Congratulations Grant Award Recipients

December 4, 2018

ANNOUNCING:  2018-2019 21st Century Instructional Initiative Grant Award Winners

Congratulations from The Education Foundation of Baltimore County Public Schools to the names of the schools and the titles of the grants awarded to the 2018-2019 recipients for the 21stCentury Instructional Initiative Grants.  We look forward to following the impact of these projects.  Well Done!

Instructional Initiative Grants:

School                                                                            Title of Project

Owings Mills High School                                          Eagle Express Coffee Shop: Phase 2

New Town High School                                             New Town Writing Center

Perry Hall Elementary School                         We’re Game for Math

Wellwood International                                              Our Schools’: Story of Waste

Patapsco High School and Center for the Arts          Slam Poetry Performance & Workshop with Gayle Danley

Sollers Point Technical High School                           Design of Medical Innovation

Orems Elementary School                                          Preparing Citizens with a Future of Choices

Edgemere Elementary School                                     101 Reasons to Have a Musical

Office of Visual Arts                                                  Art Pals!

Dundalk Middle School                                             Days Cove Math and Science Meaningful Watershed Educational Experience

Deep Creek Middle School                                        Off to the Lab: An Authentic Look into Gel Electrophoresis

Owings Mills Elementary School                               Sensory Room

Sparrows Point Middle School                                   Read the Outside: Year Two

Office of Elementary Social Studies                          Gamifying Learning: Using the Stock Market Game to Teach Financial Literacy

George Washington Carver Center                             Male Dancer Development Program

Office of Visual Arts  BCPS                                      Film Expo 2019

 

About the grants:

The Education Foundation of Baltimore County Public Schools, Inc. offers schools the opportunity to apply for up to $2,000 to support instructional projects each year to schools and offices through 21stCentury Instructional Initiative Grants.  The goal of the initiative is to facilitate learning opportunities that help students develop 21stcentury knowledge and skills.  These grants are funded through ambassadors and partners within the community who support public education.

Projects must address and identified need(s) that are aligned with BCPS goals for academics, and key actions as stated in the BCPS Blueprint 2.0: Our Way Forwardand the School Progress Plans. Recipients awarded project funds were based on the project’s anticipated contribution to essential knowledge and skills students must have to be successful in life and employment in the 21stCentury.

Grant proposals must address at least one of the following instructional focused 21stCentury themes:

  • Arts and Culture
  • Civic Literacy
  • Environmental Literacy
  • Financial, Economic, Business and Entrepreneurial Literacy
  • Environmental Literacy
  • Global Awareness
  • Health Literacy
  • Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM)

Congratulations to all of the award recipients.  A special note to all those who applied and did not receive a grant award; Your dedication and commitment to education is commended.  Please continue to pursue your vision for the future.  The Education Foundation of BPCS, Inc. supports you and we hope to see your applications next year.

For additional information, contact The Education Foundation of BCPS, Inc. at edfouncation@bcps.org

Please visit our web site: www.educationfoundationbcps.org