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.
Recognizing Ms. Kerst
"Elizabeth Kerst, third grade teacher at Oakwood Elementary School was selected to be filmed teaching an Explicit Comprehension lesson....The Reading Office couldn’t have selected a better teacher." --Donna Usewick, Principal
Rockwell Collins
Deadline: Rolling.
Funds: Funding is awarded under the following two categories:
- Grants targeting major projects and programs that total more than $20,000.
- Grants supporting fundraising, sponsorships, and events or activities that total $20,000 or less.
Eligibility: Nonprofit organizations, public organizations, and governmental agencies, such as schools and parks departments.
Contact: See website for list of regional contacts.
Web: www.rockwellcollins.com/-/media/Files/Unsecure/Docs/Community_Overview/Giving_Guidelines.ashx?la=en
Brinker International
Deadline: Ongoing.
Funds: Varies by request. The company provides both monetary and in-kind dining certificate donations.
Eligibility: Nonprofit organizations, schools, and institutions of higher education. Previous grantees have included community programs and projects affiliated with children and family, arts, civics, and university-related educational programs.
Description: Brinker International provides support in the areas of health, social […]
Life Time Foundation
Deadline: Ongoing.
Funds: Cash and in-kind grants. One recent grantee received over $600,000 in support.
Eligibility: School districts that have at least one school within a 20-mile radius of a Life Time destination.
Description: The Life Time Foundation partners with school districts to help them make healthy and sustainable changes to the school food program. […]
An Overdue Thank You to the Teachers at Hillsmere Elementary
"How long has it been, since I left Hillsmere Elementary School? I am not really too sure of the names of my classmates, but I know three teachers who, played a fantastic roll in my development and interest in self-improvement that has followed me to this day."--Tracy Lee
AGL Resources Private Foundation, Inc.
Deadline: TBA
Funds: Varies. Grants in 2016 ranged from $2,500 – $20,000.
Eligibility: Services Territories in Georgia, Florida, Virginia, New Jersey, Maryland, Tennessee, and Texas.
Description: AGL Resources Private Foundation Inc. provides support in the following areas:
- Energy Assistance: programs which primarily help low-income households and low-income senior citizens afford their natural gas energy consumption, including weatherization […]