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Mini-Grants awarded for the 2008-09 year!
Congratulations to all the teachers
who will be receiving mini-grants for the 2008-09 year
Grant application process:
The grant application process provides valuable experience in
project development and curriculum planning. We encourage all PRS
teachers to apply for our next grant cycle.
Please check back at the start of fall 2009
for the next request for proposals.
Since 1995, PEF has awarded PRS teachers over $125,000 in
mini-grants for more than 150 creative educational projects in all
six Princeton Regional Schools. Teacher mini-grants are small
grants, ranging from several hundred to a thousand dollars which allow teachers
to bring innovative ideas to life in the classroom.
Recent mini-grants have supported the following innovative
initiatives:
• Literacy programs in multiple areas, including: an early
intervention program for kindergarteners, a listening center for
struggling readers and a summer outreach program using a bookmobile
• A TV station at an elementary school
• Music Composers Club for K-5th graders
• A journalism program for elementary students
• A Lego engineering program for elementary students
• Author-in-residency and Peer to Peer counseling programs at JWMS
• Resources to explore multi-cultural literature and international
films at PHS
• New chemistry education tools at PHS
• Date rape prevention workshop at PHS
Many mini-grant programs are replicated across the district, or
become continuing programs in the schools. Programs such as
Leadership Among Multicultural People (LAMP), Passion Latina
multicultural dance troupe at PHS, and K-5 breakfast book clubs and
Community Gardens received seed money in their early years.
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Congratulations to our Fall 2007 Teacher Mini-grant
recipients!
Eleven teachers from 5 schools across the district have been awarded
nearly $5000 in funds to support innovation in education.
Read more about their plans.
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