The Beta Nu Chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma Society International — a women educators’ professional and philanthropic organization — has made good on a new round of grants aimed at supporting educational projects by nonprofit agencies.

In September, Beta Nu members announced their Community Education Grant series, to be awarded to agencies serving people living in areas served by the Sequim and Port Angeles school districts. Though they are one-time grants, consideration would be given to continuing projects.

A total of $29,410 for eight grants was awarded in December, including:

• Greywolf Elementary School, an after-school math program, a drama club, an artist’s program and a supplemental reading program, for a total of $7,900;

• Dungeness River Audubon Center, a sixth-grade stewardship field trip program, for $8,000;

• Sequim Community Orchestra, a Strings for Kids program, for $4,000;

• Feiro Marine Life Center for an after-school underwater robotics program, for $4,940, and

• Clallam Mosaic, for literacy for non-readers with developmental disabilities, for $4,970.

For the past 20 years, Beta Nu has provided grants for university students seeking to obtain teacher certification and for school employees to extend their own education. Over those years, about $350,000 in the form of scholarships have been donated to Clallam County educators and future educators.

Beta Nu members said they are particularly grateful to teacher benefactors who donated funds to the chapter: Helen Gariepy, Helen Haller Heimbaugh and Isabelle Whitfield.

Community Education Grants will be available again in the spring. Read more about the organization at www.betanuchapter.com.

Beta Nu helps PC instructor

In December, Peninsula College mathematics instructor Eve Wallis received a grant for professional educators from Beta Nu, a local chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma. A graduate of Peninsula College, Wallis is a student in the Masters of Arts in Mathematics program at the University of Houston. The grant will partially fund this degree.

About Beta Nu

Beta Nu is the Sequim chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma, an honorary society for key women educators with chapters in the United States, Canada, Europe, Latin America and Japan.

According to the organization’s website, the mission of Delta Kappa Gamma is to “promote professional and personal growth of women educators and excellence in education.”

Beta Nu was founded in 1978 and its members dedicate themselves to the development of well-trained, informed and engaged educators.

Peninsula College mathematics instructor Eve Wallis, right, recently received a grant for professional educators from Beta Nu, a local chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma. PC English professor Dr. Helen Lovejoy, left, is a member of Beta Nu and presented Wallis with the grant award. Submitted photo

Last fall, the Beta Nu Chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma Society International (a women educators’ professional and philanthropic organization) announced the opportunity for the Community Education Grant open to local nonprofit agencies for educational projects. Greywolf Elementary School staff members applied for four separate grants and all were approved and have been awarded to the school. They include grants for art lessons ($2,400), the drama club ($2,000), an after-school math program ($500) and support materials for reading instruction of the Common Core Language Arts program ($3,000). Pictured, from left, are Greywolf staff members Monique Brasher, Carol Lichten, Krista Chatters, Shannon Green and Sheri Burke. Photo by Darcy Lamb