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  Ottawa Township High School Foundation awarded 22,317
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  in teacher grants Written by Michael Urbineck. This article is being
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  read by an automated voice, brought to you by Everlet. The Ottawa
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  Township High school Educational Foundation awarded 22,317 teacher
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  grants to 11 programs at Ottawa Township High School for the 2026-27
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  school year, according to the foundation The grants pay for classroom needs
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  the school budget does not cover according to a Tuesday news release.
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  Ottawa Township High School teachers apply each year for projects and equipment
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  and volunteer foundation board members oversee how the money is distributed, according
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  to the Foundation and Superintendent Michael Cushing. The largest grant, seven thousand
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  five hundred dollars, went to the Fine Arts Department for Speakers for
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  the 2027 Fine Arts Festival. Pirate Nation received three three thousand five
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  hundred dollars for a motivational speaker. Uh the Math Department received two
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  thousand eight hundred ninety-two dollars for a Promethean panel, a cart and
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  geometry supplies. Uh smaller grants will pay for Technology upgrades in the
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  School Weight Room. Ceramic supplies for art students. Website registration for the
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  school newspaper, attendance incentives, ability supplies for special education, wellness day materials,
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  seal of beliteracy exam costs, Giveaways for incoming freshmen at an open
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  house scheduled for january twenty twenty seven. The foundation's 2026 spending at
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  Ottawa Township High School went beyond teacher grants. It also gave 7,250
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  in club and activity grants In March, it made a 16,500 all-matching
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  donation toward a new automotive alignment machine for the Vocational Education Department.
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  In all, the foundation has committed 46,067 to the school this
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  calendar year, according to The
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  foundation We are thankful for the continued support of volunteer board members
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  who oversee the distribution of teacher grants and other funding requests, Cushing
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  said in a statement released by the foundation’s The Foundation reports awarding
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  more than 275,000 in teacher grants since 2012. Counting club and activity
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  grants and larger projects, it reports more than 377,000
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  in total support for Ottawa Township High School over that span. Those
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  projects include the school's Wi-Fi upgrade, the auditorium lighting board, and the
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  Kingman Gym Sound System. The foundation raises money through donations, Hall of
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  Fame events, sales of limited edition art prints, engraved personalized bricks, and
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  sponsorships for features in the Spangler Sharer Courtyard. Donations can be made
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  at Ottawa Township High School Educational Foundation.org slash donate. A history of
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  the foundation's grants is at Ottawa Township High School Educational Foundation.org slash
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  grants.