Spring Innovative Instructional Grant
DEADLINE: February 14, 2025, by 5:00 pm
(We will start accepting applications on January 6, 2025)
Applicants can apply for up to $1000 for innovative projects in their classroom.
CLICK HERE FOR THE ONLINE APPLICATION
We are streamlining our application process. Please complete the online application through the link above. If you have trouble accessing the application, please contact the liaison at: yorkfoundation@ycsd.york.va.us or 757-234-8910
Spring Innovative Grant Information
Purpose: Spring Innovative Instructional Grants are a means for providing small grants to teachers and other school-level professional staff members to encourage innovative, creative approaches that enhance student learning in classroom instruction.
Eligibility: The grants are awarded on a competitive basis and any YCSD teacher or group may apply.
Eligible Proposals: Grants proposals should be creative, Innovative and should support the YCSD strategic plan. Please ensure that:
- No school name, acronym or teacher names on the application.
- provided an itemized budget that includes the vendor and prices.
- Does not ask the foundation to fund the following: food, bus transportation, salaries for speakers or substitute teachers, alternative seating or clothing items.
Funds: Teachers may apply for up to $1,000. The number of awards will depend on funds available from The York Foundation for Public Education, Inc.
Grant Application Questions
Congratulations 2023-2024 Spring Grant Winners
Coventry Elementary School
- The Sprout and Grow Bee Garden, Silver Conlon - $1000
Grafton Bethel Elementary School
- Expanding Book Access: Building Cultural Bridges with Literacy, Sarah Andrews, Julie Hudson, Abigail Perry, Deb Wesley, Michelle Wright, and Jennifer Humble - $979
Magruder Elementary School
- Engaged in Exploring Ecosystems, LeeAnn Turner - $500
Queens Lake Middle School
- Mathematics in Motion: Empowering Students Through Robotics, Michelle Moses, Carrie Provenson, Jenny Lester, Karen LeMaire, Mellisa Robidas, Dorothea Wilkinson, Linda Perry, Barb Poland, and Renee Webster - $875
Tabb High School
- Stop Wasting Food!, Colsen Sigler and Gina Speight - $416
- Library Media Center Interim Learning Commons Improvements, Kim Grossett - $1000
York High School
- Exploration Stations: Bringing Nonfiction Shelves to Life, Dory Holder and Monica Chandler - $1000