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SchoolGrants is
pleased to announce the two mini-grant awards. |
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$1,000 Award |
Cumberland County
Schools
submitted by Paula Shambach |
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$ 500 Award |
St. Joseph
Elementary School
submitted by Sally S.
Hermsdorfer |
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View the winning
proposals!
(Each proposal is in Microsoft
Word format. If you receive a
"password" dialog box, simply hit cancel
and the proposal will continue to load.) |
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Cumberland
County Schools
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St.
Joseph Elementary School |
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Abstract: Cumberland
County Schools is requesting funding for its
"Shining Stars Student Recognition
Program." Each month students in four
different grade levels will be recognized for their
"acts of good character" such as respect,
responsibility, integrity, caring, self-discipline,
trustworthiness, fairness and citizenship. We
feel it is important to teach the values of good
citizenship to our students. By recognizing
students for their character, other students will
have positive examples of peer influences. We
will use marketing materials including local media
outlets to acknowledge the students.
Cumberland County Schools hopes to increase the
number of schools participating in teaching the
character concepts to our students. Through
recognition of students, we also plan to increase
positive relations with our local media and reduce
the number of discipline referrals in our schools. |
Abstract:
Purchase and implementation of Accelerated Math
software in a parochial first grade classroom. |
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The Scoring
Rubric for each of the winning proposals,
including Reviewer Comments, is also available for
your review. |
| Cumberland
County Schools |
St.
Joseph Elementary School |
Also provided for your
information is the SchoolGrants Mini-Grant Request
for Proposal (RFP). Reviewing the RFP, along
with the winning proposals and related scoring
rubrics, may help new grant writers learn more about
how grants are written. |
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SchoolGrants
Mini Grant RFP
(The RFP is in Microsoft Word
format. If you receive a dialog box requesting a
password, simply hit cancel and the RFP will
continue to load.) |
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Choosing the two winners from the submitted
proposals was a difficult task. There were
several very strong contenders! Every
participant will receive detailed reviewer
comments. Reviewer comments can contain helpful
information to keep in mind when preparing future
proposals.
A Special Thanks to each of you who took the time
to complete the proposal process!
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SchoolGrants Hints
Based on Knowledge Gained through the Mini-Grant
Competition
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SchoolGrants received only 15
mini-grant proposals. The
low number of participants was a
surprise. Discussions with
other grant writers, though, has
revealed that it is not uncommon
for few organizations to
participate in mini-grant
competitions. This is
important for grant writers to
remember. While the amount
of award money is not
significant in mini-grant
competitions, the chances of
success are often much
greater. It is also
possible to combine mini-grant
awards with other funds - either
grant-related or within the
school budget - to make a
desired program come
alive. I've known of
schools in the Dallas
Independent School District that
turned local mini-grants into
thousands of dollars by first
winning the mini-grant and then
approaching other potential
funders for additional awards
for the project.
If you have comments about why
you choose to or not to
participate in mini-grant
opportunities, I'd
love to hear from you.
With permission, any comments I
receive will be posted
here.
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proposals received represented
many wonderful, creative ideas
for increasing student
achievement. It is rewarding to
read all the great things
schools have in mind to help
their students become all they
can be! It is frustrating
too - I wish I had enough money
to fund all of the ideas!
No one should be discouraged
because, without exception,
every proposal represented a
project worthy of funding.
This is an important thing for
grant writers to understand -
there are always many more great
projects than one particular
grantor has funds to
award. |
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Several
applicants sent letters of
support written by students or
parents. These letters,
while not required, impact a
reviewer's outlook when reading
the related proposal. If
possible, always include
applicable letters of support
that are truly from the hearts
of those who are writing
them. Do not write the
letters for your supporters; do
not correct grammar and/or
spelling - let the personality
of the supporter shine through
in the letter they write. |
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Most
applicants did not include
measurable objectives in their
proposals. Some confuse
activities with
objectives. These proposal
components will be addressed in
future biweekly
SchoolGrants Newsletters.
The SchoolGrants Let's
Write a Grant CD also
includes considerable discussion
related to Goals, Objectives and
Activities/Strategies.
Measurable objectives are
critical to successful program
evaluation. |
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Thanks
again to each
applicant who participated
in the Mini-Grant
competition.
and
Congratulations to
Paula Shambach and Sally
Hermsdorfer on their
winning proposals! |
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Please note: Some of the pages on the SchoolGrants site are rather slow
loading. I don't use many graphics but I do include a lot of
information. Please be patient!! The wait
will be worth your time. |
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