AEFI Grants
To date, AEFI has awarded more than $93,000 in grants. The grants,
awarded once a year
in the spring, are designed to encourage and support collaborative
efforts among teachers,
administrators, parents, and community organizations, based on merit
and innovation.
Board member Julie Ganong presents a grant to fund the Literacy Loft program.
Proposals are encouraged which demonstrate innovation, are collaborative, have a potentially
broad impact upon the school district and support
the mission, objectives and strategies of the Amesbury
Public Schools’ Strategic Plan. Equal consideration is
given to proposals that are designed for an individual
classroom or program. All proposals must promote
rigor, provide challenge for all students and enrich students’
educational experiences.
SUGGESTED TOPICS
Proposals are encouraged which address a wide variety
of curriculum-based topics. AEFI’s goal is to support
creative ideas of our teachers. The following suggested
topics are not meant to preclude other topics, but are
encouraged by the School Department:
Real-life skills and problems solving, such as mathematics initiatives targeting hands-on applications to solving problems;
Total health and wellness; Literacy initiatives for young children through middle school and high school;
Expansion of learning opportunities for students (for example, distance learning, expansion of foreign languages, field trips, guest speakers and artist-in-residence; and
Expanding the visual and performing arts at all levels.
For further details, we invite you to download our Grant Application and Grant Scoring Rubric, and to visit our page which summarizes previous AEFI grant recipients.
