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Junior League of Daytona Beach awards $3,500 in grants to 10 local teachers

Of the 10, four of the teachers are from Ormond Beach area schools.

  • By Observer Staff
  • | 9:00 a.m. February 22, 2025
Teachers Christina Karns, Kevin Myers, Jeffrey Turner and Chris Gibbs. Courtesy photo
Teachers Christina Karns, Kevin Myers, Jeffrey Turner and Chris Gibbs. Courtesy photo
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The Junior League of Daytona Beach recently awarded $3,500 in grants to area teachers. Ten Volusia and Flagler County teachers received $350 each to help them stock up on classroom and student necessities.

According to a press release, JLDB members were invited to nominate educators "who they believe go above and beyond to help their students thrive in school and life." The recipients were selected based on their commitment to teaching, and were invited to attend a general meeting where they were honored with the grants.

The grant winners were:

  • Kelsi Quicksall, art teacher at Beachside Elementary
  • Sheree Inge, first grade teacher at Sugar Mill Elementary
  • Tee Harden, middle school social skills, intensive reading and support facilitator at Campbell Middle School
  • Christina Karns, seventh and eighth grade math teacher at Creekside Middle School
  • Chris Gibbs, fifth grade teacher at Turie T. Elementary
  • Lori DiTrocchio, blended VPK and ESE teacher at Champion Elementary
  • Mary Bunch, kindergarten teacher at Ormond Beach Elementary
  • Jeffrey Turner, teacher at Palm Terrace Elementary
  • Kevin Myers, ninth through twelfth grade teacher of life skills and entrepreneurship at Reign Academy School of Entrepreneurship
  • Colleen Kimmel, first grade teacher at Tomoka Elementary

“This is so wonderful,” Bunch said. “I teach first grade at Ormond Beach Elementary, and my students would greatly benefit from some hands-on math materials and also some new Play-Doh for forming our weekly sight words. We love hands-on materials and believe learning can happen beyond pencil and paper.”

This is the fifth year the Junior League of Daytona Beach has given out these teacher grants.

 

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