Past Grants

Over the years, the LPEF has funded a variety of projects. In the 2024/2025 school year alone we issued 29 grants to Lancaster City Schools Educators totaling $28,564.87.

2024/2025 Grants

MAY 2025

Grant Title: Facilitating Small Group Learning with a Kidney Bean Dry-Erase Table and Flexible

Seating

School: General Sherman Junior High School

Educator: Tana Weyland

Grant Amount: $1000.00

APRIL 2025

Grant Title: Enhancing Student Collaboration with a Kidney Bean Dry-Erase Table and Flexible Seating

School: General Sherman Junior High School

Educator: Taylor Pezo

Grant Amount: $1000.00

February 2025

Grant Title: Skutt Kiln Updgrade

School: General Sherman Junior High School

Educator: Jennifer Appelfeller

Grant Amount: $1000.00

Grant Title: PBIS Rewards

School: General Sherman Junior High School

Educator: Michael Berta

Grant Amount: $1000.00

JANUARY 2025

Grant Title: Air-Dry Clay Grant for Art Programs

School: Tallmadge Elementary School

Educator: Lily Moyer

Grant Amount: $584.85

DECEMBER 2024

Grant Title: Enhancing Social Emotional Learning Through Play

School: Tarhe Preschool

Educator: Kelly Miller

Grant Amount: $993.98

Grant Title: Lively Letters Grant

School: Tarhe Preschool

Educator: Caley Pool

Grant Amount: $993.91

November 2024

Grant Title: Second Step Tactile Supplies

School: Tarhe Preschool

Educator: Olivia Holcomb

Grant Amount: $994.32

OCTOBER 2024

Grant Title: Rivers…Agents of good (and of bad!)

School: General Sherman Junior High School

Educator: Angela Hoy

Grant Amount: $1000.00

Grant Title: Enhancing Math Education with Manipulatives

School: General Sherman Junior High School

Educator: Adrian Wyler

Grant Amount: $893.00

Grant Title: Fidgets for Anxiety Relief

School: Stanbery High School

Educator: Janis Smeltzer

Grant Amount: $155.00

Grant Title: Inquiry and Exploration through Sensory Play

School: Tarhe Preschool

Educator: Tisha Seum

Grant Amount: $980.41

SepTEMBER 2024

Grant Title: Strengthen and Grow Music Programs at TES

School: Tallmadge Elementary School

Educator: Courtney Cox

Grant Amount: $920.00

Grant Title: General Sherman Behavior Support

School: General Sherman Junior High School

Educator: Colten Schooley

Grant Amount: $1000.00

Grant Title: Choir Music Fund

School: Mt. Pleasant Elementary School

Educator: Mallory Casserly

Grant Amount: $700.00

Grant Title: Student Engagement Through Tech Platforms

School: General Sherman Junior High School

Educators: Jordan Burnworth and Sara Rittmeyer

Grant Amount: $845.80

Grant Title: Art Club

School: Tarhe Preschool

Educator: Kerri Rodenbaugh

Grant Amount: $200.00

Grant Title: Science Exploration Through Sensory Play

School: Tarhe Trails Elementary School

Educator: Cindi Bausum

Grant Amount: $996.95

Grant Title: Social Emotional Learning and Classroom Enrichment

School: Bridges Program

Educator: Rusty Abel

Grant Amount: $1000.00

Grant Title: Flexible Seating

School: General Sherman Junior High School

Educator: Savannah Collis

Grant Amount: $1000.00

Grant Title: Classroom Ukulele Set

School: Medill Elementary School

Educator: Megan Maierle

Grant Amount: $1000.00

Grant Title: Tarhe Trails Drama Club

School: Tarhe Trails Elementary School

Educator: Kathy Smith

Grant Amount: $1000.00

Grant Title: Classroom Enrichment

School: Bridges Program

Educator: Amy Cline

Grant Amount: $1000.00

AUGUST 2024

Grant Title: LPEF Grant

School: General Sherman Junior High School

Educator: Shauna Jarrett

Grant Amount: $949.11

Grant Title: From Storage to Skills

School: Stanbery High School

Educator: Kayla Hittle

Grant Amount: $1000.00

Grant Title: Drums for Music Class

School: Gorsuch West Elementary School

Educator: Taya Tennant

Grant Amount: $996.34

Grant Title: “Kids Deserve It!” Book Study

School: General Sherman Junior High School

Educator: Clay Hartzler

Grant Amount: $995.29

Grant Title: New Teacher Grant: $100.00 provided to all new Lancaster City School Educators to fund classroom supplies.

