2022 Spring Grants
$32,017.23 approved​

Music Therapy for High Needs Special Education Students in multiple Dexter Community Schools

Bring the Saline Fiddlers, a youth fiddle club, to perform for 5th-8th grade orchestras and to share their love of fun and challenging string music.

A portable tabletop band saw for MakerSpace and Science department STEM projects. The band saw will allow students and teachers to cut wood, metal, and 3-D-printed plastics in multiple ways.

A large-scale laminator to be used primarily by the GraphX Class and taught to Graphic Arts I and II, as a production tool that all of the District will have access to for their laminated needs.

This grant will provide School Bowling Kits for Wylie Elementary. With the 6 kits, it will allow ALL students that go through Wylie Elementary to participate in our bowling unit.

DIA virtual tour participation cost for all 6th-grade students to explore artifacts from ancient civilizations.

Peardeck Annual Premium Subscription for four teachers for the 2022-2023 academic year

A variety of micropipettes to accurately measure and dispense microliters of biological solutions (DNA, protein solutions, antibiotics, etc.) for lab use in IB & AP Biology, as well as for Internal Assessments in IB Biology, Extended Essays in IB Biology, and for Forensic Science labs involving DNA analysis.

Carbon dioxide gas sensors can be used to monitor gaseous CO2 levels in a variety of biology and chemistry experiments while collecting and displaying real-time data on a computer.

Books for 4th grade students to research about activists and learn about making an impact.

Games and hands-on tools to make math more engaging and fun.

3D Printer for Foundations of Art, Illustration, and Jewelry to use to bring their 2-dimensional designs to life as well as learn about the digital to 3D cross over, to further help Students in an ever-changing and advancing technological world.

The aquariums/terrariums plus supplies will be used by five courses at Dexter High School to explore the behaviors of various organisms and environments.

We are asking for funds to acquire a class set of dumbbells, a dumbbell rack, and 3 moveable benches. Over the next few years, we plan to transform the Mill Creek fitness room into an area better suited for equipping our students and athletes to become more confident and knowledgeable in the fitness environment.

WWII historical fiction book sets for students to read in book clubs/partnerships while exploring the historical fiction genre during reading workshop. The books will enable students to make connections to the genre’s mentor texts while also deepening their knowledge of WWII.