Grants Approved

Updated: November 2023

2023

  • April 2023: $4000 therapeutic support for SES students affected by trauma
  • May 2023: $1000 support for 5th grade promotion

2022

  • January 2022: $150 playground problem solving techniques board
  • February 2022: $850 for food and clothing at Whetstone Elementary School
  • February 2022: $1000 partnered with Westland Cares to provide food for Rock Creek Forest Elementary School
  • February 2022: $700 for gifts for recess aides
  • February 2022: $700 for STEAM assembly at Watkins Mill Elementary School
  • March 2022: $10000 contribution to support staff in need
  • March 2022: $4672 to buy musical instruments for Title I schools
  • March 2022: $1555 food pantry gift cards
  • March 2022: $75 gifts for Career Day speakers
  • April 2022: $10,000 contribution to the GoFundMe account for Somerset teacher
  • May 2022: $1700 fall grounds clean up
  • June 2022: $1000 for 5th grade promotion ceremony
  • June 2022: $283 for field day expenses
  • September 2022: $1000 support for Little Bennett Elementary funeral reception
  • October 2022: $764 Junior Scholastic subscription for 5th grade
  • October 2022: $2000 for SES grounds upkeep
  • November 2022: $1000 SES student support items
  • November 2022: $8000 SES food pantry
  • November 2022: $500 winter wear for Watkins Mill Elementary
  • December 2022: $1517 SES calm room (student well-being)

2021

  • 12/2021: $360 for electric leaf blower for Mr. Benson
  • 11/7/2021: $500 winter clothing gift cards for Watkins Mill Elementary
  • 9/30/2021: $3087 to renew BrainPop subscription
  • 9/30/2021: $920 for student tutoring
  • 5/5/2021: $1000 support for 5th grade graduation
  • 4/28/2021: $560 books for 5th grade
  • 3/9/2021: $2500 matching grant for Westland Cares food support program
  • 2/23/2021: $1721 building and grounds landscaping and plexiglass
  • 1/12/2021: $6000 food and winter supports for Eastern Middle School

2020

  • 11/10/20: $7,000 for matching grant for Westland Cares food-support program
  • 10/20/20: $7,500 for private tutoring services for up to 12 Somerset students
  • 10/9/20: $15,360 for tuition for 4 non-Somerset students to attend Academic Hubs
  • 10/9/20: $19,200 for tuition for 5 Somerset students to attend Academic Hubs
  • 10/1/20: $20,000 for grocery cards for Somerset families in need
  • 9/14/20: $2950 for Brainpop and Brainpop Jr subscriptions
  • 8/20/20: $350 for meals for teachers
  • 8/14/20: $2,550 for virtual OG training for 2 Somerset teachers
  • 5/1/20: $500 for emergency relief for a Somerset Elementary family
  • 5/1/20: $1550 for Gift Cards for Teacher Appreciation Week (for all staff at Somerset Elementary)
  • 4/6/20: $2000 for Gift Cards for Somerset Elementary Families
  • 3/24/20: $3000 for Gift Cards for Somerset Elementary Families
  • 3/12/20: $4000 for Gift Cards for Somerset Elementary Families
  • 3/10/20: $1600 for books and furniture at Cannon Road Elementary
  • 3/10/20: $3000 for virus cleaning supplies at Somerset Elementary
  • 3/10/20: $658 for RAZ ESL Software (2 years) at Somerset Elementary
  • 1/14/20: $921 for library books at Clopper Mill Elementary
  • 1/14/20: $325 for lanyards for Teachers and Staff at Somerset Elementary
  • 1/14/20: $500 for Philadelphia Scouting for 5th grade fifth grade trip at Somerset Elementary

2019

  • 11/1/19: $4,500 for Digital Oral Reading Records at Somerset Elementary
  • 10/15/19: $55 for Montgomery County Fingerprinting (required for certain chaperone duties) at Somerset Elementary
  • 10/12/19: $500 for New and Multicultural Parent Committee at Somerset Elementary
  • 10/12/19: $6,568.30 for Spring After School Clubs at Somerset Elementary
  • 9/20/19: $796 for PESI Workshop
  • 9/18/19: $2,550 for BrainPop educational technology at Somerset Elementary.
  • 9/18/19: $200 for spelling reference books at Somerset Elementary.
  • 5/28/19: $10,000 for food, clothes, and other essentials for children in need at Somerset Elementary.
  • 3/26/19: $1072 for Ms Flores and Ms Reed to attend Common Ground Conference in Maryland.
  • 3/26/19: $5648 for 8 New Computers to replace current, out of date Dell laptops
  • 2/15/19: $665 for a one-year subscription to Raz Plus, a computer platform that helps teachers work with English language learners.  Over 17% of SES students are ESOL.
  • 2/15/19: $1,061 for coding computers and software to be used at the February 20 STEM night and beyond.
  • 1/22/19: Request for $933 from SES 5th grade teachers for Junior Scholastic subscriptions for all 5th grade students. Requester: Melissa Hopkins.
  • 1/22/19: $3,750 to fund six SES staff members to lead after-school Professional Learning Communities (PLCs) with other SES staff in the areas of STEM, reading, and student/community engagement.  The PLCs also coordinate and organize the STEM Night and Family Reading Night at SES.  Requester: Maureen Turner.

