Schools get grant money
The Xenia Community Schools Foundation (XCSF) recently awarded almost $25,000 in grants to the Xenia Community Schools. The grants will fund projects that are innovative and provide enhancements to the standard school curriculum.
One group of awards focuses on science, including funds for a Chemistry Club project at Xenia High School geared toward science experiment instruction in the elementary schools.
Funds are also being provided to Warner Middle School for the Warner Warriors Lego Robotics and a 7th-grade dissections course. A variety of science-focused grants were approved for elementary schools.
A variety of up-to-date nonfiction books will be purchased for the elementary school libraries and new genre books will be added to the Warner Middle School library collection. Altrusa International of Xenia, Ohio, Inc. and Barbara Stafford are sponsors for the elementary library grant.
The Foundation is funding several grants focused on improving school climate and student behavior. These include “WEB-Where Everybody Belongs,” “Project Linus” and “PBIS-Positive Behavioral and Interventions Support” at Warner Middle School and Xenia High School.
Support for these initiatives comes from the Edwin Cox Family
Legacy Grant.
The grants awarded by the Foundation would not be possible without the help of the community. The Foundation announced a new “Sponsor a Grant Program” three years ago.
Individuals, organizations and businesses commit to providing funds to cover a portion of or an entire grant for a minimum of $500.
Grants available for sponsorship have been selected by the XCSF Board of Directors from staff-submitted applications and an extensive application review and selection process conducted in conjunction with Xenia Community Schools.
The Xenia Community Schools Foundation awards grants to teachers and staff of the Xenia Community Schools. Any Xenia Community Schools’ staff or community member can apply to the Foundation to fund special projects in classrooms.
Xenia Community Schools Foundation, formerly known as the Xenia Educational Endowment Fund, is an Ohio non-profit 501(C) (3) corporation. Gifts made to the XCSF qualify as tax deductible charitable contributions.
For information about the XCSF, visit the website (xcsfoundation. com), check them out on Facebook (Xenia Community Schools Foundation) or leave a message at the Chamber of Commerce at 937-372-3591.
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