom and molecule models for IPC and chemistry at high school

Engaging Morning Tubs for Young Learners, Laura Harris & 1st Grade Team, $2568, Hands on tools/manipulatives for fine motor, social and subject matter skills

Baby…Think It Over, Patty Hawkins & Cindy Robinson, $4800, Real care baby simulators for health science and human growth and development at high school

Algebra Tiles, Daniel Davis, $427, Two types of tiles for hands-on algebra instruction at high school

Statistics Games of Chance, Julie Chappa, $223, Games for statistics data collection activities at high school

New Dictionaries and Thesauruses, Sara Rose & High School English Team, $200, Supplement to high school library budget to complete new class set of dictionaries and thesauruses

I-Pad and Apple Pen, Sara Rose, $928, I-Pad and pen paired with Smart board for literacy/comprehension from types of text materials for high school English

Book of the Month, Kristina Salonen & Primary Campus, $3776, Additional books to add to the series funded last year for all regular primary school classrooms

Hands On Phonics Fun, Kristina Salonen & Primary Campus, $2889, Hands-on manipulatives for phonics instruction

Literacy Library for Dyslexic Students and Parents, Stephanie Griffin, $350, Books to build literacy, fluency and comprehension for dyslexic students at elementary school and informational books for parents of dyslexic students

ESL Translators, Cassie White & 6th Grade Team, $3599, 10 sets of headphone translators to be used by students, teachers and parents

Saw Stop, Ricky Ramirez/CTE Construction, $2498, Safety saw for CTE construction courses at high school.

Last year the foundation handed out $75,000.