Sebrina Brezina received a grant to buy picture cards for her STACC students. Picture cards are essential for STACC students to communicate, create schedules, social stories, calendars, rules, etc.

I’m ecstatic for the opportunity to use this grant to help make my classroom more successful. My students thrive on stability, continuity, and structure and this will help them to bridge the gap in communication between our world and theirs.”

– Sebrina Brezina, elementary school STACC teacher

Pamila Nicholas used her grant to purchase supplies for students to create moving book trailers. This activity helps students to gain interest in new books that their peers are reading. 

This grant brings me such joy! My sixth graders will be able to express their love of reading by recreating their favorite parts of the books they’ve read. Stop motion video creation has always been the highlight of my year. This grant will simplify the process for my students, as well as provide my students with the adequate materials needed for the creation of their awesome book trailers!

– Pamila Nicholas, middle school teacher

Angela Snyder received a grant to provide classrooms with resources for a calm-down space.

Receiving this grant is an honor and means so much to me. It will allow us to create a calm down space in each kindergarten through third grade classroom. Students will be able to have a space to calm down and use tools that will help them to self regulate their emotions.

– Angela Snyder, elementary school counselor

Our students and staff alike are suffering the effects of the pandemic in many ways, but significantly in their emotional well-being. I can apply the House of Shine training to the lessons I give district-wide, reaching so many students and aiding counselors in supporting their curriculum. Helping students find their “shine” and create more positivity in a very negative world is so needed right now!

– Ruth Morton, Guidance Curriculum Facilitator

– Luisa Cabrera, Educational Aide