Sioux Valley Energy will provide 10 area teachers a $350 grant to purchase supplies for their classroom.
One teacher from a classroom in each of the Cooperative's 10 Director districts will be selected to receive a grant.
Winners were selected during a drawing held on August 19 via Facebook Live.
Winners of the 2025 C.L.A.S.S. Grants were:
District 1 – Tamara Schmidt – Camelot Intermediate
District 2 – Shelby Otto – Deubrook Area Schools
District 3 – Natalie Gallop – Flandreau Elementary
District 4 – Marissa Kruger – ORR School District
District 4 – Madison Kontz – Howard Elementary
District 5 – Tanner Peterson – Tri Valley School
District 5 – Shelby Dosch – Hartford Elementary
District 6 – Susie Meyer – Country Kids Preschool – Brandon
District 7 – Charity Ragland – West Central Middle School
District 8 – Amy Comp – Hills -Beaver Creek
District 9 – Trisha Hess – Pipestone Area Schools
District 10 – Alexia Davis – Edgerton Public School
*Two additional lucky teachers will receive grants due to mismarked districts on winning entries.
C.L.A.S.S. Grant Guidelines
• Application must be submitted by the teacher seeking the grant. Other applicants will not qualify.
• Grants must be used for expenses in the applying teacher’s classroom.
• The applicant must teach within the Sioux Valley Energy service territory footprint.
• Applicants must teach students between PreK and 12th grade in a group/organized school setting.
• All grant monies must be used by Dec. 31, 2025.
• Receipts for expenses must be submitted before the grant is paid.
Winners of the 2023 C.L.A.S.S. Grants were:
District #1-Tiffany Runia-Estelline School
District #2-Cindy Merritt-Gracepoint Preschool
District #3-Traci Nissen-Flandreau Elementary School
District #4-Sylvia Johnson-Madison Elementary School
District #5-Tricia Ochsner-Baltic Elementary
District #6-Carla Tibbetts-Abiding Savior Academy
District #7-Miranda Henglefelt-West Central School
District #8-Angie Janiszeski-Luverne Public School
District #9-Monica Sullivan-Pipestone Area High School
District #10-Dean Wieck-Edgerton Public Elementary
