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Centerville Education Foundation awards $10,166 in classroom grants; district names teacher of the year
Summary
The Centerville City Board of Education honored classroom grant recipients selected by the Centerville Education Foundation (CEF), which announced $10,166 in grants for 15 projects. The board also recognized district nominee Kevin Wisniewski as the district Teacher of the Year and described his advancement to the state competition.
Centerville City’s school board on Feb. 3 recognized teachers who won classroom grants from the Centerville Education Foundation and honored the district’s Teacher of the Year.
Dr. Chelsea Stennett, representing the Centerville Education Foundation, told the board that CEF selected 15 classroom projects across the district and "we are able to give $10,166 in grant money to Centerville teachers today." The grants fund a range of classroom initiatives, from a hands-on Wonder Room and a greenhouse learning lab to sensory-regulation spaces and new units in physical education.
The projects include work at Primary Village North and South, Driscoll Elementary, Normandy Elementary, Weller Elementary, Tower Heights Middle School and Centerville High School. Stennett encouraged community members to support CEF via centervilleeducation.org.
At the meeting the district announced that the district nominee for Ohio Teacher of the Year is Kevin Wisniewski, a guidance counselor at Tower Heights Middle School. A district leader described Wisniewski as "an outstanding and accomplished counselor" who approaches students with "empathy, calm, and intentionality." A video highlighting his work ran for the board.
Wisniewski told the board he was "truly floored" to be selected and said he will "do my very best in the Ohio Teacher of the Year competition to represent Centerville well." The board explained that the state selection process will name semifinalists and finalists before picking the statewide Teacher of the Year.
Board members said they will follow up in May to see how grant funds were used and to view results from classroom projects.
The honors portion concluded with group photos of recipients and brief remarks of appreciation from board members and foundation trustees.
