Here is a great opportunity for our teachers and administrators! Receive funds to support your innovative ideas!
- Do you have an idea for a project that will positively impact education in your classroom/school?
- Do you have an idea that will help you and others better educate your students?
- Does your idea need money to help it become a reality?
The Academy District Twenty Education Foundation, is offering its 2024-25 round of grants to fund opportunities for educators to use in the classroom. We would like to invite you and/or a group of your colleagues to get creative, come up with an idea, and submit a proposal. We encourage schools to choose the best of their proposals to send.
Grant Guidelines
- Grants will be awarded up to $3,000 per approved project.
- All grant proposals should be aligned to your school’s site-based action planning and accreditation process as well as clearly demonstrate a benefit for students. (If necessary, meet with your school administrator for clarification and support.)
- The following proposals are acceptable: project-based learning proposals, computer software (such as student licenses or programs), creative student-focused equipment needs, honorariums for guest speakers, and technology projects. Recent examples have included: 3-D printer, Beehive, Reading Laboratory, STEM Lab Equipment, Heart Rate Monitors, Digital Cameras for students, and many others!
- The following proposals are not acceptable:
- multiple proposals contributing to a single large project
- proposals which have already received a grant
- computer hardware and appliances
- classroom equipment and furniture
- conference registration fees and field trips
- food costs
- FTE proposals or stipends for existing staff or substitute staff
- items which could be covered under capital improvement (school budget) funds.
The application form and rubric are below.
Dates/Contact
Monday, October 28, 2024 at 4:00 p.m. is the deadline for proposals. To be considered, address all paperwork to (either electronic or paper format):
Academy School District Twenty Education Foundation
1110 Chapel Hills Drive, Colorado Springs, CO 80920
c/o Dr. Jeremy Koselak
or
The Foundation will notify recipients of the grants the week of December 9, 2024.
We are looking forward to receiving your grant application and are excited about the impact our support will have on both you, your students and your school. If you have additional questions, please e-mail Chris Palmer.
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