Pennsbury Arts Foundation has announced the awarding of grants to Pennsbury teachers for the 2009-2010 school year.

Top photo: PAF Fall mini-grant recipients.  Seated, l-r: Arlene Johnson; Abigail Brazina, Joseph D'Alicandro. Standing, l-r: Bob Morris; Shellie Deis, PAF President; Kathy Royal; Nyla Houser, PAF Grant chair.

Bottom photo: PAF Spring mini-grant recipients.  Seated, l-r: Melody Jacko; Pamela Tuohy; Maria Gregory; Lindsay Linderman. Standing, l-r: MaryAnne Ritchie; MaryBeth Davis; Vicki Seiler; Richard Houseknecht, Manor Elementary Principal; Fran Nitkin, Oxford Valley Principal; Shellie Deis, PAF President; Derek Cressman; Danyelle Lala; Dr. W. David Bowman, PHS Principal; Donna McCormick-Miller, Makefield Elementary Principal; Nyla Houser, PAF Grant Chair.

Fall 2009 Mini-Grants

Joseph P. D’Alicandro, Jr.: William Penn M.S.
Rehearsal and Performance with Dr. Quincy Hilliard

Abigail Brazina: William Penn Middle School
Living News

Arlene Johnson: Penn Valley Elementary School
Red Ribbon Week Celebration “Dancing to a Drug Free Beat”

Bob Morris: Pennwood Middle School
The Odyssey Experience

Kathryn Royal: Eleanor Roosevelt Elementary School
Georgia’s Bones: A Georgia O’Keefe Writing Project with Author Jennifer Bryant

Spring 2010 Mini-Grants

Derek Cressman: William Penn M.S.
William Penn Glee

Maria Gregory: Afton Elem. School
History Comes to Life: Ben Franklin Comes to Afton

Danyelle Lala: Pennsbury H.S. East
Memory Project

Lindsay Linderman: Makefield Elem. School
Art and Music: Making the Connection

Mary Anne Ritchie: Pennwood M.S.
An Interdisciplinary Link Between the Arts, Math, and Social Studies for All Learning Levels

Vicki Seiler and MaryBeth Davis: Manor Elem. School
“Spring Into Health”: Manor Elementary’s First Annual Health Fair

Pamela Tuohy/Melody Jacko: Oxford Valley Elem. School
Colonial Encampment (Reenactors)

Trisha Baehser: Afton Elem. School
Mosaic Tile Columns: David Wood, artist