- Grants Introduction
- Approved Grants
- General Grant Program Guidelines & Notes Application Instructions Helpful Hints Is it a good fit? Quiz Grant Scoring Rubric On-line Grant Application Download Cover Page Final Report & Form
- Apple Grant for Professional Development Guidelines & Notes Application Instructions On-Line Grant Application Download Cover Page Final Report & Form
Exciting News from the GFFE
The Mulberry Poindexters - Winners of BEE 6 !
The coveted "Best of the Hive" trophy went home with "The Mulberry Poindexters." The Mulberry Point Neighborhood team was represented by Annie Merkle, Susan Fine, Maureen Belden. Their winning word was "firnification" - the process whereby snow is changed to firn, or névé. The GFFE thanks everyone who attended, and we hope to see you next year. For a list of all the winners, photo slide show, and list of our sponsors, please click here (more info)
Bee Video - 2012
Watch clips from the Bee 6.
Rakefish Awareness Project
The Guilford Fund For Education recently funded a project at the A.W. Cox School called “The Rakefish Awareness Project.” For this project, fourth grade students, led by teacher Joe Bernier, created a fish sculpture out of recycled materials including an old rake, hence the “rakefish.”, The sculpture symbolizes a dire situation in the Pacific ocean called the Pacific Garbage Patch, a floating mass of garbage the size of Texas. The rakefish will travel, along with student generated environmental messages, to schools all over the country. As the sculpture travels, students at participating schools will communicate via Skype with the Guilford students and share their own dreams about improving the environment. Read the New Haven Register article
A.W. Cox School's Jor Bernier and his fourth grade student "rakefish" project.
Annual Appeal
Check your mailboxes, both physical and email. Our Annual Appeal is going out soon and we need your help. Grant proposals from Guilford educators are pouring into the GFFE office and we would like to fund them all. Unfortunately, that won’t be possible without donations from you, your family, your neighbors and friends. Guilford has been more than generous in the past and we’re hoping that will continue this year. Watch this site for updates of our progress. (Make a Donation)
Guilford Fund For Education Annual Technology Drawing
October 13, 2011 was a happy day for Susan Doria, a Guilford parent. She became the winner of the first Guilford Fund For Education Annual Technology Drawing. The prize was an Apple iPad2. Susan filled out an entry form at the Baldwin School 6th grade Back To School Night and crossed her fingers. The following week, Ann Keene, acting Guilford Superintendent of Schools drew Susan’s entry out of a hat and declared her the winner. A week later, Herb Swartz handed the iPad to the smiling winner at the GFFE office.
GFFE Board Member Herb Swartz presents Susan Doria with her iPad
Guilford Foundation Collaborative Grants Program
The Guilford Fund for Education (GFFE) and The Guilford Foundation (GF) and) are pleased to announce an exciting collaborative that will leverage the resources of both organizations to create an unprecedented funding opportunity for projects that enrich learning opportunities for Guilford’s youth. We seek grant applications that provide or expand opportunities for Guilford youth to: develop their knowledge about the world; think differently; enrich personal development and growth; and / or increase their appreciation of learning.
Funding availability: GF and GFFE have committed matching funds for this collaboration. Individual grant awards will be considered for funding up to $3,000 per request. The collaborative will consider requests greater than $3000; please contact Liza Janssen Petra at grants@gffe.org orlizapetra@gmail.com for details. The collaborative will fund as many qualifying projects as its resources allow.
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