The DPS Foundation would like to extend a big congrats to the A to Z Fund winners for the Spring 2016 cycle! Since 2006, the DPS Foundation has awarded 1,044 A to Z Fund classroom grants totaling almost $1.4 million!

The A to Z Fund ensures all DPS students have opportunity to participate in enriching learning experiences. Each semester, teachers are invited to submit an application in an effort to get projectsdgs-3rd-grade-measuring-river-water-682x1024 funded for their classrooms. The A to Z Fund is one of many ways that the DPS Foundation provides financial support for individual schools for programs and activities that go beyond the school’s limited budget. Learn more here.

Funds are providing classrooms and schools many new opportunities. Check out some of the schools that received grants this Spring Semester:

  • Asbury Elementary – Funds will be used to purchase world percussion instruments to be used in music class in collaboration with composition activities, instruction in rhythmic exercises, and exposure to world cultures in music.
  • Bruce Randolph School – Funds will be used to provide the school’s drum line with much needed uniforms, sticks, marching bells, and transportation to/from events.
  • DCIS at Fairmont – Funds will be used to enrich students’ experience with the real world by exposing them to overnight excursions and enhancing their learning of nature and science through hands-on interactions, as well as prepare them for middle school through a series of team building and collaborative activities.
  • East High School – Funds will be used to purchase tickets to Colorado Opera’s “The Scarlet Letter,” as well as a copy of Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter and other writings that include up-to-date study elements and a Study Guide provided by Opera Colorado to prepare for the opera.
  • Escalante-Biggs Academy – Funds will be used to enrich students learning by planting an edible alphabet garden, allow preschool chefs to prepare simple recipes using products from the garden, DSC_0113and to create a book to celebrate the learning.
  • North High School – Funds will be used to refurbish the school’s music library with tried and true standard literature along with music from contemporary composers that would engage/challenge student thinking and advance their musicianship.
  • PREP Academy – Funds will be used to design and distribute a school yearbook free of charge to all 110 students.

The A to Z Fund has an immediate, direct impact on students. View a full list of schools and the projects they received funding for in the second cycle of A to Z Fund grants. Congratulations to the many grant recipients!