Tell City Jr.-Sr. High: $2,500 Perry County grant funds student public-art bench

Tell City Jr.-Sr. High School announced on its live feed in early March 2026 that Mrs. Mogan’s Civic Arts Pathway received a $2,500 grant from the Perry County Community Foundation to support a student-led public art bench project, with the post dated March 4, 2026. The school identified the funding source and program by name but did not include further project specifics in the announcement.

Perry County Community Foundation’s recent grant activity shows multiple local awards this cycle, including a $6,169.80 grant to Tell City Jr-Sr High School to purchase updated maps and charts for Social Studies classrooms, $6,000 to Junior Achievement of West Kentucky for high school Essential Skills and Financial Literacy programming, $3,500 to Junior Achievement for 8th grade Work Readiness and Financial Empowerment, $3,000 to Tri-State Food Bank to provide supplemental food for 150 households in partnership with Cannelton Food Pantry, $15,000 to Cannelton Food Pantry for facility improvements, and $6,000 to the Perry County Sheriff’s Office to purchase body armor. The foundation’s announcements also named scholarship recipients, including 2026 Lilly Endowment Community Scholar Aniksha Kashyab of Tell City High School and 2025 recipient Maggie Taylor of Perry Central Jr./Sr. High School.

Perry County Community Foundation communications highlighted the Lilly Endowment scholarship program and its local winners. Emily Alvey, Regional Director of Community Engagement and Impact, said, "The Lilly Endowment Community Scholarship is a life-changing opportunity for students," and regarding 2026 recipient Aniksha Kashyab she said, "Aniksha exemplifies the qualities of a Lilly Endowment Community Scholar. Her strong commitment to academic excellence, community involvement, and extracurricular engagement was consistently evident throughout the scholarship process."

Tell City Jr.-Sr. High School also appears on the Indiana Educational Excellence Awards list, receiving $190,445 under the Excellence in College Readiness category, an award described as recognizing schools "that have demonstrated a commitment to helping students earn a credential of value before graduating high school." That state-level award is a separate funding stream from PCCF grants and signals larger investments in Tell City-Troy Township School Corporation programming.

The school’s live-feed announcement did not specify how the $2,500 will be allocated, how many benches students will design or install, or where installations would be located. The PCCF grants excerpt explicitly lists the $6,169.80 social studies materials award to Tell City but does not include the Civic Arts Pathway $2,500 line in the provided excerpt. If confirmed, the Civic Arts bench project would join other recent local investments into student learning and community supports in Perry County.