Grant Amount: $3400.00

2023/2024 Grants

MARCH 2024

Grant Title: Plug in: Power up

School: Gorsuch West Elementary School

Educator: Patricia Pillar

Grant Amount: $300.00

Grant Title: Sensory Tools to Help Students be Content, Calm, Focused and Ready to Learn

School: Tarhe Preschool

Educator: Kelli Hutchison

Grant Amount: $984.09

JANURY 2024

Grant Title: Medical Detectives

School: General Sherman Junior High School

Educator: Angela Hoy

Grant Amount: $417.06

SEPTEMBER 2023

Grant Title: Strings and Things

School: General Sherman Junior High School

Educator: Cassandra Bull

Grant Amount: $994.39

Grant Title: Grant Funding for Amy Cline

School: Bridges Program

Educator: Amy Cline

Grant Amount: $1000.00

AUGUST 2023

Grant Title: Osmos Learning Kits for Special Education

School: Gorsuch West Elementary School

Educator: Shane Hart

Grant Amount: $900.00

2022/2023 Grants

FEBRUARY 2023

Grant Title: Being Understood: A Project to Increase Intelligibility and Phonological

Awareness

School: Gorsuch West Elementary School

Educator: Jennifer Matson-Cary

Grant Amount: $667.87

Grant Title: Jungle Jumparoo

School: Tarhe Preschool

Educator: Brianna Rife

Grant Amount: $567.00

Grant Title: High Engagement with the Love for Learning Encompassing All

School: Tarhe Preschool

Educator: Jennifer Mix

Grant Amount: $993.20

JANUARY 2023

Grant Title: Preschool Literacy Center

School: Tarhe Preschool

Educator: Cindi Bausum

Grant Amount: $993.94

NOVEMBER 2022

Grant Title: Manipulative Resources for Sanderson Preschool

School: Sanderson Preschool

Educator: Kaci Grecek

Grant Amount: $1000.00

SEPTEMBER 2022

Grant Title: Display Easels for STEM Expo

School: Lancaster High School

Educator: Jeff Wells

Grant Amount: $888.99

2021/2022 Grants

SEPTEMBER 2021

Grant Title: Communicable Diseases Course for Early Childhood Education Career Tech

Grant Amount: $849.15

Grant Title: Supplies for LHS Robotics Club

Grant Amount: $994.81

AUGUST 2021

Grant Title: Statistics in High School Mathematics Curriculum

Grant Amount: $595.00

2020/2021 Grants

DECEMBER 2020

Grant Title: ECE Student Trainings and workbooks

Grant Amount: $997.40

November 2020

Grant Title: Living Ecosystem for Biology

Grant Amount: $997.40

october 2020

Grant Title: Sanderson-Preschool Books

Grant Amount: $983.94

Grant Title: LHS - Art Sculpture for Community Enrichment

Grant Amount: $1000.00

2019/2020 Grants

july 2020

Grant Title: Medill Elementary - Mission to Continue to Enhance Letter Sound Learning

Grant Amount: $980.84

may 2020

Grant Title: Tarhe Preschool - The Binder Learning Center for Outdoor Learning

Grant Amount: $986.00

february 2020

Grant Title: Gen Sherman - Updated Classroom iPads for Students with Multiple Disabilities

Grant Amount: $687.98

december 2019

Grant Title: Mt. Pleasant Elem - 3D printer (tech/art)

Grant Amount: $1999.00

Grant Title: Sanderson Preschool - Manipulatives/cause & effect toys

Grant Amount: $995.33

november 2019

Grant Title: Thomas Ewing Jr High - classroom fidgets

Grant Amount: $161.49

Grant Title: Tarhe Preschool - Calm Area

Grant Amount: $902.56

october 2019

Grant Title: Lanc Preschools - Tech Grant

Grant Amount: $205.00

Grant Title: Gorsuch West Elem - Tech Grant

Grant Amount: $40.00

Grant Title: Gen Sherman - 8th Grade Honors Art Trip

Grant Amount: $1000.00

Grant Title: Tarhe Trails Elem - Tech Grant

Grant Amount: $2135.00

Grant Title: Gen Sherman - Tech Grant

Grant Amount: $237.00

Grant Title: Lancaster High School-Artist in Residence: Solar Plate Workshop & Lecture by D. Welden

