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Grants Available for Forest-Minded Teachers of Idaho!!
What: The Idaho Forest Products Commission is pleased to offer grants
of up to $200 for forest-related education projects and activities.
Who: All teachers who will be teaching in Idaho during the upcoming
school year are eligible to apply.
When: Application deadline is August 15. Grants will be awarded
by September 15. Applications are accepted year-round.
How: It's easy! Just CLICK HERE
to go to the on-line grant application page, or e-mail us at plt@idahoforests.org
and we'll send you an application form.
2008 TEACHER GRANT$ RECIPIENTS
Twenty-four Idaho teachers received 2008 IFPC Teacher Grants, (PDF - 35kb)
PRESS RELEASE
Contact: Michelle Youngquist 208-334-4061
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
IDAHO EDUCATORS RECEIVE FOREST EDUCATION GRANTS
Boise, October 6, 2008....The Idaho Forest Products Commission has awarded 24 educators with grant monies to help implement forest-related teaching in Idaho schools. Winning proposals for grants of up to $200 each were selected from applications submitted from throughout the state. The Idaho Weed Awareness Campaign and Forestry License plates also contributed to this year's teacher grants!
Grantees include:
Lee Brown, Meridian High School
Jodi Chambers, Camelot Elementary School in Lewiston
Lee Cornell, Lewis & Clark Middle School in Meridian
Lori Cottle, Jerome Middle School
Theresa Du Chemin, Sacajawea Jr. High in Lewiston
Kip Frazer, Desert Springs Elementary School in Kuna
Karen Garner, Horseshoe Bend Schools
Pamela Gomes, Lake City High School in Coeur d'Alene
Jim Gustin, Orofino High School
John Hastings, Sandpoint High School
Deanna Kinziger, Lewiston High School
Vernie Kushlan, Cascade Jr/Sr High School
Tim McDaniel, Dietrich School District
Brian O'Rourke, Post Falls Middle School
Nancy Peters-Oliver, Taft Elementary School in Boise
Rita Repp, McGhee Elementary School in Lewiston
Kerinsa Sanborn, Spirit Lake Elementary School
De'Borah Snoderly, Pine K-8 School
Shane Stevenson, Rocky Mountain H.S. in Meridian
Oscar Tiegs, Culdesac School District
Kimberly Tweedt, Pioneer School of the Arts, Boise
Kristen Victorine, Orofino Elementary School
Matt Wigglesworth, Centennial H.S. in Meridian
Donna Wommack, Genesee School
"Teachers spend hundreds of dollars of their own money on materials to enhance their students' learning," said IFPC's Education Coordinator, Michelle Youngquist. "Through these grants we aim to relieve some of that burden by supporting their innovative teaching about Idaho's trees, forests and forest products."
PAST TEACHER GRANT$ RECIPIENTS
Twenty-one Idaho teachers received 2007 IFPC Teacher Grants.
See the 2006 recipient list, (PDF - 57kb)
Twenty Idaho teachers received 2006 IFPC Teacher Grants.
See the 2006 recipient list, (PDF - 54kb)
Twenty-five Idaho teachers received 2005 IFPC Teacher Grants.
See the 2005 recipient list, (PDF - 15kb)
Eighteen Idaho teachers received 2004 IFPC Teacher Grants.
See the 2004 recipient list, (PDF - 28kb)
Sixteen Idaho teachers received 2003 IFPC Teacher Grants.
See the 2003 recipient list, (PDF - 20kb)
Applications are accepted year-round.
 
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