President Paul Bonaventure thanked Joe Gagliardi for buying the bar. Joe bought the bar to celebrate the birth of his and Maureen's granddaughter.
President Paul also thanked the teachers for their service and for attending our meeting.
Rachel Zirin announced that our club now is on Instagram and that they should follow the Rotary Club of Folsom. She asked for photos to be added to our Instagram account.
Rich Rider talked about the High School Leadership Conference which will be held on Monday, April 16. We need 50 local business leaders to be mentors to 50 Folsom High Juniors. In addition to talking about ethics and leadership, there will be informal networking this year to give the juniors more time to meet with business leaders. If you haven't signed up to be a mentor yet, contact Rich and volunteer for this super project.
President Paul welcomed new member Murray Peters. Murray was sponsored by Trisha Saylor. Murray is a Contract Administration Manager at WSP/Parsons Brinkerhoff.
President Paul announced that we completed the dictionary project and delivered 960 dictionaries to third graders in Folsom.
Trisha Saylor updated us on the Wine and Dine. She needs volunteers to help with our largest fund-raiser. We also need silent auction items from each member. Items should have a value of $50 or more. If you don't want to donate an item, you can give Monika Reyes $50 cash or check so that the Silent Auction Committee can purchase auction items.
Frank Buckley attended the meeting and announced that it is his last meeting in Folsom as he is moving to Maine. President Paul presented Frank with a Cloud's Rotary mug and a box of Snook's chocolate to remember the Rotary Club of Folsom.
Rob Ross assessed fines.
Bob Mange introduced our program, the Teacher Grant Project. See the subsequent article for information on Teacher Grants.
2018 Teacher Grants
At the Rotary Club of Folsom meeting on February 22, 14 teachers from Folsom schools received grants totaling $5,155. The amount of each grant ranged from $191 to $500. Bob Mangeintroduced each teacher who was at the meeting and presented the checks. Upon receiving the checks, each teacher explained his/her project.
Left to right - Tamara Sutton, Dale Waldo, Jessica Vota, Michelle MacDonald, Glenda Hartman, Melanie Roehrs, Kim Smith, Kari Bjork, Brian Schaubmayer, Liz England, Lisa Johnson,
and Kerry O'Reilly.
Absent: Megan Arnaldo and Tyler Johnstone
The teachers who received grants this year and their projects were:
Kim Smith, First Grade, Blanche Sprentz, $500 for Leveled Books (Scholastic)
Michelle MacDonald, Fifth Grade, Russell Ranch, $191 for "Throw Your Voice (Qball)
Glenda Hartman, Third Grade, Carl Sundahl, $400 for STEM science supplies
Jessica Vota, First Grade, Empire Oaks, $320 for Numbers Talk - lesson program (team request)
Melanie Roehrs, First Grade, Empire Oaks, with Jessica Vota
Liz England, Sutter Middle School, $500 for P.E. equipment
Brian Schaubmayer, Vista del Lago High School, $325 for green screen lighting
Megan Arnaldo, Vista del Lago High School, $500 for Adapted Readers Online Library
Lisa Johnson, Vista del Lago High School, $221.31 for sports medicine lab (body fat % age analysis)
Tyler Johnstone, Folsom High School, $498 for soap box derby cars
Kerry O'Reilly, Kindergarten, Oak Chan, $250 for stories on tablets
Kari Bjork, Second Grade, Folsom Hills, $499.19 for Watching Cody Come Alive
Tamara Sutton, Intervention Specialist, Gold Ridge, $450 for math fluency (Shut the Box)
Dale Waldo, Folsom Middle School, $500 for work tables
The teacher grant program started 19 years ago. Each year, the club has sent out applications to all Folsom schools encouraging teachers to apply for up to a $500 grant to fund a project, purchase materials, and/or equipment for their class or classes. Up until three years ago, the maximum amount for an individual grant was $250.
To date, including this year's grants, Folsom Rotary has provided over 260 teachers with grants totaling over $75,000. This year there were 22 applicants from 11 schools. 13 grants were awarded to 14 teachers (one grant was a team request from two teachers).
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