LEAF 2018 Spring Grants
The District 742 Local Education & Activities Foundation (LEAF) announced the awarding of $ 44,076 during its spring Academic and Activities Funds granting cycle.
Each year, LEAF awards supplemental funding to academic, activities, arts and athletic programming. Teachers, coaches and advisers submit grant applications for special projects twice during the academic year. In addition, LEAF makes ticket sales grants to programs from the Night of the Stars Variety Show each spring (view a complete grant history here). Grants awarded this spring included funds for diverse projects including:
ACTIVITIES GRANT FUNDS – $16,334
- $1,250 LEAF Legacy Fund Grant to South Junior High Activities
- $3,518 LEAF Legacy Fund Grant to Tech High School Athletics
- $1,818 LEAF Legacy Fund Grant to Tech Football
- $1,250 LEAF Legacy Fund Grant to Apollo Activities
- $1,000 Tech High School Girls Soccer Uniforms
- $800 Apollo High School Girls & Boys Cross Country Uniforms
- $250 Apollo High School Rock Climbing Club
- $950 Apollo High School Swim & Dive Team Warm Ups
- $750 Tech Girls Golf Stand Bags
- $750 Tech Boys Golf Stand Bags
- $1,000 North Junior High VEX Robotics software & equipment
- $1,000 Apollo High School Boys Varsity Soccer equipment
- $298 Apollo Baseball Jaeger Bands to promote arm strength
- $700 Apollo/Tech/St. John’s Prep FIRST Robotics Program expenses
- $1,000 North Junior High School FPS/CmPS Competition expenses
ACADEMIC GRANT FUNDS – $21,181
- $4,761 LEAF Legacy Fund Grant to Chinese/Spanish Immersion Programs
- $5,000 LEAF Legacy Fund Grant to Schmitz Scholarship
- $580 South Junior High 7th Grade Science Conservation Kit
- $550 Talahi Elementary Kindergarten Artist Residency for one week
- $500 Kennedy Elementary Therapy Dog visits
- $350 McKinley/ALC Science “hands-on” activity
- $1,440 North Junior High Inter-disciplinary Unit on Minnesota (speakers/presenters)
- $1,900 North Junior High WEB-Where Everybody Belongs-Boomerang Project
- $2,500 North Junior High 6th-Grade Field Trip to Mill City Museum
- $1,500 South Junior High Zero-Hour Physical Activity Program
- $1,100 McKinley/ALC Youth Service Project at VA
- $1,000 MAAP STARS Fall Leadership Conference
NIGHT OF THE STARS TICKET SALE GRANTS – $6,561
- $3,410 Tech High School Band and Choir
- $2160 Apollo High School Choir
- $556 Kennedy Choir
- $435 South Junior High School
TOTAL 2017-18 GRANTS AS OF 3-20-2018 – $133,591.34
- $19,750.00 Adopt a Classroom
- $10,667.00 Fund-A-Need (Learning Renaissance Event. Talent Development Program)
- $21,500.00 Fall Cycle I Activities Grants
- $16,334.00 Spring Cycle II Activities Grants
- $21,181.00 Spring Cycle II Academic Grants
- $1,060.00 Academic Fund Contingency Grants (Fall 2017)
- $4,684.16 PAKRAT Grants
- $6,561.00 Night of the Stars voucher sales rebates to District programs
- $13,616.18 Homeless Student Support Services Fund Grants
- $4,500.00 Activities Participation Fund
- $6,706.00 Tech Athletics Golf Tourney Returns to Programs
- $7,032.00 Apollo Activities Golf Tourney Returns to Programs