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Deadlines | Goals | Eligible School Districts | Guidelines | Application | Approvals
The Rural Oklahoma Community Foundation strives to improve the quality of education in selected rural Oklahoma communities through its Classroom Enhancement Grants Program. The Classroom Enhancement Grant Program is designed to expand the teaching environment with additional activities and resources. The grants can be used for resources, projects and activities that are integrated with the academic curriculum and provide students with significant opportunities to expand their knowledge or understanding in a specific area of study. For more information, contact Nancy Anthony or Mary Surbeck at 405/235-5603.
Application Deadline
2008-09 School Year:
TBD
This program is to enhance the classroom learning environment and experience by providing resources, projects and activities integrated into the school curriculum and not normally provided by the school. The intention is to support a broad range and number of projects and to encourage proposals in a number of academic areas and at all grade levels.
Eligible School Districts:
- Atoka County: Atoka elementary schools, Caney, Farris, Harmony, Lane and Tushka.
- Bryan County: Bennington, Caddo, Rock Creek, Robert E. Lee Elementary School – Durant, Durant Middle School, Northwest Heights Elementary School – Durant, Washington Irving Elementary School – Durant and Intermediate Elementary School - Durant
- Caddo County: Boone-Apache, Carnegie and Corn Bible School
- Coal County: Coalgate, Cottonwood, Olney, and Tupelo
- Jackson County: Rivers Elementary School-Altus, Roosevelt Elementary School-Altus, Washington Elementary School-Altus, Sunset Elementary School-Altus, Will Rogers Elementary School-Altus and Altus Middle School
- Johnston County: Coleman
- Kiowa County: Mountain View-Gotebo
- Latimer County: Buffalo Valley
- Pushmataha County: Albion, Clayton, Nashoba, and Tuskahoma
- Washita County: Washita Heights
The grants are to be used for resources, projects, and activities that are integrated with the academic curriculum and provide students with a significant opportunity to expand their knowledge or understanding in a specific area of study. There is no maximum or minimum grant restriction but it is the intention of the Trustees to support a broad range and number of projects and to encourage proposals in a number of academic areas and at all grade levels.
- All projects must be curriculum based and integrated into the basic material and course outline for the year.
- Primary focus of the effort will be classroom academic and arts activities.
- Grant funds may be expended in the following ways:
- Materials, supplies, and resources for classroom projects
- Field trips directly related to classroom activities (excluding transportation, supervision, and school liability expense). Field trips should include all students in an area of study and should not be limited to a selected group of students.
- In-class resources to enhance the overall quality of a subject area.
- Funds should not displace other support which might be available from school system or other sources. For example, funding requests for basic supplies will be given a lower priority.
- For activities involving grades 1 through 5, all children in a grade level should be given the opportunity to participate or benefit. For example, a funding request for books, science materials or supplies for one (of four) second grade homerooms does not consider all children in a grade level. Teachers for grades 1 through 5 should collaborate so that all children in a grade level will benefit.
- Collaborations and cooperative projects, especially across disciplines are particularly encouraged.
- Teachers should define specific goals and prepare a plan for evaluation that will allow the impact of the grant program to be assessed. The evaluation should include the number of students that will benefit from the project.
- Grants will be administered through the respective public school administrative funds and should be used for items and activities that are consistent with applicable purchase policies.
- The Principal will be asked to co-sign the application form for each grant indicating a review and approval of the project on the part of the school administration.
- Funding for videos will generally be excluded.
- Funding for audio books in grade levels above first grade will be given a lower priority unless the application demonstrates that the audio books are necessary to assist with learning disabled students.
- Collaborations of this grant program and other grant programs, such as the State Arts Council's Artist-in-Residence program are encouraged.
