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2011 SMART Grant applications available March 2011!
Funding classroom innovation
In partnership with Oracle and the Westly Foundation, we are providing $50,000 in teacher grants to bring innovation into the classroom in the areas of science, math, technology, literacy, and the arts.
Every teacher or specialist in the Redwood City School District is eligible to be a grant leader and apply for a SMART grant. Schools are allocated a set base amount, with a per-student add-on. Funds are divided between arts grants, funded by the Westly Foundation, and Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) grants funded by Oracle.
To simplify the process, the RCEF provides a pre-approved menu of grant options. Grant leaders may also create their own projects, which will be individually evaluated for innovation, curriculum integration, and reach.
The application procedure is easy:
- Grant leader downloads and completes SMART Grant application form.
- Principal signs form.
- Principal contacts the RCEF to pick up form.
- Grant leader downloads and completes Evaluation form when project is done.
Comments from our principals and teachers:
The SMART grants have allowed our students to engage in special activities and enrichments that would not otherwise be possible. Our students have been able to participate in science, the arts and technology that have enhanced their learning experiences. Not only are the funds an incredible support, but they are very easy to access. The easy accessibility, believe it or not, is a huge help.
Michelle Griffith
Principal, Taft School
Without your efforts many schools would not be able to experience valuable enriching activities. Thank you for your tireless efforts in providing desperately needed funding.
Anna Berljafa
Teacher, Clifford School
We at Hawes have been so appreciative of the quick and easy manner in which we have been able to access the grant monies that support our students. Our students have enjoyed various science and arts activities and experiences that they would not otherwise be able to as a result of the SMART grants.
Josh Griffith
Principal, Hawes School
I wish you had been in the bus with us. Most of the students had not been out of Redwood City. When we passed by San Francisco State University, they were surprised by how big it was. Throughout the school year I had talked to them about going to college and university and this was a great experience for them to see one. I believe this field trip to the California Academy of Sciences was the best experience for our 3rd grade students. If we had not taken them, they would never have had the opportunity to be in this wonderful place.
Nancy Campos, 2010
Teacher, Hoover School
The way the grant was presented and set up gave us an opportunity to think "outside the box" for this funding. I
only hope we can continue this sort of funding
Greg Land
Principal, Roy Cloud School
2010 Projects
Adelante — $1,167 for Marine Science Institute workshop on animal adaptations for all k – 6th grade students; $627 for San Carlos Children's Theatre afterschool program for all students; $800 for Music for Minors for 210 k – 1st grade students.
Clifford — $1,500 for Concert for Kids performance for 104 2nd grade students with San Francisco Symphony; $1,210 for Elmo document camera and projector; $405 to support Art-in-Action for all 300 middle school students; $338 to support school garden project for 90 3rd graders.
Fair Oaks — $1,370 for materials and license fees for Art-in-Action and $950 for Lawrence Hall of Science Dino Math workshop for 80 kindergarteners.
Hawes — $495 for Ecosystem Wildlife Assembly for 275 k- 5th grade students; $497 to send 52 3rd graders to the Fitzgerald Marine Reserve; $341 for Art-in-Action materials for all grades; $650 for Opera in the Schools performance of Donizetti's Elixir of Love for all grades, $200 for Stagebridge performance of City Green for 51 2nd graders.
Henry Ford — $305 for digital camera and printer for 13 students in the k-2 Special Day Class; $750 for a bookmaking workshop for 75 1st graders; $371 to help send 84 4th graders on a field trip to Hidden Villa; $440 for Marine Science Institute Inland Voyage workshop for 84 4th graders; and $614 for a science-based visual arts project.
Hoover — $200 to send 113 1st graders and $600 to send 105 3rd graders to the California Academy of Sciences; $600 for a field trip to the San Francisco Zoo for 103 kindergarteners; $2,012 for Art-in-Action supplies for all grades; $300 send 86 4th graders to the Tech Museum of Innovation.
Kennedy — $1,445 for wireless headsets for spring musical and workshop for 100 students from all grades; $500 for reading and discussion with poet Paul Janeczko for 345 7th and 8th graders.
McKinley - $2,151 to send 50 8th graders to residential science program at Yosemite Institute in Yosemite National Park.
North Star — $1,198 to help send 93 6th graders to residential science program at Yosemite Institute in Yosemite National Park; $1,465 to support school performance of Romeo and Juliet for 509 4th through 8th grade students.
Orion — $900 for materials for Art-in-Action for 144 kindergarten through 3rd grade students and $738 for Elmo document camera and projector for 31 1st graders.
Roosevelt — $1,135 for Lawrence Hall of Science workshop Art in Math; $929 for assembly with Capoeira Mandingo.
Roy Cloud —$1,860 for annual school musical production and $1,522 for Elmo document cameras and projectors.
Selby Lane — $1,463 to send 50 7th graders to the Cabot Space & Science Center and $1,789 to help provide Art-in-Action materials and licensing fees for all 270 middle school students.
Taft— $1,507 for bookmaking workshop for 100 1st graders and $1,233 to send 40 1st and 2nd graders to the California Academy of Sciences.