Awarded Grants

2017-18 School Year to date:

$100 Pre-K Literacy Grant to Friends of Little Ones for the Little Ones Library Nature Wagon Presentation.
Classroom Grant – $1500 for classroom library books.
$500 to each of three 1st grade classrooms Foundation Grant .
$1000 to supplement funds needed for the 7th grade class to attend the premier of Wonder, the film adaptation of the novel they read as part of their curriculum.
Sue Matson Distinguished Youth Award – $50 Award given to a Town of Rochester youth fulfilling award criteria Foreign Language Week Fund
Two musical performances and clinics at High School Foundation Grant – $500 for Music in the Parks, supplemental funding for Junior High students to participate in field trip experience Classroom Grant
$200 program by Oral Storyteller Shawn DeRyder at the High School Sandra Taub Golden Determination Award Fund
$200 awarded, $100 to each of two 8th grade students fulfilling award criteria High School Music Booster Fund
$825 award for a student to attend a summer music camp

2016-17 School Year:
$348.35 for the MES 1st grade trip to SUNY New Paltz Planetarium Foundation Grant
$2,149 for the Newcomers Uplifted Field Trip to NYC Foundation Grant
$220 for participation in Mohonk Consultations Conference “Realizing a Culture of Peace for HS students. Foundation Grant – $1988 for Shaper Origin:Handheld CNC Router for HS Technology Dept. Foundation Grant
$500 for HS Mural Beautification Project with Eugene Stetz Classroom Grant
$500 for The Cajun Connection at the HS with Cedric Watson Foundation Grant
$100 Pre-K Literacy Grant to Friends of Little Ones for the Little One’s Library Nature Wagon Presentation
Foundation Grant
$2000 for KES 3rd grade field trip to Bronx Zoo page 3 of 5 Sandra Taub Golden Determination Award Fund
$200 awarded
$100 to each of two 8th grade students fulfilling award criteria Mock Trial Team Award Fund
$200 awarded to a graduating senior of the Mock Trial Team Erica R. Bell Memorial Scholarship Fund
$600 awarded, $200 to each of three graduating seniors fulfilling award criteria

2015-16 School Year:
$2000 for the Kerhonkson Elementary School’s After School Literacy Project.
Foundation Grant – $795 to bring the Rhinebeck Performing Arts Center performance of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow to the Junior High School.
Foundation Grant – $500 to the Newcomers Uplifted Program to offset costs of their multidisciplinary field trip to Central Park Zoo and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Foundation Grant – $500 to the Kerhonkson Elementary third grade class to offset cost of admission for their Bronx Zoo field trip.
Foundation Grant – $500 to the Fireboat John J Harvey Project to offset the cost of their field trip to the John J Harvey Fireboat and 911 Memorial Museum.
Foundation Grant – $100 Pre-K Literacy Grant to Friends of Little Ones for the Little One’s Library Nature Wagon Presentation.
Sandra Taub Golden Determination Award Fund – $200 awarded, $100 to each of two 8th grade students fulfilling award criteria Mock Trial Team Award Fund
$200 awarded to a graduating senior of the Mock Trial Team Sue Matson Distinguished Youth Award
$50 Award given to a Town of Rochester youth fulfilling award criteria Erica R. Bell Memorial Scholarship Fund – $1000 awarded, $500 to each of two graduating seniors

2014-15 school year:
Science Research Program Fund – $293.28 Sam Longbotham’s science research project
Classroom Grant – $130 Portable PA System, Carol Brown’s class
Classroom Grant – $500 Cedric Watson Music Workshop HS Foreign Language classes
Foundation Grant-Pre-K Literacy – $384.75 Pre-K Program circle time rug
Foundation Grant – $299.62 Field Trip HS Spanish students
Science Research Program Fund – $245 Jacob Viertel’s science research project
Foundation Grant – $500 KES admission to Intrepid Museum
Foundation Grant – $2000 JHS Mohonk Culinary Arts field trip
MES Arts Fund – $1000 3rd grade leave behind picnic table project
Foundation Grant – $500 HS Spanish student Migrant Ministries field trip
Foundation Grant – $2000 Shopbot CNC Router JHS technology classes
Foundation Grant – $1987.50 District Costume Shop establishment
Foundation Grant-Pre-K Literacy – Nature Wagon Presentation Little One’s Library
Sandra Taub Golden Determination Award Fund – $200, two $100 gift certificate awards

