D20 Education Foundation Grant Recipients—2025-26

Each year the D20 Education Foundation awards grant money to schools for creative projects which support the D20 Board of Education or Superintendent’s goals, school site plan goals, accreditation guidelines, curriculum standards and/or the D20 mission.  Applications are presented in the fall.  A district committee reviews the applications, and the Education Foundation presents the awards in December.  The following are the 14 winners for the 2025-26 school year.  The Foundation offers its congratulations to these winners!

Grant Recipient: Andrew Reitinger
Principal:  Laura McNally
Academy International Elementary School
Grant title:  Growing Through Music: Standing Strong, Playing Proud
Amount:  $2805.92

Grant Recipient: Christina Sperando
Principal:   Laura McNally
Academy International Elementary School
Grant title:  Enhancing SEL Through Social Stories
Amount:  $900.00

Grant Recipient: Nora Baars
Principal:  Steve Gard
Aspen Valley High School
Grant title:  AVHS Drone Innovation Program
Amount:  $2006.83

Grant Recipient: Kim Watts & Hannah Pryor
Principal:  Taylor May
Bridges Transition Program
Grant title:  Bridges to Independence: Empowering Transition Students Through Life Skills Technology
Amount:  $3000.00

Grant Recipient: Emily Heinrich
Principal:  Veronica Layman
Discovery Canyon Campus Middle School
Grant title:  Cast a Lure, Catch a Student
Amount:  $3000.00

Grant Recipient: Bryan Salagovic & Elizabeth Busler
Principal:  Jamie Lester
Eagleview Middle School
Grant title:  Young Chautauqua
Amount:  $1640.00

Grant Recipient: Coleen Cajigal
Principal:  Robin Lowery
Edith Wolford Elementary School
Grant title:  Read to Succeed: Wonderbooks as a Tool for Self-Efficacy in our Elementary School
Amount:  $2991.54

Grant Recipient: Coleen Scarpella
Principal:  Dr. Roy Getchell
High Plains Elementary School
Grant title:  Igniting Minds with an Interactive Whiteboard: Hands-On Learning, High Tech Tools
Amount:  $3000.00

Grant Recipient: Barbara Miguelgorry
Principal:  Korina Bierman
Pine Creek High School
Grant title:  Active Minds, Active Learning: Equipping AP Seminar Scholars for Success
Amount:  $2897.00

Grant Recipient: Zoe Bruce
Principal:  Maureen Lang
Pioneer Elementary School
Grant title:  Piano Keyboards for Music Creation and Composition
Amount:  $2989.16

Grant Recipient: John MacFarlane & Joseph Gertenschlager
Principal:  Megan Sanders
Rampart High School
Grant title:  Expanding Access to Vernier Sensors in Physics to Increase Student Engagement
Amount:  $1965.00

Grant Recipient: Tyler Prince
Principal:  Trica Clough / Heather Shelton
Ranch Creek Elementary School
Grant title:  Multiply the Fun: Building Math Fact Power in the Lab
Amount:  $1165.50

Grant Recipient: Dr. Vicki Park
Principal:  Sheehan Freeman-Todd
The daVinci Academy Elementary School
Grant title:  The Interactive Canvas: Illuminating Language, Culture, and Connection
Amount:  $3000.00

Grant Recipient: Angela Goldman
Principal:  Sheehan Freeman-Todd
The daVinci Academy Elementary School
Grant title:  Novels Never Fade
Amount:  $1679.04