Education

Strengthening Owen County Communities

Notable Partnerships

Cloverdale Community Schools

Lilly Endowment Inc

Owen County Adult Education

Owen County Fair Association

Owen County Learning Network

Owen County Public Library

Owen Valley FFA

Owen Valley Jr. Air Force ROTC

On My Way Pre-K

Spencer-Owen Community Schools

Teacher's Warehouse

Weekday Religious Education

OCCF Supports Education

2021 Grantees

Patriot Manufacturing Summer
Work: Payton Barger, Caleb
Bixler, Jasmine Brewer, Ryan
Cowden, Eric Crouch, Matthew
Crum, Kaleb Dill, Kyndall
Drake, Iain Duncan, Graciawna
England, Camie Forston, Haley
Frank, Tina Hayden, Andrew
Heaton, Lola James, Elizabeth
Johnson, Madison Kay, Cooper
King, Presley McPhee, Aubrie
Miller, Kristen Portteus,
Kristen Richardson, Hannah
Riggs, Rhonda Schafer, Robert
Wheeler
Elizabeth Conway: Teacher Mini-
Grant - Equipment purchase
Shonda Klinger: Teacher Mini-
Grant - Equipment purchase
Neil Klodzen: Teacher Mini-Grant
- Into the Wild books
Robin Lane: Teacher Mini-Grant -
iPad for preschoolers
Amy Lanham: Teacher Mini-Grant
- Book club
Korri Martin: Teacher Mini-Grant
- Digital art tablets
Beth Nairn: Teacher Mini-Grant -
Breakfast with Opie
On My Way Pre-K Support Program: Support from donor-advised grant

Owen County 4-H Council: Designated grant from the Lloyd H & Rosalie Lucas 4-H &FFA Fund
Owen County Adult Education:
Job skills training with maker
projects
Owen County Fair Association:
Designated grant from Owen
County 4-H Livestock Fund
Owen County Head Start:
Scholarship for Chamber of
Commerce membership
Owen County Public Library:
Designated grant from Jack R.
DeFord Library Fund
Owen County Public Library:
Adult Education Program
Owen Valley FFA: Designated
grant from the Lloyd H &
Rosalie Lucas 4-H & FFA Fund
Owen Valley High School:
Teacher Mini-Grant - Patriot
Expo Teacher Appreciation
Owen Valley Jr. Air Force ROTC: Designated grant from the Owen Valley Jr ROTC Fund
Owen Valley Jr. Air Force ROTC:
Year-end programs & awards

Owen Valley Middle School:
Curriculum building
Owen Valley Middle School:
Maker space summer training
Owen Valley Middle School:
Equipment purchase
Owen Valley Middle School
Maker Space Program:
Equipment purchase
Owen Valley Middle School
Maker Space Program: Maker
space start-up
Peggy Schrougham: Teacher
Mini-Grant - Small group
materials
Spencer - Owen Community
Schools: 2020-21 Preschool
scholarship program
Spencer Elementary School:
Teacher Mini-Grant - Heggerty
decodable book sets
Spencer Elementary School:
Teacher Mini-Grant - Rocket
launch
Judy Tucker: Teacher Mini-Grant
- Science in Action
Emily Vladoiu: Teacher Mini
Grant - Sensory equipment

Past and Present Grant Stories

Pre-K

District-wide Pre-K for S-OCS

$35,479 Grant from OCCF to Purchase New Pre-K Bus in 2022

"This agreement would provide the opportunity for families in the district to receive funds to help offset costs related to pre-school upon meeting the required eligibility stipulations. The grant total could amount up to $24,000. Thank you to the Foundation for their willingness to serve the community."

- Spencer-Owen Community Schools Superintendent, Andy Cline

Program Details:

The agreement outlines the eligibility for student grants. The students must be at least four-years-old, meet the income guidelines of the free and reduced lunch program, live in Owen County and must attend the Pre-K program at least four days per week. The agreement also outlines the data points that the community foundation needs annually. This data is mainly in student growth and looks at the impact Pre-K has on the students through grade 3.

- Spencer-Owen Community Schools