Golden Apple Grant Awardees

2022-23 Golden Apple Grants Awards

Tiffany Smietsana-Lysell — Greensburg Salem High School, Students Teach Others Through Video — $169.90

Liz Zeglin — Greensburg Salem Middle School, PBIS Committee — $505.93

Barb Garofola — Greensburg Salem Middle School, The Giving Tree — $1,210,00

Emily Hazlett — Greensburg Salem High School, Show Choir at Carnegie Hall — $1,000.00

2021-22 Golden Apple Grants Awards

Awardee – Project Name

Stephanie Pawlak — Hutchinson Elementary, Pride Committee of Hutchinson — $479.92

Ryan Gross — Hutchinson Elementary, Elementary Growth Mindset — $287.58

Nicole Nestico — Hutchinson Elementary, Sensory Walks Around Hutch — $488.00

Michelle Wiltrout — Hutchinson Elementary, STEAM Lending Library — $225.32

Kelly Nace — Hutchinson Elementary, Language Acquisition through Motor Planning (LAMP) — $899.97

Katie Nowicki — Hutchinson Elementary, A Classroom Library for All — $818.11

Anthony Barbato — Hutchinson Elementary, Raising Gardeners — $659.58

Jenna Menz — Hutchinson Elementary, Bookcases for Bookworms — $465.40

Darryl Audia — Greensburg Salem High School, Picture Frames for Community Display — $1,407.93

Cheryl Harper — Greensburg Salem High School, GS Threads Revamped — $716.63

Emily Campbell — Greensburg Salem High School, Period Poverty — $200.00

David Zilli — Greensburg Salem High School, Challenge Coins — $580.00

2020-21 Golden Apple Grants Awards

Awardee – Project Name

Barb Garofola — Greensburg Salem Middle School, Books Beat Screens — $904.74

Camille Nemanic — Hutchinson Elementary, Flex Space Tables for Math Minds Through Collaboration and Sense-Making — $1084.95

Michelle Sparrow — Hutchinson Elementary, Bringing Visions to Life! — $662.83

2019-20 Golden Apple Grants Awards

Awardee – Project Name

Jeff Blanchetti & Michelle Sparrow — Elementary Schools, Controlling the Airwarys — $1,331.76

Robin Moyer — Hutchinson Elementary, Let Your Voice Be Heard — $146.23

Robin Moyer — Hutchinson Elementary, Headphones On/Turn Up the Math — $779.40

Vienna O’Brien — Greensburg Salem High School, Blue and White Courtroom Classic — $700

Jessica Pritts — Metzgar Elementary, Positive Behavior Support Program (PRIDE) — $370

Jessica Pritts — Greensburg Salem Middle School, Positive Behavior Support Program (RESPECT) — $528.95

Katie Nowicki — Hutchinson Elementary, Wobble Through Guided Reading Levels — $423.92

Amy Harvey — Hutchinson Elementary, Wiggle and Wobble the Way to Learning — $516.98

Anthony Barbato — Metzgar Elementary, Learning in Kindergarten with Osmos — $495

Andrea Redinger — Greensburg Salem High School, GS Birds Flock Together — $500

2018-19 Golden Apple Grants Awards

Awardee – Project Name

Andrea Shissler — Greensburg Salem High School, Trailer for GSHS Marching Band — $2,000

Andrea Shissler — Metzgar Elementary, 4th Annual STEAM Fair — $1,314.73

Jeff Blanchetti — Metzgar/Nicely Elementary, Robotics Circuits and Coding — $849

Jessica Pritts — Metzgar Elementary, Lions Lunchable Backpack Food Program — $340.25

Kristen Solomon — Greensburg Salem High School, Mock Trial Blue and White Courtroom Classic — $610

Megan Shissler — Greensburg Salem High School, Math and Accounting Exploration — $244.97

Ali Cox — Hutchinson Elementary, “Sense-ational” Learning — $240.91

Courtney Doran — Hutchinson Elementary, Maximizing Math Learning with Moby Max — $323.14

Jeff Blanchetti — Metzgar & Nicely Elementary, Imagination, Creative Design, and Modeling — $308

Michelle Sparrow — Hutchinson Elementary, Well-Loved Items are Well Used — $416.95

John Manley — Hutchinson Elementary, A Snapshot of My Future — $584.75

Lisa Thomas — Nicely Elementary, 2019 and Beyond — $468.02

Molly Sossong — Hutchinson Elementary, Making the Most of Math with Moby Max — $309.95

2017-18 Golden Apple Grants Awards

Awardee – Project Name

Mary Logan — Greensburg Salem High School, Speech and Debate National Trip — $1,000

Sue Glowa — Greensburg Salem High School, Musical Theatre Camp — $500

Lindsay Scarpo — Hutchinson Elementary, Hutchinson Book Club — $598.10

Mary Jo Holtzer — Elementary Schools, Empowering and Engaging Students with Special Needs — $697.90

Molly McMaster — Hutchinson Elementary, Making the Most of Math with Moby Max — $400.50

Tyler Scalzo — Greensburg Salem High School Student, Sea in the Classroom — $1,000

2016-17 Golden Apple Grants Awards

Awardee – Project Name

Kristen Vassar — Greensburg Salem Middle School, Captured Moments — $1019.80

Racquel Sutton — Greensburg Salem Middle School, GSMS Clubs — $856.10

Wendy Jorgensen — Greensburg Salem High School, Accounting Honors Institute — $130

