Grants Awarded
The Reston, Va.-based National Association of Secondary School Principals and the New York City-based MetLife Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Metropolitan Life Insurance, has awarded 10 schools with $5,000 grants. The grants are part of the MetLife Foundation-NASSP Breakthrough Schools project that awards grants to schools that serve large numbers of low-income students. The recipients include the following:
Alabama
: Florence Middle School, Florence.
Maryland
: Pocomoke Middle School, Pocomoke; Wheaton High School, Silver Spring.
Massachusetts
: Roxbury Preparatory Charter School, Roxbury.
Nevada
: James Cashman Middle School, Las Vegas.
New York
: Isaac E. Young Middle School, New Rochelle.
North Carolina
: Ashe County Middle School, Warrensville.
Ohio
: Columbus Alternative High School, Columbus.
Oregon
: Forest Grove High School, Forest Grove.
Tennessee
: Westwood High School, Memphis.
Rose Community Foundation Grants
The Denver-based Rose Community Foundation, a philanthropic organization that awards grants to nonprofit, educational, and community organizations in and outside Colorado that support the greater Denver community, has awarded almost $400,000 in education-related grants to 15 different nonprofit community organizations. The recipients include the following:
Colorado
: Reach Out and Read Colorado, Denver; Rocky Mountain Public Broadcasting Network, Denver; University of Colorado at Boulder, Department of Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences, Boulder; Colorado Association of Black Professional Engineers and Scientists, Denver; Colorado Staff Development Council, Morrison; Denver Center for International Studies Foundation, Denver; Denver Venture School, Denver; Foster Elementary School, Arvada; FrontRange Earth Force, Denver; Gold Crown Foundation, Greenwood Village; KIPP Sunshine Peak Academy, Denver; Project YES, Lafayette; Rocky Mountain Housing Development Corporation, Denver.
New York
: Fund for Education Organizing, New York City.
Oregon
: Grantmakers for Education, Portland.
Science Internship Grant
The Phoenix, Ariz.-based Helios Education Foundation, a nonprofit organization that works to expand access to post-secondary education, has awarded a $6.5 million grant to the Phoenix, Ariz.-based Translational Genomics Research Institute , a nonprofit group that works to improve diagnosis and prevention of diseases. This grant will extend a summer internship research program over the next 25 years for 45 high school seniors, college undergraduates, and graduate students who are interested in science and medical-related fields.
Vol. 27
This article is available to subscribers only.
To keep reading this article and more, subscribe now or purchase this article.
Subscribe to Education Week and Save
Get a full year and save up to 45%!
Viewed
Emailed
Recommended
Commented
- Principal
- Partnership for Los Angeles Schools, Los Angeles, CA
- 2 Positions -Associate Superintendent and Chief Academic Officer, and Director of Human of Resources
- Washington County Public Schools, Hagerstown, MD
- Superintendent
- Pinellas County Schools, Pinellas County, FL
- Elementary School Teacher
- Success Academy Charter Schools, New York, NY
- K-8 Principal
- EdVantages/Performance Academies, Detroit, MI
We encourage lively debate, but please be respectful of others. Profanity and personal attacks are prohibited. By commenting, you are agreeing to abide by our user agreement .
All comments are public.