GRANTS
FOR EXTRAORDINARY PROGRAMS
THAT MAKE A DIFFERENCE!
The
purpose of the Grants Program is to reward teachers
and the school district by funding creative
and innovative projects that enrich standard
curriculum and directly enhance educational
opportunities for a significant number of students.
Funds for grants are raised through the Foundation's
Annual Fund Campaign,
BRAVO event, Piazza
program, and designated gifts for specific programs.
Any staff member in the Bexley City Schools
is eligible to apply.
Since
the Foundation was established in 1983 two major
capital campaigns have successfully raised $2,750,000
for improvements in the technology curriculum
and the performing arts:
$750,000
Five
Phase Technology Program. Money raised
from this capital campaign, which began
in 1995 and concluded in 2000, allowed the
district to update technology in all the
school buildings. Infrastructure wiring,
computers, and software were part of this
grant.
$2.1
million
Campaign
for the Performing Arts. Money raised
from this capital campaign, which began
in 2001 and pledge collections will be completed
in 2006, provided support to the district
for a renovation/new construction project
that completely renovated the Bexley High
School Theatre, and renovated the Cassingham
Theatre and performance space at Maryland
Elementary School. A grant for $2 million
was awarded and the Foundation has fulfilled
its obligation to the school district. Additional
gifts and contributions to the "Buy
A Seat" program will fund the Foundation's
newly created Arts Endowment Fund that will
provide grant support for ongoing arts programming
needs.
to
the generosity of many alumni, faculty, parents,
and friends, the Foundation has been able since
1983 to award more than $897,290 for classroom
and district-wide grants. In addition to the
classroom grants, the Foundation is working
in partnership with the school district to award
an annual IMPACT Grant for a program in a different
curriculum area each year. The award will be
approximately $50,000 and, as the name implies,
the program must have a major impact on the
curriculum and benefit a significant number
of students.
The Foundation completed its two-year commitment
to its first IMPPACT Grant this past school
year. The high school started a Global Technology
Lab, which opened in January 2007 with a maximum
capacity number of students enrolled. Students
work in teams on problem-solving, long-range
planning and collaboration as they develop projects
in Aerospace Rocketry, Digital manufacturing,
Engineering, Information Technology, Intelligent
Systems, and Multimedia.
Below
is a listing of past and current programs that
have received grant support from the Foundation:
PERFORMING
ARTS
•
Renovation
of Cassingham and Bexley High
School Theatres and performance
space at Maryland Elementary
•
Drama
workshops
•
Cincinnati
Shakespeare Festival troupe
visit
•
Keyboard
Lab
•
"Black
Box" Theatre Studio
•
Piano
for Vocal Music Classroom
VISUAL
ARTS
•
Photography
equipment
•
Exhibition
Display Boards
•
Wax
Casting / Sculpture
•
Elementary
Family Arts Night
HEALTH
AND FITNESS
•
Step
Aerobics, CPR, Pedometers
•
Learning
to be Fit
•
Special
flooring for the Fitness Center
•
Mark
Your Turf project
•
Cardio
Equipment for Curriculum Enhancement
•
Flooring
for New Fitness Center
LITERATURE
•
Literature
Circles
•
Book
Clubs
•
Author
in Residence Writing Program
•
Literary
Arts Magazine
•
Books
on CD
•
Reading
programs
SCIENCE
•
Rain
Forest projects
•
Environmental
studies
•
LabPro
Technology
•
Biocam
Traveling Microscope
•
Star
Lab
•
High
powered microscopes
•
Scientist
in Residence Program
•
AP
Chemistry lab equipment
•
AP
Physics lab equipment
HISTORY
•
Bexley
Landmarks
•
Holocaust
programs
•
Prehistoric
and Animal Artifacts
•
International,
Multicultural Education
TECHNOLOGY
•
Alpha
Smart Keyboards
•
Professional
Development
•
Mapping
skills
•
Mobile
Wireless Laptop Labs
•
Graphing
Calculators
•
Electronic
Portfolio Project
•
Video
Production equipment
•
SMARTBoards
•
Document
Cameras
•
InteGREAT
Classrooms
•
Global
Technology Instructional Suite
program
•
Equipment
for closed-circuit TV studios
•
Foreign
Language Classroom Lab Station
& SMARTBoards
Bexley
Educator of the Year Award
(2007) recipient Sonja Hutchison
