Special to The Star



The Junior Auxiliary of Meridian’s Mini Grant Committee announced the following recipients of the organization’s 2006-2007 Mini Grant Awards.

The winners’ names, school, amount awarded and mini grant idea are as follows:

Lamar School:

Beverly Litchfield, $267.75, “The Search Is On”

Kendra Vega, $600, “Reading Enrichment”

Stephanie Ousley, $490.50, “Content Area Reading Grant”





Northeast Lauderdale

Winki Allen, $600, “Reading for Quest”

Mary Jones, $300, “Literacy and Art = Fun Learning”

Kent Allen, $300, “Record Reading”

Karen Pace, $594, “Big Book Reading Project”

Lisa Rawlings, $300, “Classroom Library Expansion



Clarkdale

Barbara Richardson, $600, “Intentional Intervention”

Melinda Perry, $299.90, “Hands On Literacy”

Lauretta Hamilton, $300, “Reading Rods”

Cindy Watson, $274.88, “Successful Reading for Inclusion Students”

Camie Heard, $576.04 (two grants), “A Marriage of Math and Literature”

Brookley Gibson, $600 (two grants), “Teaching American History Through Literature”

Barbara Richardson, $473.92 (two grants), “Education Infants” and “Reading Intervention”

Debbie Fant, $296.43, “An Effective Classroom Library



Southeast Lauderdale

Cathryn Harper, $535, “Listening, Learning, Reading”





West Lauderdale

Sheila Scott, $1,535.44 (two grants), “Words All Around Me, Hot Dots Reading Comprehension Project” and “Read Along”



Poplar Springs Elementary School

Jeanna White, $ 585.80, “Guided Oral Reading”

Shelly McCraw, $600 “Nature Nook”

Renee Watson, $600, “Achieve Knowledge Through Reading”



Submitted by Janice Weaver, mini grant chairman, Meridian Junior Auxiliary Mini Grants