Grant Amount: $1000.00

Grant Title: Medill Elementary- Dash Robots for Robotics Club

Grant Amount: $989.91

Grant Title: LHS-Ghoulish Gales Supplies

Grant Amount: $500.00

Grant Title: Sanderson-Gross Motor Skills

Grant Amount: $995.45

Grant Title: LHS-Ruling Our Experience

Grant Amount: $1000.00

Grant Title: Lancaster City Preschool-Parent & Community Engagement

Grant Amount: $500.00

August 2019

Grant Title: Tarhe Preschool-Learning Without Tears

Grant Amount: $993.44

2018/2019 Grants

july 2019

Grant Title: Sanderson Preschool-Story and Rhyme Props

Grant Amount: $999.94

june 2019

Grant Title: Medill Elementary - Dash Robots for New Robotics Club

Grant Amount: $989.91

Grant Title: Sanderson Early Childhood Center - Math Manipulatives

Grant Amount: $999.70

may 2019

Grant Title: Lancaster City Preschool - Literacy Around the Classroom

Grant Amount: $993.87

april 2019

Grant Title: General Sherman Jr High - Power of the Pen

Grant Amount: $900.00

February 2019

Grant Title: Mt. Pleasant Elementary - Dash Robots for Tech/Robotics Club

Grant Amount: $1018.70

december 2018

Grant Title: Thomas Ewing - PBIS Rewards

Grant Amount: $893.13

Grant Title: Gen Sherman Jr High - Honors Art Trip to PA

Grant Amount: $1000.00

november 2019

Grant Title: Tarhe Trails - Edison Robots

Grant Amount: 990.00

Grant Title: Medill Elementary - Second Step Books for Program

Grant Amount: $954.85

september 2018

Grant Title: Gorsuch West Elem - Flexible Seating

Grant Amount: $942.73

2017/2018 Grants

may 2018

Grant Title: Gen Sherman Jr. High - Math Dry Erase Boards

Grant Amount: $461.20

Grant Title: Tallmadge - Sphero Robots for Tech Club

Grant Amount: $1039.96

Grant Title: Mt. Pleasant - Tech Club Robots

Grant Amount: $994.93

april 2018

Grant Title: Gorsuch West Elementary - Mindful Music Moments

Grant Amount: $1000.00

Grant Title: Tarhe Preschool - Math Centers Materials

Grant Amount: $867.92

Grant Title: Tarhe Trails Elementary - 4 Kano Kits with Monitors

Grant Amount: $999.96

Grant Title: Sanderson Elementary - Preschool Books

Grant Amount: $961.68

december 2017

Grant Title: Thomas Ewing - Class Set (30) of book Be a Changemaker

Grant Amount: $422.70

october 2017

Grant Title: LHS - Graphing Calculators for Math Classes

Grant Amount: $100.00

Grant Title: General Sherman Jr. High - Honors Art class to PA art museums

Grant Amount: $1000.00

september 2017

Grant Title: Tarhe Trails Elem - STEM materials for 1st grade classroom

Grant Amount: $832.00

august 2017

Grant Title: Tarhe & Sanderson Preschool - STEM equipment

Grant Amount: $999.42

2016/2017 Grants

june 2017

Grant Title: Gorsuch West Elem - library books for PBIS program

Grant Amount: $573.53

Grant Title: Tarhe Preschool - science equipment

Grant Amount: $973.86

may 2017

Grant Title: Tarhe Trail & Tallmadge Elem - literature for music curriculum

Grant Amount: $879.96

Grant Title: LHS - multimedia equipment for use in multimedia classes

Grant Amount: $988.34

Grant Title: Medill Elem - "Read Live" reading assistance program

Grant Amount: $700.00

Grant Title: Gorsuch West Elem - install/support Land Lab (4 beds)

Grant Amount: $1000.00

april 2017

Grant Title: Gen Sherman Jr High - "Power of the Pen" state tourney travel

Grant Amount: $1000.00

Grant Title:Gen Sherman Jr High - equip for school robotics program

Grant Amount: $795.36

Grant Title: Tallmadge Elem - two 3D printers

Grant Amount: $998.00

Grant Title: Tarhe Preschool - food materials for students' cooking projects

Grant Amount: $130.00

Grant Title: Tarhe Preschool - materials for students' role playing

Grant Amount: $996.66

march 2017

Grant Title: Gen Sherman Jr High - COSI exhibit "Mindbender Mansion"

Grant Amount: $555.30

Grant Title:Tarhe Trail Elem - robotics equip for Tech Club

Grant Amount: $989.91

Grant Title: Tarhe Trail Elem - purchase non-fiction books for 3rd grade classroom

Grant Amount: $370.52

Grant Title: Tarhe Trail Elem - Support Classes for parents/guardians of ESL students

Grant Amount: $1524.00

2016/2017

september 2016

Grant Title: Gen Sherman Jr High - comprehension toolkit & attend a play in Columbus

Grant Amount: $1000.00

Grant Title: Thomas Ewing Jr High - rewards for academic achievement

Grant Amount: $778.50

Other Past Grants-See Chart Below