Focus Grants
Focus grants are small grants (under $500.00) for teachers/teaching teams focused on classroom programs or projects. Up to $4,000 is available annually. Grant applications are accepted any time throughout the school year (August through May). The Education Foundation aims to respond to each grant request within two weeks of receipt of each application.
The FOCUS Grant program is aimed at providing funding (when other funding sources are not available) for educational projects or program opportunities that arise anytime during the school year. These educational projects and programs are typically somewhat smaller and less costly but have a broad impact none-the-less. FOCUS Grant requests will be accepted and considered throughout the school year, as long as funds are available.
HOW TO APPLY
- Prepare a title page which includes your name, your principal's name, the name of your school, the name of your project, and the amount of funding you are requesting.
- Provide a brief narrative summarizing your project and the need the project addresses. Include mention of your project's specific educational goals and objectives. Briefly explain how you plan to implement your project and measure its success.
- Include a budget. Please indicate if partial funding is an option.
- Include any additional information such as photos, or price comparisons, etc., if you think doing so would be beneficial to the committee members as they review your request.
- Save your FOCUS Grant request as a PDF, make sure your principal has approved your request, and then email it to: [email protected]
HISTORY OF FOCUS GRANTS
2017
GHS (Kim Shelton) / $250 / “Barnes & Noble Literacy Day”
Hal Henard (Elena Black) / $141 / "Clear the Air"
Tusculum View (Jessica Ricker) / $195 / "Music Express Magazine"
Hal Henard (Norris, Craft, Graham) / $500 / "Magnificent Mentor"
Tusculum View (Carla Renner) / $250 / "Guided Reading"
Highland (Heather Boegemann) / $500 / "Art Supplies"
2016
Tusculum View (Carla Renner) / $393.45 / “ELA and Social Studies Civil War Book Sets”
Tusculum View (Renee Skeen) / $313.14 / “20th Century Innovators Book Set”
GHS (Kim Shelton) / $250 / “Barnes & Noble Literacy Day”
GMS (Laura Lenker) / $495.26 / “Flexible Seating”
Tusculum View (Angie Shelton) / $488.28 / “Buddy Bench”
GHS (Leslie Creutzinger) / $499.45 / “Creating a more permanent library through Permabound Books”
Eastview (Susan Jacobs) / $357.90 / “Who Was, What Was Bio Books”
Eastview (Lorraine Amos) / $250.25 / “Using Novel Sets to Integrate Social Studies Topics with ELA”
GHS (John Morrell) / $500 / “AP Euro History Holocaust Remembrance Event”
GMS (Jennifer Schroeck) $327.50 / “Hydraulic Machines”
Eastview (Nikki Jones) / $239.85 / “Wobble Stools”
Highland (Ashley Long, Heather Fay) / $500 / “Titanic Classroom Flip”
GHS (Sandra Fox) / $356 / “Health Curriculum for High School 9-12”
GMS (Kimberly Waller, Kim Trivette, Shelley Anderson) / $499.60 / “High Interest Novels”
GMS (Amanda Moorman) / $300 / “Motivation Through Choice”
GHS (Holly Ward) / $229.31 / “Senior Legacy Project 2017”
2015
Hal Henard (Elena Black) / $179.17 / “Building Readers in Kindergarten”
Tusculum View (Carla Renner) / $482.87/ “You Wouldn’t Want To… And Magic Tree House Fact Finder Series Set”
GMS (Andrea Tolley) / $300.00 / “Microsoft IT Academy Classroom Mural”
GHS (Cynthia Propst) / $500.00 / “Scientific Literacy”
GMS (Laura Lenker) / $92.86 / “Listening for Learning”
GMS (Laura Lenker) / $313.17 / “Scholastic Science World”
Tusculum View (Jessica Ricker) / $195.00 / “Music Express Magazine”
Tusculum View (Angie Shelton)/ $490.00 / “Tiger Theater”
Highland (Marybeth Bryant) / $270.00 / “A Walk with the President”
Highland (Brandy Rambo) / $99.00 / "OSMO”
GMS (Kim Trivette) / $495.45 / “Scope Magazine”
Early Childhood Center (Pat Carpenter) / $500.00 / “Stability Balls”
GHS Guidance (Amy Wagner) / $465.00 / “Post Graduate College Visits
GMS (Amanda Moorman) / $74.85 / “MUSE Magazine”
Highland (Heather Fay) / $93.37 / “Fables, Fairy Tales, and Point of View, Oh My!”
