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Grants and Endowments

The Cary 26 Education Foundation is pleased to announce we have awarded over $38,000 in grants and endowments since our inception.

To apply for a grant, please click the "Grant Application" link on the right hand column. Please note current deadline.

Once received, all grant applications are coded to keep them anonymous and then reviewed by the Grants committee. Recommendations are then made to the Foundation Board of Directors for a final vote. Grants are currently awarded twice a year -- Fall and Spring.

If you have any questions about the application or grant process, please email the Foundation at info@cary26foundation.org.

Foundation Funded Projects

The grants, endowments, and sponsorships funded by the Foundation include the following:

2010 School Year

• Targeted Intervention and Instruction for 5-6 Literacy – Prairie Hill
• Leveled Reading Boxes – Deer Path
• Reading Comprehension Support – Briargate
• Smart Music Initialization – Cary Jr. High
• Picture Books to Teach Writing – Prairie Hill
• Storyworks – Three Oaks
• A-Z Helps All Readers – Briargate
• Literacy Stations – Cary Jr. High
• Music Literacy through Composition – Prairie Hill

2009 School Year

• Meeting President Lincoln – Prairie Hill
• LCD Multi Media Carts - every District 26 school
• Schoolyard Garden – Prairie Hill

2008 School Year

• Orton-Gillingham multi-sensory approach to phonics for kindergartners – Deer Path
• Literature in the Mathematics Classroom – Cary Jr. High
• The Wilderness Classroom – Prairie Hill
• Reader’s Theater – Deer Path
• Post Office project – Briargate
• FACS DVD Players
• Sewing Club - Prairie Hill

ENDOWMENTS:
Instant Alert System - District 26
Mad Science Summer Enrichment Program

SPONSORSHIPS:
Cary 26 Annual Speech Tournament
7th Grade Springfield Trip
8th Grade Washington D.C. Trip

2007 School Year

• Literature Backpack Facelift – Maplewood
• Suzuki Tone Chimes – Deer Path
• Document Cameras – Prairie Hill
• FDR Live – Cary Jr. High

ENDOWMENT: Math Pilot Program

SPONSORSHIPS:
7th Grade Springfield Trip
8th Grade Washington D.C. Trip
Cary 26 Annual Speech Tournament

2006 School Year

• Look, I Can Read (Part 2) – Briargate
• Phonemic Awareness – Three Oaks
• Digital Storytelling – Cary Jr. High

SPONSORSHIPS:
7th Grade Springfield Trip
Cary 26 Annual Speech Tournament

2005 School Year

• Quilting Through the Curriculum – Maplewood
• Drumming Circles – Deer Path
• Look, I can Read (Part 1) – Briargate

SPONSORSHIPS:
Cary 26 Annual Speech Tournament



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Grants
Current Deadline: October 15, 2009
Mail Application to:
CEF
Attn: Grants Committee
P.O. Box 426
Cary, IL 60013
Grant Application

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Springfield trip

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