2018

  • 11/27/18: $2,000 to fund a Wings Mentorship for four elementary school students with learning disabilities — two from SES and two from other MCPS elementary schools.  The program pays mentors (former teachers) $500 each to work closely with the students and help them design and research a project, culminating in a presentation that showcases their skills and strengths.
  • 11/27/18: $2,218 to fund a program at Whetstone Elementary School (not Title I but 60% FARMS and 42% ESOL) to purchase various items (earbuds, bracelets, t-shirts, etc.) as incentives to students who read 25 books (outside of those assigned for class) during the school year.
  • 9/27/18: $12,370 to fund the After School Clubs that provide remedial assistance to Somerset students in need of math, reading, and writing assistance.
  • 9/27/18: $2,395 to fund a subscription to BrainPOP, an interactive educational website focusing on STEM education and used by all grades at Somerset Elementary School.
  • 9/27/18: $198 to fund spelling reference books for all 3rd grade students at SES to enhance writing skills.
  • 9/27/18: $2,016 to fund purchase of 8 new chromebooks for 3rd grade SES team.
  • 9/27/18: $2,114 to fund the purchase of six 2-way radios to enhance school safety and security for Sequoyah Elementary School, a Montgomery County school that, while not a Title I designee, has a 61% FARMS eligibility rate (for free and reduced priced meals).
  • 8/28/18: $1,075 to fund SES kindergarten structured writing curriculum.
  • July 2018: $375 for attendance incentives for summer reading/math/science program at Title 1 Bel-Pre elementary school where Ms. Turner taught over the summer
  • May 2018: $11,000 to provide groceries for families within the Somerset school community needing support over the summer ($9,000 of this is newly approved funding; $2,000 is redirected from surplus funds remaining from a Somerset Pantry grant approved at our March 2018 meeting)
  • May 2018: $1,400 for Title I school, Watkins Mill Elementary, to fund two cultural arts assemblies during the 2018-19 school year
  • May 2018: Disbursement of up to $3,324 for Title I elementary school, Georgian Forest, to conduct a literacy intervention program for 40 students reading at least one year below MCPS benchmarks. Somerset Foundation paid $1649 and Bradley Hills Foundation paid $1675.
  • May 2018: $1,829 for new Somerset Elementary classroom tables in the fourth grade to promote collaborative learning in mathematics.
  • May 2018 — $1,020 for SES kindergarten teachers to run a summer reading intervention group for rising 1st graders who ended school year below recommended reading level.
  • May 2018 — $923 for Rolling Terrace Elementary School, a Takoma Park 72% FARMS and 59% Hispanic school, to help pay for a Spanish-English language summer immersion curriculum.
  • April 2018 – $1,113 to pay for Tracy Jeffcott and Brooke Flores to attend Common Ground conference focused on digital learning.
  • March 2018 – Up to $2,000 for the Somerset Elementary School pantry, which provides food and essentials to Somerset families in need.
  • March 2018 – Up to $4,000 in grants to Title I elementary schools within Montgomery County.
  • January 2018 – $1,000 to help fund educational field trips for students at Daly Elementary School, a Title I school in Montgomery County, and to help replenish the school’s “Neediest Kids Fund” which enables students from low-income families to attend field trips with the rest of their class.
  • January 2018 – $3,750 to pay Somerset Elementary School staff members who lead after-school professional training groups at the school, including funds to help support Somerset’s popular STEM Night and Reading Night. This proposal has been funded in previous years as well.

2017

  • September 2017 — $11,240 to fund the After School Clubs that provide remedial assistance to Somerset students in need of math, reading, and writing assistance. This proposal has been funded in previous years as well.
  • September 2017 — $2,395 to fund a subscription to BrainPOP, an interactive educational website focusing on STEM education and used by all grades at Somerset Elementary School. This proposal has been funded in previous years as well.
  • September 2017 — $933 to fund a subscription to Junior Scholastic magazine for the fifth grade students at Somerset. This proposal has been funded in previous years as well.
  • May 2017 — $2,089 for Rolling Terrace Elementary School, a Title I school in Montgomery County, to purchase Chromebook computers, software, and a laptop cart.
  • January 2017 — $856 to fund travel for Kelly Morris and Maureen Turner to attend the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development national conference in California, which included topics such as the whole child, transformational leadership, global engagement, and poverty and equity issues.

2016

  • November 2016 — $590 to fund the purchase of headphones for Sequoyah Elementary School, a Montgomery County school that, while not a Title I designee, has a 61% FARMS eligibility rate (for free and reduced priced meals).
  • May 2016 — $1,000 to help fund the cost of an educational field trip taken by fourth grade students at Viers Mill Elementary School, another Montgomery County school that, while not a Title I designee, is a high-FARMS school. This proposal has been funded in previous years as well.
  • April 2016 — $2,165 to fund a Social Thinking training conference for Somerset’s two full-time special education teachers and the school counselor to attend.

2015

  • November 2015 – $2,200 to approve the purchase of an Apple MacBook Pro computer and software for the Somerset instrumental music teacher to train students and staff on creating and sharing interactive music videos.