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Grants and Awards

 

Creative Classroom & Technology Grants
The Valley Alliance for Education Creative Classroom Grants program has been established to promote educational excellence in the region by funding special instructional projects.   These projects encourage creativity in the classroom and increase cooperation between the public school systems and the private sector in the community.

 All public school teachers and staff who have direct instructional responsibility for students (including librarians and guidance counselors) in grades K-12 in the public schools in the cities of Staunton and Waynesboro and the County of Augusta are eligible to apply. The deadline to apply each year is April 1; the application will be available here in January.

Grants of up to $1,000 are available for special teaching/enrichment projects designed for:

• Implementation in an individual classroom or with a special student group.

• Implementation in multiple classrooms as a departmental, interdepartmental, or school-wide project.

• Individual, departmental, or school-wide projects with a particular emphasis on the understanding and use of computer hardware, software, or other technology resources.

Resources

• Creative Classroom Grants Application for 2008– 2009 (Word, 146 kb)

• Frequently Asked Questions about the Creative Classroom Grant (Word, 144 kb)

• Sample Applications
  Good Example: Dino Bones Rock, by Jenna Frank, Berkeley Glenn Elementary
  (Word, 80 kb)
  Bad Example 1 (Word, 28 kb)
  Bad Example 2 (Word, 30 kb)

• Tips for Successful VAE Grant Writers (Word, 28 kb)
  From a presentation by Dr. Jim Perkins, President, BRCC

Grant Winners & Descriptions

• 2007-2008 Award Winners (Word, 155 kb)

• Archives
  2006-2007 Award Winners (Word, 73 kb)
  2005 - 2006 Alcoa Foundation Grant Winners (Word, 33 kb)
  2005-2006 Open Grant Winners (Word, 76 kb)
  2004-2005 Open Grant Winners (Word, 202 kb)
  2003-2004 Open Grant Winners (Word, 94 kb)
  2002-2003 Open Grant Winners

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Dawbarn Awards
The prestigious Dawbarn Awards were established by the late Buz Dawbarn, a local businessman, community activist, and advocate for excellence in the public schools of our region. Mr. Dawbarn established a fund in the Community Foundation of the Central Blue Ridge, which continues to administer the fund, promote and process the nominations, and plan the public Dawbarn Awards Ceremony each year. The VAE, through its Dawbarn Awards Committee, oversees the selection process. October 3^rd is the deadline for the 2008 awards. Nomination forms are available in the principal’s office of each school in the region or below:

• Nomination Information (on the Foundation web site, opens in a new window)
• The Dawbarn Education Awards Nomination Form (67kb PDF file from the Foundation web site, opens in a new window.)