- Funding for the following items listed below will generally be excluded:
- Videos or DVDs
- Furniture type supplies and items, such as organizers for materials, chairs and bookshelves
- Computer hardware, including computer monitors, printers, CPUs, computer scanners and internet equipment
- Items or programs for athletic, extracurricular or social service activities
- Transportation expenses
- Multi-media equipment such as projectors, digital cameras and video equipment
- Applications for grades Pre-K and younger
To apply for a grant, develop a project that fits the guidelines including a strong statement of curriculum. Develop a budget and time line. Review the project with the principal and others to be involved. Collaborate with other teachers and coordinate with other activities and with other proposed grant projects. Investigate all resources available. Complete the application form including all attachments. Submit four (4) copies of the completed application to the Rural Oklahoma Community Foundation by the deadline.
Grant applications may be obtained at any Shamrock Bancshares location or by downloading the file listed below. School Grant Program Application
(in .DOC file format, readable by MS Word and other word processors)
2007-08 School Year - Altus School District -- Funds will support the purchase of "Classroom Math Library" for 12 classrooms, four classes per grade K- 2, contingent on the Altus School District securing an additional $1,500 to match this award.
- Caddo School District, $650 -- Funds will support the purchase of one SRA Multiple Skills kit and one Specific Skills kit, including shipping, to enhance reading curriculum in the 2nd grade.
- Boone-Apache School District, $2,100 -- Funds have been awarded for the purchase of equipment to conduct air quality assessment for seven locations in Apache community.
- Buffalo Valley School District
$1,100 -- Funds have been awarded to purchase Accelerated Reader sets, quizzes and manipulatives through 5th grade.
$1,000 -- Funds will support the purchase of equipment to establish a science lab at the school.
- Lane School District, $800 -- Funds will support a one year subscription to National Geographic magazine.
- Caddo School District
$1,100 -- Funds will support the purchase of materials for the Kindergarten learning centers, including books, puzzles, posters, charts, puppets, white boards and other manipulatives, as per the list submitted in the application.
$1,200 -- Funds will support the purchase of "Survival, Communication, and Reading Skills" educational materials as per the list submitted in the application for special needs students, Pre-K through 5th grade.
$1,500 -- Funds will support the purchase of 34 dictionaries and 34 thesauruses for students in the 6th grade.
$1,500 -- Funds will support the purchase of a mobile laboratory center.
$2,900 -- Funds will support the purchase of a Smart Board System to provide live internet access for 6th and 7th grade Math, Algebra 1 & II and Geometry classes.
$1,400 -- Funds will support the purchase of four (4 ) globes and two (2) markable history maps to enhance the geography curriculum for seventh grade students.
$800 -- Funds will support the purchase of a Micro projector for the Science department. - Caney School District
$1,000 -- Funds will support the purchase of the Quirkles Science/Literacy Collection and the K-Phonics Intervention Package for the Kindergarten learning centers.
$1,200 -- Funds will support the purchase of lab equipment, including 3 additional microscopes, 3 electronic balances, 1 propagation mat, a weather station and books/lesson plans for Biology and Forensic Science to benefit Environmental, Biology, Chemistry, and Forensic sciences. - Coalgate School District
Funds will provide fees for O. B. Comer, to conduct two creative writing workshops for the school's 5th grade classes in January, 2008
$500 -- Funds will support the purchase of books to stock classroom libraries of schools 5th / 6th grade classes as part of the Continued Reading Immersion Project.
$900 -- Funds will support the purchase of tickets for sixty (60) students to attend live performance based on five short stories presented by the Chamber Theatre Inc., in November, 2007 in Oklahoma City.
$600 -- Funds are to be used to purchase two DVD's, "Profiles of Native Americans" and the "Story of Oklahoma" and a field trip to one museum for 75 students in conjunction with a year long classroom Oklahoma History Centennial project. - Coleman School District
$1,000 -- Funds will support the purchase of non-fiction and biography books and Reading Counts book tests for the Coleman Public School Library as per the list of titles submitted in the application.
$1,800 -- Funds will support the purchase of lab equipment and kits, as per the list submitted in the application, to coordinate with science curriculum for grades 5th - 8th.
