SWFWMD awards Splash! grants to Hillsborough County teachers

The Southwest Florida Water Management District (District) awarded $97,640.28 in grants to 43 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:

• Bailey Elementary School - Roland Jackson
• Bryan Elementary School - Karen Beck
• Dr. Carter G. Woodson PK-8 School - Tekila Lindsay
• Davis Elementary School - Terri Stevens
• East Bay High School - Michelle Laycock
• Excelsior Prep Charter School of Tampa - Debra Gwyn
• Heritage Elementary School - Jean Josephson
• King High School - Sonia Coleman
• Riverview Elementary School - Judy Der
• Sickles High School - Brooke Brammer
• Tampa Heights Elementary Magnet School - Krystal Greenberg
• Terrace Community Middle School - Elizabeth Mila
• Warren Hope Dawson Elementary School - Pamela Vasquez
• Wilson Middle School - Kenneth Coogan

Grants are available for freshwater resources field studies, water-conserving garden projects, community or school awareness campaigns and on-site workshops. Last year’s Splash! grants brought water resources education to 5,478 students throughout the District. For more information, please visit the District’s website at WaterMatters.org/SchoolGrants.