The School and Family Partnerships Office’s mission is to support AACPS goals by encouraging collaborative relationships among families, community members and schools. Each month, Family & Community Corner will offer ideas and resources to help you nurture family and community partnerships within your school.
Windgate Charitable Foundation
Deadline: Rolling
Funds: Unspecified
Eligibility: Academic Institutions, Non Profits, Schools/School Districts, Tribal Organizations/Institutions
Description: The purpose of this program is to support initiatives focused on visual arts, arts and crafts, and art history preservation efforts, as well as the development and support of art instructional projects. Projects that show promise of developing children […]
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Deadline: November 3, 2017
Funds: Grants up to $3,200.
Eligibility: Teachers of grades 9-12.
Areas: Primary emphasis is placed on appropriate mathematics content courses. Mathematics education courses may also qualify if a suitable rationale is provided by applicant.
Description: The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics solicits applicants for the Mathematics Graduate Course Work […]
Teaching Chose Me
"When I found the AVID program, I knew unequivocally that AACPS had been the right choice for me."--Alexis Pogonowski, AVID Teacher Specialist
SpreadMusicNow
Deadline: Rolling.
Funds: Unspecified.
Eligibility: Academic Institutions, Non-Profits, Schools/School Districts.
Description: The purpose of this program is to fund music programs that foster continual learning and put students on a clear path to college, career, and life success. Through this program, the funding agency seeks to modernize music education initiatives by supporting projects […]
“Show me a leader, a scholar, a changemaker — and I’ll show you an educator who inspired such glory.”
"My experiences as an AACPS educator have been shaped by these pathways – by the pathfinders who identified my potential, and then catapulted me into arenas where others might do the same." --Jasmine Coleman
Paying a Passion for Teaching Forward
"It is because of Mr. Glorioso that I was hired for [the cosmetology teacher at the Center of Applied Technology North]. When I expressed my gratitude to him he simply said, 'Now you go and give to someone else.'"--Tammy Diedrich