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HOUMA, LA – Terrebonne Foundation for Academic Excellence has selected their 2023-2024 grant recipients. This year, TFAE allocated a total of $72,306.35 dollars. TFAE awarded $54,000 dollars in New Teacher Grant money and $18,306.35 in “other grants”.
All 104 applications submitted for a New Teacher Grant were funded. Each new teacher received $500.00. The list of recipients included teachers that are new to the parish within the past three years, new to the school within the past three years, new to the subject within the past three years or first year in the classroom. Teachers from across the parish was represented.
The other grants awarded include the TFAE Philip Martin Grant and Innovated ED Venture grants. Ms. Victoria Bouquet at Legion Park received the Philip Martin Grant in the amount of $2,100 for her “STEM Learning Leads to Creative Minds” project. In addition, an Innovated Ed Venture grant was awarded to both Ms. Trisha Authement at Mulberry Elementary and Ms. Jennifer Hopkins at Terrebonne High School. Ms. Authement received $11,890.35 to fund her “STEAM- Lining the Library project” and Ms. Hopkins received 4,316.00 to fund the “Devices of Math”.
“As a testament to our mission, TFAE has invested over 3.5 million dollars into the classrooms. We strive to fund projects that make the most impact and supplement the learning experience. It is only with our community partners and donors that we can continue to impact the classrooms one grant at a time”, executive director Ashlee Barahona. For more information and full list of the New Teacher Grant winners, please click here.
