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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body bgcolor="#D8D8D8" lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><u><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>Visalia Education Foundation Grants Announced<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><u><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p><span style='text-decoration:none'> </span></o:p></span></u></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><img width=936 height=429 id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image003.jpg@01D2A87A.373EE170" alt="cid:image003.jpg@01D2A87A.373EE170"></span><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><i><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#632523'>L-R: Lisa Majarian, Stephanie Gendron, Natali Matta, Claudia Ardon-Diaz, Angela Sanchez, Jose Fregoso, Andy Di Meo, Rick Hamilton, Laura Pace, Matt Shin, Carlos Peralta, Jacquie Gaebe, Laurie Duerksen, Travis Hambleton<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><i><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#632523'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>Visalia Ed Foundation Grant Chairperson, Laura Pace announced yesterday to VUSD principals the recipients of the 2017 Major Grants. A total of $27,887 in Major Grants were awarded along with an additional $1700 in Mini-Grants not funded in the first round that were announced in October. In all, $35,927 in grants were made available to VUSD staff this year through the Visalia Education Foundation. A good portion of the grants this year were made possible through an anonymous donation to the Visalia Ed Foundation. </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>To learn more about the Visalia Education Foundation and to view the descriptions and amounts of these grants visit our webpage at </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="http://www.visaliaedfoundion.org/"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>www.visaliaedfoundion.org</span></a></span><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'> and click on the "Teacher Grant" tab on the left side of the page.</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>Congratulations!</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>Myron E. Sheklian</span></strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>Visalia Education Foundation</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>Vice President </span></strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="mailto:msheklian@vusd.org">msheklian@vusd.org</a></span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>559-730-7518</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>559-280-7315 (cell)</span></strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></body></html>