Kids play with legos on the floor
Lexington Western Elementary School received an education grant to help students learn about coding with Legos.

MANSFIELD – The Richland County Foundation Board of Trustees approved education grants totaling close to $66,000.

Funding was provided from the unrestricted grant budget as well as field of interest funds.

Education grants are selected by a committee made up of board members and people from the community for creative and innovative supplemental programs not covered by school funding.

The grants are given to K-12 teachers in public or private Richland County schools to encourage them to develop new programs for their classrooms.

Programs funded

The following programs were funded:

Clear Fork: Ohio State Reformatory Field Trip

Crestview: Stained Glass

Crestview: Genetics Course

Crestview: Students Helping Students

Discovery School: Ph Testing

Discovery School: Scholastic News

Discovery School: Phonics Building

Lexington: Forensic Science

Lexington: Science: Oh Cool, Look at That!

Madison: School Wide Book Focus

Madison: Kindergarten Math/Science

Madison: Phonics

Mansfield Christian: STEM Projects

Mansfield Christian: Building a Small Electrical Car

Mansfield Christian: Splash Publications

Mansfield Christian: Science of Reading

Mansfield Christian: Ceramic Bowls

Mansfield City: Bright Star Theatre

Mansfield: City: Art Engagement Night

Mansfield City: Decodable Readers

Mansfield City: Time Magazine For Kids

Mansfield City: STEM living history museum

Mansfield City: Springmill STEM Greenhouse

Mansfield City: 4th Grade STEM Exploration

Mansfield City: Reading Back in Time

Mansfield City: Mi primer libro/ My first book

Mansfield City: Intervention and Science

Mansfield City: 3rd Grade STEM Exploration

Mansfield City: Author Visit

Mansfield City: Scholastic News & Science Spin

Mansfield City: Focus on Phonics

Mansfield City: STEM Story Books

Mansfield City: Ohio State Reformatory and the Richland Carrousel

Mansfield City: 1st Grade STEM Exploration

Mansfield City: Handbells for Students

Mansfield City: DigiBlocks for Math

Mansfield City: Kindergarten STEM Exploration

Mansfield City: Multi-Sensory Library

Mansfield City: Simple Solutions

Mansfield City: Beginning Ceramics

Mansfield City: 2nd Grade STEM Exploration

Mansfield City: Engaging STEM Thinkers in Nature

Mansfield City: Classroom Library

Mansfield City: Civic Fair

Mansfield City: Field Trip to Newark Earthworks

Mansfield City: 5th & 6th Grades STEM Exploration

Mansfield City: Classroom Library

Mansfield City: High Interest Books for Low Level Readers

Mid-Ohio ESC: Reading through Different Genres

Ontario: Wellness Class

Ontario: She blinded us with Science!

Ontario: 2nd Grade Project Based learning

Plymouth-Shiloh: UFLI Implementation

Plymouth-Shiloh: Bringing Stories to Life

Richland School of Academic Arts: Building Literacy Skills

Richland School of Academic Arts: Phonics and Literacy Program

Richland School of Academic Arts: Nature’s Resources

Richland School of Academic Arts: Mastering Pottery Basics

Richland School of Academic Arts: Road to Revolution

Richland School of Academic Arts: Classroom Library

Richland School of Academic Arts: Classroom Library

Richland School of Academic Arts: Fun with Chemistry!

Richland School of Academic Arts: Kathern’s Club

Richland School of Academic Arts: A Fraction of Community

Shelby: Club Lego

Shelby: Sensational Science

St. Mary’s: LEGO STREAM Spike Lab