GHS (Leslie Creutzinger) / $196.00 / “Learning to Annotate a Text Using Romeo & Juliet”
GMS (Amanda Moorman) / $231.00 / “Let’s Put an End to Movie Day”
2014
Highland (MaryBeth Bryant) / $234.35 / “Seven Habits of Happy Kids”
GMS (Tracy Holmes) / $500 / “Applied Skills Mobile Cart”
Highland (Heather Fay) / $50 / “iMovie for iPads”
GMS (April Leonard) / $498.67 / “Shadows and Bones”
Highland (Heather Fay) / $295.38 / “Active Seating”
GMS (Aundrea Gunter) / $493.95 / “Electrify & Magnetize”
GHS (Leslie Creutzinger) / $196.02 / “Romeo & Juliet”
Highland (MaryBeth Bryant) / $90 / “Walk with a President”
Tusculum View (Carla Renner) / $427.82 / “Who Was/Who Is/What Was”
Highland (Erin Moore) / $295.38 / “Active Seating”
GMS (Amanda Moorman) / $200 / “Classroom Library”
Highland (Judy Williams) / $228.79 / “K-5 Buddies”
GHS Jr. ROTC (Lt. Col. (Ret.) Kirchmeier) / $490 / “Aerospace Science”
2013
Highland (Ashley Garris) / $500 / Language Arts Novels
GHS (Amber Shelton) / $497.50 / UpFront Subscriptions
GMS (Andrea Tolley) / $495.95 / “Worldly Wise”
Eastview (Marcia Brewer) / $206.18 / “Leader in Me”
Tusculum View (Angie Shelton) / $488 / “Technology in Counseling”
GMS (Amanda Moorman) / $466.55 / “Worldly Wise”
GHS Jr. ROTC (Lt. Col. (Ret.) Kirchmeier) / $200 / “Rocket Kits”
GHS Jr. ROTC (Lt. Col. (Ret.) Kirchmeier) / $320 / “First Person View”
2012
Eastview / $482 / Greene County Tennis Association
Hal Henard / $482 / Greene County Tennis Association
Highland / $482 / Greene County Tennis Association
GMS (Amanda Gricunas) / $400 / Learning Labyrinth
GMS (Ron Wankel) / $295 / Scholars Bowl Buzzer System
Tusculum View (Angie Shelton) / $500 / "Brainology"
GHS (Laura Lenker) / $500 / Frog Dissection
GMS (Andrea Tolley) / $152 / Midnight Books
GHS (Kimber McIntyre) / $85 / Biology Books
2011
GMS (Andrea Tolley) / $349.50 / 7th Grade Literacy Books
GMS (Laura Lenker) / $81 / Petal Power Flower Dissection
GMS (Sarah Chapman) / $477.85 / Kindle E-Reader Pilot
GHS (Janet Ricker, Crystal Dugger, Amada Weems) / $307.90 EACH / TI Calculators
GMS (Tracy Holmes) / $200 / Stove for Applied Skills class
GMS (April Leonard, Rebecca Thomasson) / $489.60 / Literacy Books
GMS (Amanda Gricunas) / $200 / "Caps for a Cause"
GMS (Heather Boegemann) / $255 / Inflatable Globes
GMS (Laura Lenker) / 278.83 / Science Thru Science Fiction Books
GMS (Kim Rominger) / $100 / Act of Kindness
GMS (Sarah Chapman) / $330.70 / Hi Interest - Lo Readability