PVFAE’s Camille Milligan shares with Whitebead teacher Erica Shippey (far right) and her first-grade students that all three of the grant applications Shippey submitted were funded. News Star photo by Suzanne Mackey
Ruth Anne Colley and Erin Babcock present Whitebead teacher Rebecca Miller (center) with two grants from the Pauls Valley Foundation for Academic Excellence Wednesday. The grants will fund specific classroom projects that take a creative and innovative approach to teaching. News Star photo by Suzanne Mackey
Camille Milligan presented Whitebead teacher Erica Shippey (right) with three grant awards from the Pauls Valley Foundation for Academic Excellence Wednesday. The grants will fund specific classroom projects that take a creative and innovative approach to teaching. News Star photo by Suzanne Mackey
Camille Milligan and Becky Messec with the Pauls Valley Foundation for Academic Excellence share with Whitebead first-graders the news that their teacher, Erica Shippey (center), has received grants that will fund special learning projects for them this school year. News Star photo by Suzanne Mackey
Camille Milligan and Becky Messec with the Pauls Valley Foundation for Academic Excellence share with Whitebead first-graders the news that their teacher, Erica Shippey (center), has received grants that will fund special learning projects for them this school year. News Star photo by Suzanne Mackey
Becky Messec with Pauls Valley Foundation for Academic Excellence presents Whitebead teacher Cara Bailey (left) with a grant award Wednesday. Bailey's grant will fund a project titled "Oceans of Possibilities." News Star photo by Suzanne Mackey
The Pauls Valley Foundation for Academic Excellence (PVFAE) awarded nearly $20,600 in grants to certified teachers across the Pauls Valley and Whitebead school districts Wednesday.
The grants will fund specific projects or materials for classroom use and are awarded based, in part, on specific initiatives that use creative or innovative approaches to teaching.
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