Major Project Grants
$5,000+ Major Grants are intended for a school wide project. Some examples of Major grants are a Greenhouse, leveled library and a small computer lab. We suggest that you read some of our sample grants before submitting an application.
Major Grants are reviewed on a quarterly basis. Once your Major Grant request is received, you should receive a letter within 2-3 weeks notifying you of the date your grant will reviewed.
Additional Guidelines for Major Grant Requests
- Each school can receive only one School or Major Grant per school year.
Grant Text
Grant applications are easy to write. Just take a look at the the text from a grant application that was approved in January 2007.
Major Project Grant Request
Amount: $5,000.00
Number of Students the project impacts: 400Purpose of the Grant
As a classroom teacher for the past nineteen years and a literacy specialist for the past three years, I have worked in six different elementary schools in Nebo School District. I was instrumental in helping Hobble Creek Elementary School in Mapleton receive a much appreciated 100% for Kids Grant two years ago.This current school year I have been assigned to Salem Elementary School. I have found a greater need for literacy materials here than at any of the previous schools. The community of Salem has been growing rapidly. The third elementary school opened its doors this fall. Salem Elementary School was the only school in the community for many years until the phenomenal growth rate began. The building has been remodeled, but many of the literacy materials are old and insufficient.
The purpose of this project is to update and increase the number of books in the leveled library, the take home library and the tutoring library. The leveled library is small and only has a few books on some of the reading levels. These books are paperback trade books, and some copies are wearing out and need to be replaced. The take home library needs to be enlarged to meet the growing population within the school boundaries. The tutoring library is in critical need of leveled books.
Describe how this project meets the Major Project qualifications:
This grant request would benefit every student in the school. Balanced Literacy is a research-based reading program. The philosophy is to have classroom teachers provide scaffolding at each child's instructional reading level. Therefore, many books are required at each level of reading in order to move the students along the continuum to become fluent, independent, lifelong readers. The take home library reinforces this continuum as the parents support their child's reading practice at home.Struggling readers need one-on-one tutoring in addition to classroom instruction to provide more reading practice. A volunteer program has been implemented at Salem Elementary and there is a critical need for single title books on each reading level for a tutoring library.
Total budget for project and detailed list of items. Be specific; list items to be purchased and approximate cost:
Pearson Learning Group
A- B-C Joy Readers
0-7685-1384-7: The Giant, 6 Pack 20.00
0-7685-1386-3: Help! Help!, 6 Pack 20.00
0-7685-1388-X: Mrs. Lunch, 6 Pack 20.00
0-7685-1399-5: Run, Run, Run, 6 Pack 20.00
0-7685-1400-2: Snacks, 6 Pack 20.00
C
0-7685-1357-X: Roller Coaster, 6 Pack 20.00
0-7685-1436-3: Rules for Pets, 6 Pack 20.00
0-7685-1438-X: Six Cats, 6 Pack 20.00
0-7685-1421-5: The Taxi, 6 Pack 20.00
0-7685-1411-8: Zoom! Zoom!,6 Pack 20.00Level I
The Day the Sheep Showed Up HJZ84910, 6 copies, 23.94
Messy Bessy HJZ384298, 6 copies, 29.70
The Little Red Hen LGH41145, 6 copies, 21.00
The Missing Mitten Mystery LGH937594, 6 copies, 29.70
New Shoes, Red Shoes LGH926982, 6 copies, 27.00
