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Grants fuel classroom projects

The Hernando Education Foundation gives recipients money for projects not covered by regular school funding.

By LOGAN NEILL

© St. Petersburg Times, published November 30, 2000

The Hernando Education Foundation recently announced the two dozen recipients of its fall mini-grants. Twice a year, the program helps provide money for special classroom education projects not covered by regular school funding.

In applying for the grants, which range from about $150 to $500, recipients had to show the educational benefits of their projects. Here are the winners.

BROOKSVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Amy Anderson: "Read A Book, Get a Book," $500.

Elsie McCord: "Sunshine State Young Reader's Award," $300.

Leonette Ehlenbeck: "Global Explorations Night," $300.

CHOCACHATTI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Sally Drost, Pam Jufko, Jody Ware, Sally Lyman, Cynthia Smith: "Green House for Humanity," $500.

Dorane Adair and Annette Tucker, "Jewelry and More," $204.81

Pollyann Hayes, "Colorful Costumes Collaborate with Our Multi-Cultural Community," $300.

Dawn Bishop and Peggy Shannon, "Kiddie Krafts," $403.69.

Norma Foote, "Food For Thought," $497.78.

EASTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Ann Tobin: "Helping Hands Harmonizes," $432.

FLOYD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Erica Bell McDowell: "Elementary Pathways to Reading," $500.

Nicole Miller, "Mission Possible Math," $500.

FOX CHAPEL MIDDLE SCHOOL

Kathy King and Andrea Semegen, "Cultural Discovery Exposition," $500.

Dana Cottrell: "National History Day," $500.

MOTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Carla Schutte, Phyllis Haas and Judy Stevenson: "Career Explorations of Flat Harriet and Harvey," $500.

Linda Suficool and Ruth Flaspeter: "Moton Writes," $500.

PARROTT MIDDLE SCHOOL

Dan Kanyuck: "Plant Propagation," $293.

SUNCOAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Margie Yurtinus, "Celebration of Literacy," $300.

JoAnn Hartge: "Technology and Career Exploration," $500.

Pat Hopkins: "Kindergarten Memories," $278.

Elaine Belsher, Pat Hopkins, Joanne Robinson, Linda Rothenburg, Amy Sanders, and Margie Yurtinus: "Who Are You . . . What Do You Do?" $500.

WEST HERNANDO MIDDLE SCHOOL

David Harris and Diane Dell: "Using Puppets to Tell the Story and Provide Character Development," $500.

Ethel Chester, Colleen Doulk, Dennis Morrissey, Jan Swain and Elizabeth Timilty: "Birds and Beyond," $500.

Steven Whaley, Margaret Mullady and Paul Slater, "Climbing to New Heights," $500.

Ray Pinder, Kathy Eppley, Sandy Hindalong, Pam Lahey and David Zack: "Planting Seeds for the Future, Sowing Tomorrow's Leaders," $500.