2013-14 school year:
Algete/RV Student Exchange Program Fund – $3,229 student activities/events/travel
Fire Boat John J. Harvey Fund – $26,476.79 fundraising, Museum and field trip events
RVHS Musical Theater Fund – $23,728 to produce Anything Goes, February 2014
Classroom Grant Fund – $634 to JHS Diversity Program
Foundation Grant Fund – $366 to JHS in support of a Classroom Grant, Diversity Program
Foundation Grant Fund – $558 to Fire Boat John J. Harvey Project
Newcomers Uplifted Fund – $848 field trip
Science Research Program Fund – $961 program materials & supplies, symposium participation
Foundation Grant Fund – Pre-K Literacy Grant – $100 to Friends of Little One’s for Little One’s Library Nature Wagon Program
Sandra Taub Golden Determination Award Fund – $200, two $100 gift certificate awards

2012-13 school year:
Erica R. Bell Memorial Scholarship Fund – $800.00 for four scholarships at $200.00 each
Summer Arts Camp Program Fund – $600 instructor
Foundation Grant Fund-STEM – $175 Lego League Robotics Team Sponsorship
RVHS Musical Theater Fund – $4595.00 to produce Little Shop of Horrors, February 22&23
Fire Boat John J. Harvey Project Fund – $7693.60 fundraising, Museum & field trip events
Sandra Taub Golden Determination Award Fund – $100.00, two $50.00 gift certificate awards
Science Research Program Fund – $133.00 for honorarium and program materials
Foundation Grant Fund-Pre-K Literacy – $100 to Friends of Little Ones for Little One’s Library Nature Wagon Program

2011-12 school year:
Erica R. Bell Memorial Scholarship Fund – $500.00 for 2 scholarships of $250.00 each
Sandra Taub Golden Determination Award Fund – $100.00, two $50.00 gift certificate awards
Fire Boat John J. Harvey Project Fund – $6806.12 Museum & field trip events
MES Arts Fund – $1000.00 Art workshop program
Foundation Grant Fund-Pre-K Literacy – $100 to Friends of Little Ones for Little One’s
Library Nature Wagon Program
Foundation Grant Fund-Pre-K Literacy – $400 to Stone Ridge Nursery School for Pre-school audio books listening center
Foreign Language Week Fund – $200.00 music program
RVHS Musical Theater Fund – $1000.00 to produce Forty-Five Minutes from Broadway,
February 24&25
RVHS Science Field Trip Fund – $2876.00 field trip admission & transportation
RVHS Sports Marketing Field Trip Fund – $1291.15 field trip admission & transportation
RVHS Science Field Trip Fund – $1666.00 field trip admission & transportation
Newcomers Uplifted Fund – $1626.10 field trip event & transportation
Lego Leagues Robotics Team Fund – $700 for initial program start-up

2010-11 school year:
RVHS Musical Theater Fund – $5650.00 to produce the Regards to Broadway Musical Revue, April 29
Sandra Taub Golden Determination Award Fund – $200.00, four $50.00 gift certificate awards
Science Research Program Fund – $100 for honorarium
Foundation Grant Fund-Pre-K Literacy – $100.00 to Little One’s Library, June 3
Foundation Grant Fund – RVCSD Science Expo Grant – $250.00 to Rosendale School, June 3
Service Learning Program Fund – $500.00 program transportation
Foundation Grant Fund – $200.00 to Service Learning Program for program transportation

2009-10 school year:
Sandra Taub Golden Determination Award Fund – $100.00, two $50.00 gift certificate awards
Foundation Grant Fund – Science Research Program Grant – $200.00 to Angelica Cullo
Foundation Grant Fund – Pre-K Literacy Grant – $100.00 to Little One’s Library
Service Learning Program Fund – $884.33 for Sophomore Project Day, October 14

2008-09 school year:
Marbletown Outdoor Classroom Grant Recipient fund transfer – $250.00
Sandra Taub Golden Determination Award Fund – $150.00, three $50.00 gift certificate awards