The El Paso Community Foundation’s The Classroom Fund is granting $50,000 to 59 area educators for the coming school year. Projects funded range from basic classroom supplies to materials for music, special needs, and technology.
“The average teacher spends several hundred dollars of their own money each year to buy items for their students,” said Stephanie Otero, EPCF Vice President of Operations.
“The Classroom Fund was created to relieve that financial burden while ensuring teachers have the opportunity to work with new and innovative learning materials. We are excited to be able to offer these grants in support of education in our community.”
A record 337 applications were received.
The grants are used for classroom materials. The El Paso Community Foundation purchases the requested materials for the educators, who are from the El Paso and Las Cruces area.
Applicants for the Classroom Fund must be full-time, pre-K through 12th grade educators, and the requested materials must be used in the classroom by students.
The 59 grants were awarded to educators in the Anthony, Canutillo, Clint, El Paso, Fabens, Ft. Hancock, Gadsden, Las Cruces, San Elizario, Socorro, Tornillo, and Ysleta school districts, and IDEA Public Schools.
Grantees will receive their requested materials during a celebratory reception later this year.
Eduardo Acosta
Jefferson High
Rebecca Adams
Kohlberg Elementary
Sandra Armendariz
Guillen Middle
Lana Arreola
Stanton Elementary School
Mayra Barbosa
Anthony Elementary
olga elbancol
Chester Jordan Elementary
Kevin Elizalde
Alfonso Borrego, Sr. Elementary
Sergio Estrada
Riverside High
Kinuko Falvo
Coronado High
Michael Ford
Tornillo Junior High
Caroleen Franklin
Benito Martinez
Yolanda Gallo
Hueco Elementary
Jacob Galvan
Bowie High
Theresa Garay
Ann Garcia-Enriquez Middle
Karina Garcia
Kohlberg Elementary
Nora Garcia
Lorenzo Alarcon Elementary
Thomas Geiss
Raymond Telles Academy / Lafarelle
Erika Gomez
Loretto Academy
Johanna Gonzalez-Frias
Lorenzo Alarcon Elementary
Blanca Guerrero
Lorenzo Alarcon Elementary
Leeza Gutierrez
IDEA Rio Vista
Mark Gutierrez
Lamar Elementary
Christine Hernandez
Canutillo High
Raymond Hernandez
O’Donnell Elementary
Edna Herrera
Berino Elementary
Claudia Holguin
Frank Macias Elementary
Leslie Horvath
Crockett Elementary
Zenia Ihorn
Mesita Elementary
Issis Inzunza
Vista Del Futuro
Pamela Janecki
Ysleta High
Nicah Johnson
Central Elementary
Ana Lepe
Bliss Elementary
Rosa Loya
Irvin High
Chelsea Lucas
Lynn Middle
Rebecca Manriquez
Center for Career and Technology Education
Magdalena Martinez
Montwood Middle
Sarah Mayne
Guerrero Elementary
PAUL MCLAUGHLIN
Lynn Middle
Lorena Mendoza
Alfonso Borrego, Sr. Elementary
Krystal Mijares
Alfonso Borrego, Sr. Elementary
Priscilla/Mary Moreno/Acosta
Andress High
Stacy Myers
Chester Jordan Elementary
Souaad Nunez
Bill Childress Elementary
Heather O’Dell
Franklin High
Lizbeth Ortega
Vista Del Sol Elementary
Laura Pacheco
Young Women’s Academy
Cristina Perez
Western Hills Elementary
Maribel Pinela
Lincoln Middle
Juli Porflit
Park Elementary
Ruth Ramirez
Alfonso Borrego, Sr. Elementary
Juanita Ribhail
Vista Del Futuro
Filomena Rigales
Vista Del Futuro
Myriam Sanchez
Ann Garcia-Enriquez Middle
Ruby Shivery
Newman Elementary
Amy Smith
Young Women’s Leadership Academy
Michelle Soriano
Wiggs Middle
Bernadette Valenzuela
Western Hills Elementary
Ernesto Villanueva
Canutillo High
Taj Woods
Burnet Elementary
For more information visit the Classroom Fund website. The Classroom Fund is a special project of the El Paso Community Foundation.
