Alumni Endowment for Academic Excellence

Mount Horeb Area School District Alumni Endowment for Academic Excellence

Alumni Endowment Grant Opportunities:
The Alumni Endowment for Academic Excellence has opened its application window for this year's grants. Staff looking to receive additional money for innovative programs above and beyond the regular school day may apply before Monday, March 9, 2020.

Click here for the Application.

Policy and Procedures

Background
At its 50th class reunion, the Mount Horeb High School Class of 1959 established the Mount Horeb Area School District (MHASD) Alumni Endowment through the Madison Community Foundation (MCF).  Grants using income from the Endowment will be available on an annual basis to support creative and innovative academic projects which involve grades 6-12 students and teachers and which are outside the core school budget.

Process
Requests for grant applications to fund projects/activities for the next academic year will be announced to Mount Horeb Area School District teachers, staff, and students annually in February.  The Grants Selection Committee will review and select award recipients no later than April 10 each year.  If the funding criteria are not met, the Selection Committee reserves the right not to approve any grants for that year.

Grant Criteria
To rank individual grant applications, the Selection Committee will use the following criteria:

   Purpose:  Project's purpose is clearly stated
   Feasibility:  Objectives are clearly defined and can be accomplished and measured within the purpose time-frame of the project
   Sustainability:  New and innovative program/activity that would otherwise not be available but has the potential to continue beyond the grant period
   Impact:  Project/activity impacts an entire grade, school, or group of students
   Need:  Proposal consistent with the MHASD strategic mission

Priority will be given to supporting group activities, special projects and events involving students in grades K-12 during the academic year funded.  An application initiated by a group of students or student organization must be completed through a cooperating teacher or teacher team.  No more than one grant per year can be received by any teacher/student team.  Grant recipients are eligible for funding not more than once every three years.

Previous Grant Recipients
Kindergarten STEM night at the Early Learning Center was a tremendous success! Each of the stations that our amazing staff created allowed families to showcase and develop their science, technology, engineering and math skills. The future looks bright thanks to these future leaders.