100% AWARENESS
We achieved our 100% goal of $68,000! THANK YOU!!
The Chandler Education Foundation’s distinctive 100% Awareness program gets everyone involved! Every student and staff member in the Chandler Unified School District is asked to contribute at least $1 that will go towards unique educational projects. CEF uses the money raised to award “Innovative Teacher Grants.” These mini-grants are given to creative teachers and staff who want to develop new ideas and activities to improve students’ classroom experience.

The program began in 1991 as a means of raising awareness of CEF in the community. The program’s popularity has grown significantly each year. Starting with 23 teacher mini-grants awarded in 1994-1995, for the 2007-2008 school year CEF awarded a record-setting 124 grants.

Each CUSD school receives a grant for $500 or less based on the amount raised at the school. In addition to the school grants, the 100% Awareness program also funds grants to individual teachers or groups of teachers for education enrichment programs through an application process (see below for application.

A big "THANK YOU" to all the families and staff who contribute annually to the 100% Awareness Campaign, and also to the readers of the grants.

TEACHERS: APPLY FOR YOUR GRANT!
> Mini Grant Application: 2007 Mini Grant App.pdf
> Mini Grant Frequently Asked Questions: 2007 Mini Grant FAQ.pdf

2007 WOO-HOO! Grant Patrol

On Thursday, September 27, 2007 CEF volunteers burst into classrooms with oversized checks, balloons and ribbons to let unsuspecting teachers and their students know they had received a mini-grant!

Marjorie Foster at Fulton Elementary is excited about her grant!	It was Navarrete teacher Sally Da Fonte’s lucky day: it was her birthday and she received a mini-grant for her classroom!	San Marcos Principal Chris Sargent with her school’s $500 grant.

The WOO-HOO! Grant Patrol at Fulton Elementary.

MINI-GRANTS IN ACTION
Check out some of the creative projects funded by mini-grants in the 2006-2007 school year!

      

A mini-grant brought plenty of life to Pam Bull’s first grade classroom when students got to watch baby chicks hatch. The project taught the Santan Elementary students about life cycles.

In March 2007, Native American song and dance came alive as the students at CTA Freedom visited six stations of fun and engaging activities in the classroom of Karen Sejkora, the school’s music and chorus instructor.

Known as the “Academy Awards of the Third Grade,” Tarwater’s newest authors were recognized at an author’s tea in May 2007. Students in Sue Tharalson’s class wrote and illustrated their own hardcover books and then invited family and friends to watch them read their books aloud.

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