The Grant Program is designed to support curriculum enrichment as well as school resources. Teachers and staff are encouraged to apply for grants to fund enrichment programs, performances and other opportunities as well as to fund supplies, equipment, and other experiences which will have a direct and beneficial impact on the quality of education for students.  

The COVID-19 pandemic brought new challenges requiring teachers, staff and administrators to reconsider and modify their educational strategies.  As the school community emerged into a different phase of these challenges the PTO continued to work hard to provide the ongoing support and funding for curriculum enrichment, projects and programs. We are pleased to have funded the following grants (totals rounded) during the 2022-23 school year...

• TBS Special Education Department Whiteboard Grant - $300

This grant funded a replacement whiteboard to replace an unreliable smartboard. It services the special education classroom and all students and staff who use it.

• HES Appleseed Grant - $2000

Funds classroom start up costs and materials for special projects and activities that fall outside of the scope of the regular budget.

• HES Need-Base Scholarship Fund - $1500

Provides need-based funding for student activities and field trips.

• HES TIGER Plymouth Theatre Group Performances - $1525

This grant funds an annual program that has been coming to HES for over 15 years.  The TIGER performs award-winning shows across New England and focuses on children’s experiences with social issues, friendships, SEL-themes, bullying, “fitting-in” and more.

• HES Osmo Extension Grant - $1700

Osmo is a hands on learning system that uses curriculum based manipulatives that interact with what students see on the screen.  This grant serves as an extension to the 2021-22 grant and provides 10 new Osmo sets for the new Kindergarten and 1st grade classrooms allowing each Pre-K through 1st grade class to have their own Osmo learning centers.

• TBS Special Education Department Whiteboard Grant Part II - $400

This grant funded a replacement whiteboard to replace a no longer usable board in the 10th - 11th grade special education classroom.

• TBS Adaptive Equipment Slant Board Grant - $50

This grant funds a piece of adaptive equipment for a physically handicapped student at TBS to enable better positioning for writing at their desk. 

• TBS District Court Field Trip Grant - $1200

This grant subsidizes the cost of the 10 - 12th grade criminal justice students' field trip to the Clinton District Court where they have the opportunity to meet with judges and other court personnel and to view, first-hand, the daily work of the court. 

• HES Wee the People Workshop - $550 - $750

This grant funds a Wee the People in-person workshop "What is Racism" for Harvard and Devens children ages pre-K through 2nd grade along with their parents and educators. This workshop will explore how racism isn't just one thing, but a problem with many parts working together -- problems that take more than individual kindness to solve. Breaking down the fundamental concepts of skin color, race, racism, and injustice, kids will learn how they can help to notice and disrupt racist systems. 

• HES Accessible Playground Equipment Grant - $2,000

This grant, funded in collaboration with the Harvard Schools Trust, enhances the HES Playground to include inclusive, accessible, play-based learning elements.  These elements include; a sand play system, a playground version of Connect 4 and a magnetic wall featuring ramps, tubes, balls, circuits, rings, pumps and gears.  All HES students now and in the near future will enjoy and learn from these new accessible items. 

• TBS Digital Signage Grant - $4300

This grant, funded in collaboration with the Harvard Schools Trust, adds four digital screens to Bromfield in order to make information accessible to every student in the building.  Through a Social Media Ambassadors club, students will have ownership of these digital presentations, allowing clubs, organizations and student leaders access and opportunity to publish news and event highlights. This project is intended to increase student belonging and community and will expose students to a variety of opportunities to get involved as well as to share their diverse interests and passions. 

• HES Pre-K TheatreWorks Field Trip - $975

This grant provides funding for the preschools first ever field trip to the Hanover Theatre where they will enjoy a TheatreWorks performance of The Pout-Pout Fish, an age appropriate adaptation of the NYT bestseller with themes of self-awareness, self-management, responsible decision-making, social awareness and relationship skills.

• HES Story of the Wampanoags Presentation - $625

This grant funds a presentation by a member of the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe and former program coordinator of the Wampanoag exhibit at the Plimouth/Patuxet Museum to educate students about the Wampanoag Life Ways 400 years ago and today. 

• HES First Families Plimoth Patuxet Museum Virtual Program - $375

This program brings in a museum teacher who portrays a resident of 17th-century Plymouth Colony. Through reproduction artifacts and narrative of risk, transformation and community this visit will teach students about the Pilgrims' transatlantic journey, first winter and spring in Plymouth and every day lives. 

• TBS 6th Grade Museum of Science Field Trip - $500

This grant subsidizes the 5th graders field trip to the museum of science including focused enrichment opportunities around archeology and fossils, physics and movement and visits to a range of other exhibits as well as a planetarium show and a Mugar Omni Theater showing.

• TBS Edward M Kennedy Institute Vote of the Day Program - $1475

This grant funds a trip for the 8th graders to travel to Boston to participate in a "Vote of the Day" program at the Edward M Kennedy Institute for the Senate.  Students will debate and vote on voting rights in the model senate chambers at the Institute. 

