FPEF Grant Awards
As you read through our Fall 2022 and Spring 2023 grants, we hope you are inspired by the educators who continue to create pioneering programs for our students. We are grateful to the donors of our endowment who make this possible. The following is a comprehensive list of grants and donors that make our students’ educational experiences unforgettable.
2023 Spring Standard Grant Awards
Asbell is Full STEAM Ahead
Award Amount: $1,255.36
Teacher Project Description: Curriculum-based STEM activities for third-graders at Asbell to increase engagement.
Virtual Reality to promote second language acquisition in ELL students.
Award Amount: $1,764.00
Teacher Project Description: Tools for ELL's to assist in language development, and comprehension.
Hike It, Shoot It, Write It
Award Amount: $2,316.18
Teacher Project Description: Cameras for students on field trips to provide a writing platform.
Skydome Planetarium Experience to Enhance STEAM Lab Lessons!
Award Amount: $2,590.00
Teacher Project Description: Mobile skydome planetarium to enhance K-4th grade STEAM Lab Lessons.
Middle School MIDI Piano Lab
Award Amount: $2,765.00
Teacher Project Description: MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) piano keyboards for sixth graders
LIBRALAB FOR LEVERETT LIONS
Award Amount: $3,129.00
Teacher Project Description: Magnetic marble run wall manipulative tools for STEM exploration.
ALLPS Photography with Sone Alpha Mirrorless Digital Camera
Award Amount: $3,500.00
Teacher Project Description: Equipment for students to capture ALLPS events.
New "Home" Move in Kits
Award Amount: $3,835.76
Teacher Project Description: Household items to furnish new "homes" for homeless students.
Representation Matters: The Minority Student Population Connecting with Community Leaders
Award Amount: $1,600.00
Teacher Project Description: Opportunity for students to visit Washington D.C landmarks.
Botanical Gardens field trip for GT Ornithology Unit
Award Amount: $2,055.00
Teacher Project Description: Authentic immersive ornithological experiences including habitat and use of tools.
Discover the Den
Award Amount: $1,100.00
Teacher Project Description: Students will experience real-world examples of class concepts.
Washington Wildcat Wildpatch: Regenerating Healthy Ecosystems in SchoolYard Habitats
Award Amount: $2,513.75
Teacher Project Description: Procurement and installation of STEAM-based native pollinator garden.
Literacy Bags for Multilingual Families
Award Amount: $4,741.07
Teacher Project Description: Books, whiteboards, and board game bags to build literacy skills.
2022 Fall Grant Awards
Emergency Car Repair Program
Award Amount: $3,000.00
Teacher Project Description: Car repair to assist families with transportation to jobs and school.
Creating Equitable Opportunities to Participate in Authentic Scientific Experiences.
Award Amount: $2,000.00
Teacher Project Description: Funding for underrepresented students to participate in real-world scientific research.
Utilizing Essential Technology to Build Essential Skills
Award Amount: $2,750.00
Teacher Project Description: Secure interactive whiteboards, mounts, and screen mirroring applications for two classrooms.
Working Together and Building Connections to Express Meaning through Theater
Award Amount: $2,000.00
Teacher Project Description: Students collaborating, exploring character and emotions while acting for performances
African American Male Initiative
Award Amount: $6,400.00
Teacher Project Description: Empower, uplift, and motivate African American Males.
Multi-Cultural Festival at Ramay Jr. High - Spring 2023
Award Amount: $2,000.00
Teacher Project Description: Experiencing culturally diverse booths provide opportunities to increasing acceptance, understanding
Ramay Student Clubs - Experiences, Exploration, & Enrichment
Award Amount: $4,500.00
Teacher Project Description: Clubs provide opportunities for exploration, experiences, and enrichment for all.
Art Rocks! Integrating Visual Arts and Geological Sciences
Award Amount: $3,000.00
Teacher Project Description: Supplies for project-based unit that integrates visual arts and geology.
Owl Creek World Culture Festival
Award Amount: $2,000.00
Teacher Project Description: Resources to engage families in cultural awareness and family involvement.
Bilingual Reading Equals Academic Achievement and Options in Life!
Award Amount: $1,000.00
Teacher Project Description: Provide incentives/rewards for students to meet state language targets.
