News Releases distributed during 2006-07 to Baldwin Press Register and Gulf Coast Newspaper, Inc.
- SEEDS Awards over $13,000 to Daphne Educators through 2nd Annual Teacher Mini-grant Program (August 22, 2006)
- SEEDS to Host 2nd Annual Mamma Mia Cook-off (September 15, 2006)
- Daphne Schools, Community Leaders Uniting To Support Character Education
(October 3, 2006) - Live Auction at SEEDS’ Mamma Mia Cook-off Should Prove Lively (November 3, 2006)
- SEEDS to Hold Organizational Meeting of Daphne Character Coalition (November 13. 2006)
- Daphne Students Race to Sign Up for the SEEDS Classic Rock 5K & Fun Run 2007 (Feb. 9, 2007)
- Hundreds Set to Hit the Street for SEEDS on Saturday (February 23, 2007)
- Bowie, Karvelas Win SEEDS Classic Rock 5K (March 8, 2007)
SEEDS Awards over $13,000 to Daphne Educators Through 2nd Annual Teacher Mini-grant Program
August 22, 2006
SEEDS, Daphne’s education foundation, presented more than $13,000 in Teacher Mini-grants to 23 new classroom enrichment initiatives at the August 21 meeting of the Daphne City Council. This figure represents a 124 percent increase in community-generated funds for classroom enhancement projects in the Daphne schools over the inaugural 2005-’06 year of the grants program.
“As a result of the success of our two signature fundraising projects – the Mamma Mia Italian Cook-off and the Classic Rock 5K and Fun Run – we are pleased to announce that the Daphne community came together to generate enough revenue over the past school year to be able to fully fund the creative project ideas of every teacher who applied for a SEEDS grant this summer,” said Denise D’Oliveira, SEEDS grants program chair.
“That’s what our foundation is working to encourage – innovative teaching and community collaboration,” she added.
SEEDS is an independent, non-profit education foundation that seeks to bring together citizens of all ages who share a vision for education’s role in Daphne’s future. SEEDS’ enrichment dollars are currently at work at Christ the King Catholic School and on each of Daphne’s five public school campuses.
The 2006 Mamma Mia Cook-off: A Celebration of Daphne’s Italian Heritage is set for Saturday evening, Nov. 11, and will be held once again at 2039 Main Street (on the grounds of Hutchinson, Rauch and Moore Engineering), just across from Lott Park – from 6:00-9:00 p.m. The next SEEDS’ Classic Rock 5K and Fun Run is slated for Saturday, March 3, 2007, in Olde Towne Daphne. Additional information about both events is available at 251/656-SEED (656-7333).
The winning lead teachers and their 2006-‘07 SEEDS Mini-Grant Projects are as follows:
Christ the King School – BARBARA COLLINGSWORTH, “Everybody Can Work-out;” DIANNE DAVIS, “Adopt-a-Class in France;” LISA GRIFFIN, continued publication of the school’s quarterly science newspaper; ROSE MARY MITCHELL, “Lights! Camera! Action;” MELISSA SCHMIDT, “Puppets Come Alive;” BROOKE SMITH, “Winning with Reading;” and KAREN K. WILSON, “Jeopardy Daily Double;”
Daphne East Elementary – JANET BAXTER, “Caught Ya Reading;” VALERIE STICKNEY, “Literature: Circle of Dreams;” PAM YELDING, Literacy Listeners;”
Daphne Elementary North – LISA BLACKMON, “Now I Get It;” MICHELLE BOYD, NANCY KENNEDY, “Lights! Camera! Action;” TINA DAVIS, “Get Wild with Literacy” Centers; GINGER MILLER, KATRINA RENFROE and TINA DAVIS, “Put Fluency First;” KIM SIMPSON and CAROL CASHIA, “The Wonderful World of Words;”
Daphne Elementary South – ELIZABETH JENNINGS, “Learning with Pedometers;” KATHLEEN CARRAWAY, “Math Manipulatives;” BLAIR HEALD, “Read Around the World;” KATHY SMITH, “Algebra Works;”
Daphne Middle School – SHERRY BITTINGER, “3D Experience: Design, Discover, Develop;” AMANDA BLAKE, continued publication of The DMS Press, a campus newspaper;
Daphne High School – PRISCILLA DABNEY, forensic science materials; ANDRE LAPALME, continued publication of The DHS Spectator.