The Ezra Jack Keats Foundation offers minigrants of $500 to Public School and Public Libraries for programs that encourage literacy and creativity in children. Programs relating to the work of Ezra Jack Keats (writer and illustrator) are welcome, but not required. An application form is available on the website. - http://www.ezra-jack-keats.org/programs/minigrant.html
Creative programs funded in the past have included:
- Ongoing pen-pal projects bringing disparate communities together
- Multi-cultural portrait projects
- Art projects culminating in art shows, murals, or quilts
- Bookmaking
- Creation and performance of puppet shows
- Inter-generational journals
Deadline: September 15, ongoing
The New York State Educational Media/Technology Association provides an annual Media/Technology development grant in the amount of $1,000 for certified teachers in New York State who are working with K-12 students on media literacy. The deadline for applications is May 28, 2010
For more details go to http://teachersites.schoolworld.com/webpages/EMTA/grant.cfm
KIDS Consortium, with support from State Farm Youth Advisory Board, is offering mini-grants for “green” service-learning projects developed by K-12 schools in New England. Grants of up to $750 will support “green school” service-learning projects, such as energy efficiency and recycling, proposed by K-12 educators, students, and community organizations working with youth. Funded projects must solve a problem or address a local need related to making schools and neighborhoods healthier and more environmentally sustainable. Students involved in these projects will have an opportunity to participate in a 2010 Green Schools Student Summit in order to share their projects with students from around the region. The application deadline is August 31, 2009. Visit the KIDS Consortium website for online application guidelines.
If you are interested in starting a garden at your school consider applying for the Healthy Sprouts Award. To be eligible for the 2009 award, a school or organization must plan to garden in 2010 with at least fifteen children between the ages of 3 and 18. The selection of winners is based on the demonstrated relationship between the garden program and nutrition and hunger issues in the United States.
Maximum Award: $200-$500; Number of Awards: 20
Deadline: October 15, 2009
For more details go to: http://www.kidsgardening.com/healthysprouts.asp
Gardening and the LMC:
My First Garden - Gail Junion-Metz - - School Library Journal, 3/11/2009
Gardening, Kids, and the Library Media Specialist - School Library Media Activities Monthly, v17 n8 p48-51 Apr 2001
Enter to Win an Edible Garden for Your School www.readersdigest.com/goodfoodgardens
Picturing America is an initiative of the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), in cooperation with the American Library Association (ALA). The goal of Picturing America is to enhance the teaching, study, and understanding of American history and culture by bringing some of America’s greatest works of art into school classrooms and public libraries.
Picturing America will provide K-12 schools and public libraries with 40 images of American art, an illustrated teachers resource book, and a web site containing additional information including lesson plans.
Educators and librarians are invited to apply online from January 7 through April 15, 2008. For more information about Picturing America, including a list of the artowrk featured, grant guidelines, and the online application, visit http://picturingamerica.ala.org.
School Library System | May 16, 2010
