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Huron students demonstrate aerobic fitness equipment purchased with Education Initiative grant funds.
The Community Foundation's Education Initiative is intended to help improve academic achievement for Erie County students in grades K-12. Our goal is to provide, and to encourage others to provide, private support for public education as a means to enable our students and schools to achieve a margin of excellence through projects and programs that would otherwise be out of reach within their regular school budgets.
Permanent Endowment Funds
The Education Initiative has two grant components. The first component is a long term
strategy to establish permanent endowment funds for each of the participating schools
in Erie County. Thanks to the generous support of our donors, the Community
Foundation has $250,000 available to launch these endowment funds. The funds have
been divided among participating schools on a per pupil basis, and offered to each in
the form of a challenge grant, with a dollar for dollar match. Each school has three
years to raise their funds, and the Community Foundation will be working with the
schools to ensure that all are successful in their efforts.
| Endowment Challenge Grants |
Endowment Goal |
Matching Dollars |
Donations Needed |
| Berlin-Milan Schools | $60,864 | $30,432 | $25,432 |
| Huron Schools | $52,320 | $26,160 | $26,160 |
| Margaretta Schools | $49,104 | $24,552 | $24,277 |
| Perkins Schools | $72,824 | $36,912 | $32,912 |
| St. Peter School, Huron | $10,000 | $5,000 | $2,000 |
| St. Mary School, Vermilion | $10,000 | $5,000 | $5,000 |
| Sandusky Central Catholic Schools | $26,064 | $13,032 | $0 - Congrats! |
| Sandusky City Schools | $132,264 | $67,632 | $67,632 |
| Vermilion Schools | $82,560 | $41,280 | $41,280 |

Interactive SMART Boards in Sandusky City Schools enhance learning experiences for students.
The second component of the Education Initiative is a $1,000,000 grant for academic achievement, to be awarded over a four year period. This year's grant of $250,000 is shared by six public and three parochial schools in Erie County for the benefit of the 14,000 young people attending these schools.
Each school district in our county is unique and each faces its own challenges,
so in designing our education grant program, we believed it was important
to allow each school system to address its own needs and dreams for the future
as they best saw fit. We asked only that the grants be used to help students
improve academically and that the schools solicit community input in their
decision making process.
| Berlin-Milan Schools $30,914 |
Purchase 7 Smart Boards; purchase Renzulli Learning System for the gifted and talented program. Support professional development for guidance department staff, and purchase audio teaching aids for two classrooms. |
| Huron Schools $26,585 |
Purchase 10 Smart Boards; SECCF funds are being matched by the Huron Eagles. |
| Margaretta Schools $24,949 |
Polar Bear Proposals for seven Teacher Grants |
| Perkins Schools $37,509 |
Funding for 14 Teacher Grants |
| St. Peter, Huron $3,125 |
Purchase equipment and technology for the school’s computer lab |
| St. Mary, Vermilion $3,750 |
Purchase 1 Smart Board |
| Sandusky Central Catholic $13,141 |
Purchase 3 Smart Boards; purchase and install classroom communication system; update the bell system at Sts. Peter and Paul. |
| Sandusky City Schools $68,712 |
Purchase classroom technology/SMART boards and peripherals for 18 high school and 6 junior high classrooms. |
| Vermilion $41,940 |
Funding for the continuation of Project Soar, Progress Book and Study Island programs; implementation of a peer tutoring program; and a district-wide two day professional development program. |
| Total 2008 Education Grant |
$250,000 |


