Education grants help Palm Beach County teachers make a major difference

TAKING A LOOK AT THE STATE OFEDUCATION THIS MORNING..THIS MORNING..

RIGHT NOW...THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN GRANTMONEY IS AVAILABLE TO LOCALTEACHERS THEY MAY NOT EVENKNOW ABOUT.

THE EDUCATIONFOUNDATION OF PALM BEACHCOUNTY IS TAKING APPLICATIONSFOR ITS 'GO TEACH' CLASSROOMGRANT PROGRAM THAT AWARDEDMORE THAN 116 THOUSAND DOLLALAST YEAR ALONE.

AS WPTVNEWSCHANNEL FIVE'S STEPHANIESUSSKIND SHOWS YOU... APANDEMIC COULDN'T STOPCREATIVE TEACHERS FROM MAKINGA DIFFERENCE.

IN FACT- ITFUELED THEIR MISSION.(NATS TAPING AND MARCHING) THELAKE WORTH HIGH SCHOOL BAND ISMARCHING TO A NEW BEAT..

ONEFILLED WITH MORE EMOTION..STRENGTH..

AND AWARENESS.TIFFANY COX, BAND DIRECTOR50:26 WE REALLY NOTICEDTHROUGHOUT BEING VIRTUAL ANDDISTANCED FROM ALL OF OURFRIENDS THAT OUR STUDENTS WERESTRUGGLING WITH THEIR MENTALHEALTH THAT'S WHY BANDDIRECTOR TIFFANY COX APPLIEDFOR A GRANT FROM THE EDUCATIONFOUNDATION TO PURCHASE YOGAMATS FOR HER NEARLY 100 BANDMEMBERS.

(NATS?) THEY BEGANINCORPORATING YOGA ANDMINDFULLNESS INTO THEIR MUSIC.TIFFANY 51:12 THE CHANGE WASALMOST IMMEDIATE HONESTLY.

WESAW SUCH IMPROVEMENT IN HOWTHEY WERE INTERACTING WITHEACH OTHER, HOW THEY WERPERFORMING ACADEMICALLY, HOWTHEY WERE PERFORMING ON THEIRINSTRUMENTS FOR STUDENTS LIKEJEILYN SEVILLA, THE MOVEMENTCOMPLETELY CHANGED HER MOOD.JEILYN 56:00 I FEEL LIKE THISYOGA HAS HELPED US RELAX, ITHELPED US A LOT BECAUSE A LOTOF US ARE GOING THROUGH STUFFNOT ONLY AT SCHOOL BUT AT HOMEAND IT21:13:42 THE WHOLE SCHOOL READTHIS BOOK TOGETHER EVERYSINGLE DAYS, MORE THAN 40 DAYSAT RIVIERA BEACH PREP..TEACHER TOSHIMI ABE-JANIGASAYS CURRENT EVENTS MOTIVATEDHER GRANT APPLICATION TO HELPHER STUDENTS LEARN ABOUT THEPAST.

TOSHIMI, TEACHER21:18:16 GEORGE FLOYD'S DEATH,IT CAUSED A LOT OF NATIONALPROTESTS..

AND THEN I WASTHINKING HOW MANY STUDENTSKNOW ABOUT THEIR HISTORY HERGRANT MONEY PURCHASE BOOKS...T- SHIRTS AND FUNDED A FIELDTRIP TO A LOCAL HISTORICALCEMETERY.

TOSHIMI 19:09 ITSIMPORTANT FOR THEM TO KNOW WHOTHEY ARE AND THE GRANT MONEYREALLY REALLY HELPED THEM ANDTHE FACULTY TOO JAMESGAVRILOS, EDUCATION FOUNDATION30:26 OUT OF ALL THE THINGS WEDO AT THE EDUCATIONFOUNDATION, THE THING THATGIVES US THE MOST JOY ISGIVING MONEY TO TEACHERSEDUCATION FOUNDATION CEO JAMESGAVRILOS SAYS ANY TEACHER CANAPPLY FOR THE ONE TO FIVETHOUSAND DOLLAR GRANT... ALLTHEY NEED IS A UNIQUE,INNOVATIVE IDEA TO ENHANCETHEIR CLASSROOM.

JAMES 32:04YOU CANNOT KEEP A GOOD TEACHERDOWN, SICKNESS, PANDEMIC,GLOBAL SHUTDOWNS, PALM BEACHCOUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERSWILL FIND A WAY TO MAKE ITWORK AND I THINK THAT'S WHATTHE GOTEACH GRANT CELEBRATES(NATS YOGA) JEILYN SAYS SHE'SGRATFUL HER TEACHER SHINED TLIGHT ON STUDENTS' NEEDS.JEILYN 57:08 I OWE MY MENTALHEALTH BEING OK RIGHT NOW TOHER HONESTLY, BECAUSE WITHOUTHAVING THAT YOGA SHE WOULD DWITH US, I WOULDNPLACE I AM NOW AND PLAYING AMUCH BRIGHTER TUNE.

STEPHANISUSSKIND WPTV NC 5.LAST YEAR..

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