• Technology

• Understanding of Geometry Grants

• Nickelodeon Giveaway Program

• Youth Garden Grants Program

Children’s television network Nickelodeon will distribute more than $1 million from September 2005 to June 2006.  The “Let’s Just Play” Giveaway offers kids around the United States the opportunity to take action and enter for a chance to improve their school or community program’s fitness resources.

• Maximum Award: $5000

Eligible Applicants: Kids (6-15 years of age), partnering with teachers and other community-based leaders.

Deadline: May 31, 2006

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ljp_grants.jhtml

150 child-centered, outdoor garden programs will receive Home Depot gift cards.  Program emphasis is on education, plant-to-food connections, environ-mental awareness, entrepreneurship, or social aspects of gardening.

Maximum Award: $500 gift cards for the purchase of gardening materials and supplies.

Eligible Applicants:  Schools, youth groups, community centers, camps, clubs, treatment facilities, and intergenerational groups throughout the United States.  Applicants must plan to garden in 2006 with at least 15 children between the ages of  three and 18 years. 

Deadline: November 30, 2005

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http://www.kidsgardening.com/grants.asp

$150,000 – Math Professional Development

$2,500  2005 Jordan Fundamental Grant Winner -  Regina Reyna at Memorial

Microsoft helps update donated computers in schools
with licensing and Windows software

Schools often welcome donations of personal computers, since budgets are tight and the costs of providing computers for staff, teachers, and students can be prohibitive.

However, welcome as they are, donations of older personal computers often lack licensing or up-to-date software.  Microsoft’s Fresh Start for Donated Computers program provides licensing and Windows installation CDs for qualifying schools.

Eligibility: Accredited K-12 schools that have received donated personal computers.
Deadline: Open
Funds: Microsoft software and licensing
Contact: Fresh Start for Donated Computers, frshstrt@microsoft.com

Eligible schools serve primary or secondary grades, and must have received donations of personal computers with Pentium II or older processors.  Schools can apply only once each calendar year.  Schools may update applications once each year to report any additional computers they have received.

To apply for licensing and Windows software, visit the Microsoft webpage and fill out the required information.

More info online…
For more information, visit http://www.microsoft.com/education/freshstart/freshstart.asp

© 2005 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

http://www.microsoft.com/education

The purpose of the Improving Students’ Understanding of Geometry Grants for Grades K-8 Teachers is to develop activities that will enable students to better appreciate and understand some aspect of geometry consistent with the Principles and Standards for School Mathematics of National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM). Projects must show how geometry relates to other topics such as art, literature, music, etc. and may integrate the use of technology.

Persons currently teaching full time in grades K-8 and are current NCTM members or teaching at a school with a current NCTM school membership are eligible to apply.

Grants will be for a maximum of $3,000.

Proposals must be postmarked by November 4, 2005.

Copyright © 2005, National Council of Teachers of Mathematics.

http://www.nctm.org/about/met/wahl.htm