Grants Funded

2021

Manchester Jr/Sr High School: $269.90 TI-84 Family Smartview Emulator CE Emulation Software

Manchester Early Childhood Center/Klager: $2858.90 Get Set for School Pre-K Program Curriculum

2020

2019

School TBD: $450.00 for Watch DOGS (Dads of Great Students)

2018

Riverside Intermediate: $1620.00 Technology to Support Readers and Writers

Middle/High School: $3000.00 contribution to Link Crew Mentorship Training Program

Middle/High School: $890.05 for "9 Square in the Air"

Middle/High School: $414.10 for Solar Car Supplies

Klager: $808.59 for Architecture Learning Supplies

Middle/High School: $825 for 3D Printing Supplies

Klager: $500 for pilot of "One School, One Book"

2017

Special Education: $419.16 to trial a program "Using Technology to Support Writers"

Klager: $1,100 to the elementary school to purchase the Kodable app to help teach K-5 students how to write computer code.

High School: $107.98 to Mark West for classroom DVDs to replace outdated VHS tapes.

High School & Middle School: $2000 to FIRST Robotics. Money for tools, building supplies and a cabinet to securely and safely store and transport tools.

2016

Middle School: $300.00 to Cindy Karapas for Educational Texts for 5th grade science and ELA.

Klager: $1624.93 to Suzanne Birgy and Melissa Yekulis for Kindergarten science equipment.

Middle School: $525.87 to Charlene Mangi for math intervention for at risk students.

Middle School: $598.22 to Erica Kranz, Kerry Wolf, Matt Hall, Sandi Fillyaw, Laura Angel for 5th-8th grade Scholastic Science Magazine.

High School: $705.00 to Jamie Woodring for German exchange student and host admission and transportation to the Henry Ford Museum.

High School: $700.00 to Matt Hall for FIRST Robotics.

Klager: $1242.06 to Melissa Yekulis for Learning in Action

2009-10

Klager: Kelly Ball, Ron Tindall, Joanna Van Raden and Jennifer Mayes (Leadership and Design Team) were awarded $1,600.00 for Scholastic Trait Crates for all teachers K-4 to use as a resource when teaching the Six Traits of Writing during Writers' Workshop. The crates include lessons and mentor texts for each of the six traits of writing.

Klager: Talle Jolliffe, Ron Tindall, Cindy Hanewald and Karen Ellsworth were awarded $1,173.36 for replacement books for their Macomb Genre Units. This is a supplemental reading program that has been used heavily.

Klager: Talle Jolliffe was awarded $1, 099 for an online subscription to Scholastic Bookflix. This program can be used by students K-4 at school and at home for paired reading selections of fiction and nonfiction titles!

Middle School: Brett Whalen was awarded $154.00 for 6th Grade Scholastic Scope Magazine subscription to supplement daily teaching.

Middle School: Kerry Wolf, Erica Kranz, Astrida Punches and Matt Hall were awarded $535.92 for Extensive Reading in Science. A subscription to Scholastic's Superscience and Science World Magazines was awarded to promote more opportunities for reading in science classes.

2008-09 The Foundation has awarded the following grants so far this year.

See photos on Photos of Grants Page!

Klager/Migrant: Joanna Van Raden was awarded $1,100 for FlipVideo Cameras to use year round.

Migrant: Cheryl Call was awarded funds for a special summer project that brings migrant students together with general education students to promote health and fitness. Students participated in a fitness program at the Saline Rec. Center and received new running shoes.

Klager:Denise Cain received $2,149.89 in funding to purchase SPIRE Reading program for her Reading Intervention Class.

Klager: Melissa Yekulis was awarded $1,671.35 for Clifford's Character Education kits, posters and activities.

MMS: Erica Kranz was awarded $500.00 for dry erase markers to be used in the Reading Apprenticeship Initiative.

MMS: Brett Whalen was awarded $148.24 to to purchase a subscription to Scholastic Scope magazine for his 6th grade classes.

MMS: Laura Betzoldt received $850 to purchase three sets of specialized encyclopedias for the Middle School Library.

MMS: Gay Thacher received $498.90 to purchase some new physical education equipment.

MMS: Shawna Spickard received $450 to pay for the snacks provided to students during the MEAP test.

Remember that the Foundation accepts grant requests throughout the school year and reviews the requests at the monthly meetings which take place on the first Wednesday of each month.