Grants

Grant will let new Carroll district middle school become solar-powered
A $2 million grant from the federal stimulus will cover most of the cost to install solar panels that will power the Carroll school district's new middle school. District officials say they believe that the school will be the largest in the state to operate primarily on solar power. [ View Article ] Mar 11, 2010, 07:31

IDEA Public Schools in Weslaco, Texas, Awarded Silent Hero Grant From got breakfast?(R) Foundation
WOODBURY, N.Y., March 10 /PRNewswire/ -- The got breakfast?Ž Foundation last month awarded IDEA Public Schools, located in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas, one of eight Silent Hero grants that recognize, encourage, and reward those silent heroes who help children by participating in the national School Breakfast Program. The nearly $10,000 award will be used to implement classroom breakfasts as a means to provide a free school breakfast program for all of its 5,493 students on six campuses. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20091006/CG88097LOGO) A charter school group, the IDEA Public Schools district is committed to student wellness. In January 2010, they began to offer a universal breakfast program on their campuses to provide a healthy breakfast to all students at no charge, regardless of income. [ View Article ] Mar 11, 2010, 07:16

Longview ISD Foundation awards several 2010 grants
During the 2008-09 school year, someone broke into a shed at J.L. Everhart Magnet Academy of Cultural Studies and stole physical education supplies, Principal Yvonne Johnson said. On Monday, Johnson's campus received a $5,000 grant from the Longview ISD Foundation to buy equipment for a fitness lab that will replace the supplies stolen a year ago. [ View Article ] Mar 10, 2010, 07:36

Today the United States Department of Education released the Notice of Final Priorities and the grant application for the federal Investing in Innovation (i3) Grant.
**Please note that this is a federal grant application for (1) local educational agencies (LEAs), and (2) nonprofit organizations in partnership with (a) one or more LEAs or (b) a consortium of schools** Mar 9, 2010, 08:40

Seguin: SISD receives grants for math, PE
Seguin ISD has received two separate grants totalling $282,500 to be applied toward mathematics and physical education. Assistant Superintendent of Curriculum and Instruction Dr. Jolene Yoakum said two schools and a handful of teachers within the district will benefit from the Texas Fitness Now Grant at $32,500 and the Mathematics Instructional Coaches Pilot Grant at $250,000. [ View Article ] Mar 9, 2010, 07:35

Seguin ISD receives grants for math, PE
SEGUIN Seguin ISD has received two separate grants totalling $282,500 to be applied toward mathematics and physical education. Assistant Superintendent of Curriculum and Instruction Dr. Jolene Yoakum said two schools and a handful of teachers within the district will benefit from the Texas Fitness Now Grant at $32,500 and the Mathematics Instructional Coaches Pilot Grant at $250,000. The Mathematics Instructional Coaches Pilot Grant Program was created to aid teachers from sixth through ninth grades in their efforts to guide their students through the mathematical portion of their education, Yoakum said. The TEA (Texas Education Agency) focuses the state funds into the areas that really need it had a competitive grant process that leans to math, which is an area that we need to continuously improve in, she said. This grant is going to provide some wonderful learning opportunities for some of our middle and high school math teachers, specifically around instructional coaching like a football team has a coach. [ View Article ] Mar 9, 2010, 07:08

Longview: Group awards grants to teachers
PE teacher Karen Wilson on Tuesday received a $1,967 grant from the Longview ISD Foundation to buy three Nintendo Wii systems with Wii Sports and Wii Fit packages. [ View Article ] Mar 5, 2010, 07:35

Sealy ISD to reward AEP students with grants
Sealy High School students who score high enough on Advanced Placement (AP) exams could earn up to $500 per exam in college funds from the Sealy Independent School District. Students who are part of the Academic Excellence Program (AEP) at SHS are now eligible to earn hundreds of dollars to help pay for college under the program policy approved last month by district trustees. [ View Article ] Mar 5, 2010, 07:30

Lubbock: LISD receives Dell funds for project
The Lubbock Independent School District is one of five Texas school districts chosen by the Michael and Susan Dell Foundation to participate in a $5.5 million project called Statewide Tools for Teaching Excellence. But that doesn't mean the school district will be receiving a $1.1 million check for its share of the project, according to Kelly Trlica, chief academic officer of the Lubbock ISD. [ View Article ] Mar 4, 2010, 07:40

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