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Grants

Over 741 programs

have been funded through Chelsea Education Foundation, 

 including arts, music performances, field trips, physical and mental health initiatives, literacy development, and more.

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2024-2025 Grant Applications

Please note CEF accepts applications only from Chelsea School District teachers and administrators.

 

The window for accepting applications is currently closed.​​​​

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Please direct any questions to: grants@chelseaeducationfoundation.org or by phone at 269.369.3972.​

2023-24 Funded Projects

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During the 2023-24 school year, CEF awarded $84,000 in grants.

Teacher Grants funded the following programs:

Early Childhood Center​

  • Math and Literacy Tools for Early Learners

 

North Creek Elementary

  • 1st Grade Classroom Area Rug

  • 2nd Grade Classroom Mailbox Bins

  • Storage Bins for 1st Grade Classroom

  • Lap Tray Desks for Flexible Seating

  • 2nd Grade Camera and Organization

  • Mailbox Bins for 2nd Gade Class

  • Authors in Chelsea

  • 1st Grade Hands On Museum Field Trip

  • Kindergarten Multisensory Teaching Tools

 

South Meadows Elementary

  • Emotion Regulation Resources

  • Social Emotional Learning (SEL), 3rd and 4th-grade Drawing Class

  • Portrait of a Graduate (POG), 3rd and 4th-grade Drawing Class

  • Animal Themed Research Book Sets

  • Grades 3-12 Resource Room Educational Experiences Beyond the Classroom

​​​Beach Middle School

  • Grades 3-12 Resource Room Educational Experiences Beyond the Classroom

  • Beach Middle School Art Program

  • Keys to Harmony: Supporting BMS Bands

  • WEB (Where Everyone Belongs)

  • 6th Grade Camp Scholarship

  • 7th-Grade Design Project Field Trip

  • 8th Grade Washington D.C. / Gettysburg Trip

  • 8th Grade Greenfield Village Field Trip

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Chelsea High School

  • CHS Link Crew

  • CHS Ceramics Program Glazes

  • Grecian Sword Combat Workshop

  • Book Tasting / Free Read Books

  • Songs as Poetry Guest Teacher

  • Diversity and Social Awareness Club​

 

2022-23 Funded Projects

CEF had two teacher grant cycles for the 2022-23 school year - the first was held in September and the second cycle was held December - January. 

 

During the combined grant cycles, CEF Awarded $45,446

in Teacher Grants to the following programs:

Early Childhood Center

  • Early Childhood Special Education Classroom

  • Early Literacy - Read To Me Book Bag Program

  • Communication For Everyone - Playground Communication Board

  • Vertical Building with STEM Based Materials

 

North Creek Elementary

  • Classroom Reading Benches / Book Box Storage Benches

  • Learning Through Dramatic Play

  • First Grade classroom ‘Brain Bins’

  • Authors in Chelsea

  • A Conversation with Hamilton’s George Washington

  • Classroom Mail Box Bins

  • Collaboration and Organization

  • First Grade classroom Morning Tubs

  • Student Material Organization and Small Group Materials

  • Special Education Classroom Bins

  • Take Home Books for Intervention Students

  • Teacher Kimmy Conn - Classroom Rug

  • North Creek Literacy Program

  • Classroom Books for Book Library

  • Resource Room/Special Education

  • North Creek Drama Club

South Meadows Elementary

  • Authors in Chelsea

  • A Conversation with Hamilton’s George Washington

  • Native American Experience

  • Media Center - Maker Space

  • Social Studies Program

  • Communication For Everyone - Playground Communication Board

  • South Meadows Drama Club

  • 4th Grade Reading

  • Chelsea Chamber Players Performance for 5th Grade Music Students

  • Wilson Reading System Organization Materials

  • South Meadows PE

 

​​Beach Middle School

  • BMS Psychologist and Social Worker - ‘Mindful Mornings’

  • Beach Middle School Technology Classes

  • 8th Grade US History - Civil War Re-enactor

  • 8th Grade US History - ‘Personal Constitution’

  • 6th Grade Camp

  • Beach Middle School Resource Room Learning Activities

  • 8th Grade Washington D.C. / Gettysburg Trip

  • Beach Middle School Art Program

  • WEB (Where Everyone Belongs)

  • 8th Grade Zekelman Holocaust Center Visit

 

​​Chelsea High School

  • CHS Link Crew

  • Link Crew Advisor Training

  • Field Trip Transportation for Hamlet in Stratford

  • New Senior Math Elective, “Project Geometry”

  • Independence Hall Cultural Performance

  • CHS Room 303 (English, Spanish, ELL teacher)

  • High School Art Show - Display Panels

 

2021-22 Funded Projects

CEF had two teacher grant cycles for the 2021-22 school year - the first was held in September and the second cycle was held December - January. 