$1,000 -- Funds will support the purchase a Zeecraft Buzzer System and one set of game questions for the Coleman School Academic Team. - Lane School District
$800 -- Funds will support the purchase of math center manipulatives, educational tools and materials as per the list submitted in the application to benefit Kindergarten, 1st grade and Special Education students.
$800 -- Funds will support the purchase of puzzles, games, boards, flash cards and other manipulatives to supplement the Reading First curriculum, enhance phonics, spelling, vocabulary and comprehension skills for 1st grade.
$1,275 -- Funds will support the purchase of one set of (10) graphing calculators to assist students in developing skills in graphing and mapping linear equations. - Mountain View-Gotebo School District
$750 -- Funds will support the purchase of approximately 100 books, as per the list submitted in the application, for classroom libraries in the Kindergarten and transitional 1st grades.
$2,000 -- Funds will support the purchase of a Electrophoresis Equipment Package to enhance student study of the sciences and genetics.
$1,000 -- Funds will support the purchase of 162 new book titles and corresponding reading tests to enable school to extend the current sustained silent reading program to students in 9th - 12th grades - Nashoba School District, $2,600 -- Funds will support the purchase of two Intelli Tool Classroom Suites to equip schools computer lab with a research based product to benefit students in math, reading and writing curriculum.
- Tupelo School District, $1,000 -- Funds will support the purchase of materials, books and other resources, as per the list submitted in the application, to provide middle school students with tools to explore musical genres of jazz and blues.
- Tushka School District, $1,700 -- Funds will support the purchase of a variety of learning materials, kits, books, puzzles and manipulatives, as per the list submitted in the application, to enhance learning center activities for Kindergarten students.
- Washita Heights School District
$500 -- Funds will support the purchase of materials costumes and props to produce a school wide student production of Oklahoma.
$1,000 -- Funds will support the purchase of 100 books (8 titles, 20 copies each) to allow 6th and 7th grade students attending daily reading classes greater variety of literature.
$400 -- Funds will support the art appreciation program, including the purchase of 25 subscriptions to Scholastic Art Magazine and field trips to Oklahoma City Museum of Art.
2006-07 School Year - Altus Public School District, 1st-3rd/80 students,
$1,250. -- to purchase the AWARD Reading program for Grade 1, including leveled reading books, audio CD's, interactive CD-ROMS and licenses. - Atoka Public Schools, 6th - 12th grades/900 students,
$1,600. -- to purchase three PASPORT XPLORER units and curriculum software in chemistry, science, biology, earth/environmental science. - Boone-Apache Public School District, Grades 10-12/9-15 students, $1,638 –- to purchase one Venier Lab System/Sensors, the Software/Dynamics System and accessories.
- Boone-Apache Public School District, 8-12th Grades/96 students, $885 –- to purchase four TI Scientific Calculators and one 8-Model Calculus Pack.
- Buffalo Valley Public School District, 6-12/10-12 students annually, $1,800 –- to purchase a buzzer system and educational materials to support the high school’s competitive academics program.
- Caddo Public Schools, Kindergarten/35 students, $1,541 -– to purchase age appropriate teaching tools, including learning games, hands-on activities, books, puzzles and tapes to enhance student learning in two kindergarten classrooms.
- Caddo Public Schools, 3rd Grade/40 students, $1,400 -- to purchase two Reading Lab Kits to enable students to improve student student reading skills including comprehension, phonics, fluency and language.
- Caney Public Schools, Kindergarten/22 students, $1,328 -- to purchase language and creative arts activities and supplies to equip the Kindergarten's hands-on learning centers, including a one-time allowance for consumable art supplies.
- Caney Public Schools, K-8th/186 students, $1,000 -– to purchase new books about Oklahoma or by Oklahoma authors to focus students on reading and the Oklahoma Centennial.
- Caney Public Schools, 10th grade/17 students, $1,013 -– to purchase lab supplies, lab kits, models, live materials and one CD program to conduct an intensive cell unit and DNA unit in Biology, including a one-time allowance for the consumable supplies.
