Grants Buzz - 02.06.15

Theodore Lester Elementary students in Florence are on the ball

Jessica Crowson guides her first-grade class in a reading exercise Wednesday at Lester Elementary School. Crowson received a grant from Orlando ...

Lowe's Toolbox For Education Announces $2.3 Million In Grants To Schools Nationwide
Metcalfe Elementary School, Gainesville, Florida: The Lowe's Charitable and Educational Foundation awarded a $20,000 grant to Metcalfe ...

Greenbelt awards over $9000 in school grants
This year, ACE approved 20 grant requests, for Eleanor Roosevelt High School ($2,410); Greenbelt Elementary ($2,282.79); Springhill Lake ...

Tech grant still influencing Forestview Middle School two years later
A technology grant awarded to Forestview Middle School nearly two years ... It started a couple of years ago when the school's High Altitude Balloon ...

Grant funds school program
Students at all three of the county's middle schools will soon have another too to help them succeed thanks to a $600,000 grant recently awarded to ...

Two U-46 Schools Win Grants for Health and Wellness Activities
Elgin - Abbott Middle School and Creekside Elementary School were recently awarded grants for their healthy eating and physical activity initiatives as ...

Saghalie Middle School recognized as STEM Lighthouse School
The award carries with it a $20,000 grant. Only six schools statewide received the award this year, and just 29 schools in the state have ever been ...

Alabama releases new list of 'failing schools;' parents eligible for private school tax break
A teacher walks students at Mae Eanes Middle School on the last day of ... Luther King Jr. Elementary school in Huntsville; and Westlawn Middle School in ... One includes all schools eligible for a "school improvement grant" from the ...

Education foundation hands out grants to three schools
Money for the grants came from private donations from teachers and ... Boeckman Middle School received $399.20 for its outdoor learning space.

Gardening group gives helping hand to Rising Starr Middle
The Fayette County Master Gardener's Association is helping a Rising Starr Middle School teacher with a grant to keep up gardening efforts that have ...

Grant to pay for Dover trail extension
DOVER — The state has awarded Dover a $320,000 grant to close two gaps ... the city plans a connection over the sidewalk to Dover Middle School.

Michigan, Georgia Tech get $5 million grant to increase STEM student research opportunities
ANN ARBOR, Michigan — The University of Michigan says that 15 universities are sharing a $5 million grant to expand research opportunities for ...

Q&A: STEM Innovation Lessons Learned in Colo. District
The district was awarded a $16.6 million grant from the Race to the Top ... What motivated the district to establish a STEM Academy at Skyline High ...

Citrus Valley High School's Friday Night Live youth leaders receive grant
Citrus Valley High School in Redlands has received a grant to support Friday Night Live youth leaders in their implementation of campaigns to ...

City Connections after-school grant helps at-risk students in SBISD get to college
Grant funding for CollegeCommunityCareer partnership efforts at Spring Woods and Northbrook High Schools is a game-changer for our students ...

Wilton High School pilots Google Glass
Thanks to the federally funded Carl D. Perkins grant, Google Glass will be incorporated in Wilton High School's AP Computer Science class curriculum ...

Arts grants doubled
Belmont High School and Gilford High School tied as winners of Meredith Village Savings Bank's “What's not to 'Like'?” arts grant contest. With the ...

Music grant brings pros to school
CHESTER — The middle school and high school choruses at Chester Academy will be receiving grant money from the Orange County Music ...