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What is the Mini-Grant Program?
The Upper Dublin Education Foundation Mini-Grant Program is a grass-roots vehicle for supporting our District educators' creative ideas and initiatives which exist outside the "normal" parameters of the District budgeted curriculum programs. The Foundation accepts applications from teachers or administrators for funding of such ideas which are then evaluated by a Foundation subcommittee using pre-established grant criteria. Awards are approved by the Foundation and funds go directly to those educators in the field. Successful awards have the potential to be expanded for more students and be adopted by the district.
The Foundation is proud to announce the recipients of the 2011-2012 mini-grants.
Since the program's inception, the Foundation has provided faculty and staff members in Upper Dublin with over $100,000 in financial support for mini-grants that involve a number of different classroom initiatives. This year's recipients and their projects include:
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Chris Smith (UDHS)
“Cutting Edge Biotechnology" -
Kim Small, Kathy Smyth, and Kerry Lake (SRMS)
“Every Soul A Star” -
Joe Accetta, Ginny Herrmann, & Matt Matekovic (FWES, JTES, MGES, & TFES)
“2012 Finale & Nanokeys for all UDES Music” -
Dan Ortiz (UDHS)
“S.T.R.I.V.E.” -
Sara Raysinger, Fred Flothmeier, Mike Lynn, & Crystal Dunn (FWES, JTES, MGES, & TFES)
“Hokusai: A Museum Adventure in our Schools” -
Jill Lynch (TFES)
“Reading with Raz-Kids” -
Irene Papanicolaou (JTES)
“Building a School Community One Book at a Time” -
Jason Chavenson (student), Julie Clapp, & Erin Loch (UDHS)
“Grow the Garden” -
Melissa Traber, Lisa Downs, Laura Schmuckler, & Tina Abel (JTES)
“Hive Five to the Daily Five” -
Ruth Swartz (MGES)
“Social Studies Collaboration with Clifton House” -
Judy Hughes, Patty Tozzi, Jill Lynch, Danielle Pawlowski & Jen Nogowski (TFES)
“Touching Native American History through Artifacts – A Classroom Field Trip”
awards from previous years: