2025 Forsyth County Teacher Grants Announced

The Winston-Salem Foundation is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2025 Forsyth County Teacher Grants to support professional development opportunities for K-12th grade teachers in the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools.  

Recipients were selected by a committee comprised of professional educators who make awards in support of innovative and results-oriented educational experiences for teachers to improve their teaching ability and enhance the subject or content being taught in the classroom.  

A total of $74,268 was granted to the following 34 teacher grant recipients:

• Dawn Bell – Mineral Springs Elementary School – $2,500 to attend the Innovative Schools Summit. ‍
• Evans Elliah Bomah – Walkertown High School – $2,060 to attend MathCon 2025. ‍
• Megan Callaghan – Virtual Academy – $2,500 for professional development that will enhance instructional support to educators. ‍
• Melody Chazon – Flat Rock Middle School – $2,500 to attend Science in the Rockies. ‍
• Royzetta Cokley – J. F. Kennedy High School – $2,211 to attend the CEC 2025 Special Education Convention. ‍
• Lindsay Cross – Wiley Magnet Middle School – $2,400 to attend the National Association for the Education of Homeless Children and Youth conference. ‍
• Carter Cummings – Lowrance Middle School – $2,500 for educational travel to Puerto Rico to support the Earth Science classroom. ‍
• Brandy Dale – The Special Children's School – $2,500 to attend the Conscious Discipline Institute. ‍
• Jennifer Estes – Moore Elementary School – $2,500 to enhance STEAM education for English Language Learners. ‍
• Pamela Gordon – Speas Elementary School – $900 to attend and present at the SCOLT 2025 Conference. ‍
• Vikki Heaney – Northwest Middle School – $2,500 to provide materials in Spanish for the School Library Media Center. ‍
• Katherine Howard – Clemmons Middle School – $2,500 to attend summer training offered by Innovative School Summit. ‍
• Elizabeth Hronek-Hodnett – Clemmons Middle School – $2,007 to support Future Entrepreneurs: Branding & Merchandising for Young Innovators in the classroom.
• ‍Courtney Hudson – Meadowlark Elementary School – $1,500 to attend Orton Gillingham Training. ‍
• April Hurlocker – Mineral Springs Middle School – $2,242 to provide flexible seating options in the classroom. ‍
• Tiffany Ivers – Sherwood Forest Elementary School – $2,494 to diversify library resources. ‍
• Jessica Jackson – Moore Elementary School – $2,500 to provide access to Deaf and Hard of Hearing (DHH) STEAM Learning. ‍
• Deeann Kidd – Caleb's Creek Elementary School – $695 to expand and enhance hands-on learning in the classroom. ‍
• Joel Leath – East Forsyth Middle School – $2,500 to attend the Innovative Schools Summit. ‍
• Tequilla Neal – Gibson Elementary School – $2,500 to support Saturday Academies for families of students in grades 3-5 who need additional support. ‍
• Lucretia Oaks – Main Street Academy – $2,500 to establish a life skills program for middle school special education students. ‍
• Rebecca Oshige – West Forsyth High School – $2,145 to attend a Summer Wellness Conference. ‍
• Tremona Purvis – Griffith Elementary School – $2,500 to pilot an educator wellness program. ‍
• LaShonda Redd – Kingswood School – $2,331 to attend the CEC 2025 Special Education Convention. ‍
• Chantae Reynolds – Middle Fork Elementary Pre-K Program – $2,450 to attend WIDA 2025. ‍
• Frankie Santoro – Clemmons Middle School – $2,200 to attend the association of Middle Level Educators National Conference. ‍
• Helen Sigler – North Hills Elementary School – $1,518 for Orff Level 1 Certification. ‍
• Ameriki Somers – Paisley Magnet School – $2,500 to attend the American Librarian Association conference as an ALA Emerging Leader. ‍
• Kimberly Speas – Mount Tabor High School – $2,500 to support a college and career field trip. ‍
• Traci Stultz – Cash Elementary School – $1,500 to support an overnight field trip to Camp Hanes. ‍
• Mary Tesh – Ward Elementary School – $1,375 to gain knowledge to empower students who stutter and/or have other communication challenges. ‍
• Jonathan Thull – Moore Elementary School – $2,500 to support a Learning Gazebo and Garden. ‍
• Angela Uribe Romero – Parkland High School – $1,740 to attend and present at the SCOLT 2025 Conference. ‍
• Ashley Williams – Clemmons Middle School – $2,500 to attend summer training offered by Innovative School Summit.
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The following endowment funds held at the Foundation provide the annual funding support for the Forsyth County Teacher Grants: the Sam and Anne Booke Family Trust, the Gaddy Educator Fund, the Doris Joyce Kohfeldt Educator Fund, the Maytrice Walton Fund, and the Blanche Raper Zimmerman Fund.