IRON MOUNTAIN — The Dickinson County chapter of Michigan Association of Retired School Personnel) recently awarded three mini-grants of $250 each to local educators for the purchase of materials: Marcus Celello, Iron Mountain High School; Jessica Clarke, Breitung Township Schools; and Patrick Ratkovich, Iron Mountain Public Schools.

Celello, English teacher at Iron Mountain High School, will use the mini-grant to purchase a classroom set of “Tuesdays with Morrie” to use with his English 12 students. Clarke, school social worker at Woodland Elementary and Kingsford High School, will use the mini-grant to purchase a subscription to GoZen, a social emotional skills learning website for ages 3-18. Ratkovich, 5th-12th grade physical education teacher at Iron Mountain Public Schools, will use the mini-grant to purchase equipment in order to establish a pickleball program.

MARSP, which is an organization comprised of retired school personnel, is proud to provide these grants to area educators to help them purchase materials which, due to budgetary restraints, might not otherwise be available to their students.

For further information concerning MARSP, visit https://www.MARSP.org.