2023 Spring Grants
$34,708.72 approved​

Howell Nature Center fee for all alternative high school students to participate in at least two of the Center's team building programs to build individual confidence and community with their cohort peers.

DHS science students experience authentic laboratory techniques through the use of electronic pipettes while doing lab work at DHS.

Tools (floor plan stencils and light boxes) for students to use in housing and interior designs for floor planning, and designing.

New equipment for all 7th and 8th-grade physical education students that will be used for several teamwork games and challenges, as well as add new sports equipment to the curriculum.

Updated vinyl printer cutter for DHS Graphic Arts Students to design, produce and print their own artistic decal, sticker, more detailed t-shirts, and more on one high-tech machine.

I am hoping for an update of our handheld graphing calculator technology, to "inspire" a technologically savvy student population and align with the high school math classes in our high school credit math class(es) here at Mill Creek.

We would like to create a space outside of the kitchen classroom - in our garden area for students to gather for kitchen/garden lessons and have a designated space for outdoor classroom activities.

6th Grade Classroom visits from Author Claudia Whitsitt who shares the author's process moving from story seed to full-length novel. Her talks are highly motivational and inspirational with a focus on diversity, tolerance and acceptance and teaches students how to treat each other with kindness through literature.

Constructive Playthings Ultra Bright LED Interactive Light Panel for early childhood special education students. This light panel will encourage literacy, pattern and color recognition, problem-solving, language development, fine-motor development and enhance creativity.

Miscellaneous math materials are needed by multiple teachers to support math instruction.

I would like to purchase 24 books about coding with Scratch for my current 5th-grade flex class.

The students at The DEEC will use these toys to work through the design thinking process while collaborating and communicating with their peers. These toys will be used for many years to come.

We would love to have a library of high-interest, lower level books for our struggling readers at Creekside, to provide materials students can access and have choice in what they read.

A complete set of all 31 individual books in the Journey to the West series in Mandarin and English and the ebook for Mandarin learners at Mill Creek.

Dr. Jacob Atem would present to Mill Creek students or Dexter High School students, reaching all pupils in grades 7-12. His presentation focuses on his story as a Lost Boy of Sudan, the resilience he continues to experience as a survivor and as a difference maker in the world as a co-founder of the Southern Sudan Healthcare Organization (SSHCO), and as an educator.

Sensory and Lego tables for all Young 5's classrooms to develop problem solving, creativity, and social skills