2018-2019 PTSA Teacher Grant Applications Now Being Accepted

The PTSA is now accepting Teacher Grant applications for the 2018-2019 school year.   The Wakefield Parent-Teacher-Student (PTSA) encourages teachers and staff to apply for grants for programs and activities that will benefit students during the 2018-19 academic year. A total of $6,000 is available for the school year with a $500 maximum for each award. The application deadline is 5pm, Monday, October 1, 2018.  Click here for more information and to apply.

 2017-18 PTSA Grants Awarded

The PTSA Grants Subcommittee met on Wednesday, November 1, 2017 to review 18 teacher grant applications. We are happy to announce that we were able to award 12 of those grants requested from our existing budget for a total of $4,952.00. The details on the grants and amounts funded are below.

Sponsor	Description	Amount
Wendy Maitland	STEM Club	500
Wendy Maitland/Alan Beitler	United Minority Girls	500
Dan Redmond	Request is for purchase of 5 chess clocks.	200
Daniel Alpert	Joy of X end-of-year project for AP calculus	360
Andrew Della Rocca	Membean for House 3	500
Amy Markowitz	English Phonemic Bookmarks	137
Michelle Harris	Oceanography field trip to the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center	375
Megan Lordos	Solidarity Club	500
Wendy Maitland	Robotics	500
Jack Lane	Books for English Learners	500
Katie Naylor	Breakout EDU	450
Martha Heredia, Walter Valdez, Carlos Murillo	– Latino Youth Conference Leadership	430
Total		4,952

 

We hope to fund several additional requests later this school year pending additional PTSA funding.

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