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Construction training and Chinese language classes are among four projects that will be available to Navasota students through nearly $18,000 in grants from Navasota's Education Foundation, officials announced this week.
Members of the Navasota Independent School District Education Foundation visited classrooms Monday bearing oversized checks for 12 teachers who submitted applications to fund "beyond the book" activities.
Navasota Mayor Bert Miller, who is on the foundation's board of directors, said members were pleasantly surprised by this year's applicants.
This is the first year that a teacher has applied for vocational program funding, he said.
"We covered a wide range of things this time and had some really good submissions," he said.
The foundation has given away more than $150,000 in grants since it started four years ago. Grants are awarded on a biannual basis when money is available, Miller said.
"We really want these to be something that's really different from everyday classroom work," he said.
Grant recipients whose projects are set to begin in June are:
* Navasota High School teachers Karen Marshall, Dennis Underwood and Scott Butler, who received $5,000 to buy supplies for an advanced welding course to be offered for dual credit through Blinn College. The money will also pay for supplies for a group of students who will learn geometry in the classroom and apply their knowledge in construction projects.
* Navasota High teachers Michele Guthrie and Cheryl Lane, who received $5,000 for several students to travel to China for a four-week language school in participation with the Confucius Institute at Texas A&M University and Chinese government officials.
* Navasota High teachers Karen Kloss, Brynn Hayes, Dorothy Arrington, Vida Slaton and Bonny Burger, who received $4,900 for additional hands-on learning equipment for special- needs students in Life Skills classes.
* Webb Elementary teachers Ginger Murray and Linda Cushman, who received $4,460 to pay for communication technology equipment for special-needs students.
