The Blue Valley Educational Foundation's Surprise Squad delivered more than $53,000 in grant checks to fund 29 grants at 17 Blue Valley schools on Monday. John Holt, anchor from Fox 4 News, helped deliver the fall grant checks. Grant recipients included:

      Elementary School Grants

§         Mary Foote and Ann Nelson, Blue River Elementary, $1,195.96 for Above and Beyond

§         Cherilee Ward, Blue River Elementary, $300.00 for Braille for Blue River

§         Julie Vodehnal and Carrie Blasi, Cedar Hills Elementary, $2,391.73 for Phonetically Fit Cheetahs

§         Erin Dilfer and Sarah Arroyo, Heartland Elementary, $1,175.00 for Taking the Teacher Home

§         Sarah Arroyo, Rita Pavicic and Erin Dilfer, Heartland Elementary, $747.50 for Book Club for Parents & Success for Children

§         Rob Davis and Susie Lonergan, Liberty View Elementary, $4,153.40 for Computer-Based Education

§         Kala Crites, Molly Gentz and Caroline Anderson, Liberty View Elementary, $1,654.03 for Fluency:  Fast and Fun!

§         Mary Martha Schmidt, Mission Trail Elementary, $1,000.00 funded by Walmart for Look, Listen, and Read!

§         Marsha Fassold and Lisa Pickard, Stilwell Elementary, $504.00 for Parent Resource Library

§         Mary Garretson Sunrise Point Elementary, $625.75 funded by the McPhail Family for Science Backpacks

§         Mary Garretson, Sunrise Point Elementary, $898.44 for Cooking Up Curriculum

§         Pam Kamlowsky, Sunset Ridge Elementary, $2,598.75 for Measure Up

§         Karen Hathaway, Valley Park Elementary, $915.17 for Circle of Friends

§         Karen Hathaway and Mona Edwards, Valley Park Elementary, $1,254.50 for Increasing Social Interactions Between FOCUS Students and Their General Education Peers

Middle School Grants

§         Ronda Hassig, Harmony Middle, $2,000.00 funded by Walmart for Harmony With Voice II:  Our Poems are Seen and Heard

§         Stephanie Louis, Lakewood Middle, $2,350.00 for CSI: Real Life

§         Martha MacFarland and Jessica Schlick, Lakewood Middle, $1,420.00 for NXT Mindstorms Robotics Kits

§         Owen Evans, Overland Trail Middle, $3,000.00 for Differentiated Focused Practice for Brass Musicians

High School Grants

§         Karyl Michel, Blue Valley Academy, $3,000.00 partially funded by Sam's Club for Peace In Action

§         Trevor Sutcliffe, Blue Valley High, $1,000.00 funded by Walmart for Blue Valley High Robotics

§         Robert Asquith, Blue Valley High, $2,078.35 funded by APAC-Kansas for Podcasting in the Classroom - BVH

§         Kathy Peres, Blue Valley Northwest, $2,500.00 funded by CommunityAmerica Credit Union for BVNW School Store

§         Kari Hillen and Heather Martens, Blue Valley Northwest, $2,150.00 for "Clicking" CPS to Blue Valley Northwest's Foreign Language Department

§         Mary Head and Brenda Heinauer, Blue Valley Northwest, $1,300.00 for Language Proficiency is a Click Away with CPS

§         Wendy Elkins, Blue Valley Northwest, $4,789.00 partially funded by Capitol Federal Savings for Science Tools

§         Brenda Heinauer and Mary Head, Blue Valley Northwest, $836.00 for Soaring to New Heights with AirLiner

§         Becca Munson and Amanda Davis, Blue Valley West, $2,000.00 for Power of Publishing Part II

District-wide Grants

§         Twila Samborski, $3240.00 for CHARM Project

§         Kristen Rackers, $3,515.00 for Vocational Skills Center