Impact Grant Winners

Educator-led teams across our district turned bold classroom ideas into funded reality this year. Here's what your community made possible — and how you can fund the next class of winners.

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WOODSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL • HOMESTEAD HIGH SCHOOL • ABOITE ELEMENTARY • HAVERHILL ELEMENTARY • COVINGTON ELEMENTARY

THE HONOR ROLL

Meet the 2025 Winners

Four teams, four schools, one shared mission:

give SACS students experiences that a textbook alone can't offer.

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New Project Lead the Way (PLTW) Courses

Kylee Moore

Woodside Middle School

¡A jugar! Let's play! Baseball, Community, and Resilience in the Dominican Republic and Fort Wayne, Indiana

Ellen Ryan Robinson, Camille Bartel, Elise Chadwick, Angela Bailey, Joanne Perez

Homestead High School

Two women smiling and holding a sign that says 'Congratulations! Impact Grant Winner Supporting innovation and opportunity for all SACS students' in an indoor setting.

Interoceptive Awareness to Help Students Regulate Emotions

Kelly Wolfe-Stiltner, Genia Kottkamp, Ashley Clough

Haverhill Elementary & Covington Elementary

Spartan Sojourn to Spain

Justin Peeper, Ellen Robinson, Angela Bailey, Camille Bartel, and Jennifer Peeper

Homestead High School & Aboite Elementary School

WHO GIVES

Educators Apply

Any SACS teacher or team can pitch a project that goes beyond the standard classroom budget.

WHO DECIDES

The Foundation Funds

Grants are awarded from dollars raised by this community — at the Paddle Classic, online, and beyond.

WHO BENEFITS

Students Experience It

From new STEM pathways to international travel, students get opportunities money doesn't usually buy.

CLASS OF 2026

Help Fund the Next Honor Roll

This year's four winning projects only happened because donors, families, and neighbors backed the Foundation first.

Here's how to be part of the next class.

01

Give to the Fund

Every gift — big or small — goes directly toward next year's Impact Grant awards for SACS teachers and students.

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02

Play the Paddle Classic

Join us on the court on March 12th, 2027 — proceeds from the tournament fuel next year's grant round.

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03

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