Stafford Education Foundation

10/23/2026

Project Spotlight: Math in Motion: Creating Flexible, Collaborative Math Learning Labs
Recipient: Atif Qarni
School: H H Poole Middle School
Category: Grade Level & Department Grant

This project redesigns 6th-grade math classrooms using flexible, mobile desks and wobble chairs to support active, movement-based problem-solving. By seamlessly transitioning between individual work, partner tasks, and collaborative math stations, students increase mathematical discourse, critical thinking, and ownership of learning.

🔗 Details on all projects available on the Stafford Education Foundation website: www.staffordeducationfoundation.org

10/22/2026

Project Spotlight: Stafford on the Air: Sustainable Storytelling
Recipients: Todd Kramer & Lindsay Sutton
Department: Department of Technology
Category: Cross-School & Division Grant

Equipping Librarians and Innovative Learning Coaches across five schools with mobile podcasting hubs and digital media training. Utilizing the NPR Student Podcast Challenge framework, students research local history and broadcast original audio stories, replacing single-use posters with reusable digital storytelling!

🔗 Details on all projects available on the Stafford Education Foundation website: www.staffordeducationfoundation.org

10/21/2026

Project Spotlight: ESOL Culinary Lab: Farm to Table Language Learning
Recipients: Elizabeth Robens, Elizabeth Seals, Maria Dieguez, Mina Thompson, Jillian Leedock, & Maggie Goodwyn
School: Moncure Elementary
Category: Grade Level & Department Grant

This screen-free initiative accelerates English language acquisition by connecting weekly culinary lessons directly to math, science, and a living garden. 2nd–5th grade English learners plant, tend, and harvest produce while mastering academic vocabulary, cooking, and sustainable food practices. 🔗 Details on all projects available on the Stafford Education Foundation website: www.staffordeducationfoundation.org

10/20/2026

A Transformational Partnership with Amazon.com/Amazon Web Services!

We are proud to partner with Amazon as they invest $560,000 in County Schools, including $100,000 annually dedicated directly to fuel transformative, high-impact teaching grants! This incredible support encourages hands-on, experiential, and future-ready learning across Stafford Schools, giving our teachers the resources to think "Amazon Big" for our students. Thank you, Amazon, for being an invested, dedicated corporate neighbor!

10/20/2026

Project Spotlight: Hope Squad at Colonial Forge High
Recipients: Michelle Brewer, Holly McKelvey, & Marybeth Balog
School: Colonial Forge High School
Category: School-Wide Grant

A peer-to-peer su***de prevention and mental wellness initiative that empowers peer-nominated students to serve as compassionate listeners and bridges to trusted adults. Through structured training and stigma-reduction campaigns, Hope Squad creates a culture of kindness and early mental health support.

🔗 Details on all projects available on the Stafford Education Foundation website: www.staffordeducationfoundation.org

10/17/2026

We are deeply grateful for Amazon.com's incredible $560,000 investment in the Stafford Education Foundation and Stafford County Schools, including $200,000 dedicated to expanding Community Food Access! Starting in Fall 2026, automated food kiosks at North Stafford High School and Shirley C. Heim Middle will provide 24/7, dignified food assistance—because when hunger stops, high-level learning begins.

Discover how we work together to support Stafford Schools at www.staffordeducationfoundation.org

Access to food affects more than what's for dinner. 🍽️

It helps kids focus at school. It supports our health. It means one less impossible choice between groceries, rent, and medicine. And it brings people together.

On World Food Day, we're thinking about why food access matters and why getting enough food is just the starting point.

10/16/2026

Project Spotlight: Booked for Success: A Novel Approach to Building Readers
Recipient: Heather Elliott
School: Kate Waller Barrett Elementary
Category: School-Wide Grant

Bringing a custom book vending machine to Barrett Elementary! Earned through literacy challenges and reading milestones, vending tokens allow students across all grade levels to select and keep high-interest books for home libraries—fostering book ownership and reading culture.

🔗 Details on all projects available on the Stafford Education Foundation website: www.staffordeducationfoundation.org

10/15/2026

Project Spotlight: Engineering Mobility Through Inclusive Design
Recipient: Aiden Flynn
School: A. G. Wright Middle School
Category: Classroom Grant

This project provides middle school students with a community-centered STEM experience where they apply the Engineering Design Process to modify electric ride-on toy vehicles. Working with circuitry, wiring, and adaptive fabrication alongside families and healthcare professionals, students build technical skills, empathy, and social responsibility while delivering life-changing mobility solutions!

🔗 Details on all projects available on the Stafford Education Foundation website: www.staffordeducationfoundation.org

10/14/2026

Partnering with our community to fund innovative teaching programs, recognize educator excellence, and build extraordinary opportunities for students across Stafford County!

At the Stafford Education Foundation, our mission is to engage our community to make a lasting impact on quality education by:
🔹 Bridging the gap between opportunities and access
🔹 Allowing students to maximize their full potential
🔹 Providing our educators with the resources they need

Together with our community partners, we are empowering classrooms and shaping bright futures!
🔗 Learn more at the Stafford Education Foundation website: www.staffordeducationfoundation.org

10/02/2026

Congratulations to our very own school librarian, Mrs Lane! Mrs Lane was recognized this evening as a recipient of an Amazon Innovative Teaching Grant in partnership with the Stafford Education Foundation.

Her project "Cruising to Success: Creating an Equitable, Active Reading and Research Environment in the Library" will soon bring bicycles to our library so students can pedal while they learn and read!

Thank you, Mrs. Lane, for submitting this grant on behalf of our Bobcats!