Bay Village Education Foundation Awards Grants

Bay Village Ed. Foundation Grant recipients include (seated) Brian Reynolds, Michael Clifford, Amanda McLin (standing) Martha Fisher, BVEF grants chair Ellie Bricmont, Kelsey Wermer, Laura Godfray, Kristyn Webber, Beth Shiry, Rob Grossman, Kiwanian Patrick Mosier, Colin Lackey and Tom Schemrich.

The Bay Village Education Foundation has awarded classroom grants totaling more than $18,000 that encourage development of skills to help students learn to solve problems of all kinds, whether the solutions address the environment, humans or robots. Another $2,000 in grants was provided by Bay Village Kiwanis in partnership with the Foundation.

  • Technology is now a key tool to solve problems, and the seventh-grade teaching team of ​Colleen​ ​DiLallo,​ ​Theresa​ ​Flamos,​ ​Elizabeth​ ​Gehran,​ ​Bill​ ​Goepfert,​ ​Kristi Stannert,​ ​and Lauren​ ​Stanislaw were awarded $520 for four, programmable Sphero​ ​SPRK+​ ​Robotic​ ​balls.
  • $4,000 was awarded to Normandy Elementary Spanish teacher Kelsey Wermer and District Technology Coordinator Brian Reynolds for a classroom Google Expedition set.
  • Bay High Science teacher Michael Clifford was awarded $1,000 to have students participate in the FIRST Robotics competition.
  • Bay High Technology instructor Ron Rutt will purchase 3-D printers with his $1,200 award from Bay Village Kiwanis.
  • Bay High Science teacher Sam Assad and Intervention Specialist Kristyn Webber received $840 for environmental water/soil testing backpack kits.

Other Grants:

  • Third-grade teacher Martha Fisher will use her $315 grant for math and science materials.
  • Bay Middle School Intervention Specialist Lauren Hill will use the $280 grant awarded by Kiwanis for Magna-Tiles.
  • Normandy Elementary’s Principal Dan Sebring and Grade 1 teacher Laura Godfray were awarded a grant for $2,650 to enhance the new learning space, The Hive.
  • Bay Middle School students will benefit from a $750 grant awarded to Grade 6 teacher Amanda McLin.
  • Bay High students will benefit through a grant for $500 by Choir Director Devon Gess.
  • Bay High visual arts students will also benefit by a grant of $2,025 requested by art teachers Tom Schemrich, Cherie Bauer, and Greg Hildebrandt.
  • Normandy music teacher James Kotora received $400 for books to be used in music class.
  • The Little Free Library erected on Normandy Elementary grounds received a grant of $550 submitted by Kindergarten teacher Beth Shiry and art teacher Jama Jennings.
  • Bay Middle School students received a $300 grant submitted by Educational Aide Brandon Jones. And special needs students at Bay Middle School will benefit by a $500 grant submitted by Intervention Specialist Colin Lackey.
  • Bay Middle School Intervention Specialist Colleen DiLallo will address her students’ needs for wiggling with special seats that allow fidgeting with a $625 grant from Bay Village Kiwanis. Sixth-grade teacher Amanda McLin will also offer flexible seating to her science students with a $1,200 grant.
  • Bay High students will find an intimate performance stage and portable sound system in the school’s newly refurbished courtyard.
  • The Bay Village Education Foundation funds grants to enrich classroom education in the Bay Village City School District. Learn more about them at www.bayedfoundation.org.