
2025 Fall Classroom Grant Winners
Northshore Schools Foundation is proud to continue supporting educators’ needs, ideas and innovation in the classroom to bring an enhanced and inspired learning experience to NSD students.
For our 2025 fall cycle, we’re awarding $44,988 to 19 Northshore schools through 42 approved grants, empowering educators to make a lasting, positive educational impact.
We’re also celebrating each winning educator on our social media throughout December. There will be video testimonials from educators, too! Follow us to see ’em.
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Past and fall grant winners
Hey Northshore educators and staff, did you win a grant from the Foundation? We love pictures and details about your project!
Educator feedback is essential for helping us expand our grant funding to reach even more Northshore students and classrooms. By actively sharing feedback, educators empower the Foundation’s donors and sponsors to see the true value of their contributions, which in turn allows us to allocate more funds to classroom and district grants, ultimately increasing the overall funds for Northshore grants.
There are three ways to share feedback on your classroom or district grant. Feel free to choose one, two, or even three methods that suit you best!
Thank you notes
Thank you notes written by students and/or educators. Send thank you notes from your students to let us know how your project is impacting them. You can send thank you notes via intraoffice mail to Cara Anderson-Ahrens at Admin/Northshore Schools Foundation. We like to send these directly to donors and sponsors, so please ensure they are suitable for mailing. Have students sign with their first name only and mention what was purchased.
Impact Reports
Impact reports are a great way to share how the funds you received contributed to Northshore student success. Compete our digital form to share how your grant is impacting students, today!
Photos
We’d love to see pictures of your project! Share photos of yourself, the awarded item, and/or students. Photos showing the backs of students’ heads or their hands do not require a photo release form. However, photos that include students’ faces require a photo release form signed by all parents and/or guardians of the students shown in the image. Email us for the photo release form: info@nsdfoundation.org
If you chose to send photos that include students’ faces, please ensure the following steps are completed: Complete the photo release form, have it completed by all parents or guardians, and submit it by either sending it via intraoffice mail to Cara Anderson-Ahrens at Admin/Northshore Schools Foundation or emailing it to info@nsdfoundation.org
Email all photos to info@nsdfoundation.org in JPEG or PDF format. Please note that Northshore School District SharePoint documents cannot be accessed.
Congratulations to our fall 2025 classroom grant winners!
| Ginny Allemann | Arrowhead Elementary |
| Chelsea Farmer | Hollywood Hill Elementary |
| Cheryl Rukman | SAS |
| Jamie Tanksley | Woodinville High |
| Yuh-Pey Lin | Hollywood Hill Elementary |
| Meghan Newell | Leota Middle |
| Kara Cecil | Sorenson Childhood Center |
| Evan Reiber | Bothell High |
| Shannon Naugle | Kenmore Middle |
| Betsy De La Rosa | Sorenson Childhood Center |
| Tess Carlson | Northshore Middle |
| Courtney Knox | Kokanee Elementary |
| Joe Schlichta | Woodinville High |
| Krista Fiser | Canyon Creek Elementary |
| Heather Ribarich | North Creek High |
| Kayleigh Wall | Northshore Middle |
| Rochelle Burns | Canyon Creek Elementary |
| Christal Liu | Hollywood Hill Elementary |
| michelle Bergmans | Kokanee Elementary |
| Mary Boose | Northshore Family Partnership |
| Alexandra Baker | Inglemoor High |
| Kevin Finney | Bothell High |
| Onalee Schneider | Northshore Middle |
| Rebecca Wynkoop | Frank Love Elementary |
| Danna Kapacinskas | Woodinville High |
| Amie Mauldin | Canyon Park Middle |
| Tomi Huesch | North Creek High |
| Ashli Cunningham | Innovation Lab High School |
| Loren Tanksley | Woodinville High |
| Shobana Arunachalam | Sorenson Childhood Center |
| Jennifer Gardner | Woodinville High |
| Kyle Richards | Inglemoor High |
| Lisa North | Woodinville High |
| Caryssa Murphy | Frank Love Elementary |
| Heather Carll | Leota Middle |
| Emily Payton-Duff | Sorenson Childhood Center |
| Eric Vivelo | Woodinville High |
| Betsy Walker | Woodmoor Elementary |
| Tiana Shuford | East Ridge Elementary |
| Douglas Poage | Leota Middle |
| Kristin Stout | Woodmoor Elementary |
Our spring grant cycle opens on Jan. 1, 2026 and closes on March 15, 2026.
For general questions on grants, email: fereshta@nsdfoundation.org
All In for Kids, always!