 

During the combined grant cycles, CEF Awarded $32,732

in Teacher Grants to the following programs:

  • Safety Town

  • Preschool Flooring Mats

  • Preschool Pull Behind Wagons and Road Signs

  • Social/Emotional Activity Kits for ages 3-5

  • Authors in Chelsea

  • Young Fives Classroom Meeting Rug

  • 1st Grade Social Studies Materials

  • 1st Grade Classroom Storage Supplies

  • 2nd Grade Classroom Rug

  • Book in the Bag Reading Program

  • Classroom Materials to Support Phonics Instruction

  • Special Education Team - Sounds, Letters and Words

  • “Old Favorite Books” program - Two Class Sets of Billy Goats Gruff

  • Diverse and High Interest Books – Classroom Library Additions

  • Reading (Literacy) - Classroom Library Additions

  • Speech Therapy Bulletin Board

  • Diane Alber's Social Emotional Resources

  • Decodable Readers

  • Anti-Bullying Education: Be An Upstander!

  • Maker Space (STEM)

  • Who Was What Was - Nonfiction Book Additions to Media Center

  • Books for Blossoming Readers - Classroom Library Additions

  • Social Emotional Learning Lending Library

  • 3rd Grade Native American Experience

  • Series Books for Propel Readers - Reading Intervention Support

  • Just Right Books for Just in Time Learning

  • Lower Level Book Club Books

  • Safety Communication Tool

  • Beach Middle School Drama Performance

  • 7th and 8th Grade Clocks - a STEAM Collaboration

  • Resource Room - Vocational Educational Experiences/Trips

  • WEB - Where Everybody Belongs

  • 6th Grade Camp Scholarships

  • 8th Grade Trip to Washington D.C. Scholarships

  • Mindful Mornings

  • Civil War Reenactor Visit

  • Independence Hall Cultural Performances

  • CHS Link Crew

  • Upbeat Global - Student Leadership Workshop

2020-21 Funded Projects

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We hope that by providing multiple opportunities, we will help Chelsea teachers and students move through the changing landscape of virtual and hybrid teacher-student interaction. We are please that all COVID hybrid and virtual adaptation-related requests were 100% funded for 2020-2021needs.

 

During the 2020-21 grant cycle, CEF Awarded $27,700

in Teacher Grants to the following programs:

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  • #WhyYouMatter

  • Vocational Training Support

  • Chelsea Strength and Conditioning

  • Equipment for Sensory Room

  • 6th Grade Camp Trip Scholarships

  • WEB (Where Everybody Belongs)

  • Student White Boards

  • Series Books Propel Readers

  • Hands on Games for Cognitive Impaired

  • AAC Core Word Books

  • Culturally Diverse Books

  • Developing Globally Conscious Students

  • 1st Grade Phonics Manipulative Supplies

  • 1st Grade Social Studies

  • Magnetic Letters & Dry-Erase Boards

  • Raz-Plus Leveled, Zoom Friendly Books

  • Community Preschool Water Table

  • Community Job Experiences

  • CHS Link Crew

  • Chelsea Speed Training

  • Chelsea Strength and Conditioning

  • 6th grade Classrooms iPens

  • Construction Hats for Vowel Town

  • Picture Book Boost

  • Parent/Teacher Lending Library

  • Classroom Library Extension

  • Level M and Lower Books

  • 5th Grade Ukulele Project

  • Art Supply Kits

  • Classroom Leveled Books

2019-20 Funded Projects

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During the 2019-20 grant cycle, CEF Awarded $39,989

in Teacher Grants to the following programs:

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  • #Whyyoumatter

  • Authors in Chelsea

  • Summer Reading Initiative

  • 8th Grade DC Trip Scholarships

  • 6th Grade Camp

  • 4th Grade Museum Trip

  • CHS Link Crew

  • 8th Grade Science Unit

  • Native American Experience

  • Science Olympiad

  • 7th Grade DIA Field Trip

  • Book A Day

  • Bursting with Books
  • Psychologist/Social Worker Space
  • Mosaic Making

  • Lucy Caulkins Books

  • ​Arbor Club's 50th Alumni Earth Day Celebration

  • Hometown Holiday Concert Collaboration

  • Quiz Bowl

  • Empty Bowls

  • Reading Workshop

  • Independence Hall Cultural Experiences

  • Moanin' Frogs Saxophone Ensemble

  • Civil War Re-enactor

  • Strength, Speed, & Conditioning

  • Bulbs for Alumni Arbor

  • Media Center Entry Way

  • Physical Education

  • MakerSpace

  • WEB Where Everybody Belongs

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