All grant programs funded by the Foundation are made possible by generous donations from individuals, organizations, and businesses in our community.  The grant process is competitive, and the selection committee is comprised of teacher representatives from MCCSC schools, FMCCS Board members, and donors.

2025 Curriculum Enrichment & Small Science and Environmental Grants

Arlington Heights Elementary

Eagle Enrichment Cooking Group - Equipment and supplies for cooking group that ties the learning of valuable life skills to concepts in language arts, math, and STEM.

Arlington Garden Project - Renovation of school gardens including areas for outdoor learning, sensory-based education, and sustainable food sources.

PreK Outdoor Exploratory Center - Supplies to create an outdoor exploratory center for PreK students including a sandbox, mud kitchen, water wall, water table, and balance beam to promote play-based, outdoor learning.

The Butterfly Experience - Butterfly kit and supporting books to teach first graders about the life cycle, body parts, and adaptations of butterflies through direct observation.

Batchelor Middle School

Chinese Dictionaries - A set of Chinese-to-English and English-to-Chinese dictionaries for use in Chinese classes.

Improving Students' Lung Health and Safety for Woodworking Projects - Dust collection and extraction system for Fabrication Lab. The students will learn to measure the air quality and report the outcomes of installing the system.

Serving Success: Expanding Middle School Badminton Opportunities - Badminton equipment to begin offering the sport in physical education curriculum.

Binford Elementary

Read Me - Expanding extremely popular small collection of audiobooks to increase students' access to audio as a reading format.

Bloomington High School South

Chinese Dictionaries - A set of Chinese-to-English and English-to-Chinese dictionaries for use in Chinese classes.

Childs Elementary

The Jaguar Jungle - Materials and supplies to create spaces for students experiencing dysregulation to help calm anxiety, anger, and other distress.

Oodles of Ozobots - Set of Ozobot robots to support small group learning incorporating the Indiana Computer Science standards into other content learning areas.

Clear Creek Elementary

Creative Cardboard Sculptures - Chomp saw cardboard saws to allow students to safely and efficiently cut out complex shapes from cardboard in art class.

Let's Grow Together!: Establishing a Clear Creek Learning Garden - Materials to start a STEM-focused learning garden.

Fairview Elementary

Student Movement for Student Engagement - Materials to maximize the movement of students through adaptive seating and math vertical learning spaces. Includes wobble chair feet to turn regular chairs into wobble chairs, and whiteboards with wheels to foster collaboration and problem solving.

Improving Digital Arts Through New Tools - Styluses for digital arts to give students access to more functionality.

Trade Day XP: Gaming Experience in Game-Based Learning to Enrich Educational Practices - Admission to Gen Con's Professional Development Trade Day for three teachers to learn about game-based learning and methodologies.

Highland Park Elementary

Hand Writing without Tears - Hand Writing without Tears curriculum for PreK classrooms.

Removing Invasive Species from Our Panda Pride Nature Preserve - Materials to help restore Nature Center at school by removing invasive species.

Alternative Sensory Seating - Sensory seating options to support special needs classroom with calming ways to move, focus, and feel more comfortable. Builds on success of previous grant.

Outdoor Classroom Enrichment - Outdoor classroom play-based learning materials for preschool including mud kitchen, picnic table, cooking set, sensory mixing table. Will allow the playground to become an extension of the classroom.

Transforming Learning Spaces: Dynamic Student Seating - New chairs for library including flexible seating.

Jackson Creek Middle School

Closing the Tech Gap: Equipping Students with Essential Computers - Funding for modern computers to support video production classes and Yearbook Club.

Creepy Crawly Cockroaches in the Classroom - Madagascar hissing cockroaches to support learning and community for ENL students. Learning of languages, cultures, and scientific process will center around cockroaches while strengthening the student community.

Lakeview Elementary School

Earth Day Celebration Project: Bird Feeders - Materials for all students in the school to make a bird feeder as part of their Earth Day celebration. The event will engage students, families and the community and will tie in to their STEM certification with a focus on outdoor learning.

Rogers Elementary

Keys to Success - Keyboard for second grade students to develop their typing skills to support success in writing, research, and digital learning.

Expanding STEM Learning in the Maker Space with a Chomp Saw - Chomp saw equipment for the K-2 media center maker space, giving students safe access to a tool that allows them to cut sturdier and recycled materials.

Tri-North Middle School

Music Sensory Library - Creation of a music cart within the Tri-North Library that includes instruments, recording equipment, and a record player to be used in cross-curricular lessons, giving students access to music regardless of their schedules.

Embroidering a New Path - An industrial-level multi-needle embroidery machine to enhance Family and Consumer Sciences instruction in advanced textile design and production.

Rimbatube Construction - Materials to build a set of rimbatubes (PVC marimbas) with special education music class to support curriculum and career readiness skills.

Unionville Elementary

Little Boots for Big Opportunities - All-weather boots for preschool students to support nature-based learning.

Switching on Play: Making Battery-Operated Toys Accessible for Every Preschooler - Through STEM lessons, 6th grade students will apply their knowledge of electrical circuits by adapting battery-operated toys with external switches. The toys will then be donated to MCCSC preschoolers with limited fine-motor skills, expanding their opportunities for independent play.

BizTown Transportation - Funding to provide transportation for 5th and 6th grade students to attend Junior Achievement's BizTown program in Indianapolis.

University Elementary

Kinetic Sensory Room - Funding to create a kinetic, movement-based sensory room to support students needing breaks with a focus on large motor activities.

Enriching Writing Intervention - Funding to implement Heggerty Bridge to Writing, a targeted intervention designed to strengthen writing skills for K-4 grade inclusion students.