Cheryl Harper — Greensburg Salem High School, Kennametal young Engineers Program Tools — $450

Barb Garofola — Greensburg Salem Middle School, Need-to-Know News (Student Council) — $2,220.28

Jeff Blanchetti — Metzgar/Nicely Elementary, Circuits, Coding, and Robotics — $1,700.99

Michelle Sparrow — Hutchinson Elementary, Maker Space for All Students — $990.19

Chris Thomas — Nicely Elementary, “Dash” to STEAM Class for Interactive Learning — $1,605.90

Dr. Alvine Nativio — Greensburg Salem Middle School, The Future is Mine (Business Etiquette Luncheon — $400

Mary Logan — Greensburg Salem High School, Speech and Debate National Trip Funding — $1,000

Melissa Bowman — Administration, Swishes for STEAM Charitable Basketball Event with the Harlem Wizards — $700

Alyssa Angiolieri — Greensburg Salem Middle School Student, Drug Awareness and Anti-Bullying Assembly for Red Ribbon Week — $249

Evelyn Swanson & Lilly Kosoglow — Greensburg Salem Middle School Students, National Jr Honor Society Chapter — $249

Michelle Sparrow — Hutchinson Elementary, Technology Lending Library — $1,256.48

Lisa Thomas — Nicely Elementary, 2017 and Beyond — $500

Jess Pritts — Metzgar Elementary, Discovery Den — $960

Debbie Kozuch — Greensburg Salem Middle School, Edison Robots Invade GSMS — $464.98

Jonelle Dini — Hutchinson Elementary, Keep Moving in Kindergarten — $454.12

Sheri Dallas — Greensburg Salem High School, Osmo-sis In Our Life Skills — $446

Ali Cox — Hutchinson Elementary, Workbox Tasks to Work Smarter Not Harder — $533.55

2015-16 Golden Apple Grants Awards

Awardee – Project Name

Amy Harvey — Hutchinson Elementary, Sensory Solutions for Success —$910

Pam Leonard — Metzgar Elementary, Bricks, Mortar & Multi-Media — $539

Holly Miller — Nicely Elementary, Whiteboard Writing Works — $344

Cindy Mondi — Hutchinson Elementary, Listening Centers for Kindergarten Classrooms — $522

Cindy Mondi — Hutchinson Elementary, STEAM Activities for Kindergarten Classrooms — $666

Jessica Pritts — Nicely/Metzgar Elementaries, Behavior Booths Schoolwide Positive Behavior Reward Program  — $517

Zana Aebi — Hutchinson Elementary, Improving On-Task Behavior for Students with ADD & ADHD — $965

Teresa Barkley — Greensburg Salem Middle School, Wet Lands – The Incredible Journey — $606

Cheryl Carnicelli — Hutchinson Elementary, Think, Make, Share @ Hutch — $682

Cheryl Harper — Greensburg Salem High School, Sea Perch Innovative Underwater Robotics — $676

Jessica Haerr — Greensburg Salem Middle School, GO PRO To Go — $325                

Amy Harvey — Hutchinson Elementary, Sensory Solutions for Continued Success — $958

Mary Jo Holtzer — Nicely Elementary, Building Independence — $540

Lynn Jobe — Greensburg Salem High School, Fitness Center Refurbishing Project — $2,500

Jessica Pritts — Nicely Elementary, Sensory Integration to Increase On-Task Behavior—$511

Andrea Redinger — Greensburg Salem High  School, What Will You Create? — $1,062 

Michelle Sparrow — Hutchinson Elementary ,Think, Make, Share @ Hutch — $806

Liz Zeglin — Greensburg Salem Middle School, 21st Century Learning — $617

SPECIAL FUNDING

GSEF Supports the Arts — $400 to both the GSHS and to the GSMS Spring Musical Productions

2014-15 Golden Apple Grants Awards

Awardee – Project Name

Cheryl Carnicelli — Focus on the Future: Fifth Grade Career Investigation

Allison Cox — Hands on Math: Hutchinson Pencil Store

Jaclyn Fawcett — iAlgebra 2/iAA Stats

Jenna Galloway — A TOUCH of Help – Sensory Integration

Guidance Department — Golden Achievement Awards: AP Testing Incentive

GSMS — Strengthening Families & Youth Program

Kristy Hostetler — Promoting Reading Through School/Home Literacy Connections

Matt King — Action Cam Adventures

Molly McMaster — Preparing Students for the 21st Century

Cindy Mondi — Common Core Mentor Text Library

Robin Moyer — Picturing Topics

Ashley Nestor — Young Writers Camp, Summer 2014

Lisa Thomas — Collaborative Culture Seat Sacks

Steve Tribble — Elementary Summer 2015 Instrumental Music Program

Kristen Vassar — Android Tablets to Customize Learning

Jessica Zahorchak — Grade 2 Leveled Reading Lounge

2013-14 Golden Apple Grant Awards

Awardee – Project Name

Courtney Doran – Literacy Through the Genres

Martha Faust – Listen & Read

Martha Faust – Organizing & Preparing for Success

Susan Glowa – Dramatic Arts to “Les Miserables”

Molly McMaster – Literacy Through the Genres

Kim Palmiscno – Choreograph: Swing to Samba

Jessica Pritts – “Lions Roar” – Mentoring Program

Beth Simone – Enhancing Mock Trial Performance