Level J
Hamster Chase LGH947215, 6 copies, 24.70
Jamberry LGH44156, 6 copies, 29.70
Mouse Mess LGH10050, 6 copies, 29.70
My Brother Ant LGH439940, 6 copies, 23.94
Officer Buckle and Gloria LGH92569, 6 copies, 29.70
Dogs Don’t Wear Sneakers LGH20520, 6 copies, 29.70
Level K
Amber Brown-It’s a Fair Day LGH57065, 6 copies, 29.70
Click, Clack, Moo LGH921649, 6 copies, 29.70
The Dumb Bunnies LGH966944, 6 copies, 35.94
A House is a House For Me LGH45306, 6 copies, 35.70
Nate the Great LGH22117, 6 copies, 27.00
Level L
Blabber Mouse HJZ944199, 6 copies, 29.70
The Greedy Python HJZ46284, 6 copies, 29.70
Gregory, The Terrible Eater HJZ43350, 6 copies, 29.94
How I Became a Pirate HJZ966474, 6 copies, 35.70
Little Penguin’s Tale HJZ47085, 6 copies, 29.70Level M
Jake Drake, Bully Buster JHZ369381, 6 copies, 23.94
Koko’s Kitten HJZ44425, 6 copies, 35.94
Molly’s Pilgrim HJZ914868, 6 copies, 21.00
Pigsty HJZ959843, 6 copies, 35.98
Sable HJZ61967, 6 copies, 29.70
Hey, Little Ant HJZ909816, 6 copies, 29.70
Level N
Goldilocks Returns HJZ928598, 6 copies, 29.70
The Haunted Mansion Mystery HJZ937204, 6 copies, 23.94
The Principal’s on the Roof HJZ956242, 6 copies, 23.70
Catwings Return HJZ955190, 6 copies, 23.82
Flat Stanley HJZ958863, 6 copies, 23.70
Level O
Chocolate Fever HJZ04096, 6 copies, 27.00
The Lighthouse Mystery HJZ42679, 6 copies, 23.70
The Mouse and the Motorcycle HJZ68733, 6 copies, 29.70
Muggie Maggie HJZ915805, 6 copies, 29.70
My Mama Had a Dancing Heart HJZ368941, 6 copies, 35.70
The Mystery of Dead Man’s Curve HJZ921725, 6 copies, 35.94
Level P
A Bad Case of Stripes HJZ907955, 6 copies, 35.94
Bunnicula HJZ31318, 6 copies, 23.70
Drag Racer HJZ3822996, 6 copies, 41.70
My Dog, Cat HJZ936848, 6 copies, 23.94
Teacher’s Pet HJZ911323, 6 copies, 23.94
Magic School Bus Gets
Ants in its Pants HJZ40024, 6 copies, 21.00
Level Q
American Tall Tales HJZ56930, 6 copies, 47.70
Double Fudge HJZ958549, 6 copies, 29.70
Santa Paws: Our Hero HJZ937283, 6 copies, 35.94
Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing HJZ955986, 6 copies, 29.70
There’s a Boy in the
Girl’s Bathroom HJZ59089, 6 copies, 27.00
True Story of the Three
Little Pigs HJZ44357, 6 copies, 29.70
Level R
The Library Card HJZ38633, 6 copies, 29.94
The Midnight Fox HJZ32874, 6 copies, 33.00
Shiloh HJZ432210, 6 copies, 35.94
Brian’s Winter HJZ69013, 6 copies, 27.00
Caddie Woodlawn HJZ44464, 6 copies, 29.70
Frindle HJZ430383, 6 copies, 29.94
Hatchet HJZ439958, 6 copies, 35.94
Level S
The Borrowers HJZ932510, 6 copies, 29.70
The Dollhouse Murders HJZ43461, 6 copies, 35.94
The Gold Cadillac HJZ64266, 6 copies, 23.70
Matilda HJZ99683, 6 copies, 27.00
The Firework-Maker’s Daughter HJZ922420, 6 copies, 29.94
Level T
The Birchbark House HJZ920340, 6 copies, 29.70
Bright Shadow HJZ926139, 6 copies, 35.94
Bud, Not Buddy HJZ922188, 6 copies, 33.00
Jason’s Gold HJZ368216, 6 copies, 35.94
The Lion, the Witch and
The Wardrobe HJZ25476, 6 copies, 29.70Level U
Wringer HJZ429713, 6 copies, 39.00
Search For Delicious HJZ12931, 6 copies, 23.70
The Secret Garden HJZ909939, 6 copies, 29.94
Bridge to Terabithia HJZ13200, 6 copies, 29.70
Ella Enchanted HJZ429755, 6 copies, 29.70
Frightful’s Mountain HJZ920911, 6 copies, 29.70
Level V
Anne of Green Gables HJZ929577, 6 copies, 29.94
Wanderer HJZ931629, 6 copies, 33.00
Wrinkle In Time HJZ62129, 6 copies, 39.00
Walk Two Moons LFQ429636, 6 copies, 39.00
The Single Shard LFQ430143, 6 copies, 35.94
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIM HLFQ430411, 6 copies, 33.00
Level W
Stormbreaker LGH939092, 6 copies, 35.70
Skeleton Key LGH966209, 6 copies, 35.70
Coraline LGH957688, 6 copies, 29.70
Girl In a Cage LGH959177, 6 copies, 35.70
Hoot LGH440000, 6 copies, 53.70
