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Giving Back to Our Schools (deadline ongoing; up to $1,500 for schools generating online votes)

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Giving Back to Our Schools (deadline ongoing; up to $1,500 for schools generating online votes)

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Win up to $1500 for your school!

Would you like to do something special for your school or classroom but do not have the funds to do it? Apperson is here to help! We created a program that lets teachers and faculty members nominate a school to win up to $1500! All you have to do is get as many votes as you can for your school!

• The school with the most votes wins $1500
• The school with the second most votes wins $750
• The school with the third most votes wins $500

You could use this money for anything! The only requirement is that the money is used for educational purposes. All details: Click Here

The Exquisite Prompt is a series of monthly writing challenges designed as a classroom activity for kids in grades K-12. Teachers can engage their students by selecting just one of the monthly challenges or try a new challenge every month. Read the rest…

U.S. General Services Administration’s Computers for Learning Program (ongoing; free surplus computers for K-12 classrooms) All information: CLICK HERE

Creative programs funded in the past have included:
- Ongoing pen-pal projects bringing disparate communities together,
- Multi-cultural portrait projects,
- Art projects culminating in art shows, murals, or quilts,
- Bookmaking,
- Creation and performance of puppet shows,
- Inter-generational journals.

(deadline September 15; $500 for school and public library programs that encourage literacy and creativity in children)Full information: CLICK HERE

PROJECT BUDBURST EDUCATOR RESOURCES (K-12)

Join thousands of others in gathering valuable environmental and climate change information from across the country. Project BudBurst engages the public in making careful observations of the phenophases such as first leafing, first flower, and first fruit ripening of a diversity of trees, shrubs, flowers, and grasses in their local area.

Visit the Project BudBurst website for a wide range of classroom resources and field guides. http://www.windows.ucar.edu/citizen_science/budburst/index.html