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.
2024 Curriculum Enrichment & Small Science and Environmental Grants
Academy of Science and Entrepreneurship
iPads in the Digital Design Classroom - iPads to support digital design learning and applications.
Arlington Heights Elementary
Big Group Journaling = Big Growth! - "Big Life Journal" program to support the growth mindset. These journals will support student emotional growth in and beyon
d the classroom and include reflection prompts throughout a colorful, engaging journal and printable materials.
Batchelor Middle School
Bringing an Author to School - Author visit by Rob Harrell and copy of book for each student (Jackson Creek and Batchelor Middle Schools).
Binford Elementary
Creating A Sensory Library for All Learners - Creation of a "sensory library" including flexible seating and sensory tools that can not only be used in the library but also be lent to teachers across the school to try in their classrooms.
Reading Connections -Expert recommended books for special education students.
Binford in Bloom - Materials to establish an interactive native wildflower and pollinator garden to support educational and social emotional goals.
I Survived and What Was Companion Books Book Club - Books to start book club using highly popular "I Survived..." and "What Was..." series.
Flexible Seating for Mobile Students - Flexible seating options for a non-traditional special-needs classroom to provide flexibilty in learning environments.
Bloomington High School North
Cameras for BHSN Photography - Cameras for Photography class at BHSN to help students create a professional portfolio, access not only beginning photography but also AP photography classes, and avoid using personal equipment.
Wildcare Inc. Guest Speakers and Animal Ambassadors Visit - Event highlighting biology curriculum including habitats, predator prey interactions, ecology and evolution.
Journalism of Today and Tomorrow: A Student Broadcasting Initiative - Professional quality broadcasting equipment for journalism students building on a successful previous grant that provided podcasting equipment.
Equipment for BHSN Drone Club - Updated drone equipment for BHSN drone club to replace aging and outdated materials.
Bloomington High School South
Environmental Field Trip - Field trip highlighting science curriculum for AP Environmental Science students.
Signs of Survival: Bringing Inclusivity to Lord of the Flies with ASL interpretation - Funding for ASL interpreters for Lord of the Flies performance highlighting inclusivity and bringing theater to a wider audience.
Update VEX Robotics Design and Innovation I and II to State of the Art STEM Education - Updates to aging robotics equipment for classroom use.
Clear Creek Elementary
Who Wants to Be a Rockstar!? Rock Band Materials for General Music Classrooms - Rock bank instruments and equipment to support two elementary school music programs (Clear Creek and Marlin Elementary).
Fairview Elementary
Zimbabwean Marimbas - Will fund additional marimbas for an already very successful program at Fairview Elementary, allowing more students to benefit. Provided through Hutton Global Grant partnership and the IU African Studies Department.
Grandview Elementary
Grandview Pollinator Garden - Creation of a hands-on space for exploration of pollinators, plants, computer science, art, and AI through planting of a low-maintenance pollinator
garden that will include a smart AI bird feeder, trail camera, weather station, and bat house.
Math Vertical Learning Spaces - Desktop white board easels for "vertical learning" getting kids out of chairs and working as a team.
Highland Park Elementary
Calming Classrooms Are Successful Classrooms -
Colorful and partitioned rugs to support classroom management.
Power Readers Today...Leaders Tomorrow - Power Readers and Super Charged Readers book collections.
Jackson Creek Middle School
Bringing an Author to School - Author visit by Rob Harrell and copy of book for each student (Jackson Creek and Batchelor Middle Schools).
Marlin Elementary
Who Wants to Be a Rockstar!? Rock Band Materials for General Music Classrooms - Rock bank instruments and equipment to support two elementary school music programs (Clear Creek and Marlin Elementary).
Templeton Elementary
Insects in Our Environment - Supplies to support hands-on learning of metamorphosis and life stages for early learning students.
Tri-North Middle School
The Autism Helper Curriculum Support - Access to curriculum for science, social studies, and SEL for community based (CB) classrooms.
Literary Leaders - Will fund a library speaker program called BookBreak that helps bring seven authors for virtual presentations throughout the school year as well as accompanying books.
University Elementary
Bringing the Science of Reading into the Classroom - Set of decodable readers for use across all first grade classrooms at University Elementary with interesting stories and colorful pictures to engage readers of all levels.
PreK and K Outdoor Inquiry Lab - An extension of a previously awarded successful grant, materials to support inquiry and learning during outdoor play for pre-K and kindergarten classrooms.
The Science and Art of Silica - Science lessons about glass and states of matter from the Bloomington Creative Glass Center and supplies for each student to make a glass project for an art installation at school.