Brentwood Foundation Awards $11,000 to Students and Staff

The Brentwood Foundation for Education Enrichment awarded more than $11,000 to staff and students in Brentwood schools last week.

The foundation is a nonprofit organization that provides grants for educational programs in the Brentwood School District. The organization received applications seeking roughly $20,000 in total funding this year. Foundation board members selected 13 programs for $11,294 in funding.

Patty Jones, president of the Brentwood Foundation, handed out the awards during a Brentwood Board of Education meeting last Tuesday at :

• Brie LeGrand, teacher at McGrath and Mark Twain — $658 to build the elementary Spanish program
• Todd McDonald, high school teacher — $715 for chemistry field trips to Weldon Spring and University of Missouri, St. Louis
• Keith Moyer, instrumental music teacher — $980 for instrumental restoration
• J. Lee, S. Lanfersieck, S. Wacker, K. Staggs, B. Wildgrubbe, J. Davis, Mark Twain teachers — $875 for digital learning
• Jeanne Buschart, McGrath teacher — $600 for ceramic wheel throwing project
• Kyle Henderson, Early Childhood Center teacher — $773 for indoor-outdoor garden connections
• Ed Wright, high school teacher — $1,000 for freshman field trip to Lincoln Museum
• K. Sayre, A. Kernen, B. Tait-Taylor, spanish teachers — $790 for Hispanic flamenco ballet field trip
• Julie Sperry, Eileen Roberts, Anne Bosche, middle school personnel — $1,000 for journey to excellence book study
• Ivy Hutchison, career counselor — $600 for 12th grade college visit
• Robyn Haug, high school teacher — $913 for the debate team's trip to Washington, D.C.
• Sean Koster, Amy Lee, Hannah Linneman, high school students — $300 each ($900 total) for Student Council Leadership Camp (MASC)
• Lucy Sappington, Steven Sandler, Chris Reichert, Dallas Neely, Paige Anderson, high school students — $298 each ($1,490) for NCFL Grand National Tournament

The foundation has awarded more than $68,000 in grants since its inception in 2000. Its largest fundraiser, the Brentwood Race to the Square 5K, will take place on September 17.