Classroom Mini Grant Program
The 2023-2024 Rustic Oak Elementary PTA Mini-Grant Program is back! And, our goal is to help fund special programs, projects, items, and/or events that benefit individual classes, a department, or an entire grade level.
The PTA has approved $2,000 for mini-grants awards.
See the application for more details.
Deadline to submit is November 16, 2023.
23-24 Mini-Grant Application.pdf2023 Spring Mini-Grant Winners
Mrs. Angel
Grant funded items to help make the counselor's office a calm and relaxing space through lighting, smell and sensory sand.
Mrs. Lam
Grant funded printmaking tools which give students to opportunity to stretch their creativity while applying critical thinking and problem solving skills.
First Grade Team
Each 1st grade classroom was awarded ABC letter cards to support phonemic awareness.
Mrs. Streater
Grant funded a C-Pen Reader pen to assist struggling students independently get reading assistance as well as build fluency and print awareness.
Mrs. Roughton
Grant funded a flexible seating yoga ball for the behavior support intervention. Flexible seating stimulate students' sense of touch which can help children focus and process information.
Mrs. Gillis
Grant funded a Touch & Read Phonics Word Match Set. The set will help students with their phonological awareness.
Mrs. Martin
Grant funded additional books to support the classroom's take home reader program.
Mrs. Muschalek
Grant funded writing tablets to aid in literacy and math stations. Also funded a phonics set to reinforce decoding skills.
Mrs. Scopel
Grant funded word recognition resources which help prevent decoding and word solving challenges.
Mrs. Myer
Grant funded card bank to help build and increase reading fluency.
Mrs. Simmons
Grant funded laptop charging cart to allow the classroom to stay organized and maximize learning time.
Mrs. Guthrie
Grant funded fluency and comprehension partner scripts to help students with fluency, oral expression and comprehension skills.
2022 Fall Mini-Grant Winners
Ms. Townsend
Grant funded a slam ball, ball pit balls, sensory wall fabric, liquid fusion floor tiles for her and Mrs. Streater's classroom.
Ms. Streater
Grant funded a slam ball, ball pit balls, sensory wall fabric, liquid fusion floor tiles for her and Mrs. Townsend's classroom.
Ms. Gillis
Grant funded mobile charging cart for iPads for her classroom.
Ms. Martin
Grant funded "Heggerty Primary Curriculum, ABC Letter Cards, and Consonant Blends and Digraphs" for her classroom.
Ms. Scopel
Grant funded a NearPod subscription for her classroom.
Nurse Scott
Grant funded an ice maker for all the boo boo's in the nurse's office.
Ms. Guthrie
Grant funded high interest intervention reading folders for her classroom.