Planned Projects

• LEGO STEM

• VR headsets

• Steps and ramps to the student walkers' exit

• Outdoor amphitheater/classroom in the STEM garden

• Little Library revamp

• Garden Pavers

• Steps to walkers

• Outdoor classroom

• Literacy night

• Red Cross Blood Drive

• Teacher Training: Innovative Schools Summit Conference, Wonders Literacy Training

• Green Initiatives: Recycling Bins, Plastic Film recycling, crayon recycling, CHARM speaking events

Pending Grants

Little Free Libraries

https://littlefreelibrary.org/about/celebrating-200k-little-free-libraries 

• Description: The 200,000th Little Free Library book-sharing box will launch in March 2025. To celebrate this milestone, LFL is throwing a party and granting 200 Little Free Libraries to Title I elementary schools. 

• Awarded Amount: Supplies, books, & installation for a Little Free Library book-sharing box

• Will go towards replacing our old little library, filling with new books, and officially being on the Little Free Library map

• Special Thanks To: Callie Hudak

Awarded Grants

Frances R. Dewing Foundation

https://dewingfoundation.org/apply/ 

• Description: Frances R. Dewing Foundation Grant supports innovation in early childhood education. Emphasis is placed on new, untried or unusual projects and programs that if successful could have a snowball or ripple effect benefiting the larger educational or local community. Generally such projects and programs need seed money to develop and try new educational methods and tools. The foundation provides seed money in the form of small grants, generally ranging from $1000 to $25,000. The foundation prefers to provide a significant portion of any project it funds. Rarely do trustees fund a project for more than three years, with the assumption that the grantee will use that time to find additional sources of funding for long-term sustainability. 

• Awarded Amount: $10,000

• Will go towards outdoor classroom and amphitheater in STEM garden, along with other garden and chicken coop initiatives like accessible raised planting beds, shaded picnic tables, large covered signage, custom chicken coop, etc.

• Special Thanks To: Sally Cargo, Rebecca Finn, Lindsey Conway

Seed and Feed Endowment

https://seedandfeedendowment.org/ 

• Description: Grants support projects that strive to educate the public, and particularly aspiring musicians, in the art forms of marching band music. To qualify, your organization must be:

  • A band program based in the metropolitan Atlanta area;

  • Provide music education, including, but not limited to, the promotion, demonstration and performance of such art forms in metro Atlanta K-12 schools, at public events, and where people gather to enjoy music.

• Awarded Amount: $750

• Will go towards music instruments and other music needs

• Special Thanks To: Ms. Kim, Ryan Glenn