Arlington Education Fund Awards (Spring 2010)
Press Release
For Immediate Release Contact:
Wanda L. Pierce Executive Director 703-243-4785
Arlington Community Foundation Awards Eleven Grants for Innovative Education Projects benefiting Arlington Students
May 5, 2010 - The Arlington Community Foundation's Board of Trustees has approved 11 grants, totaling $12,083 to non-profits and schools, focusing on education that will reach a broad spectrum of students through creative programs. The grants will be issued from the Foundations Arlington Education Fund, a component fund of the Foundation that provides grants to educators and nonprofit organizations for innovative projects that supplement and enrich the learning environment for preschool through adult students in Arlington. Grants are awarded from this fund twice a year, once in the Spring and once in the Fall. The Fund is made up of contributions from over 100 individual donors who have an interest in supporting education-related projects and programs that might otherwise not be implemented without this funding. The Arlington Education Fund Advisory Committee is made up of community volunteers and is chaired by Conchita Mitchell, founder of the fund. See below for a complete list of 2010 Spring Arlington Education Fund grantees.
To donate to the Arlington Education Fund at the Arlington Community Foundation or for additional information, contact Firman Nor, Associate, at fnor@arlcf.org or 703-243-4785. The Spring 2010 Arlington Education Fund grantees are as follows:
Abingdon Elementary School and Carlin Springs Elementary - Summer Music Workshop - The grant would provide stipends for qualified Suzuki string teachers and a multi-cultural percussion specialist to offer free Suzuki violin lessons and a percussion workshop to the students of Abingdon Elementary and Carlin Springs Elementary. These students have Suzuki violin classes and percussion classes during the school year, but are not able to take private lessons during the summer. - $930.00
AHC Inc. - Summer Enrichment: Stimulating Kids' Appetites for Science - AHC will add a science enrichment component to its six-week summer camp program for 102 rising 1st - 5th grade Arlington school children. The goal in bringing these enrichment programs to their summer camps for low-income children is to reinforce the concepts taught in the Arlington Public Schools science curriculum, increase their science and general vocabulary, and generate excitement and curiosity about science. - $1,500.00
BU-GATA - What's Up Arlington from a Teen's Perspective - This project will allow the BYB youth participants to create an original video that explores various aspects of teen life in Arlington. Through this type of enriched learning experience, the youth will reinforce skills that are critical to academic achievement - $ 1,000.00
Francis Scott Key Elementary School - Moviles Maravillosos - Moviles Maravillosos is a full-year school-wide art and science project. By studying the mobiles and stabiles of artists such as Alexander Calder, the project employs cross-curricular lessons to reinforce science and art curriculum through the creation and exploration of 3-D art. Final products will be permanently installed in/around Key School. - $675.00
Glebe Elementary School - Henri & Pablo - This grant will enable arts specialists at Glebe Elementary to partner with dance instructors from Bowen McCauley dance to produce an original student performance highlighting the lively friendship between artists Henri Matisse and Pablo Picasso. They will tell this fascinating story through visual art and dance. - $1,500.00
Kenmore Middle School and Educational Theater Company - Project Flip: Connecting Literature to Theatre - To create an integrated theatre experience based on the book Flip that engages all Kenmore students and some Carlin Springs Elementary School students while also expanding the impact of the theatre arts program at Kenmore. - $1,500.00
National Science & Technology Education Partnership - Greater Washington Study Buddy - Arlington Project - This support will allow NSTEP to continue providing free, unlimited online math tutoring to Arlington County middle and high school students using personalized online notebooks for the full 2010-2011 academic year - $1,000.00
Northern VA Family Services (NVFS) - Head Start Program - Community Garden - With the obesity rates for pre-schoolchildren well above 50% in our community, NVFS proposes a community garden to help their children and families learn about healthy food choices. This garden will be planted by children, their families and staff and all produce yielded will be given to the families - $750.00
Phoenix Bikes - Summer Entrepreneurship Program - To increase summer opportunities for in-depth exploration of cycling, community, and entrepreneurship for at-risk youth in South Arlington - $750.00
Vanguard Services Unlimited - Enhancing Learning at Girls Recovery Lodge School - Girls Recovery Lodge (GRL) is a treatment program for girls who are suffering from addiction and related mental health problems. This grant will help pay for educational software at the GRL school program that will help the girls stay engaged in learning, stay on grade level and progress toward graduation. - $1,500.00
Wakefield High School HILT B Science - Chesapeake Bay Foundation's Virginia Canoe Rig Program - To provide the bus cost and program cost of the program - $978.00
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