Stoney Grant Awardees
| The Stoney Grant was established in 1997 to honor Professor Harold (Stoney) Stonehouse (at left), who was instrumental in providing direction and inspiration to MESTA for many years. Stoney helped to establish the National Earth Science Teachers Association as well. In the first year of the Stoney Grant program, a total of 10 grants were awarded. Grants were given to elementary, middle school, and high school teachers from schools across the state. |
MESTA Telescope Building Workshop Participants |
For six years MESTA awarded an annual $5,000.00 Stoney Grant to groups 10 teachers @ $500.00 each for constructing their own telescope through a telescope building workshop led by MESTA board member Kevin Dehne. The total Stoney Grant awarded for this project was $30,000.00. Below is a list of known recipients. If you participated in this workshop and don't see your name below, contact us and we will add you! |
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List of Participants Each Year
(Including home city and school district)
2003: 6” Newtonian Reflector on Dobsonian mount
No data available.
2004: 8” Newtonian Reflector on Dobsonian mount
- Connie Atkisson, Monroe, Detroit Public School Distrct
- Ryan Cicinelli, Midland, Meridian High School
- Nathan Czarnik, Standish, Standish School District
- George Emerick, Saginaw, Sub-Teacher
- Jeffery Gartrell, Davison, Imlay City High School
- Ailey Lovejoy, Saginaw, Carrollton High School
- Judith Meier, Bay City, Vassar School District
- Michael Ombry, Bay City, Bridgeport School District
- Joseph Passalacqua, Midland, Beaverton High School
- Steven Zill, Hemlock, Valley Lutheran High School
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2005: 8” Newtonian Reflector on Dobsonian mount
- Kristin Calhoun, Lapeer, Saginaw High School
- Carrie DeShone, Freeland, Freeland School District
- Terry Fegan, Linwood, Standish-Sterling High School
- Elizabeth Houghteling, Bay City, Faith Lutheran School
- Frances Hunt, Saginaw, St. Charles High School
- Jason Lemon, Caro, Akron-Fairgrove High School
- Joseph Plas, Freeland, Freeland School District
- Melanie Rusz, St. Charles, Heritage High School
- Bruce Sherbeck, Bay City Saginaw Township School District
- Stefanie Wilson, Sanford, Saginaw High School
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2006: 8” Newtonian Reflector on Dobsonian mount
- Linda Barrand. Mt. Pleasant, Shepherd School District
- BJ Harper, Ft. Wayne Indiana, Ft. Wayne Consolidated Schools
- Karena Herdell, Pontiac, Hamtramek School District
- Julie Mader, Midland, Swan Valley School District
- Amy Sabourin, Midland, Midland Public Schools
- Christopher Sabourin, Midland, Midland Public Schools
- Chuck Schepke, Roscommon
- Kristen Simons, Freeland, Swan Valley School District
- Paulette Stuart, Saginaw, Swan Valley School District
- Sheri Turner, Auburn, Bangor Township School District
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2007: 8” Newtonian Reflector on Dobsonian mount
- Dana Deaper-Rosin, Midland, Lapeer School District
- Theresa-Anne Eldredge, Garden City, Univ Prep Academy
- Mary Kay Heckman, Midland, Freeland Middle School
- Lynette Louchart-Kiefer, Birch Run, Flint Public Schools
- Jessica Nickell, Turner, AuGres-Sims School District
- Amanda & Don Pata, Harper Woods, Grosse Pointe Public Schools
- Daniel Sealey, Bay City, Saginaw Public Schools
- Jessica Strefling, Midland, St. John’s Lutheran-Midland
- MaryAnn Woods, Midland, St. John’s Lutheran-Midland
- Art & Donna Weinle, Grosse Pointe Public Schools
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2008: 8” Newtonian Reflector on Dobsonian mount
- Deborah Budzinski, Clio, Beecher School District
- Durrell Caister, Bay City, Bay City School District
- Tiffany Dysinger, Flint, Flint School District
- Sterling Herrmann, Cass City, Cass City School District
- Leland Jennings, Nashville, St. Charles School District
- Karen Malloy, Kalkaska, Mancelona Public School District
- Joy McFadyen, Bay City, Bay City School District
- Caleb Miller, East Lansing, St. Johns E. Lansing School District
- Brent Smith, Lake Orion, Kearsley School District
- Constance VanSlambrouck, Birch Run, Lansing School District
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| Year | Recipient | Project |
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| 2007 | Tim Neason | Multimedia projector to boost curriculum |
| 2007 | Cris DeWolf | Sunspots, Solar Flares & Students |
| 2008 | Barbara Pepper | Groundwater Studies |
| 2008 | Jennifer Wickersham | Rock n’ Lab |
| 2008 | Rachel Badanowsky | Mineral Chemistry |
| 2008 | Eileen Byrnes | Clinton River/ Metro Beach Field Trip |
| 2008 | Connie Atkisson | In Search of Stars |
| 2008 | Lisa Beckman | Topography Golf Course |
| 2008 | William Hodges | Modeling & Manipulating River Erosion Systems |
| 2008 | Michelle Pifer | Meteorology Barograph |
| 2009 | Sally Wood-Hoskin | Hearing Light |
| 2009 | Michael Bause | MAGnificent Telescope |
| 2011 | David Chapman | Grand Canyon Geology |
| 2011 | Maria Gonzalez | Micro-Climate Project |
| 2012 | Jay Sinclair | Coronado solar telescope |
| 2012 | Sally Wood-Hoskin | Earthquake table |
| 2013 | Utaminarsih Enberg | Geology course at Reeths-Puffer HS |
| 2014 | Utaminarsih Enberg | Groundwater systems & seismic wave activities |
| 2014 | Shawn McNamara | Student Inquiry into Climate |
| 2015 | Matthew Baleja | Wind Energy Exploration at Paw Paw MS |
| 2016 | Pamela Opolsky | Weather Station |
| 2017 | Richard Green | Field Trip to Northern Michigan: Understanding Geological History by Witnessing It |
| 2018 | Ashley Meyer |
Developing a High School Geology Course at Hamilton High School |
| 2019 | Brad Stevens |
Starting High School Advanced Geology at Zeeland High School |
| 2019 | Eric Lehman | Advanced Earth & Space Science at Ionia High School |
| 2020 | Laura Bell | Water Investigations at Okemos High School |
| 2021 | ----------------------------- | No applications received |
| 2022 | Kevin Dehne | Astronomy at the Headlands |
| 2023 | ----------------------------- | No applications received |
| 2024 | Connie Atkisson | Team up for Totality - A Dream Come True! |
| 2024 | Dave Chapman | Native American Perspectives on Earth Science |