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February 2025 Grant Recipients

Alecia Cota - February 2025 Idaho CapEd Foundation Teacher Grant Winner

Play, Compete, LEARN

Alecia Cota - Ustick Elementary School, Boise

$370.00

Vicki Prien - February 2025 Idaho CapEd Foundation Teacher Grant Winner

Mathematical Designs

Vicki Prien - Minico High School, Rupert

$231.42

This class will use basic mathematics skills to complete projects in origami, kite building, string art designs, tessellations, scale drawings, and creative constructions. Each unit takes anywhere from 5 days to 15 days and will end with a project designed and completed by the student.

Hattie Mackowski - February 2025 Idaho CapEd Foundation Teacher Grant Winner

STEM for All: Building Opportunities with Robotics

Hattie Mackowski - Magic Valley High School, Twin Falls

$800.00

Materials for New Autism Program

Lysandra Duff - Early Childhood Education Center, Rexburg

$390.00

This is my first year in a new classroom that is designed for students with autism. I have ran out of my classroom budget for materials and supports. I have built a basic task box system but I am still building an adapted book library for students ages 3-5 in our autism program. Adapted books are books that have been altered to make them more accessible to children with disabilities. For autistic children, and children with language delays, one way to adapt books is by adding pictures to match to each page.

They can increase engagement and make books and literacy more accessible to all children. I need to purchase new books that I can adapt and I have ran out of cardstock and laminating sheets. For circle time I still need to make a song choice board with songs and visuals for students to hold. I also need a shelf to put circle time materials on and a few more activities and intervention materials to use during intervention stations.

Colleen Seay - February 2025 Idaho CapEd Foundation Teacher Grant Winner

Speech to Text + Text to Speech Headphones

Colleen Seay - Weiser Middle School, Weiser

$800.00

Jeff Margulieux - February 2025 Idaho CapEd Foundation Teacher Grant Winner

3D-Printing Filament for Robotics Students

Jeff Margulieux - Buhl High School, Buhl

$675.00

Amber Miller - February 2025 Idaho CapEd Foundation Teacher Grant Winner

Special Education Classroom

Amber Miller - Early Childhood Education Center, Rexburg

$756.22

Our classroom is in need of essential materials and updates to create an engaging and functional learning environment for young learners. These materials will include manipulatives, puzzles, games, and interactive playsets specifically designed to encourage peer interaction and teamwork, while also strengthening hand-eye coordination and dexterity.

Our classroom is in need of essential materials and updates to create an engaging and functional learning environment for young learners. These materials will include manipulatives, puzzles, games, and interactive playsets specifically designed to encourage peer interaction and teamwork, while also strengthening hand-eye coordination and dexterity.

Kaitlyn Briscoe - February 2025 Idaho CapEd Foundation Teacher Grant Winner

Social Communication and Support For Students with Severe Disabilities

Kaitlyn Briscoe - Lakevue Elementary School, Nampa

$600.00

Sara Buffington - February 2025 Idaho CapEd Foundation Teacher Grant Winner

Rolling In to Classrooms!

Sara Buffington - Frontier Elementary School, Boise

$300.00

Currently, I face challenges in clearly communicating learning intentions and expectations during my push-in lessons. Visual learners, in particular, benefit from having learning objectives and success criteria both displayed and verbally reinforced. To better support these students and enhance lesson organization, I am seeking funding for a rolling whiteboard that can travel with me between classrooms, providing a consistent visual aid to reinforce learning goals.

Jennifer Call - February 2025 Idaho CapEd Foundation Teacher Grant Winner

Bee-Bot Mats and Cards

Jennifer Call - Ronald Reagan Elementary School, Nampa

$784.25