2022 fall Grants
$48,755.20 approved​

Admission for all Dexter Alternative High School students to attend two arts and cultural performances sponsored by the University of Michigan, University Musical Society (UMS).

This grant is for refurbishing the two existing sets of Creekside's Quiz Bowl Club buzzers and purchasing two new sets. Quiz Bowl has become popular in the past few years. Our new sets will help to ensure that everyone present has a buzzer. Refurbishing our old sets is more cost effective and environmentally friendly.

Purchase of a new marimba for use by the Dexter Band Program to support and further enhance the musical education of our band students. It will replace the program's old marimba, which was purchased in the early 1990s.

The goal of this program is to allow full, active participation in a specially designed theater program tailored to the developmental and physical capabilities of our students with special needs.

Registration Fee for all interested DHS Model UN students to participate in the spring Model UN Conference (Mid-American Model UN - MAMUN), run by the Mid-American Global Education Council.

Students will create a coral reef ecosystem aquarium for Oceanography class.

Outdoor-quality toy lawn mowers and shopping carts to engage preschool children (ages 2.5 through 5 years old) in imaginative play outside.

Reflex Math subscription for math intervention students in order to grow in their fact fluency and build confidence in their math skill.

3D printing has been around for several years and it is a industry standard practice of prototyping design ideas. Students have the power to create anything they can imagine into a physical model and test their ideas. 3D modeling to create working prototypes changes the game and allows students to grow a deeper understanding of how & why things work.

This grant will provide admission fee to the Charles H. Wright Museum for every 5th grade student at Creekside.

Sensory Supports for all students to aid with self regulation, de-escalation strategies or calming activities.

Teambuldr weight room management software. This program allows us to better track and manage our entire Strength and Conditioning program.

The goal of this program is to go into the community and practice academic goals and career goals in real life scenarios. This helps students to see the purpose in their learning and make connections between what they are learning in school and how it applies to the real world, future living and employment. The students in the High Needs Resource Room also plan to complete the community lessons with peers. The students will also work on using public transportation to obtain access to the community as public transportation is how our students will gain independence in their community as their peers of the same age learn to drive on their own.

A CNC Router MakerSpace and Science department STEM projects. The CNC router machine is programmed by the student and can make full 3D engravings in hard and soft wood as well as MDF, acrylic and Plexiglass.

Eight rechargeable table lamps to provide ambient lighting to allow my students to feel calmer and more focussed yet still giving enough light to allow them to complete their work.

Document cameras for student projects that require video creation (news broadcasts, paper slide videos, and more!). These cameras have built-in microphones, and can be used for recording, webcams, and more!

Youth Heavy Foam 3 in 1 Plyo Boxes and Resistance Bands for Mill Creek Physical Education students to learn and practice Iron Dread warm up and strength exercises, improve our focus on flexibility and mobility, and to provide more opportunity during our regular class activities, including Muscle Monday, Teamwork Tuesday, Workout Wednesday (student created), and Fitness Friday.

Admission to the University of Michigan Natural History Museum and the stream table add-on experience for all fourth grade students to explore and learn about Michigan’s geologic history and bodies of water

DIA admission for all 6th grade students to explore artifacts from ancient civilizations.

Detroit Zoo admission for four classes of Zoology from Dexter High School.

The students will learn how to care for horses, learn about careers on the farm, work on communication skills and work on sensory activities with the horses as well as complete a project with volunteers at the Therapeutic Horse Riding Inc. in Ann Arbor.

This grant would support Transportation and admission to the Zekelman Holocaust Center in Farmington Hills, Michigan. This hands on experience will allow every 9th grade American History 9 and the IB World History HL student the opportunity to view the museum collection and have a live presentation with a direct descendant of a Holocaust survivor.

Seeking support for supplies to help maintain an EFD-funded, small coffee business run by Dexter High School High Needs Resource Room and Vocational Training Students that teaches job skills, financial literacy, and independence.

iPad tablets with Procreate for Foundations of Art, Illustration and Advanced Drawing & Painting to use to gain an understanding of the high demand for Graphic Design, Product Design and Digital work in the vastly changing world of Artistic Careers.

On-site experiential learning workshops where students experience a bit of what it’s like to live with a disability

Detroit Zoo admission for all seventh and eighth grade students to explore ecosystems and their interconnected network of living and nonliving components along with exploring animal adaptations and human impacts on these ecosystems.

This grant includes 19 individual classroom visits with the Huron Valley Humane Society ACE (Animal Care Education) Teacher and a service dog that will serve as a kick-off for a Wylie school-wide upcycle animal towel drive in January 2023.