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 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