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National Geographic Society and Lindblad Expeditions Announce 13th Annual Grosvenor Teacher Fellowship Class — Largest in Program’s History
45 Educators to Travel on Global Expeditions for Professional Development Experience of a Lifetime
WASHINGTON — Sharee Barton from Madison School District in Rexburg, Idaho has been selected as one of this year’s Lindblad Expeditions and National Geographic Grosvenor Teacher Fellows in recognition of her commitment to geographic education. The 2019 Fellows, a group of 45 highly respected educators from the United States and Canada, will embark on global expeditions on board the Lindblad Expedition ships National Geographic Explorer, National Geographic Endeavour II, National Geographic Orion and National Geographic Quest to enhance their geographic knowledge with hands-on, field-based experiences that they will bring back to their pre-K–12 classrooms, communities and professional networks.
The Grosvenor Teacher Fellowship is named in honor of Gilbert M. Grosvenor, chairman emeritus of the National Geographic Society, in recognition of his decades-long work supporting pre-K–12 teachers and promoting geography education across the United States and Canada. The expeditions were donated in perpetuity to the Society by Sven-Olof Lindblad and Lindblad Expeditions in 2006 to mark Grosvenor’s 75th birthday and honor his service to the enhancement and advancement of geographic education.
The 2019 class of Grosvenor Teacher Fellows is the largest ever selected in the program’s 13-year history. This diverse group of formal and informal educators, representing an array of subject areas including social studies, STEM, second-language programs and art, are from across the United States and Canada as well as a U.S. Department of Defense Activity School in Japan.
REXBURG — The Madison Education Foundation awarded nearly $15,000 in grants to Madison School District teachers this week.
“Every year we give away grants. It was for $14,347.46. We have grant cycles, and teachers can apply for grants,” said David Rail who serves as the foundation’s vice president.
Items awarded were the result of teacher’s requests where they filled out applications for funding for their various projects.
At Burton Elementary School, the foundation awarded $2,951 in library books, classroom books and STEM interactive materials. The foundation awarded South Fork Elementary $1,000 for a science unit featuring activity books and kits.
Madison Middle School received around $5,000 in grant funds. That money will be divided up among various teachers. The foundation awarded one teacher $400 for a Holocaust unit she plans on creating and presenting. Another educator received $683 for a 360 degree camera for an upcoming educational trip she’s taking. A math class received $200 while another $1,000 is funding a “Passionate and Mindfulness” course.
The library received $1,000 for various items while the drama club was awarded $500 to help cover the cost of its plays and the accompanying costumes and props.
A teacher at Madison Junior High School received $470 for video production equipment. The foundation awarded another $1,000 toward a reading program.
At Madison High School, the organization donated a total of $2,000 with half of it going toward an upgraded lighting system inside the school’s auditorium. Another $1,000 went toward the environmental solutions class.
The foundation invites teachers to apply for the grants every year.