Planned Projects

• Steps and ramps to the student walkers' exit

• Outdoor amphitheater/classroom in the STEM garden

• Garden Pavers

• Spanish instruction for teachers

• Steps to walkers

• Outdoor classroom

• Literacy night

• Fall and Spring Red Cross Blood Drives

• More Green Initiatives

Completed Projects

• STEM LEGO Enrichment Classes

• VR headsets

• Professional Development Teacher Training

  • Schoolwide on Wonders/MyView Curriculum

  • Innovative Schools Summit Conference

• Red Cross Blood Drive - potential of 102 lives saved

• Chicken Coop Signage and Expansion

• Green Initiatives: 

  • Crayon Recycle Drive

  • Live Thrive Partnership - Water Bottle Recycling and Lunch & Learn for Beta Club

  • Ridwell Partnership - 2 Plastic Film drives

  • Eagle Scout Partnership - Compost bin

• Fridge/Freezer Combo for Clinic

• Hawthorne Logo Wrap in Main Hallway

• Red folder project to increase communication with teachers

• Hallway and outdoor murals and art enrichment by Aysha Pennerman

Community Outreach

• Monthly Coffee and Conversation 

• Local Library Partnership - Curriculum Night and Literacy Night

• Live Thrive Partnership

• Eagle Scouts Partnership

• Ridwell Partnership

Still Pending

• Little Library revamp

• Sponsor banner structure

• Bookbag hooks in Cafeteria

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