Garden Teaching Grants
Due Date: March 31, 2005
Through the Healthy Sprouts Award program, the National Gardening Association and Gardener's Supply Company have partnered to support schools and community organizations that use gardens to teach about nutrition and explore the issue of hunger in the United States. Selected programs will receive an award package of seeds, tools, garden products, and educational resources for growing a vegetable garden. Five of the selected programs will also receive $500 in cash and a $200 gift certificate to the Gardener's Supply Company catalog.
Program information, requirements, and the application form are available on the Web site, http://www.kidsgardening.com/awards.asp.
A+ for Energy Program for California Teachers
Due Date: April 4, 2005
BP, a global energy provider, is accepting applications for the 2005 A+ for Energy program. In 2005, the program will award $2 million in grants and scholarships to California K-12 teachers to implement creative and innovative educational programs that teach students about energy and energy conservation.
The grants, in amounts of $5,000 or $10,000, are presented directly to teachers who submit creative classroom, after school, extracurricular, or summer activities focused on energy education and/or energy conservation. Any K-12 teacher currently teaching in a California public or private school is eligible to submit an application.
For information about the program, guidelines, application, and eligibility, visit the NEED Project Web site, http://www.need.org.
VSA arts Call for Children's Art
Due Date: April 15, 2005
VSA arts' 2005 Call for Children's Art invites children of all abilities in grades K-12 to submit visual artwork. Entitled "Art is...," the Call for Art is designed to raise awareness of the importance of the arts and arts in education for students of all abilities.
Visit the VSA arts Web site, http://www.vsarts.org, for program information, eligibility, and application guidelines.
Horace Mann Companies Offers Funding for Educators
Deadline: May 14, 2005
For the third consecutive year, the Horace Mann Companies, a national insurance company focusing on educators' financial needs, will offer scholarships totaling $30,000 to help educators continue their education.
This year's program will offer thirty-six awards, including one $5,000 award payable over four years, fifteen $1,000 awards payable over two years, and twenty one-time $500 awards.
To be eligible, an applicant must be an educator employed by a U.S. public or private school district or U.S. public or private college/university and planning to take classes at a two- or four-year accredited college or university. The applicant must have a minimum of two years' teaching experience.
See the Horace Mann website for the online application form www.horacemann.com/
Jordan Fundamentals Program Supports Teachers in Low-Income School
Due Date: June 15, 2005
The Jordan Fundamentals Grant Program recognizes outstanding teaching and instructional creativity in public schools that serve economically disadvantaged students. The program is presented by the Jordan Brand, a division of Nike, Inc. and administered by Scholarship America. Grant funds must be used for resource materials, supplies, equipment, transportation, or costs related to field trips, software, and other items required to implement and assess the proposed lesson or thematic unit.
Applicants must be public school teachers or paraprofessionals working with students in grades one through twelve and be employed by an accredited public school where at least 50 percent of the school's student population is eligible for the free or reduced school lunch program
Program information, eligibility requirements, and application procedures are available on the website:
http://www.nike.com/nikebiz/nikebiz.jhtml?page=26&item=jordan
