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
OTHER
Spanish software and materials
Spanish via closed circuit TV
Speech/Language Therapy software
Occupational Therapy equipment
Bexley Educator of the Year Award (Photo)
Leadership Program
Service Learning Programs
Development of College Counseling Initiative
Youth Mentoring Program
Bexley Operation Respect
 
 
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