SWFWMD awards Splash! grants to schools in Citrus, Hernando, Levy, Marion and Sumter counties
Photo from SWFWMD website shows sudents enjoying water resource project.
Southwest Florida Water Management District (SWFWMD or water district)
The Southwest Florida Water Management District awarded $108,304 in grants to 51 educators within the water district as part of the Splash! school grant program. The program provides up to $3,000 per school to enhance student knowledge of freshwater resources in grades K-12.
Splash! grants encourage hands-on student learning through STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) activities, as well as engagement of the greater school community through awareness campaigns. Each school district allocates a portion of their annual youth education funding provided by the water district to support the Splash! grants in their county.
The water district awarded grants to the following schools/teachers in its northern region:
• Brooksville Elementary School - Amanda Cunningham-Rud (Hernando)
• Bushnell Elementary School - Jessica Hamilton (Sumter)
• Central High School - Rachel Kingdom (Hernando)
• Dunnellon Elementary School - Nancy Garvin (Marion)
• Inverness Middle School - Deanna Hadley (Citrus County)
• Lake Panasoffkee Elementary School - Ashley Davin (Sumter County)
• South Sumter High School - Thomas Allison (Sumter County)
• South Sumter Middle School - Tiffany Ward (Sumter County)
• Webster Elementary School - Christiane Horn (Sumter County)
• Wildwood Intermediate School - Morgan Hansen (Sumter County)
• Williston Elementary School - Ashley Hart (Levy County )
• Wyomina Park Elementary School - Beth Lazar (Marion County)
Grants are available to support water education programs and activities that are focused on water cycle basics, freshwater or estuarian ecosystems, water quality and water conservation. For more information, please visit the water district’s website at WaterMatters.org/SchoolGrants.