Foundation awards more than $11,000 to District 15 projects

The District Fifteen Educational Foundation recently awarded 12 mini-grants totaling more than $11,000 to in-school projects created by District 15 teachers. The mini-grants are used to implement programs and/or projects, as well as the acquisition and application of technology. This year’s winners include a reading program at Sanborn School that pairs at-risk first-graders with older reading buddies, and the ongoing maintenance and continued care of a school garden at Jane Addams School. Since 2004, the District Fifteen Educational Foundation/Kathy Buesching Memorial Mini-Grant program has awarded 115 grants totaling more than $170,000.