The grants for Round 35 were awarded in October of 2019.  Fourteen grants totaling $7,506.69 were awarded to enhance learning experiences for Merrillville students.   Building Our Brains with STEM,  MIS Music Boomwhackers, Manipulatives for Remedial Math, Explore Opera with Lyric Opera of Chicago, and Ultimate Coding and Circuit Kits to Teach C++ are just a few of the winning grant ideas.

Since 2002, the Merrillville Education Foundation has awarded 425 grants to teachers totaling $364,139.55.  These grants have impacted more than 116,726 student experiences in grades Pre-K through 12.

To get more details about these programs, view the complete listing of the Round 35 awarded grants…