• TBS Refresh Day Animal Craze Petting Zoo - $925

This grant provides funding for the "Animal Craze" mini petting zoo, an activity brought to TBS this spring by the Student Wellness Advisory Team (SWAT) as part of "Refresh Day." Refresh day is hosted for middle and high school students in order to promote mental health and wellness.  

• HES EcoTarium Field Trip - $1000

This grant helps to fund the 1st grade trip to the EcoTarium in Worcester MA. During their Sky Watchers unit the students are learn about Earth and space science topics including the phases of the moon, the reason we have seasons, the concepts of rotation & revolution, the order of the planets and their distance from the sun. On this field trip they will see a show in a planetarium and travel through space and time to learn about the solar system to the Orion Nebula.  

• TBS Homework Club Snacks - $600

This grant provides funding for snacks for the TBS Homework Club.  The club offers a supportive, nurturing environment for 6th, 7th and 8th grade students who benefit from organizing and completing their assignments before leaving for the day as well as offering staff support and the opportunity for connection with other students.

• HES Discovery Museum Traveling Science Workshop - $850

This grant funds the 2nd grade students Discovery Museum Traveling Science Workship, Physical Changes of Matter.  The presentation, which complements the science curriculum, investigates the physical properties of solids, liquids, and gases. The workshop uses dry ice and liquid nitrogen to make learning the phase changes dramatic and fun as students observe a solid change directly to a gas, shatter flowers, and use a banana as a hammer. 

• TBS Business Partners of America National Competition Support - $1350

The Business Partners of America is a nationwide organization that promotes and teaches students about business. Congratulations to the students in the TBS club who have competed against other schools in Massachusetts and to the 27 students who have qualified to represent Bromfield at the national level. This grant provides need based financial support to ensure that all students who have qualified can travel to nationals and participate in this exciting contest.  

• HES Canoe Field Trip on Bare Hill Pond - $1000

This grant funds the annual 4th grade trip to Bare Hill Pond in Harvard to enhance the science curriculum.  Students explore and learn about the Nashua River Watershed, investigate land and aquatic animals and how they have adapted to their environments and join the Nashoba Paddlers on a guided canoe trip. 

• TBS Senior Athlete Breakfast - $1500

First funded during a year when COVID had cut back on many opportunities and events for Bromfield graduates, this grant funds the second annual award ceremony, slideshow and breakfast for student-athletes, guests and coaches in celebration of the graduating senior athletes of 2023. 

• Class of 2023 Graduation Sound System - $2500

This grant provides a high quality sound experience for the 2023 graduation ceremony held outside in the field adjacent to TBS. The ceremony draw an audience of over 800 and this professional sound system ensures that all can enjoy the ceremony and celebrate our graduating seniors 

• HES Field Day Popsicles - $450

This grant provides celebratory and refreshing popsicles to HES students for their end of the year field day. 

• TBS Musical Festival Grant - $1050

This grant funds transportation of the 8th grade band, choir and middle school jazz band for a festival performance, adjudication, and clinic. 

• TBS 6th Grade Agenda Books - $350

This 2nd annual grant provides agenda books to all 2022/23 6th and 7th graders in order to improve organizational and planning skills as well as school/home communication.

• TBS 8th Grade Graduation Celebration - $150

This grant supports and provides funding for the 8th Grade Graduation Celebration breakfast and decorations.  This event, which celebrates the graduates, will include a grade-level breakfast, ceremony and family-student mingle time and photos.

• TBS Middle School Mural Project - $3300

This grant, which was specially approved by PTO members to be funded outside of the 2022-23 budget, helps to fund 4 new murals for the middle school stairways.  These murals, to be created by Rachel and Ryan Adams from Ryan Write on Things LLC, are intended to enliven these learning spaces, to foster community at the middle school, to create a welcoming environment and to inspire our students.  Additional funding for this project was also generously provided by the Harvard Schools Trust.

• TBS 6th End of Year Event Scholarships - $100

This grant provides scholarship funding to ensure that all 6th graders can have access to their end of the year field trip to Apex Entertainment in Marlborough.  The trip includes a full day of group activities in celebration of students completing the school year. 

• HES NRWA Exploring Organisms at Bare Hill Pond - $1030

This grant funded the 1st graders exploring organisms program at Bare Hill Pondwith Nashua River Watershed Association Educator, Stacey Chilcoat.  During this program, aligned with the 1st grade discussion of biodiversity, students were guided in a hand-on discovery experience with macro invertebrates, water quality connections and stewardship.

Total Grants Funded for the 2022 - 2023 Academic Year:  Over $35,300

To request a Grant, please complete the Harvard PTO Grant Request Form:  Harvard PTO Grant Request Form

Please note that grant requests will be reviewed weekly by the board.