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2023 Youth Empowerment and Action Grants
Total Allocation
All Schools
Cultural Discovery Project—Crescent Valley High School | Jeramie Kim
$2,000
District-wide Cultural Discovery Children’s Book Project and Cultural Discovery Days to deepen intercultural understanding
Combined Levels
ASD Community Group—Linus Pauling Middle School and Corvallis High School | Chinua Tafen
$1,000
Refreshments and local field trips for a new after-school Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) support group for students grades 6–12
The Crescent Crier Revitalization Project—Crescent Valley High School and Cheldelin Middle School | Jeramie Kim
$750
Publish print versions of the school’s online magazine for distribution at Crescent Valley High School and Cheldelin Middle School
All Elementary Schools
Community Mural Project—Garfield Elementary School | Wren Well
$2,500
A student- and teacher-designed mural reflecting the unique, diverse population of the recently renovated school
Wheelchair Access Project—Kathryn Jones Harrison Elementary School | Cedar Marvin
$500
Seed money to help kick-start fundraising for a more wheelchair-accessible playground
Middle Schools
Advanced Theater Create-A-Scene Project—Cheldelin Middle School | Lily Vaughn
$500
Scenery supplies and costumes for short, student-devised original plays
Calm Room—Linus Pauling Middle School | Nicole Lopez Lobato
$660
To be used in conjunction with the Linus Pauling Student Center grant (see below) to provide a calm place for students during the class day
Green-Team Sustainability Project—Cheldelin Middle School | Piper Thompson
$500
Environmentally sensitive raffle prizes for a Sustainability Dare Week coinciding with Earth Day, during which students and staff will be asked to “stay green,” as well as for a sustainability art contest
Save-the-Planet Project—Linus Pauling Middle School | Ada Burkhardt
$2,500
Supplies for a student-created mural bringing attention to the threats of climate change
Student-Center Remodel—Linus Pauling Middle School | Kevin Gonzales Ochoa
$2,340
Furniture for the Student Center to make it more attractive and comfortable for students wanting a break
High Schools
CTE in the Real World: Exposing Corvallis High School Students to Portland’s Industries—Corvallis High School | Jonah Davis
$1,500
A field trip to expose Career and Technical Education (CTE) students to skill-application possibilities in business and industry
MMIW 5K and Mural Celebration—Crescent Valley High School | Cecilia Seldera-Bahnson
$2,000
Race-supply rental and t-shirts for a 5K run to raise awareness of missing and murdered indigenous women (MMIW) with proceeds going to an MMIW charity. The event will culminate in a celebration of the land-dedication mural funded by a 2022 YEA! Grant.
Stop Hate Campaign and Culture Week—Corvallis High School | Mahya Shakibnia-Shirazi
$2,500
Banners, posters, and t-shirts, discouraging the use of ethnic and racial slurs as part of a school-wide campaign ending in a “culture week” with ethnic foods