VBPS Education Foundation names grant recipients for 2021

Whitney Beaubien of the Van Buren Public Schools Education Foundation announced to the VBPS Board of Education at its April 26 meeting that the foundation has given grants totaling $23,000 to teachers in the district who applied. Most grants are around $500 each, she said.
Grants are to purchase education equipment that can be used and reused, said board president Amy Pearce.
Beaubien said the foundation has planned a 5K Splash & Dash fund raiser for June 26 during Belleville Lake Fest.
Usually the winners of the grants attend a school board meeting to accept their grants, but this year because of the pandemic, the grants simply were announced. Aleisa Pitt, principal of Tyler Elementary School, said the grants were delivered in person to the teachers instead, along with a bright balloon.
Belleville High School
Aaron Lang, Kim Bargardi
Edgemont Elementary
Cindy Jordan, Debbie Gerst, Marva Hatcher, Vikki Kasperek
Haggerty School
Norma Richards
McBride Middle School
Jason Strzalkowski, John Leroy, Laura Maher, Lori Hiller, Stacy Flynn, Tina Peebles, Tracy Delfuoco, Wendy Bancroft
Owen Intermediate School
Cristen Belloni, Jason Salhaney, Lauren Altenbernt, Steven Rohloff
Rawsonville Elementary
Debby Cunningham, Deborah Mounsey, Dena Gyulveszi, Jaime Elgas, Jessica Adelmann, Kristina Brashear, Lisa Stremer, Lisa Swingle, Marva Hatcher, Pauline Bianchi, Shandra Pettway, Tracy Bryant, Virginia Hogg
Savage Elementary
Felecia Frederick, Julie Dobek, Rebecca Tennis, Sarah Lang
Tyler Elementary
Aleisa Pitt, Alex Richardson, Amy Morning, Ellie Rupnow, Holly Sullivan, Jane TenBroeck, Jany Fidh, Jennifer Kitchen, Laurie Kunz, Lori Puma, Madison Dagenais, Nicole McCraight, Sarah Taylor