Culver Community School Board members approved multiple donations when they met earlier this week.
A large donation that was up for board approval was from a local family who provided $10,000 to the band program this year and promised to donate $5,000 annually for the next three years.
Superintendent Karen Shuman stated that much of the donation money from this year will be used to purchase instruments and band chairs but some funds could potentially go toward redesigning the band room as well.
The school board also received and approved an $800 donation from Sunrise Campground for the Athletics Department.
Additionally, the board approved two donations both intended to be used for 55 students to attend the play Hamilton in Chicago in January. One was a local donation of $500 and the other was $1,000 from the Marshall County Community Foundation.
Shuman said, “There are some integrating lessons that they’re doing in English and Social Studies, comparing the historical component of Hamilton and the playwright, and kids are researching that and the culminating activity is to actually go see the play.”
Superintendent Shuman explained that 11th grade Social Studies teacher Theresa Jacobson expressed an interest in the opportunity and was the one who spear-headed the project and applied for the funding.
