I was surprised as I read and looked up information in regards to grants and partnerships. There are so many companies, businesses, and families offer moneys to help fund education. There are grants for all subjects, all types of circumstances and all types of people. It just takes some time searching for grants in which you meet the requirements and planning to apply for them. I do not know of any grants in which my school has applied for however, I do know some individuals that have applied for grants and received them.
Partnerships are a great way to give advertising to companies and in return they assist the school. I thing found is interesting that some partnerships work with individual classrooms and did not know they do that. My school currently has a partnership with a Frazier Realty Company and DaVido's Pizza.
One of the things Frazier Realty Company does for our school is donates monies to supports our “Buck of the Day” Program which promotes school attendance. Each day a students is called to see if they are present and on time to school and if they are they receive a dollar and at the end of each month, 2 students are picked from each classroom who have had perfect attendance for the month. DaVido's Pizza offers pizza to the school at a discounted rate and it is served during PTA meetings and Conference Nights.
I was looking at some grants and inquiring to my principal about them and partnerships, she asked me if I was going to write one. I informed her that it could be something to consider however I know that grants have to be worded and written a certain way in order to have some success in getting them. We have an individual who serves as a liaison for promoting school and community togetherness and activities. But it would be interesting to see if some committee could be formed whose job is to find and select partnerships and grants which would be beneficial to our school. Maybe that is something I could look into then again....
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