Inkheart LGH953165, 6 copies, 47.94
Surviving the Applewhites LGH956675, 6 copies, 29.70
The Fall LFQ917682, 6 copies, 35.94
Level X
Artemis Fowl LGH934445, 6 copies, 33.00
The Iceberg Hermit HJZ44112, 6 copies, 27.00
The Midwife’s Apprentice HJZ429684, 6 copies, 35.94
Out of the Dust HJZ37125, 6 copies, 35.94
Where the Red Fern Grows HJZ79254, 6 copies, 39.00
True Confessions LFQ96047, 6 copies, 35.94
Level Y
Call of the Wild HJZ922714, 6 copies, 23.94
White Fang HJZ923619, 6 copies, 23.94
The Giver 4142, 6 copies, 39.00
Touching Spirit Bear 940184, 6 copies, 29.70
Artemis Fowl: The Arctic Incide 944143, 6 copies, 33.00Level Z
…And Now Miguel 429699, 6 copies, 35.94
Among the Hidden 948269, 6 copies, 35.94
The Hobbit 21709, 6 copies, 41.94Level X
Blackwater Mine 07578-0893X-CR3, 6 copies, 34.00
The Dragon
Compass 07578-08980-CR3, 6 copies, 34.00
Level Y
Jurassic News 07578-08913-CR3, 6 copies, 34.00
Uncool! 07578-09014-CR3, 6 copies, 34.00
Level Z
No Way Home 07578-08964-CR3, 6 copies, 34.00
Crisis Maximus! 07578-09022-CR3, 6 copies, 34.00
Single Title Books for the Take Home Library and Tutoring Library
Wright Group
Sunshine Fiction and Nonfiction Single Copy Set:
A - J 59 copies $313.29
Fiction Single Copy Set:
K – N 68 copies $441.27
X Zone Single Copy Set:
N - P 24copies $141.00
Sunshine Single Copy Set:
N – P 20 copies $148.59
Total $5698.56If your request is granted, how do you plan to maintain the item(s) requested?
Books in the leveled library are kept in plastic zip-lock bags and are placed in book boxes on shelves. Only teachers check these books out to use for guided reading. Students are on many different reading levels in each class, so each teacher must have four to eight different sets of books at a time depending on how many leveled groups are in each class. Leveled books are not sent home or housed in student desks. Teachers keep the book sets at the guided reading table, and students and teachers treat these books with respect so they will last as long as possible. Take home books are placed in sturdy plastic bags or manila envelopes and are sent home with the students. Tutoring books are single title books kept in plastic tubs in the tutoring room. These books are not sent home.What is your school's current inventory of the materials applied for?
I took an inventory of the number of book sets in the leveled library and quickly realized how limited the resources are at Salem Elementary School. For example, there were only seven boxes of books on level I and nine boxes of books on level J. There were exactly nineteen book titles for level P. Level P is the beginning level for fourth grade. Since students read at different levels regardless of grade limitations, there will be students in third, fourth, and fifth grades reading on a level P. There were six book sets on level X, one book set on level Y, and three book sets on level Z. We have fifth grade students reading on these upper levels, and sixth grades will be returning to elementary schools next year in the Spanish Fork, Salem, and Payson communities. The resources in the tutoring library are extremely insufficient. There are five books on level A, five books on level E, thirteen books on level J, and three individual titles on level M.What other resources have you looked into for funding this project?
I am in the process of filling out the Star Tutoring Grant for $500.00 through the state, but Salem received the grant last year and we have been told that new programs will be funded first. As you can see by the number of books in our tutoring library, the $500.00 dollars awarded last year wasn’t sufficient. I am also applying for another $500.00 grant from Nebo School District.