
Strengthening Owen County Communities
EDUCATION

Notable Partnerships
Cloverdale Community Schools
Lilly Endowment Inc
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
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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
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Owen County 4-H Council: Designated grant from the Lloyd H & Rosalie Lucas 4-H &FFA Fund
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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
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Owen Valley Jr. Air Force ROTC:
Year-end programs & awards
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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

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