2024 Funded Grants

It’s amazing the ideas our teachers can envision, and it’s our privilege
to fund their innovation.

This year OSEF awarded 37 teacher grants, representing a total investment of $61,074 in the Ocean Springs School District. Our review guidelines prioritize innovation, sustainability, and impact, focusing on projects and ideas that both complement and exceed everyday classroom curriculum.

  • Building Better Readers in the Classroom

    Britney Clinton
    Oak Park, grade 3

  • STEM Lab Makerspace Station

    Kristin Dees
    Oak Park, grade 2

  • Numeracy Narratives: Sparking Math Curiosity with 4th Grade Stories

    Kristina Alfonso
    OSUE, grade 4

  • Let's Put Oceans Springs Upper Elementary on the Robotics Competition Map

    Melissa Sunderberg
    OSUE, grades 4-6

  • National Honor Society Peer Tutoring

    Megan Brick & Brittany Neal
    OSHS, grades 9-12

  • A Sensory Oasis: Developing Inclusive Learning Spaces for Diverse Needs

    Ella Donaldson
    OSUE, grades 4-6

  • Imagination Activation Station

    Candace Beck
    Pecan Park, kindergarten

  • French Fluency without Fear

    Jennifer Pitts
    OSHS, grades 9-12

  • Enhancing Physical Activity and Creating Outdoor Play Experiences

    April Bostwick
    Pecan Park, grades K-3

  • Brainy Backwards Engineering

    Lexie Antonini & Sara Dunnaway
    Oak Park, grades 2 & 3

  • We Are "Kilning" It!

    Helen Sirmon & Jillian Green
    Pecan Park, K-3

  • Don't Just Show Me. Let me DO: Skills for the Next Generation of OS Science Students

    Nell Driggers & Erin Horne
    OSHS, grades 11 & 12

  • The Sound of Success: Granting Wireless Communication for Seamless Stage Magic

    Christopher Permenter
    OSHS, grades 9-12

  • Write on! Empowering Creativity with LCD Doodle Boards!

    Kristen Reidy
    OSMS, grade 8

  • Empowering Tomorrow's Innovators: Enhancing STEM Education through Robotics Kits in High School Engineering

    Cecil Murphy
    OSHS, grades 9-12

  • Social Emotional Learning in Early Intervention

    Ciera Kelly
    Oak Park, early intervention

  • Brainy Backwards Engineering (PP)

    Lauren Sexton & Lexie Antonioni
    Pecan Park, grades 2 & 3

  • Your Voice Matters: Amplifying Inclusion in Unified Theatre

    Miranda Permenter
    OSHS, grade 9-12

  • Find a Love of Reading Through Pet Adoptions

    Stephanie Box & Stephanie Holley
    Pecan Park, kindergarten

  • Enhancing Math Education with Boogie Boards

    Kadee Shankland
    OSMS, grade 7

  • Picture the Possibilities, Where Art Meets the Lens!

    Melissa Remel
    OSHS, grades 9-12

  • Enhancing Watershed Education with EnviroScape Watershed Tables

    Erin Carr
    OSUE, grade 5

  • Story Builders

    Brooke Dykes & Michelle McArdle
    Oak Park, grades k-3

  • Canvas Unbound: Student Art Showcases

    Britany Oliphant
    OSHS, grades 9-12

  • Rock and Read with "One Mississippi"

    Richard Neal & Brooke Dykes
    Oak Park, grade 3

  • HELPING Our Education

    Stephanie Holley& Stephanie Box
    Pecan Park, kindergarten

  • All Hands on Palettes for 2nd Grade!

    Destinie Skinner & Angela Pavlicek
    Magnolia Park, grade 2

  • Game Changers: Funding additional Essential Basketball Equipment for a very special team

    Erin Crane & Melanie Thomas
    OSHS, grades 9-12

  • Growing Knowledge

    Christy Landrum
    OSUE, grade 5

  • Blast Off to Reading and STEM in the Library!

    Heather Chapman & Michelle Frey
    Pecan Park, grades k-3

  • Painting behind the Scenes

    Shanna Britt
    OSHS, grades 9-12

  • The largest classroom on campus - Our cafeteria space is a learning environment!

    Lynn Waltman
    OSMS, grades 7&8

  • Acquiring Laser Engraving Equipment for Cyber Foundations Classroom

    Amanda Bruhl
    OSMS, grade 8

  • Help get my Skeleton out of the closet

    Lisa Howerton
    OSHS, grades 9-12

  • High Quality Audio Recording Equipment for Student Opportunity and Development

    Noah Barnett
    OSMS, grades 6-8

  • Geometry Tools

    Josh Lang
    OSHS, grades 10 & 11

  • OSMS Bird of the Year

    Jennifer Gifford
    OSMS, grade 8