Local school gets $4k grant from Walmart

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  • From left: LCE Principal Kayla Casey, West Orange Walmart Manager Hal Biskey and LCE Music Teacher Josh Leger
    From left: LCE Principal Kayla Casey, West Orange Walmart Manager Hal Biskey and LCE Music Teacher Josh Leger
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Little Cypress Elementary School recently received a $4,000 Walmart Community grant to provide educational tools for the school.

The grant was written by music teacher Josh Leger for the campus, and Principal Kayla Casey says that there are a couple of different areas where the funds might be used for school communication on the prekindergarten through third grade campus. Staff are in the process of collecting quotes so they can estimate how far the grant will stretch.

If there are funds left from the larger project, reports LCMCISD Community Relations Coordinator Sherry Combs, the remainder would be used to purchase “Skoogs,” a tactile musical instrument that allows students with various challenges to take part in a range of music-making activities.

According to Hal Biskey, Manager of the West Orange Walmart, it is important to him that the funds given by his store go to organizations in the community that are served by the local Walmart.