Sharon Barton
Deanna Brown-Woolsey
Ed Coleman
Carolyn Lankford
Royce Montgomery with Assistant Superintendent Brenten Byrd
Amy Stevens
Tamra Baer
Kristin Huff
Kim Spink
Bob Foos
The Webb City R-7 Schools Foundation handed out numerous awards during its annual honors banquet Tuesday in the Cardinal Dome Commons.
The foundation is in its 20th year, which was founded in 2004, primarily to raise money for the general scholarship fund.
Board member and previous scholarship recipient Miranda Lewis noted, however, that the general scholarship is dwindling. So the board has set a goal to raise $15,000 this year specifically to raise the balance in that fund.
Board president Lisa Montgomery also highlighted the 1877 campaign, which challenges all supporters to donate $18.77. The Webb City School District was founded in 1877.
You can go here to donate online.
Incoming Superintendent Brenten Byrd admitted while introducing one Pillar of Education, Deanna Brown-Woolsey, that he had begged his mother not to let him be in her challenging fifth grade class, but, “She changed the trajectory of my life.”
In addition to scholarships for graduates, the foundation also funded $8,000 in competitive incentive grants for special classroom projects.