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Classroom Enhancement Grants
Through the Classroom Enhancement Grant Program, the Rural Oklahoma Community Foundation supports activities and programs at select schools that will improve the classroom experience for the students. Grants are awarded once a year and applications are available at Shamrock Bank locations. The next grant deadline is September 1, 2010.
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Guidelines
The following guidelines apply to the Rural Oklahoma Community Foundation Classroom Enhancement Grants:
1. Primary focus of the effort will be significant academic and arts classroom projects.
2. Funds should not displace support which might be available from a school system or other
sources. For example, funding requests for basic supplies are given a low priority.
3. Projects must be integrated into the basic course curriculum.
4. Collaborations and cooperative projects especially across disciplines are encouraged. Collaborations of this grant program with other grant programs, such as the State Arts Council’s Artist-in-Residence, are also encouraged.
5. Grant funds may be expended in the following ways:
Materials and resources for special classroom projects
and
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 related to the curriculum and should not be limited to a select group of students.
6. Teachers should define specific goals and prepare a plan that allows the impact of the program to be assessed. The evaluation should include the number of students that will benefit from the project or program.
7. For activities involving grades 1 through 5, all children in a grade level should have the opportunity to participate or benefit. Teachers for these grades should collaborate so that all of the grade level can benefit.
8. Funding priority will be given for items that may be used in more than one school year.
9. Audio books will only be considered for children in levels below first grade or in classes for the learning disabled.
10. 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.
11. The Principal will co-sign the application form for each grant indicating a review and approval of the project on the part of the administration.
12. 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…
- Computer hardware including monitors, printers, CPU, scanners and internet equipment
- Items or programs for athletic, extracurricular or social service activities
- Transportation expenses
- Multi-media equipment, such as digital cameras and video equipment
- Applications for grades Pre-K or younger
APPLICATION PROCESS:
1. Develop a project that fits the guidelines including a strong curriculum statement. Develop a budget and time line. Please include in your budget the number of students that will benefit from your proposed project. 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.
2. Complete the application form including all attachments. Please include the signature of all participating teachers and the principal
3. Submit five (5) copies of the application and attachments to the Rural Oklahoma Community Foundation by September 1, 2010. All applications should be complete and received by that date. No faxed applications are accepted. A local committee will provide initial review and recommendation with final approval by the Trustees of the Rural Oklahoma Community Foundation.
4. Notifications will be sent to all applicants by November 15, 2010. Funds will be available when the contract signed by the superintendent of the district is received by the Rural Oklahoma Community Foundation.
5. An interim grant report will be due January 15, 2011 and a final report will be due by June 15, 2011.
*Eligible Oklahoma School Districts:
Atoka County: Atoka, Caney, Harmony and Lane.
Bryan County: Bennington, Caddo, Rock Creek, Washington Irving Elementary - Durant, Robert E. Lee Elementary School- Durant, Northwest Heights Elementary School- Durant and Intermediate Heights Elementary School
Caddo County: Boone-Apache, Carnegie and Corn School
Coal County: Coalgate, Cottonwood, Olney and Tupelo
Jackson County: Eugene Field Elementary – Altus, Sunset Elementary – Altus, Will Rogers Elementary School- Altus, Roosevelt Elementary School – Altus, Washington 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
NOTE: Applications will be accepted for grades K-12 only from the schools listed above.
Below is a link to the application in PDF format. For your convenience, we have provided a link to a free download of the latest Adobe Acrobat Reader.
Application
Adobe Acrobat Reader free download
2009 Grants ($19,371 awarded):
Atoka Public School District
$700 - to Sunset Elementary to support funding for ipod technology for independent reading
$3,000 - to Atoka High School to pay one-half cost of 60-foot monopole tower for wind generation project
Boone-Apache School District
$400 - to fund Math Center materials
$900 - to fund field trip to see Repertory Theater of Boston at Rose State College
$2,009 - to purchase 21 graphing calculators
$950 - to purchase a painted classroom skeleton model
$400 - to purchase Kindergarten classroom materials
$400 - to purchase Kindergarten classroom materials
Caddo-Kiowa Technology Center
$3,000 - to support the participation of students from nine rural high schools in the Robotics First Regional Competition
Caney Public School District
$1,032 - to support purchase of science lab equipment
$745 to purchase hands-on Kindergarten science center materials
Coalgate Public Schools
$618 - to purchase tickets for admission to three Dallas history museums
$450 - to fund author visit and classroom writing workshop
$718 - to purchase Weekly Reader Science magazines for Kindergarten and First Grade classrooms
Coleman Public Schools
$1,910 - to support a two-day Civil War History Field trip
$400 - to purchase classroom science materials
Durant Independent School District
$485- to purchase books to supporting the Accelerated Reader Program and Ultimate Phonics Software
Lane Public School District
$400 - to purchase math classroom materials
$400 - to purchase math classroom materials
Tuskahoma Public Schools
$400 - to purchase overhead projector and hands-on classroom equipment
