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. Contest entries need to be submitted by August 15, 2025. Winners will be picked during a drawing held on August 19 via Facebook Live.

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 seting.
• All grant monies must be used by Dec. 31, 2025.
• Receipts for expenses must be submitted before the grant is paid.

CLASS grants
Teacher Phone Number
school_address
Sioux Valley Energy Director District
Eastern Brookings County plus Eureka and Sterling townships
Western Brookings County (minus Eureka and Sterling townships) plus Kingsbury County
Moody County
Lake County
Northwestern Minnehaha County
Eastern Minnehaha County
Southwestern Minnehaha County
Southern Rock County
Northern two-thirds of Pipestone County
Southern one-third of Pipestone County and northern Rock County
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DirectorDistricts 2025

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