LEAF Announces Spring 2019 Grants
LEAF grants climb to $165,494 for the 2018-19 School Year.
The District 742 Local Education & Activities Foundation announced the awarding of $49,333 during its spring Academic and Activities Funds granting cycle. Each year, LEAF awards supplemental funding to academic, activities, arts and athletic programming in District 742 public schools. 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 Fund Grants
- $1,300 LEAF Legacy Fund Grant to South Junior High Activities
- $4,018 LEAF Legacy Fund Grant to Tech High School Athletics
- $1,826 LEAF Legacy Fund Grant to Tech Football
- $1,467 LEAF Legacy Fund Grant to Apollo Activities
- $2,000 Apollo High School football travel bags
- $492 Apollo High School Track timing equipment
- $800 Talahi Elementary School “Bankshot Basketball”
- $1,000 North Junior High School Future Problem Solving(FPS/CmPS)
- $500 Apollo High School/District 742 Granite City Gearheads Robotics
- $714 Tech High School Drama for microphone upgrades
- $1,000 Tech High School PBIS Program
$15,117 TOTAL ACTIVITIES GRANTS
Academic Fund Grants
- $6,102.09 LEAF Legacy Fund Grant to Chinese/Spanish Immersion Programs
- $5,000 LEAF Legacy Fund Grant to Schmitz Scholarship
- $250 Kennedy Community School for Canine Support/Therapy Program
- $800 Tech High School for after school enrichment program
- $400 McKinley/ALC basketball for physical education
- $400 Tech High School for ASL student trip to MN State Academy for the deaf
- $500 Early Education Program for birth to three home visiting
- $750 North Junior High challenge course and team building at St. John’s
- $1,900 Clearview for Clearview Forest geocaching project
- $2,802 District 742 for Closing the Homework Gap with Hotspots Project
- $500 Kennedy Community School for Critical and Creative Thinkers project
- $600 North Junior High School for flexible seating project
- $500 South Junior High for Literature Circles
- $500 McKinley/ALC MAAP STARS Leadership Conference
- $400 McKinley/ALC Youth Service Project at VA
- $500 Westwood Elementary for MakerSpace 3D printer
- $1,000 North Junior High for Minnesota Studies Enrichment Projects
- $700 South Junior High for school visit from the International Owl Center
- $500 District 742 for “Science Dimensions” posters and classroom planning cards
- $750 South Junior High for South Enrichment Days
- $2,000 North Junior High for St. John’s Canoeing and Challenge Course
- $1,000 Apollo High School for Zot Art for students with different abilities.
$27,854.09 TOTAL ACADEMIC GRANTS
Night of the Stars Ticket Sales Grants
- $3,771 Tech High School Band, Orchestra, Speech and Choir
- $878 Apollo High School Choir
- $626 Kennedy Choir
- $982 District 742 Honors Choir
- $105 South Junior High School
$6,362 TOTAL NIGHT OF THE STARS TICKET SALES GRANTS
These grants bring the total LEAF grants in support of District 742 Academic, Activities, Arts and Athletic Programming during the 2018-19 school year to $165,493.77 as shown below:
2018-19 Grants of 3-20-2019:
- $21,700.00 Adopt a Classroom
- $12,000.00 Fund-A-Need (Learning Renaissance Event. ELL Program)
- $21,250.00 Fall Activities Grants
- $15,117.00 Spring Activities Grants
- $26,008.00 Spring Academic Grants
- $1,550.00 Academic Fund Contingency Grants (Fall 2018-Spring 2019)
- $1,000.00 Activities Fund Contingency Grants (Fall 2018-Spring 2019)
- $11,217.00 PAKRAT Grants
- $6,362.00 Night of the Stars voucher sales rebates to District programs
- $13,906.64 Homeless Student Support Services Fund Grants
- $18,217.50 Activities Participation Fund
- $5,365.00 Direct Flow-Through Grants
- $6,038.20 Tech Athletics Golf Tourney Returns to Programs
- $5,762.43 Apollo Activities Golf Tourney Returns to Programs
$165,493.77