Fun Run & Grants

FUN RUN 2025 is Friday, September 26, 2025

  -- Donations due Friday, October 10th, 2025--

Each student will be sent home with a fundraising page, which they can use to ask friends and family to sponsor them by pledging a certain amount per lap the student runs, or by donating money.  Each class will be assigned a day and time during which the students will have 15 minutes to run as many laps as they can the middle school track.

Preschool - 1st students will be credited running for every QUARTER lap for up to 15 minutes. 

So 16 "laps" = 1 mile

2nd - 5th students will be running HALF laps on the SSMS track for up to 20 minutes.

So 8 "laps" = 1 mile

Parents, we appreciate your help fundraising and collecting money.  

Please make sure any money raised is submitted by Paypal or Check only in the manilla envelopes that we send home.  Please, no cash.  

Friends and family can also contribute to your child's fundraising efforts by using our SPE PIC Paypal account or by using the button or QR Code below.

And remember, if your company provides a fundraising match, please take advantage of that great opportunity!

Thank you for your support!!!

Fall 2025 Teacher Grants

• • • Sept 29 - October 10: Grant applications accepted from SPE teachers and staff via Google Forms

    • Oct 11 to 15: Review / approval from SPE Admin / PIC

    • Oct 16 to Oct 22: Voting by SPE community

    • Oct 24: Grants announced.  Grant recipients will make their purchase directly, and submit for reimbursement, or work with PIC to purchase.

Parents, we want your input!  Stay tuned for an email with all of the grant requests so that you can vote on how this money gets spent.

PIC GRANTS:

The Fun Run is the major PIC Grant fundraising event.

Teacher purchase requests will be collected and voted on by school administrators, teachers, parents, and the PIC Board.  Voting is done online by SPE parents, so stay tuned for the email to vote in October!

2025 Update

Thanks to the incredible generosity of our community during the Fun Run, and your valuable input during the teacher grant voting process, the SPE Parent Involvement Committee (PIC) is excited to announce that all grant requests will be fully funded.

These grants will have a meaningful impact on our school, supporting our educators and enriching the diverse interests and needs of students across the SPE community.

Funded Grants:

• Art Display Case – Showcasing student creativity throughout the school.

• The Writing Revolution – Enhancing writing instruction and student literacy.

• Author Workshops – Inspiring young writers through real-world experiences.

• Golf Equipment – Supporting physical education with new gear.

• Gibbon Slackboards – Promoting balance and coordination in PE.

• Chick Incubators – Bringing science to life through hands-on learning.

• Colorado Music Educators Conference & All State Choir – Enriching our music program and supporting our talented student performers.

• Self-Regulation Sensory Classrooms – Providing tools for focus and engagement, while also recognizing the vital contributions of the paraprofessionals.

The 2024 Fall Grant Process allowed for the following things to be purchased to support our students and staff include:

• Severe Needs Teacher Supplies with 3.9 - $2100

• Math Intervention Supports with 3.8 - $1170

• 4th Grade Curriculum Materials with 3.6 - $2300

• Exploratory Science / STEM Instructional Supports with 3.4 - $2500

Any requests < $1000:

Based on PIC protocols, any requests < $1,000, will be voted on at the upcoming PIC meeting. The PIC leadership will follow-up with you after that date. If you also submitted a request for > $1,000, I'll be sending a follow-up on those grants later today. 

The 2023 Fall Grant Process allowed for the following things to be purchased to support our students and staff include:

• Decodable Literary Library, K-4th grade

• Flexible Seating, World Cultures

• Visit to Denver School to Observe Math Classes for 4 teachers, 2-5th grade

• Activity Kits, 5th grade

• Oral Language Assessment Kits, Pre-K-5th grade

• Music Instruments, K-5th grade

• Art Room Supplies, K-5th grade

• Scoop Rocker Chairs, K-5th Grade

Some of the things the Challenge Fund has purchased for SPE in the past include...

• Bridges Intervention Curriculum, K-5, Math

• America's Battle of the Books, 3-5th grade, Reading

• Junior Great Books Curriculum, 5th grade, Reading

• Protecting Classroom Instruments, K-5, Music

• 5th Grade Denver Field Trip, 5th grade, Science/Social

• Library - Playaway devices, K-5, Library

• My Place My Home Curriculum, K-5, History/Social Studies

• Flexible Seating, 3rd grade, Classroom