Northville Education Foundation Celebrates Innovation and Excellence at Annual Awards Day

This year, the NEF Grants, totaling over $39,000, were awarded to support projects that enhance instructional methods, bolster student well-being, and increase hands-on learning opportunities across grade levels. These grants will fund initiatives in areas such as literacy, STEM, social-emotional learning, the arts, movement-based learning, and more.

Watch the NEF grant awards video to view photographs of each recipient.

NEF Awards Video

2025 Innovative Educator Grant Recipients

Amerman Elementary School

• Elizabeth LaManna: Letter Formation/Fine Motor Club Kits – $327.02

Central Office

• Carrie Zielinski: Soft Starts – Activating the Four C’s of the 21st Century (Creativity, Critical Reasoning, Collaboration, and Communication) – $5,000.00

Hillside Middle School

• Keely Bartel, Aimee Ernst, Kate Schultz: Secondary Social Emotional Learning Dog Program – $800.00

Hillside Middle School / Northville High School

• Mary Curran: Silent Disco For All Part 2 – More Headphones – $2,913.00

Meads Mill Middle School

• Amy Soukup, Danielle Anderson, Wendy Martin: Igniting Minds: Rebounders & Vibration Plates for Enhanced Learning and Well-Being – $726.00
• Crystal Gregg: World Language Immersion and Differentiation – $3,000.00
• Jenny Pascual: Connection & Reset Corner – $430.00
• Student Team: Kritin Srinivasan (7th), Will Lincoln (7th), Advik Vedire (7th); Coach/Mentors: Mr. Lincoln & Mr. Vedire: BrocoBot Hoopers – $500.00
• Jill Anderson, Megan Holmes, Heather Tyler: Mission: Collaboration – Escape Room Field Trip for Team-Building and SEL – $1,100.00

Moraine Elementary School

• Students: James Mack, Brynn Baker, Izzy Olivi, Lilly Geis, Allie Doig, Everly Selwood; Teacher: Sarah Roberts: Operation Audioplayer Learning – $2,048.60

Northville High School

• Mallory Carmack, Tracey Albee: Peer Opportunities for New ASD Classroom – $1,000.00
• Gabriel Pak:
  • Empowering Students to Build, Code, and Innovate with Cyber Brick – $3,500.00
  • Precision in Practice — Integrating Fiber Laser Cutting into Engineering Education – $9,460.00
• Nancy Smith: Work-Based Learning and Internship Tracker – $2,000.00
• Student: Marissa Valentini and Teacher/Club Advisor: Mrs. Chrzanowski: Reading Support Project with C-Pen Exam Reader 2 – $2,840.00
• Dianna Shamus, Emily Aluia: Mustang Mentors T-Shirts – $632.50

Ridgewood Elementary School

• April Murphy (Lead), Josh Kolpak, Kristin Kreiss, Katie Van Ham, Emily Spitza: Hands On: Boomwhackers for Everyone! – $375.00
  Brooke Harris: Motor Moms & Dads Program – $1,400.00

Winchester Elementary School

• Megan McGraw, Mark McGraw: Living Things Lab: Birds, Blooms & Beyond – $1,250.00