Recent Grants:

• Sound Field Amplification Systems at Alpine School,   October 2011   $8,210

  To provide funds to purchase additional sound field amplification systems for the Alpine School classrooms

• HP Mini Computers for Special Education at Sparta Middle School,   May 2011   $23,786

  To provide funds for the 6th, 7th, and 8th grade resource room and study skills teachers to purchase 30 HP mini computers for the use of special education students.

• Brite Classmate PCs at Helen Morgan School,   May 2011   $10,660

  To provide funds for 26 Brite Classmate PCs for teaching keyboarding in 2nd grade classrooms.

• SMART Boards, projectors and speakers for Helen Morgan School,   April 2011   $17,394

  To provide funds to support the use of SMART boards, projectors, and speakers as an instructional tool in the elementary classrooms.

• Sculpture project at Sparta High School,   February 2011   $4,600

  To provide funds for the Advanced Sculpture Class at Sparta High School to purchase materials for a permanent sculpture created in collaboration with a local artist to be installed in a Sparta High School courtyard.  

• Stationary Bicycles for Sparta High School,   January 2011   $5,475

  To provide funds to purchase 16 stationary bicycles for Sparta High School's Physical Education department.

• Robotics Program at Sparta High School,   January 2011   $11,000

  To provide funds for hardware, software and supplies for the Robotics and Pre-Engineering curriculum in order to offer both first-level and advanced-level Robotics Engineering courses for students in 9th through 12th grade.

• Science Classroom Supplies for Sparta High School ,   August 2010   $30,055

  To purchase supplies for high school science classrooms that will allow 9th grade science students to perform inquiry-based laboratory experiments.

• Hand Held Digital Voice Recorders for Sparta Middle School,   August 2010   $1,798

  To provide funds needed for world language teachers at Sparta Middle School to purchase hand-held digital voice recorders. 

• Vernier LabQuest Probeware and Netbooks for Sparta Middle School,   November 2009   $31,769

  To provide Venier LabQuest probeware and netbooks for 7th grade science teachers and ten netbooks for 7th and 8th grade science classrooms to provide necessary equipment to conduct lab experiments to allow students to collect and analyze data, enhance inquiry methods of instruction, and supplement the science curriculum.

• Brite Classmate PCs for Helen Morgan School,   January 2009   $19,632

  To provide reduced scale textbook laptops for second grade classrooms to implement keyboarding in the second grade curriculum.

• SMART Boards at Alpine School and Helen Morgan School,   December 2008   $45,282

  To provide interactive SMART white boards for all K-4 classrooms in the district.

• K-8 Tablet PCs at Alpine, Helen Morgan, and Mohawk Avenue School ,   December 2007   $22,200

  To expand the district's tablet PC initiative to include K-8 schools.

• Mobile Wireless Lab at Mohawk Avenue School,   November 2007   $30,659

  To provide students and teachers at Mohawk Avenue School with a mobile wireless computer lab.