WCCU Teacher Grant Recipients | RI Education Grants | WCCU


Congratulations Teacher Grant Program Recipients! We recently awarded (19) WCCU Teacher Grant Awards, totaling $9,000, for the 2024/25 school year. Grants were awarded in values up to $500 to the following local Teachers or Staff members:

	Coventry School District & Exeter-West Greenwich School District Kelly Kramer, Coventry High School Scarlett St. Martin, Guest of Coventry School District Anthony Costa, Alan Shawn Feinstein Middle School of Coventry Emma St. Martin, Project Composer and Former Coventry High School Student Kristen Deshene, Western Coventry Elementary Esther Wolk, Alan Shawn Feinstein Middle School of Coventry Emilie Cunningham-Joost, Regional Career & Technical Center of Coventry Michelle LaBrecque, WCCU Assistant Financial Services Manager - Coventry Branch Christine Conley, Exeter-West Greenwich High School Scott Francis, WCCU Financial Services Manager - Coventry Branch Kim Gates, WCCU Financial Education Manager (Recipients are pictured left to right in bold). Grant monies will help fund educational and social projects, including initiatives such as 'First Aid/CPR/AED Certification', 'Stop the Bleeding Training Materials', 'Composition Commission for the School Orchestra', 'Read a Library Book to Jovie', 'Numeracy & Consultants Math Intervention Training/E LIbrary', 'EWG Woofie's Cookies'.
	Narragansett School District and South Kingstown School District Brendan LaPrey, WCCU Financial Services Manager - Wakefield Branch Christopher Fiore, Principal - Narragansett High School Jennifer DeRemer, Narragansett Elementary School Melissa O’Neil, Narragansett Elementary School Sarah Dully, Narragansett High School Emily Chartier, Principal - Narragansett Pier Middle School Lisa Wilson, Principal - Narragansett Elementary School Melissa Denton, Director of Student Services - Narragansett School District Krystal Uricchio, Narragansett Transition Academy Amber Horton Lambert, South Kingstown High School Paula Rekos, Peace Dale Elementary School Jennifer Loiselle, Narragansett Elementary, Middle, and High Schools Johnathan Sigman, West Kingston Elementary (not pictured) Ryan Muir, South Kingstown High School (not pictured) (Recipients are pictured left to right in bold). Grant monies will help fund educational and social projects, including initiatives such as 'Step Into Our Garden', 'Collective Voices: A Student-Authored Publication', 'Food and Kitchen Safety', 'Building Thinking Classrooms in the Humanities', 'Science of Reading Phonics Kits', 'Big Nazo Puppet Making Collaboration', 'A Taste of Culture', 'Just-in-Case Case'.
	Stonington School District and Westerly School District Back row: Danielle Duzan, WCCU Financial Services Manager - Granite Street, Westerly Branch Jennifer McCurdy, Principal - Deans Mill Elementary Lisa Allichio, WCCU Assistant Financial Services Manager - Granite Street, Westerly Branch Mark Garceau, Superintendent - Westerly Public Schools Damian Reardon, Principal - West Vine Elementary Kim Gates, WCCU Financial Education Manager Chris Haase, Dunn's Corner Elementary School (not pictured) Front row: Rosamaria Burger, Stonington High School Alexis Moniz, Deans Mill School Alicia Dawe, Principal - Stonington High School Kirsten Anderson, West Vine Street School & Deans Mill School Marika Heughins, Stonington Middle School (not pictured) (Recipients above are pictured left to right in bold). Grant monies will help fund educational and social projects, including initiatives such as 'Lego Based Therapy', 'Improving Student Outcomes in Chemistry Through Fun & Games', 'Little Free Library Initiative', 'Media Playground', 'After School STEM Enrichment Program'.

Westerly Community Credit Union is a full-service credit union with Rhode Island branches in Westerly, Richmond, Wakefield, and Coventry.