Menlo-Atherton PTA Mini-Grant Program
Mini-Grant Program: Established in 1999, it aims to serve as many M-A students as possible by funding one-time events or supplies where alternative funding is not available. You may apply if you are an M-A teacher, club leader, administrator, staff member or student.
Menlo-Atherton PTA Mini-Grant Program Rules
What a Mini-Grant Can Fund: The
- Supplies, materials and equipment including books, magazines and newspapers
- Support for school programs
- Instructional CDs, videos, and software
- Electrical or electronic equipment
- Entry fees or admission costs to museums or other field trip destinations (but NOT other field trip costs, such as transportation, see below)
What a Mini-Grant Cannot Fund:
- No private transportation costs, hotels etc. (due to insurance limitations)
- No salaries or substitute teacher costs
- No funding for staff professional development or staff conferences of any kind
- No athletics-related requests. Please check with Athletic Boosters
How to apply/Deadlines: Download the Request Form and submit by
Important Reminders!
- Application deadlines are final; no late submissions will be accepted.
- Fully complete the request form, including how the funds will be used
- Calculate expenditures carefully, the
- Grant funds must be used for the purposes specified in the grant application.
- Items purchased with grant proceeds are the property of
Spring 2012 Approved Mini-Grants:
| GRANT # | PROJECT | CONTACTS | AMOUNT | BENEFIT |
| SCHOOL SUPPORT, CLUBS, LEADERSHIP | ||||
| 1 | Pizza, fruit, water, cookies for 5 meetings at lunch to attract students to attend the College Club. These students will be first in their family to attend college. | A. Kleeman/S. Ready sready@seq.org | $370.00 | 25 freshman and sophomores |
| 2 | yearbooks for 14-16 low income seniors | K. Escobar-Weaver keweaver@seq.org | $800.00 | 14 low income seniors |
| 3 | pizza, candy, other treats for to help encourage students in the freshman transition program to participate and attend one-on-one monitoring and the homework center | M. Amoroso/A. Stuart mamoroso@seq.org | $250.00 | 120 struggling freshman |
| 4 | registration costs for 2 choirs to attend a choral festival | P. Maier, pmaier@seq.org | $500.00 | 60 |
| TOTAL | $1,920.00 | |||
| ACADEMIC ENRICHMENT | ||||
| 5 | registration fees for students to attend FHA-HERO State Leadership mtg in Fresno | Mona Klein mklein@seq.org | $800.00 | 16 |
| 6 | story books for use w/ the interactive whiteboard for the Spanish native speakers | M. Serrato/S. Calonje mserrato@seq.org | $425.52 | 170 |
| 7 | books, Spanish world map, wireless eggspert for Spanish 2 students | Ana Catalina Miller amiller@seq.org | $262.00 | 110 |
| 8 | Mathimagination and Punchline Algebra (fun resource books) to reside in the math office and shared w/ all math teachers | Gregg Whitnah gwhitnah@seq.org | $214.00 | 1000 |
| 9 | subscription to two magazines, Choices (life skills) and Upfront (current events) for Special Ed | Tara Charles tcharles@seq.org | $206.14 | 200+ |
| 10 | games, Spanish music, posters & books w/ grammar drills/activities to engage students | Kristen Budde kbudde@seq.org | $291.34 | 120 |
| TOTAL | $2,199.00 | |||
| EQUIPMENT | ||||
| 11 | mini-whiteboards to check for understanding in Spanish classes | S. Calonje, A. Rodriguez, F. Tubiana, K. Budde scalonje@seq.org | $635.21 | 120 + future students |
| 12 | math vocab word wall, geo word wall posters, calculator replacement batteries, hand mirrors, tape measures and storage bins for geometry classroom | Michele Breen mbreen@seq.org | $246.00 | 95 |
| TOTAL | $881.21 | |||
| $5,000.21 |
2011-2012 Mini-Grant Co-Chairs: