E . P . Rayzor Elementary Melissa Leonard – Doug Key Memorial Grant-to-Teachers -- $ 1000 Dawn Vaughn – Dawn Vaughn Dyslexia Grant-to-Teachers -- $ 500
Newton Rayzor Elementary Lindsay Brewer -- Denton Chamber of Commerce / Adopt-A-School First Year Employee Grant -- $ 582.42 Emily Manning and Angela Fuller – Hugh & Bernadette Coleman Grant-to- Teachers & DPSF Grant -- $ 853.40 Laura Jones-Davis – DPSF Staff Scholarship -- $ 1000 Dawn Pruitt -- VLK Grant-to-Teachers 2012 and 2014 -- $ 1000
WS Ryan Elementary Jorge Ordonez -- CoServ Grant-to-Teachers 2011 / 2012 -- $ 1000
Savannah Elementary Claire Springer -- Denton Chamber of Commerce / Adopt-A-School First Year Employee Grant -- $ 1000
Stephens Elementary Kimber Lucas – First State Bank Grant-to- Teachers -- $ 500 Michael-Anne Van Horn – Balfour Beatty Grantto-Teachers 2015 and DPSF Grant -- $ 872
Ann Windle School for Young Children Maria Cunningham – Ann Windle Grant-to- Teachers -- $ 400
Gonzalez School for Young Children Sarah Jones -- Ann Windle Staff Scholarship -- $ 1000 Couri Sargent -- Ann Windle Staff Scholarship -- $ 1000
Calhoun Middle School Marie Pechacek , Darlene Petit and Jennifer Edwards -- Chamber of Commerce / Adopt- A-School First Year Employee Grant -- $ 300
Crownover Middle School Maria Freelove – CoServ Grant-to-Teachers 2011 / 2012 -- $ 500 BJ Garcia – Ray Braswell , Sr . Grant-to-Teachers and VLK Grant-to-Teachers 2015 – $ 950 Rebecca Glass and Bonnie McCormick – DATCU Grant-to-Teachers 2005 & Groundhog Day Gala 2014 -- $ 600 Bonnie McCormick – TDIndustries Grant-to- Teachers 2011 & DPSF Grant -- $ 839.94 Shawn Stanley – Balfour Beatty Grant-to- Teachers 2012 and 2014 -- $ 1000
Harpool Middle School Stacey Dihel – DPSF Staff Scholarship -- $ 1000 Elsa Pruneda and Sherry Brandt – Bravo Communications Grant-to-Teachers -- $ 1000
Jamie Shockley and Tressa Barrera – DATCU Grant-to-Teachers 2014 -- $ 417.50
McMath Middle School Sandy Hughes – Sawko & Burroughs Grant to Teachers & DPSF -- $ 518 Roman Herrera – DPSF Grant -- $ 380 Stacey Sneed – DPSF Grant -- $ 950
Myers Middle School Susan Booher -- Chamber of Commerce / Adopt-A-School First Year Employee Grant -- $ 1000 Steven Leslie – iTeachTexas 2011 Scholarship & DPSF Staff Scholarship -- $ 900
Navo Middle School Deanna Fields -- Denton Chamber of Commerce / Adopt-A-School First Year Employee Grant -- $ 150
Denton High School Mark Baker – McEwen-Deck Grant-to- Teachers -- $ 250 Gianluca ( John ) Corsi – Wally Cooper Grant-to-Teachers & DPSF Grant -- $ 1000 Aaron Graves – DHS PTSA Grant-to- Teachers -- $ 986.70 Pete Hilborn -- McEwen-Deck Grant-to- Teachers -- $ 250 Kerri Peters – DHS PTSA Grant-to- Teachers – $ 946 Jennifer Phillips -- DHS PTSA Grant-to- Teachers & DPSF Grant -- $ 1000 & David Glass Student Council Grant -- $ 600 Rhonda Weldon -- DHS PTSA Grant-to- Teachers -- $ 794.88 Shelby Weldon and David Laney – DHS PTSA Grant-to-Teachers -- $ 600
Fred Moore High School Julie Phillips – DPSF Grant -- $ 281.80
Guyer High School Tammy Austin – DPSF Staff Scholarship -- $ 950 Benjamin �okamp �� Denton Chamber of Commerce / Adopt-A-School First Year Employee Grant & DPSF Grant -- $ 500 Tracy Kalka – Edwin Owen Fulton Grant-to-
Teachers & DPSF Grant -- $ 699 Bridget Matamoros – John Guyer Memorial Grant-to-Teachers & DPSF Grant -- $ 990.90 & Mike Gregory Staff Scholarship -- $ 1000 Barbara Pickney – Barbara Fischer Grant-to- Teachers & DPSF Grant -- $ 615
Ryan High School Ronda Bean – Groundhog Day Gala 2003 & 2004 Grant-to-Teachers -- $ 1000 Julie Holladay-- Gregory Family Staff Scholarship -- $ 1000 Katherine Myers – CoServ Grant-to-Teachers 2015 -- $ 250 Jaci Smalley and Colleen Graves – BookCents Library Grant -- $ 1000 Crystal Trejo � DATC� Grant�to�Teachers 2011 & DPSF Grant -- $ 859
LaGrone Advanced Technology Center Rebecca Hendricks – LaGrone Family Grant-to-Teachers & LaGrone Memorial Grant-to-Teachers -- $ 1000 Loretta McDonald – DPSF Grant -- $ 460 Carri Strom -- Denton Chamber of Commerce / Adopt-A-School First Year Employee Grant -- $ 1000
Sparks Campus Brooke Lana – Ronny Crownover Grant-to- Teachers -- $ 500
Annex Marite Tringali Costa – Norm Sisk Staff Scholarship & DPSF Staff Scholarship -- $ 1000 & John Nesbitt Scholarship -- $ 1000
Human Resources Ashley Brumbelow – Denton Public School Administrators ’ Assn . & DPSF Staff Scholarship -- $ 1000
Special Education Myrna Batson-Johnson – Margaret Clarke Grant-to-Teachers and Groundhog Gala 2014 Grant-to-Teachers -- $ 1000 Heather Katz – iTeachTexas Grant-to-Teachers and DPSF Grant -- $ 870.92
PHOTO BY MARIO ZAVALA
Members of the Denton Public Schools Foundation Board delivered checks to teachers and staff just like this one Pecan Creek ’ s Denise Evans who submitted an idea to bring the study of architecture into her classroom . The grant was funded by one of the district ’ s architectural firms , Stantec .
For more information on the Denton Public School Foundation or an individual grant or scholarship , please contact Jackie Jackson , executive director of the Foundation , at ( 940 ) 369-0064 or by email at jjackson2 @ dentonisd . org .
23