The Okaloosa Public Schools Foundation recently awarded 41 grants to teachers who applied this fall. A total of $74,074.85 was distributed across 20 different schools! Twenty-five of these teachers are first-time recipients of an Okaloosa Public Schools Teacher Grant.
Congratulations to this year’s recipients:
| Name | School |
| Cindy Esmonde | Antioch ES |
| Janice Roberts | Antioch ES |
| Amy Bowden | Antioch ES |
| Amanda O'Rourke | Antioch ES |
| Holly Eubanks | Antioch ES |
| Claire Hobgood | Antioch ES |
| Michelle Crenshaw | Baker School |
| Hollie Nunley | Baker School |
| Michele Allard | Bluewater ES |
| Michelle Roberge | Bluewater ES |
| Max Welton | Bluewater ES |
| Barry Blackburn | Bluewater ES |
| Joanie Greer | Bruner MS |
| Anthony Denaro | Choctawhatchee HS |
| NicholeHumphreys | Choctawhatchee HS |
| Brittany Waldhour | Choctawhatchee HS |
| Rodrigo Damore | Choctawhatchee HS |
| Kelly Sweitzer | Choctawhatchee HS |
| Shakara Williams | Crestview HS |
| Donna Peters | Davidson MS |
| Megan Mueller | FWBHS |
| Amber Burke | FWBHS |
| Jacqueline Sheffield | FWBHS |
| Cary Gibbons | Laurel Hill School |
| James LaFollette | Niceville HS |
| Kathy Cameron-Lewis | Niceville HS |
| Shelly Langshaw | Okaloosa STEMM Academy |
| Ashlen Cotterman | Plew ES |
| Betty Hill | Plew ES |
| Lauren Sekas | Plew ES |
| Brittany Tate | Pryor MS |
| Brittany Tate, Michael Lightbourne, and Casey Murrary | Pryor MS |
| Angelica Espeseth | Riverside ES |
| Stacey Tabor | Ruckel MMS |
| Shalyce Klimetz | Shalimar ES |
| Kelly Axt | Silver Sands School |
| Kelly Axt and Marian Gilmore | Silver Sands School |
| Paige Laughlin | Student Services Itinerant |
| Joseph Johnson | Walker ES |
| Morena Mannucci | Walker ES |