Six Students Receive Martha Layton Memorial Fund Travel Grants to Study Abroad

​Six Terre Haute North Vigo High School students, participating in school-sponsored travel abroad experiences, are the recipients of travel grants, thanks to a restricted fund created at the Vigo County Education Foundation. The fund was endowed by the family and friends of the late Martha Layton to honor her memory and legacy. The Martha Layton Memorial Fund was will help defray the expenses incurred by students wishing to participate in a school-sponsored trip outside the United States.
Layton was a Vigo County School educator for over 30 years. She began her teaching career in 1985 at Woodrow Wilson Junior High School, teaching French and Spanish.  In 1993, she moved to Terre Haute North High School and continued teaching French and Spanish.  Even after her retirement, she continued to substitute teach until the pandemic. Layton spent many summers in France chaperoning American exchange students. She also organized and chaperoned numerous other summer trips to Europe for Terre Haute North students. Layton believed that by experiencing different cultures you learn more about your own, enabling you to see what makes your own culture unique
The Vigo County Education Foundation held a recognition breakfast for the recipients of the grants. Receiving the grants were Ava Bautista, Camryn Cheesman, Mylee Douglas, Madilynn Hartwell, Hally Justice, and Aidan Watson. Attending the event to honor the students were members of the Layton family, the Terre Haute North foreign language teachers, North High School administrators, members of the Vigo County Education Foundation Board of Directors, as well as family and friends of the students.
Layton loved her students more than anything. She believed that traveling to another country was wonderful for students to supplement their classroom study, learn about the culture, and broaden their horizons.