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Since our incorporation in 2012, we have gifted more than $536,000 in grants and scholarships to students and teachers.

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Art students from Whiteland Community High School
Fine Arts Grant Winner 2026

Congratulations to Emily Litsey winner of the 2026 Fine Arts Grant

Grant Dollars in Action- thanks to the Spring Fine Arts Grant!🎨

Art students from Whiteland Community High School, led by Emily Litsey, created a vibrant and welcoming mural at the Ruth Callon Center—designed to reflect the many supports and opportunities available to students there.

The Ruth Callon Center serves K–5 students in a Trauma and Behavior Program, offering a safe, supportive environment where students can grow socially, emotionally, and academically. Rooted in trauma-informed care and positive, conscious discipline practices, the program ensures students feel safe, valued, and understood.

The mural beautifully reflects that mission—featuring a rising sun to symbolize new beginnings, butterflies and flowers representing transformation and growth, and elements highlighting opportunities like music therapy, art therapy, and gardening. Bright, rainbow-inspired colors bring energy and positivity to the space for students and families.

A special touch includes a painted “W” in the entryway, symbolizing that the Ruth Callon Center is part of the Whiteland community and that we are all unified.

As Emily Litsey shared: "The students had a great time and we really enjoyed this partnership with the Ruth Callon Center."

This is what Grant Dollars in Action is all about—empowering students to use their talents to create spaces that inspire, support, and uplift others. 💙

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2025 Fall Grant Recipients

HAPPY Thanks”GIVING” SURPRISE GRANT DAY!

This morning, the Clark-Pleasant Education Foundation had the joy of surprising staff across the district as we visited each school to announce our Fall Grant Winners!
 
A huge thank-you to Dr. Edsell for joining us as we celebrated our incredible educators. This fall, our committee selected 24 winners out of 39 applications, awarding a total of $14,693.90 in classroom grants!


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📚 2025 Fall Grant Recipients

BES – Kasey DeLion, A Warm Welcome—One Student at a Time, $211.83

CES – Mariah Hinderliter & CES Kindergarten Team, WONDERful Engagement, $1,267

CPELC – Kiranjeet Kaur, Choice and Voice, $1,000

CPELC – Shelby Klase, Sensory Reset Room Upgrade, $950.95

CPELC – Amanda Warthen, Conscious Discipline, $640

CPMS – Mindy Binninger, Building Skills for Students, $413

GCES – Nicole Miller, Reviewing Letters/Sounds with a Candyland Room Transformation, $478.05

GCES – Ashley Vaught, Out of This World Problem Solving for 1st/2nd Grade Math, $712

PCES – Nicole Edens, Social Stories, Games and Manipulatives for Littles, $209.76

PCES – Kristi Taylor, Building Bright Minds with STEM Bins, $489.87

PCES – Jaida Fishback, Illuminating Young Minds, $989.88

PCES – Emily Brodbeck, Hoosier Hysteria: A Year of Indiana Discovery, $325

RCC – Brittany Green, Our Memory Garden, $797

RCES – Cara Wilhite, Speech Resources—Bjorem Complete Cycles Bundle and Speech Sound Cues, $327.99

RCES – (Lauren McNew via Cirsten Short) Special Education, Hands-On, $741.40

RCES – Debbie Campbell, Golden Step: Sending Our Work Into the World!, $449.78

RCES – Jaymi Adams, Snip, Snip, Hooray!, $158.90

WCHS – Hannah Knight, Practice Without the Pinch!, $972.22

WCHS – Jennifer Accinelli, Spotlight on Friendship: Celebrating Best Buddies, $615.70

WCHS – Heather McCormick, Flow of Genetic Information Kit, $1,181.51

WCHS – Sammantha Sturgeon & Amber Buller, Guiding Little Minds: Preparing the Educators of Tomorrow, $321.25

WCHS – Jordan McClain, Calculators for Stats, $973.59

WES – Rebecca Graham, Board’om Busters, $145.49

WES – Jamie Smith, The Great Classroom Connection, $321.73

Congratulations to all of our grant recipients! Thank you for dreaming big and creating meaningful opportunities for our students

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The Giving Keeps Going!

This fall, the Clark-Pleasant Education Foundation proudly awarded nearly $15,000 in Fall Grants to support innovative learning across our district. And today, we got to do even more!

Thanks to a generous grant from the Branigin Foundation, CPEF was able to award more than $6,000 in additional grants, bringing even more ideas to life for our students and teachers.

Today, Dr. Tim Edsell, CPEF Executive Director Jenny Zahm, and intern Kylie McGovern had the joy of surprising our second-round grant winners across the district. These grants will support incredible projects from sensory-friendly art spaces and hydroponic growing equipment to virtual author visits and tools that build confidence in math and learning. 👏

Second-Round Grant Winners:

  • Probing the Future – Jess Spicer, WCHS
  • Book Breaks – Maggie Chipman, GCES
  • Building Students’ Confidence with Mathematics – Shelby Lewis, WCHS
  • Sensory Friendly Art for All – Cassandra McQueen, PCES
  • Language and Culture Beyond the Classroom – Sarah Ambler, WCHS
  • Cultivating Minds and Crops – Sherry Pryor, RCES
  • Improving Focus and Behavior – Jamie Kidwell, WES

💙 Total Awarded Today: $6,131.55

2024-2025

By the Numbers

Grant Dollars
$
30,313.33
total awarded
Grants Received
$
27,955.44
from organizations
Scholarship Dollars
$
34,000
total awarded
Staff Recognition
$
3,000
including incentive programs

2025-2026

Annual Report

A Year in
Review

 

FOUNDATION

Highlights

$80,632.60

Fundraising Events Profit

This is the total profit raised from fundraising events hosted by CPEF in 2024-2025 including the Harlem Wizards Basketball Game, Kids Prom, and Blue Jeans Ball.

$290,000

Endowment Total

CPEF Started their endowment in June 2022 and has already been able to grow it to over $290,000 by October of 2025. The goal is $500,000 by June 2027.

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Payroll Deduction Campaign

Number of new employees who signed up to contribute $3 or more per pay period to support the foundation.

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