The Southwest Florida Water Management District (District) awarded $113,138 in grants to 52 educators within the District as part of the Splash! school grant program. The program provides up to $3,000 per school to enhance student knowledge of freshwater resources in grades K-12.
Splash! grants encourage hands-on student learning through STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) activities as well as engagement of the greater school community through awareness campaigns. Each school district allocates a portion of their annual youth education funding provided by the District to support the Splash! grants in their county.
The District awarded grants to the following schools/teachers in Hillsborough County:
- Alonso High School - Katherine Stolt
- Chamberlain High School - Michael Sipes
- Dowdell Middle Magnet School - Springs Pacelli
- Kenly Elementary - Tiffany Brown
- Lincoln Elementary Magnet School - Patrick LaPointe
- Lutz K-8 School - Nicole Baldwin
- Morgan High School - Natalie Richard
- Oak Park Elementary School - Kaylin Schemmel
- Pepin Academies - Shanon Snodgrass
- Pierce Middle School - Sigrun Ragnarsdottir
- Riverview High School - Sandhya Chandel
- Sulphur Springs K-8 School - Joanna Cade
- Sumner High School - Kathy Hockman
- Tampa Bay Technical High School - Julie Sackles
- Yates Elementary School - Shana Creel
Grants are available to support water education programs and activities that are focused on water cycle basics, freshwater or estuarian ecosystems, water quality and water conservation. For more information, please visit the District’s website at WaterMatters.org/SchoolGrants.