Northwest ISD’s Education Foundation, or NEF, awarded grants to several teachers across the district.

The details

NEF awarded 33 teaching grants totaling $90,918, according to a district news release. The funds for the grants will go toward a number of projects, including in literacy, STEM and special education, according to the district.

Some projects to be funded include titles such as:
  • "Algae Beads: Testing Photosynthesis and Cellular Respiration"
  • "Life Skills Reading Center: Building Literacy Through Accessible and Engaging Resources"
  • "From Pencils to Published: 3rd grade authors in action"
  • "If You Give a Student a Decodable"
  • "Literacy for All"
  • "Learning to Use an Air Fryer: A Hands-On Cooking Project"
“We can’t fund projects like this ourselves, so I figured it couldn’t hurt to apply,” special education teacher Jennifer O’ Donnell, a grant recipient, said in the news release.

O’Donnell will use the awarded grant to do a gardening project with students to develop fine motor skills, according to the release.


The background

NEF has awarded more than $1.9 million in grants to teachers to date, according to the release. Grants in previous years have gone toward projects such as a solar eclipse party and learning about coding or storytelling.