The Summit Educational Foundation is pleased to announce our grant awards for the 2021 fall grant cycle. The Foundation approved funding for 33 grants across the school district totaling over $183,000 with generous support from our community. Our volunteer committees were excited to see a robust grant cycle, a sign that our schools are getting back to normal operations. Impacting students in all 9 schools, many grants are pilots that can be spread throughout the district in the future. After 35 years, SEF grants continue to "Create Possible" for our students!
A sampling of the approved grants include:
Across Schools
1-year, unlimited access for a certified therapy-dog available to support academic, emotional, and behavioral needs of students at Franklin School, LCJSMS, and SHS. $1,600
Provide logic and reasoning games available to all students, in all five elementary schools to help strengthen critical thinking, resilience, and persistence skills. $780
1-year site license for Mote at LCJSMS & SHS, which provides voice comments / audio content to shared documents and includes transcription in more than 20 languages and STEM mode (for mathematical and scientific languages). $3,486
Elementary Schools
Provide “Shifting the Balance” books to all district kindergarten - 2nd grade teachers for an upcoming professional development training. $2,400
Create a fully-stocked art center and art library in each of the 7 kindergarten classrooms at Wilson Primary Center. $7,822
Establish a ‘multi-sensory materials’ lending library in each Primary Center where teachers can access the tools to assist kindergartners who need additional help learning basic number skills. $1,394
Create a library of “high interest / low level” books for Washington School 3rd-5th grade students that are on topic with their peers, but targeted towards their appropriate reading level. $2,153
Provide furniture for a basic skills classroom at Jefferson School that gives students an escape from the traditional classroom setting. $3,761
The 4th grade at Washington School will combine art and math to ultimately build a larger than life geometric structure in this exciting STEAM project. $2,204.
Create individual “STEAM bins” for each Lincoln-Hubbard 3rd grade student to be used in activities that promote creativity and problem-solving skills. $4,330
A presentation and hands-on activity about the Lenape tribe from a Museum of Indian Culture educator for the 5th graders at Franklin School. $350
Middle School
Expand the selection of Manga book titles to support the popular genre at LCJSMS and newly formed Manga book club. $1,963
Continue support of the LCJSMS Peer Leadership Program that develops select 8th grade student ambassadors that lead programs throughout the school. $3,430
Provide FrontRow Juno FM Systems in all academic classrooms at LCJSMS to improve clarity of teacher instruction and decrease background noise. $64,800
Provide cultural entertainment with a live, 4-piece Mariachi band at this year’s popular Multicultural Night attended by LCJSMS students and their families. $1,600
High School
Offer a visiting artist workshop series aimed at utilizing working artists to deliver unique hands-on workshops for LCJSMS and SHS students in the disciplines of Raku, Portraiture, and Printmaking. $6,974
Redesign a math classroom at SHS to allow for flexible seating arrangements, small group lessons, differentiated instruction, discussion groups and collaborative learning. $15,675
A full list of approved Fall 2021 grants is available at: www.sefnj.org
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