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  • 2015/2016 Michigan City Education Foundation Small Grants for Teachers

    Published On: May 4th, 2016Tags: Michigan City Education Foundation

    Read about all of the teacher projects from the ‘2015/2016 Michigan City Education Foundation Small Grants for Teachers’ event by clicking here!

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  • Supporting Teachers Where They Need it Most… the Classroom

    Published On: January 12th, 2015Tags: Barbara Eason-, Chuck Oberlie, generous, grants, La Porte County, Maggi Spartz, MCEF, Michigan City Area Schools, Michigan City Area Schools Superintendent, Michigan City Education Foundation, school, Teacher Innovation, Teacher Innovation Fund, unity foundation, Unity Foundation President

    20 years ago, two families and the Michigan City Chamber of Commerce took a bold step and supported teachers where they needed it the most…in the classroom.  They wanted to support local education, but didn’t want to duplicate what they felt tax dollars should do.  They each invested seed money and started the Michigan City

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  • Michigan City Education Foundation Awards Grants to Teachers

    Published On: November 7th, 2014Tags: Barker Middle School, Edgewood Elementary School, Edwin Shelton, Foundation Fund, grants, Joy Elementary School, Knapp Elementary School, Krueger Middle School, La Porte County, Lake Hills, Magnet School, Mary Lou Linnen, MCEF, Michigan City Education Foundation, Notre Dame Catholic School, Pine Magnet School, school, Springfield Elementary School, STEM

    The Michigan City Education Foundation recently awarded several small grants to teachers for innovative approaches in the classroom for the 2014-15 school year. The recipients teach in grades kindergarten through eighth in Michigan City area public and parochial schools. A total of 38 grants were awarded for $11,589.16, benefiting 12 Schools, 63 Teachers and 3,075

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  • Teacher Grants Build a Bridge to Classroom Innovation

    Published On: March 10th, 2014Tags: Barker Middle School, Carmen Memorial Endowment Fund, Endowment Fund, grants, la porte, Mary Lou Linnen, MCEF, michigan city, Michigan City Education Foundation, school

    Generous donors have established 7 funds to support teacher grants. 1 Twenty years ago, the Michigan City Education Foundation (MCEF) formed under Unity to provide small grants to elementary and middle school teachers encouraging them to excel and make learning more relevant. Three groups came together – Michigan City Chamber of Commerce, Bud and June Ruby,

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  • Michigan City Education Foundation Awards Grants to Teachers

    Published On: November 22nd, 2013Tags: Barker Middle School, Edgewood Elementary School, Foundation Fund, grants, Knapp Elementary School, Krueger Middle School, La Porte County, Lake Hills, Magnet School, Mary Lou Linnen, MCEF, Michigan City Education Foundation, Sandy Gleim, school, Stanislaus Kostka Catholic School, STEM, Vice President

    The Michigan City Education Foundation recently awarded several small grants to teachers for innovative approaches in the classroom for the 2013-14 school year.  The recipients teach in grades kindergarten through eighth in Michigan City area public and parochial schools. A total of $10,891 in grants was awarded – impacting 3,990 students through 81 teachers in

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  • 2012/2013 Michigan City Education Foundation Awards!

    Published On: May 13th, 2013Tags: Michigan City Education Foundation

    View all Projects and Descriptions here!

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