- Caney Public Schools, 9-12th grades/22 students, $500 -– to purchase art supplies for student projects and fund a student field trip to the Philbrook Museum in Tulsa.
- Caney Public Schools, 9-12th grades/82 students, $1,112 -– to purchase books written by Oklahoma authors to encourage students to learn more about Oklahoma’s heritage and encourage greater interest in reading.
- Caney Public Schools, 9-12th grades/82 students, $600 -– to pay artist fees for a professional storyteller and author to a storytelling performance and four writing workshops for the English I, II, II, and IV classes.
- Coalgate Schools, 5th & 6th Grades/95 students, $698 -- to provide a subscription of Junior Scholastic Magazine to each student to support studies in spelling and current events.
- Coalgate Schools, 3rd-4th grades/85 students, $898 -– to purchase six Board Works Laminated Boards to develop student higher order thinking skills and foster independent learning in language arts, science and math.
- Coalgate Schools, 7th-8th grades/85 students, $1,000 -– to purchase books for the "Read to Achieve, Read to Succeed" program.
- Coalgate Schools,8th grade/65 students, $1,882 -– to support the Holocaust Art Education Program to teach students about the importance of respecting diversity, including fees for the author's visit, a collaborative art project, books and a field trip to the Dallas Holocaust Museum.
- Coleman Public School District, K-6th/100 students, $2,164 -- to purchase twenty-five Discovery Packs learning kits which will be used by the librarian during weekly visits to the classroom.
- Cottonwood Public School District, 1st-8th grades/190 students, $1,000 -– to purchase of 100 new books for school’s Voyager and Accelerated Reader Programs.
- Cottonwood Public School District, 4th - 8th grades/112 students, $1,456 -– for a field trip to Guthrie, including visits to the Oklahoma Territorial Museum, the Oklahoma Sports Museum and a stage production at the Pollard Theatre.
- Durant Independent School District, 3rd grade/100 students,
$1,800 – to purchase Scholastic reading sets containing books and activities designed to enhance student reading and comprehension skills.
- Durant Independent School District, 3rd grade/120 students,
$1,530 -– to purchase three METRA reading kits to provide a balanced literacy reading program for all first grade classes. - Harmony Public School District, 2nd-5th grades/100 students,
$1,727 -– to purchase materials and supplies for a new greenhouse that will serve as an interactive classroom for the school’s math and science curriculum. - Lane Public Schools, 1st-5th grades/100 students, $1,000 -- to purchase of one “Non-Fiction Complete Classroom” set, a collection of 216 book titles and activities designed to enhance student reading and comprehension skills.
- Mountain View Gotebo Schools, 3rd grade/13 students, $459 -– to purchase interactive and manipulative educational materials to enhance student learning in reading, math and science.
- Mountain View Gotebo Schools, 1st & 2nd grades/34 students,
$920 -– to purchase Saxon Math Kits 1 and 2, manipulatives and materials designed to help students grasp abstract and concrete math concepts.
- Mountain View Gotebo Schools, 1st - 6th grades/104 students,
$1,500 -– to support the purchase of new hardbound books for the library. - Tupelo Public School District, K-12th grades/100 students,
$800 -– to purchase instructional books, audio/video tapes, hands-on activities and educational games to enhance the school’s existing music program. - Tuskahoma/Nashoba School Districts, 1st-4th Grade/80 students, $1,500 -- to purchase books and quizzes for the Accelerated Reading program for the Tuskahoma and Nashoba schools.
- Tushka Public Schools, 1st grade/25-30 students, $1,922 -- to purchase of 180 rebound books from Scholastic Readers which will be used in the classroom as part of the “Reading First” program.
- Washita Public School District, PK-12th grade/175 students,
$750 -– to support a field trip to the Sam Noble Museum of Natural History and pre/post trip educational materials directly related the museum visit.
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