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.

2024-2025 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 beyond the classroom and include reflection prompts throughout a colorful, engaging journal and printable materials.

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

Bringing an Author to School - Author visit by Rob Harrell and copy of book for each student (Jackson Creek and Batchelor Middle Schools).

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

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.

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

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).

Creative Cardboard Sculptures - Chompsaw 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

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.

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.

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.

Sensory Furniture - Alternative seating options for community based classroom students including wobble stools and swivvle chair. Grant also includes storage options for students to gain independence.

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

Bringing an Author to School - Author visit by Rob Harrell and copy of book for each student (Jackson Creek and Batchelor Middle Schools).

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.

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.

Unionville Elementary

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

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.