• Mush On! An Iditarod Learning Adventure | $1,837 | Amanda Dytrych & Mallory Hayes  
   

• Tiny Tools for Big Voices | $1,335 | Megan Starkey & Linsey Yount 

GLENN

• Serve Up Success: Expanding Activity Through Pickleball | $420 | Bryan Schultz  

NORTHPOINT

• Pair a Tonie with a Tale | $738 | Andrea Norton & Stephanie Westhues  
• From Headlines to Higher Thinking | $444 | Meaghan Pantaleone  

SARAH RAYMOND

• Words at Play: Extending AAC Beyond the Classroom | $2,032 | Sarah Bertram & Amanda Ruehrdanz 

STEVENSON

• Mission: Make It Work — Inventors in Training | $555 | Latrice Galloway
• Growing Love: A Spring Plant Science Experiment | $462 | Latrice Galloway
   

• Sensory Path |  $2,355 | Megan Abner 

BLOOMINGTON JHS (WITH BHS)

• Building Thinking Classrooms Learning Cohort | $4,975 | Elizabeth Warden (BHS) & Kayla Smock (BJHS)

CHIDDIX JHS

• Modern Lighting Solutions for a Growing Drama Program| $783 | Jillian Meszar
   

Evans JHS

• Covering the Walls with Mathematics | $784 | Gretchen Cooley, Erica Shutt & Gloria Calixto 
• Harmony in Action: Enhancing Middle School Musicianship | $1,150 | Krista Beddigs
• Mathematics at Their Fingertips, Gretchen Cooley | $737 |  Gretchen Cooley
• Poe Forevermore: Bringing Gothic Literature to Life | $790 | Katherine Shanks
• Supporting Self-Paced Learning with Practice Mutes | $589 | Liz Fontana

PARKSIDE JHS

• Hydroponic Gardyn | $3,598 | Laura Fleri

BLOOMINGTON HIGH SCHOOL

• The 3D Project: Discovery, Development, Differentiation | $4,677 | Lisa Clover & Briana Goggin
• Unplug and Connect | | $190 | Marla Brady

BLOOMINGTON HIGH SCHOOL (with BJHS)

• Building Thinking Classrooms Learning Cohort | $4,975 | Elizabeth Warden (BHS) & Kayla Smock (BJHS)

Normal Community High School

• Designing Independence | $797 | Melissa Pummill & Katelynn Wheeler 
• Honey, I Shrunk the Machines | $3,052 | Dan Higby &     Robert Scornavacco

Normal Community & NORMAL COMMUNITY West High SchoolS

• Let’s Put the Photo in Photosynthesis | $4,900 | Valentine Walker (NCWHS),     Joel Swanson (NCHS) & Amanda Long (NCWHS)
• The Multicultural Classroom | $782 | Teri Wilson (NCWHS) &     Margherita DiVita (NCHS)
   

Normal Community West High School

• Around the World on Wheels: Culinary Carts for Cultural Competency | $2,028 | Val Higby,   Brandee Klieber, Tiffany Bernardini, & Tania Galvan
• Broadcasting Brilliance: Student Innovation in Live Digital Production | $3,000 | Tim Franz
• Calming Reset Area | $1,210 | Jennifer Kerber
• Build, Style, Create | $4,633  | Jackson Suddarth &     Margaret Lehr
• Evidence-Based Discussion: Recording, Reflection, and Accountability | $763 |  Anna Underhill
• From Bones to Brains: A Multi-Day Exploration of Evolutionary Evidence | $3,771 | Amanda Long
• Fruits of their Labor: Results that come from hard work and effort | $3,414 | Marty Cruzan
• Ice Fish Adaptations: Connecting Temperature Change to Evolutionary Change | $1,810 | Amanda Long
• Little Hearts, Big Community | $4,158 | Jackson Suddarth &     Teri Wilson
• No Student Left Behind the Bilayer | $478  | Amanda Long
• Social Studies Classroom Recording Studios | $755 |  Catherine Unsbee &     Glen Petersen
• SSP Life Skills, SEL, and Behavior Success Center | $1,001 | DaTayven “DT” Thornton

Monies for this award are provided by the Shirk Family Foundation.

KINGSLEY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL

Dawn O'Dell, Terry Lillge, Ritchie Thompson, Kim Johnson, and Breanna Schwarz  | $10,000 | Wellness in Motion: A Student-Centered Approach to Emotional Health

This project will build a movement-based wellness space, using technology and strength tools to build emotional regulation and brain function, as well as elevate mood and attention. It will impact 800 students at Kingsley.