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Catholic schools, similar to public schools, are continually looking for additional sources for funding. As a private school, Carmel cannot apply for many of the title funds available to public schools. We always hope that a public school will name us as a co-applicant of a grant. Public schools are required by law to allocate a small portion of title funding they receive with a private school in their area. Carmel has yet to be named as a co-recipient in one of the numerous grants that the public schools in the area have received.
Part of the problem is that public schools perceive private schools as competitors and do not want to share their resources with their competitors. Funding that went to the public high school in the same town as Carmel was shared with a small private grade school several miles away.
Other grants, however, are available to private schools, and Carmel should pursue these monies whenever possible.
When applying for a grant, it is helpful to be familiar with the procedures involved in the application.
GRANT APPLICATION PROCEDURES back to top
Grant Writing - Sources and Tips - at About.com - Secondary Education, this page gives helpful tips for grant writing.
Grant Match Rubric - a rubric to determine whether you and the grant you're interested in are a good match.
Grant Writing for Educators - a more comprehensive list of suggestions (downloadable in PDF format) for the grant application process.
Techlearning.com - This site is a collaboration of the Technology & Learning magazine, The Well-Connected Educator, and School Tech Expo. The June 2000 issue of Technology & Learning covers grants and funding extensively. This website also lists 134 grants and contests. They recommend that you keep checking the site for additions.
Grant Writing Resources - at About.com - Secondary Education, there are links to private foundation grants, Hewlett Packard, IBM, NEC, Department of Health and Human Services, Sprint, Target, Toyota, and U.S. Department of Education.
Journalism Teacher of the Year Award
Application deadline: July 1, 2000.
Potential candidates: Journalism teachers, high school senior journalism student.
Award amount: Student can win up to $1,000
Application requirements: To apply for the grant, the teacher must send in a completed application, an updated résumé, two issues of the 1999-00 school paper, and a 35mm head shot (any size) and responses to questionairre (less than 5 page response).
Our school newspaper has won the first place award nationally for private schools for the last two years. Since this award "recognizes outstanding high school journalism teachers who have done exemplary work during the school year," the journalism teacher would be a good candidate. I will be forwarding the information to him in the hope that he has enough time to apply.
Although the teacher does not win a financial award. The teacher would receive an all-expense paid trip to the award ceremony.
Prudential Spirit of Community Awards
Application deadline: Fall 2000
Potential candidates: Students in middle and high school grades who have "demonstrated exemplary community service."
Award amount: State honorees win $1,000, an expense-paid trip to Washington, D.C., and the opportunity to be selected as one of ten national honorees, each of whom receives $5,000.
Application procedures: The application for the fall deadline has not yet been posted on the web page.
Carmel has a ministry requirement for all of the four years students attend the school. Students contribute 20 hours of ministry community service each semester. Many of the students go beyond the 20 expected hours and donate even more of their time in service to the community. Carmel students would be good candidates to apply for this award.
Target All-Around Scholarships
Application deadline: November 1
Potential candidates: This scholarship is for
graduating high school seniors and undergraduate college students under age 24.
In addition, applicants must enroll in a full-time undergraduate course of
study no
later than the fall term of 2001-2002 school year at an accredited two-or four-year
college, university or vocational-technical school in the U.S.
Award amount: Five $10,000 national
scholarships (one per Target region); two $1,000
scholarships awarded to local students by each of Target's 934 stores across
the country.
Application procedures: Students need to fill out an application that requests the following information:
1. Number of community volunteer service hours.
2. The applicantís list of volunteer leadership awards and honors.
3. Appraisal form completed by volunteer supervisor or leader.
4. The applicantís short essay on volunteer service.
5. A grade point average (GPA) of C/2.0 level or higher.
Preference in the selection of recipients will be given to students who reside in a
community where a Target store is located.
Application deadline: November 1, 2000
Potential candidates: Individual teacher or school administrator
Award amount: applied toward a continuing education course
Application procedure: Must fill out an application describing the course, benefit(s) of continuing education course, why scholarship is requested, if the request is for a school, benefit(s) of staff development opportunity.
I would like to apply for this scholarship as a technology coordinator who is training the teachers.
