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
Seven teachers from six Michigan City public and parochial schools received grants from the Barbara A. Carmen Memorial Endowment Fund through Unity Foundation of La Porte County. The fund was established in 1992 in memory of the late Barbara A. Carmen, a Michigan City Area School’s elementary school teacher. Mrs. Carmen’s family conceived this fund