Grant Awards for 1998
CPSF awarded the following educational grants for the 1997-1998 school year. This was the first year the Foundation awarded grants.
Dreamwriters ($8,450)
Request submitted by:
James Kome, Dixie Grupe, Tim Trogdon, Laurie Hoff, Jo Donati Shaw, and George Frissell
This Grant to the Hickman High School Library Media Center provides a mobile word processing unit with [...]
Grant Awards for 1999
CPSF awarded the following educational grants for the 1998-1999 school year.
Visual Dimension Project ($9,745)
Request submitted by:
Teresa Barry, Pamela Didur, and Dr. Mary Laffey
Ninety TI-83 graphing calculators, three calculator overhead viewers, and three Calculator Based Laboratory kits were purchased for use in algebra and science courses at Oakland Junior High School in [...]
Grant Awards for 2000
CPSF awarded the following educational grants for the 1999-2000 school year.
Carpe Diem ($8,000)
Request submitted by:
Craig Adams, Steve Markway, John Strodtman, and Lori Breedlove
Carpe Diem establishes a custom manufacturing operation to impact students at all levels, including students with educational and behavioral disabilities, through participation in a
“It is cool to see something [...]
Grant Awards for 2001
CPSF awarded the following educational grants for the 2000-2001 school year.
Information Center ($7,500)
Request submitted by:
Christy Atchley, Doug Daniels, Susan Wier, and Becky Greer
Provided funds for a major upgrade of the library resource materials available on-site at Douglass High School. The new library provides students with access to much needed reading and [...]
Grant Awards for 2002
CPSF awarded the following educational grants for the 2001-2002 school year.
Doorway into Nature’s Classroom ($5,855)
Blue Ridge Elementary
Rub a Dub-Dub … Reading in a Tub ($5,015)
Midway Heights Elementary
Audio/Video Equipment To Create Magic ($3,037)
Writing Right ($3,034)
Russell Elementary
TI-83 Graphing Calculators ($2,450)
7th grade at Lange Middle School
Expository Expedition ($1,600)
Field Elementary
Readers [...]
Grant Awards for 2003
CPSF awarded the following educational grants for the 2002-2003 school year.
Digital Technology School Based Business ($4,086)
Douglass High – Technology equipment and software enhance learning, and seed money started a school based business focusing on training in marketing, accounting, public relations, and design.
Non-Fiction Genre Study Kits ($4,000)
Parkade Elementary – Non-fiction books [...]
Grant Awards for 2004
CPSF awarded the following educational grants for the 2003-2004 school year.
Critter Program ($14,000)
All Elementary Schools
Partners in Education ($10,000)
Daring to Dream ($5,885)
Elementary Science Department – This project is a collaborative project between science specialists and fifth grade teachers to support both student interest and motivation in science and improvement in [...]
Grant Awards for 2005
CPSF awarded the following educational grants for the 2004-2005 school year.
Media Centers ($30,000)
Douglass High, Hickman High, Rock Bridge High, Jefferson Junior High, Oakland Junior High, and West Junior High; each received $5,000 for Media Centers
Animal Excursion Program ($15,000)
Request submitted by:
Sara Torres
Commonly referred to as the “Critters Program,” this provides inspiration [...]
Grant Awards for 2006
CPSF awarded the following educational grants for the 2005-2006 school year.
Library Books ($29,000)
Request submitted by:
Dr. Curt Fuchs
$1,000 per 19 elementary schools for picture books totaling $19,000 and $10,000 for Douglass High School to purchase resource books, audio books, software updates, and data projectors.
Convenient Encyclopedia Project ($1,251)
Rock Bridge Elementary
Grant Awards for 2007
CPSF awarded the following educational grants for the 2006-2007 school year.
Critter Program ($15,000)
The Critter Program, officially called the Animal Excursion Program, brings animals into all CPS classrooms.
Classroom Performance System ($10,264)
Request submitted by:
Gentry Middle School Math Teachers
The grant will fund the purchase of additional response pads, receivers, software and chalkboard for existing SMARTBoards [...]
