Grants Awarded 2025-2026 Total $36,760.17
Smithfield MS
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Cox — $1,395.83 — Fusing Shape, Line, and Light
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Greenwell — $1,000.00 — Em-POWER-ing Students to Learn
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Hamrick — $273.75 — Book Beautification
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Parker — $1,123.48 — Expandable Knowledge Tactile Learning Through Reading
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Sorrell — $1,050.00 — Keeping Kids Moving
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Stephenson — $1,825.86 — Scooters for Success Physical Activity
Smithfield HS
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Borum — $2,191.00 — Mobile Networking Lab
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Kinard — $1,302.98 — Inspired from Above
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Pape — $383.88 — Chess Club Tournament Clocks
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Vargas — $1,185.02 — Using World History to Teach the Spanish Language
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Andria — $176.14 — Work That Lasts
Carrsville ES
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Berard — $973.16 — Wings and Water
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Garris — $1,010.91 — Cardboard Creations/Light Reflections
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Hubbell — $600.00 — Learning with LUV
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Vaughn — $635.86 — Where in the World?
Carrollton ES
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Brake — $1,049.36 — Making Better Spellers One Day at a Time
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Gasparini — $920.11 — Printmaking
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Mann — $981.64 — Growing and Glowing
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Micciche — $500.00 — Fine Motor and Sensory Support Materials
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Morgan — $200.26 — Unifex Large Magnet
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Nemetz Gardner — $500.00 — Sensory Exploration Station
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Odom — $552.22 — Dry Erase Boards and Headphones
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R. Nagy — $738.76 — Light Up Your Learning
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Rowland — $1,000.00 — Accessible Adventures
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T. Nagy — $223.09 — Regulation for Learning
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Wallace — $164.51 — Movement in the Music Room
Hardy ES
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Cook — $2,041.02 — Organized Minds, Confident and Fluent Readers
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Snipes — $1,226.70 — Safe, Supported, and Ready to Learn
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Winfree — $712.99 — Sounds Stage Exploration
Windsor ES
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Dover — $759.00 — Flexible Seating for Focused Learning in Fourth
Windsor HS
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Gibbs — $769.85 — Analyzing the Chemistry of Saltwater
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Moring — $370.47 — Stemming in Science
Westside ES
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Carey — $1,674.35 — Watershed Wise: Hands-On Learning Through Enviroscape
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Finestone — $1,423.03 — Living History
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Gurgrich — $2,346.74 — The Next Big Snap in STEM
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Niemi — $2,478.20 — Hands On Programming with Micro:bits
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Yme Wimbush — $1,000.00 — Stronger Together: Building Leadership & Learning Through Teamwork
Submission Guidelines
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All grants must be submitted annually.
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Identical grants may only be funded for three consecutive years.
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Grants are only awarded if funding is not available through capital, department, or technology plan budgets.
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Grants are not funded for field trips or any other student transportation.
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If your proposal is approved, you will be required to submit a grant summary and photographs of your grant in action by May 30, 2027. Failure to submit photographs can preclude additional funding.
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All items purchased with grant funds awarded by the Education Foundation shall remain property of Isle of Wight County Schools and not that of the grant recipient.
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More specifically, any and all items purchased with grant funds awarded by the Education Foundation shall remain the property of the school to which the grant award check is made payable, as documented by the items’ addition to the school inventory.
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Additional computers or other equipment necessary for the grant project must be funded by the school.
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Any funding awarded must be used by May 1 unless otherwise approved by the Foundation.
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Money not used by the end of the current school year shall be returned to the Foundation.
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All grant submissions must request exact dollar totals in their budgets.
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The Education Foundation reserves the right to require a revised budget submission should quotes exceed normal expectations.
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Please do not use sale prices in your grant application. These costs may vary from when you submit the application and when the items are purchased.
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Teachers may submit a maximum of 1 grant application for the 2026-2027 school year.
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DEADLINE for grant submission for 2026-2027 is December 1, 2026.
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