MIAMI TEACHERS RECEIVE DISNEY GRANTS


October 12, 2001


Twelve Miami-Dade County Public Schools (M-DCPS) teachers are among 118 teachers nationwide to receive Disney Learning Partnership grants. 

Disney established the Creative Classroom Fund to help teachers develop innovative instructional projects  that actively engage students in learning.  The grants, which range from $1000-$2000, are made possible by a collaborative pilot program with the Council of the Great City Schools, a national organization exclusively representing the needs of urban public schools.

"These projects will promote student achievement and enable students to produce tangible expressions of their learning, "said Disney Learning Partnership Executive Director Laurie Lang.  "We plan to show case nationally the most compelling examples of teacher instructional creativity and student' work."

M-DCPS grant recipients and their schools are:

Susan Azpillaga	Ruth Owens Kruse Educational Center
Margaret W. Bastida	Cutler Ridge Middle School
Jeanette Baumgarten	Miami Edison Middle School
Kathleen Capellades	Centennial Middle School
Candria Eddinger	South Miami Middle Community School
Victoria Erhardt	Hialeah Middle School
Isabel Lera-Cantrell	John F. Kennedy Middle School
Jodi McCrackine	Miami Southridge Senior High School
Juan Moreno	Ruth Owens KrusÈ Educational Center
Lala Ramprasad	Thomas Jefferson Middle School
Joseph Underwood	Miami Senior High School
Sandy Witt	Miami Springs Middle School

For more information, contact Alberto M. Carvalho, Public Information Officer, at 305-995-4638.

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