Grants

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We offer grants to be utilized by teachers, administrators or community members in schools located in South Kingstown.  Applications are located here!

We love projects and programs that offer innovative and creative learning opportunities that will awaken students’ minds and increase students’ enthusiasm for learning!

Each application is scored using our rubric. Funding priority is given to innovative projects or programs that are CREATIVE (new and imaginative) and/or EXPERIENTIAL (involve active learning experiences) that attempt to further excellence in South Kingstown public schools and help to strengthen the relationship between the South Kingstown public schools and the community at large. This video highlights how the rubric works.

Given that our awards are typically $1,000 or less per project, we appreciate when applicants outline how additional funding or materials, if needed, will be procured to ensure the project moves forward.

To add clarity, we do not fund:

• Individual computer devices (iPads, tablets, laptops, etc.) 

• Food 

• Furniture

• Prizes 

• Personal stipends

Past grants

2021 – 2022 SKEF is currently awarding grants including:
1. Wading In for Science
2. Community Book Club
3. Solid Modeling 3D Printing

2021 – 2020 SKEF awarded over $17,900 in grants (during a pandemic!) including:
1. Deep Play
2. Community Book Club
3. Bridges of Color
4. Books for Struggling Readers
5. VEX Robotics
6. Unexpected Encounters in Math
7. FIRSTech Robotics Challenge
8. iPad for our Speech Pathologist
9. Biomedical CTE funding
10. Musical Excellence
11. Musical Mentoring
12. SKIP Garden
13. Beautiful Birds

2020 – 2019 SKEF awarded nearly $16,000 in grants including:
1. Auditorium Updates for Sound
2. Greenhouse Projects
3. Understanding Differences
4. Community Book Club
5. Peace and Painting
6. Musical Excellence
7. SMART

2019 – 2018 SKEF awarded over $15,600 in grants including:
1. Community Book Club
2. First Grade is Flexible
3. Face to Face, Hand to Hand
4. Social Emotional Learning/ Language of Feelings
5. Mindfullness Murals
6. Guitars for Music Making
7. STEAM Fair (formerly Science Fair)
8. Homework Skills Club
9. Music Mentoring Project
10. Laser Engraver at the High School
11. Relaxation Area

2018 – 2017 SKEF awarded over $15,500 in grants, including:
1. Learning Thru STEM
2. SMART Club at CCMS
3. STEAM Fair
4. Robotics Club
5. STOP Sitting Still
6. Seating for Success
7. Virtual Experience Beyond School Walls
8. Annual Pumpkin Illumination
9. Wind Turbine Challenge
10. 1st Grade Summer Lending Library
11. Ipads for Speech and Language Therapy
12. SKpades Video Production
13. Movement in Classrooms
14. One School, One Book Program
15. Alternative Seating to Improve Attention in Classrooms
16. All School Play: Upbeat
17. Additive Manufacturing using a 3D printer