•January 25, 2023•
On January 2nd and 3rd the Shelby County Retired Teachers Association presented six $100 mini grants, one to each of the school districts in the county. Classroom teachers submitted proposals in November and recipients were selected by a grant committee. Partial funding for the program came from a Community Day Event held in July at Monical’s Pizza of Shelbyville. SCRTA, a local unit of the Illinois Retired Teachers Association, is pleased to be able to help current classroom teachers as well as retired educators.
“We’re very proud of our county, our teachers and our retired teachers,” said SCRTA President James Sparks who presented the awards.

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Windsor’s team of Ryann Ibanez and Vanessa Fritscher of Windsor Elementary School wrote a proposal involving the development of a non-verbal playground communication system. Their building principal is Mr. Jon Will.

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Okaw Valley School teacher Shari Bruyn received the mini grant for the Okaw Valley district. Her proposal involves the use of ear protection needed to teach Geometry in a creative construction class. Her building principal is Mr. Matt Shoaff.