Focusing our Instruction: Sharing our Vision via Document Cameras
Award Amount: $5,687.00
Teacher Project Description: Document cameras for all classrooms to enhance instructional practices.
Ramay Fly Fishing Club
Award Amount: $3,400.00
Teacher Project Description: Equipment for Fly Fishing Club to offer outdoor educational experience.
Zooming In to the World Around You
Award Amount: $2,300.00
Teacher Project Description: Scientific equipment to investigate their world with hands-on learning
Implementing PEX plumbing skills
Award Amount: $4,100.00
Teacher Project Description: Equipment, tools, and supplies for teaching PEX plumbing skills.
Chime in! Uke Can Do It Too!
Award Amount: $4,660.47
Teacher Project Description: Instruments for elementary students to enhance melodic exploration in music.
FHS Hispanic Heritage Month Event
Award Amount: $2,100
Teacher Project Description: Day-long celebration of Hispanic Heritage by students and for students!
Creating Interpretive Displays Throughout the Community to Promote Local Conservation
Award Amount: $8,000.00
Teacher Project Description: Installing 15 permanent conservation interpretive displays at Fayetteville city parks.
Majolica: Glazes, Geometry, and Global Dialogue
Award Amount: $4,879.36
Teacher Project Description: We'll explore geometric pattern as narrative through in-glaze painting.
Bikes for Holcomb Elementary School
Award Amount: $2,063.24
Teacher Project Description: Properly fitting, safe bikes to improve Bike Ed program.
Sustainable Agriculture for a Better Future
Award Amount: $1,933.50
Teacher Project Description: Materials to help deepen student understanding of sustainable agriculture.
New Kiln for Woodland Junior High
Award Amount: $4,730.22
Teacher Project Description: New kiln that would allow students to create with clay.
Classroom Collaboration & Presentation Tools
Award Amount: $9,404.79
Teacher Project Description: Interactive display for student centered collarboration and presentations.
Reducing Summer Learning Loss with Keen on STEM
Award Amount: $1,838.89
Teacher Project Description: Offering hands-on STEM activities to reduce summer learning loss.
FHS FRIENDS: Empowering Bi-Lingual Student Leaders and Elementary Mentors
Award Amount: $2,050.00
Teacher Project Description: FRIENDS develop leadership and literacy skills through authentic opportunities.
Teaching students how to correctly splint upper and lower-limb fractures
Award Amount: $1,570.75
Teacher Project Description: Equipment for students to properly splint upper and lower-limb fractures.
Mac Pro Computer to create alternative experiences through multiple classes
Award Amount: $3,500.00
Teacher Project Description: All students will learn photo and video editing in classrooms.
Hey Google, Mi-Fi Needed!
Award Amount: $639.90
Teacher Project Description: Mifi is needed to operate our Google Home Hub.
Let's Learn About College and Careers!
Award Amount: $3,500.00
Teacher Project Description: Perceptions of postsecondary learning supports life goals: a district initiative.
Acting, with our Inner Voices, Can yours be heard?
Award Amount: $2,000.00
Teacher Project Description: Finding your place, while acting in a Middle School show.
Creating Collaborative Spaces for Learners in the Commons Areas
Award Amount: $3,750.00
Teacher Project Description: Dry-erase tables and seating to promote student collaboration.
Activate your senses in the Root Elementary Sensory Garden
Award Amount: $3,500.00
Teacher Project Description: Engance sense of wellbeing, reduce your stress, calm your mind.
That's me!: creating multicultural libraries in the classroom
Award Amount: $8,400.00
Teacher Project Description: Multicultural books used for equitable instruction and independent reading.
Fund: Nathan Altman Fund, Candy & Teddy Clarkwell Fund
2022 Fall & 2023 Spring Pendergraft Grant Awards
New Sousaphones for FHS Band
Award Amount: $9,022.50
Teacher Job Description: Equipment to address equity issues in the FHS Band.
Flying to New Careers: Drones in Construction and Engineering
Award Amount: $10,000.00
Teacher Project Description: A set of drone kits for Construction and Engineering students.
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If you have questions about our Grants, contact Emma Pierce, Director of Operations and Programs
479-527-3655