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 OUTSIDE
GRANTS
The Foundation was the catalyst for hiring a grant
writer, which the district and Foundation now support
together. To date, grant writing has brought the
district over $10.5 million in grant awards. The grant
writer has also worked with community organizations such
as The Family YMCA at Tarrytown, Warner Library and
BOCES to procure additional funds to support students.
Competitive Grants Obtained
Include:
21st
Century Community Learning Center grants $3.9 million
total in funds since 2001 plus additional $36,000 from
Westchester Community Foundation for MS Fit Kids
program.
A
combination of federal and state grants to support after
school programs at WI and SHMS/HS. The district partners
with The YMCA and Westchester Jewish Community Services
to deliver social and enrichment programs along with
providing academic support.
Extended
School Day/School Violence Prevention grants $2.7
million since 1998 plus $200,000 additional funding
through Congresswoman Nita Lowey
This
award supports after school programs, school safety
initiatives and services for newly arrived students from
foreign countries at Washington Irving Intermediate
School, Sleepy Hollow MS/HS and Morse School. The grant
also supported The Family Center, which provided
services to all families in the district through its
lending library of parenting materials, Safe School
Team, workshops, and referral services.
Even Start Family Literacy Initiative
$1.7 million from NYS Education
Department since 2001 plus additional funding from
Westchester Community Foundation, through Congresswoman
Nita Lowey, Living History Arts and National Book
Scholarship Fund.
This program
provides intensive services to low-literacy, low-income
families with children from birth to age 7. The program
has a morning and evening adult basic education and
literacy program, a day-time early childhood education
program which helps prepare children to enter
kindergarten ready to learn, interactive parent-child
literacy based activities, parenting programs, and
family events.
Dual Language Program
$367,635 from NY State
Education Department, Westchester Community Foundation
and New York Life Foundation since 2003.
This grant funds the district’s dual language program
which enables children to learn content in two
languages, English and Spanish, starting in
kindergarten. Each class is about half native English
speaking, and half native Spanish speaking. Students
are taught academic content in both Spanish and English.
Program goals are to have students develop high levels
of proficiency in their first and second language, to
achieve academic performance at or above grade level,
and to develop positive cross-cultural attitudes.
$1.8
million in additional grants have provided funds for
technology, English language support, arts residencies,
JazzFest, digital cameras, character education, mentor
teacher program, professional development, Teacher in
the Library, literacy, Today’s Student’s Tomorrows
Teachers, support for English language learners and
economically disadvantaged youth and more. |
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