The school board officially accepted several gifts and a grant application when it met Monday.• Jean Cavanaugh donated $250 to the playground equipment initiative at Park Elementary School.• Contributions in the amount of $780 were donated in memory of Don McLaughlin, a Great Bend High School graduate and an avid golfer, with funds to be utilized by GBHS golf.• Great Bend Regional Hospital donated $100 to Riley Elementary School for open house events during the school year. Riley staff will use the money to buy materials for home/school kits as door prizes. Kits will include basic school supplies and family game night supplies.• GBHS science instructor Ken Botzung was notified by Cox Charities of a $5,000 Innovation in Education grant award for the program entitled “Physical Anatomy and Physiology – a Vocational Approach.”