The Wissahickon Educational Opportunities Foundation's vision is to ensure the highest level of educational innovation and to encourage lifelong learning.

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Shady Grove Elementary - Common Grant Application

This application should be used for both Wissahickon Educational Opportunities Foundation (WEOF) and Home and School Association (H&SA) grants. Upon submission, the grant application is forwarded via email to the school principal, WEOF Grants Coordinator, and H&SA Grants Coordinator. The applicant will also receive a confirmation email.

Elementary Schools: If approved by the school principal, grants over $300 and/or involving technology will be forwarded to WEOF for funding consideration. Approved grants for $300 or less will be forwarded to the school’s H&SA for funding consideration.

HELPFUL HINT: It is strongly encouraged for district staff have proactive conversations with their building principals or department leaders to ensure feasibility and alignment of the grant request with the school-based and district-based goals and priorities.

For questions about your grant application, please contact Dr. Jennifer Schmidt, WSD Director of Teaching and Learning, jschmidt@wsdweb.org

Project Description: Please provide a brief description of your proposal in 3-5 sentences.

Total Monetary Amount of Grant Request

Explain how the grant funds would be used and how you ensured cost-efficient pricing. Please provide a detailed list of the items for purchase and estimated expense (include tax and shipping information).

What are the anticipated benefits and outcomes for Wissahickon students? What are the quantitative and qualitative measure that you will use to evaluate the attainment of each outcome?

Please explain how this project is designed to benefit the greatest number of students. Be specific as to the number of students that will benefit from this grant.

What staff members will participate in implementing this project?

What is your anticipated timetable for implementing this grant?

Does this grant require additional resources or support services to implement, install, maintain, monitor, etc?

If yes, please provide additional details for the additional resources and/or support services.

Statement of Understanding

I/We understand that if this grant proposal is approved, it is required that I/we provide an evaluation of the success of the Grant to WEOF or the Home & School Association. The evaluation is to include a written description detailing how the grant is working, an analysis of the stated outcomes and their attainment, and high definition photos/videos that showcase the grant. If necessary, contact the district’s Communications Coordinator to assist in the photo/video documentation. Grant recipients should present this evaluation to the WEOF co-presidents or a Home and School officer.

Electronic Signature of Grant Applicant: Please type your full name.

Contact Information

On the next page, you will enter your contact information. If you are a Wissahickon staff member, please enter the address for your school/building of record. If you are a community organization, please enter your business address.

How We Do It: With You

WEOF is a collective effort of students, educators, families, alumni, community members as well as community businesses and partners.

A successful foundation means that WE are all invested in the present and future for our students, staff, and schools. In addition to financial investments, WEOF counts on and appreciates

time commitments to efforts and events
board membership
grant proposals for innovative teaching and learning
donations or courtesy discounts from local businesses
sponsorships and connections to potential sponsors
word of mouth support