Innovative Educators Rewarded by WPS Foundation

Green Bay, WI -- The winners of the 2012-2013 Innovative Educator Grants have been announced by the program's sponsor, the Wisconsin Public Service Foundation. The program, now in its sixth year, awards innovative teaching programs in the areas of science, technology, engineering and math. The WPS Foundation is funded by corporation shareowners and NOT electric or natural gas customers.

This year, 32 applications were received and 14 projects were awarded. Middle school and high school educators whose school districts were within the Wisconsin Public Service (WPS) service area were encouraged to apply for up to $1,000 grants. An independent panel of judges from the energy education field selected the finalists for WPS.

Award Winning School Location Project

Brillion School District Brillion

Expansion of robotics program

Crandon High School Crandon

Solar powered wildlife cam

De Pere High School De Pere

Motorized mechanics using green energy

De Pere High School De Pere

Solar Rover Project

Edgar High School Edgar

"In house" immunology study

Franklin Middle School Green Bay

STEM community opportunities

Green Bay Southwest Green Bay

Aqua-ponics and innovation in food

Green Bay Southwest Green Bay

Electric use monitoring

Green Bay West High School Green Bay

Digital microscopy to enhance student learning

Lombardi Middle School

Green Bay Aerospace and weather balloon project

St. Thomas Aquinas Marinette

Stream monitoring

Southern Door High School Brussels

Plant tissue culture study

Wausaukee School District Wausaukee

Robotics

Wrightstown High School Wrightstown

Robotics programming for design

About Wisconsin Public Service Foundation

The Wisconsin Public Service Foundation, incorporated in 1964, is a private, charitable foundation that supports charities and organizations that need financial assistance. Wisconsin Public Service Foundation is funded by shareowners of the corporation, not by its electric and gas customers. The Foundation provides nearly $1.0 million annually in contributions to programs that support activities in the areas of arts and culture, community and neighborhood development, education, human services and health and care for the environment.

For More Information, Contact:

Bob Hernke

920-236-5945

Brillion, Chilton, Oshkosh, Sheboygan, Waupaca

Lynn Kroll

920-617-5160

Green Bay Area, Door, Kewaunee, Manitowoc Counties

Jenny Short

906-863-4376

Crivitz, Menominee, Wabeno, Wausaukee

Leah Van Zile

715-369-7179

Crandon, Eagle River, Minocqua, Rhinelander, Tomahawk

Kelly Zagrzebski

715-848-7342

Antigo, Merrill, Stevens Point, Wausau

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