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March 28, 2025
2025 Forsyth County Teacher Grants Announced
The Winston-Salem Foundation is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2025 Forsyth County Teacher Grants to support professional development opportunities for K-12th grade teachers in the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools.
Recipients were selected by a committee comprised of professional educators who make awards in support of innovative and results-oriented educational experiences for teachers to improve their teaching ability and enhance the subject or content being taught in the classroom.
A total of $74,268 was granted to the following 34 teacher grant recipients:
- Dawn Bell – Mineral Springs Elementary School – $2,500 to attend the Innovative Schools Summit.
- Evans Elliah Bomah – Walkertown High School – $2,060 to attend MathCon 2025.
- Megan Callaghan – Virtual Academy – $2,500 for professional development that will enhance instructional support to educators.
- Melody Chazon – Flat Rock Middle School – $2,500 to attend Science in the Rookies.
- Royzetta Cokley – J. F. Kennedy High School – $2,211 to attend the CEC 2025 Special Education Convention.
- Lindsay Cross – Wiley Magnet Middle School – $2,400 to attend the National Association for the Education of Homeless Children and Youth conference.
- Carter Cummings – Lowrance Middle School – $2,500 for educational travel to Puerto Rico to support the Earth Science classroom.
- Brandy Dale – The Special Children's School – $2,500 to attend the Conscious Discipline Institute.
- Jennifer Estes – Moore Elementary School – $2,500 to enhance STEAM education for English Language Learners.
- Pamela Gordon – Speas Elementary School – $900 to attend and present at the SCOLT 2025 Conference.
- Vikki Heaney – Northwest Middle School – $2,500 to provide materials in Spanish for the School Library Media Center.
- Katherine Howard – Clemmons Middle School – $2,500 to attend summer training offered by Innovative School Summit.
- Elizabeth Hronek-Hodnett – Clemmons Middle School – $2,007 to support Future Entrepreneurs: Branding & Merchandising for Young Innovators in the classroom.
- Courtney Hudson – Meadowlark Elementary School – $1,500 to attend Orton Gillingham Training.
- April Hurlocker – Mineral Springs Middle School – $2,242 to provide flexible seating options in the classroom.
- Tiffany Ivers – Sherwood Forest Elementary School – $2,494 to diversify library resources.
- Jessica Jackson – Moore Elementary School – $2,500 to provide access to Deaf and Hard of Hearing (DHH) STEAM Learning.
- Deeann Kidd – Caleb's Creek Elementary School – $695 to expand and enhance hands-on learning in the classroom.
- Joel Leath – East Forsyth Middle School – $2,500 to attend the Innovative Schools Summit.
- Tequilla Neal – Gibson Elementary School – $2,500 to support Saturday Academies for families of students in grades 3-5 who need additional support.
- Lucretia Oaks – Main Street Academy – $2,500 to establish a life skills program for middle school special education students.
- Rebecca Oshige – West Forsyth High School – $2,145 to attend a Summer Wellness Conference.
- Tremona Purvis – Griffith Elementary School – $2,500 to pilot an educator wellness program.
- LaShonda Redd – Kingswood School – $2,331 to attend the CEC 2025 Special Education Convention.
- Chantae Reynolds – Middle Fork Elementary Pre-K Program – $2,450 to attend WIDA 2025.
- Frankie Santoro – Clemmons Middle School – $2,200 to attend the association of Middle Level Educators National Conference.
- Helen Sigler – North Hills Elementary School – $1,518 for Orff Level 1 Certification.
- Ameriki Somers – Paisley Magnet School – $2,500 to attend the American Librarian Association conference as an ALA Emerging Leader.
- Kimberly Speas – Mount Tabor High School – $2,500 to support a college and career field trip.
- Traci Stultz – Cash Elementary School – $1,500 to support an overnight field trip to Camp Hanes.
- Mary Tesh – Ward Elementary School – $1,375 to gain knowledge to empower students who stutter and/or have other communication challenges.
- Jonathan Thull – Moore Elementary School – $2,500 to support a Learning Gazebo and Garden.
- Angela Uribe Romero – Parkland High School – $1,740 to attend and present at the SCOLT 2025 Conference.
- Ashley Williams – Clemmons Middle School – $2,500 to attend summer training offered by Innovative School Summit.
The following endowment funds held at the Foundation provide the annual funding support for the Forsyth County Teacher Grants: the Sam and Anne Booke Family Trust, the Gaddy Educator Fund, the Doris Joyce Kohfeldt Educator Fund, the Maytrice Walton Fund, and the Blanche Raper Zimmerman Fund.