Excel Grants

Every year, the Highline Schools Foundation offers Excel Grants to Highline Public School employees. Since the projects origin in February 2002, we have distributed more than $200,430 to HPS through Excel and MAD Grants! Click here to view the Excel Grant Application

Frequently Asked Questions...

What is an Excel Grant?
Established to inspire innovative teaching & enrich student learning, an Excel Grant is an award of $50 to $1,000 for a specific project. According to one teacher, "The Excel Grant from Highline Schools Foundation allowed me to share one of my passions with my students and strengthen their academic skills at the same time."

How do I apply?
A short, on-line application form will be made available in September of each year.
"It was so easy!" said a recent awardee. Not all requests are funded, but all are reviewed.

What is the timeline?
    September - Announcement in District News
    November 10^th - Applications must be postmarked by this day
    Mid December - Grant Awards Mailed
    Early May - Showcase the results of your project
    June - Final report of awarded grants due

Where can I find more information?
Contact the Foundation office at (206) 248-5196
Click here to find out more about MAD Grants!

Things to remember...

• Keep your audience in mind. Grant reviewers are not educators. Use laypersons' language or explain "edu-speak".
• Communicate your enthusiasm for the project.
• Ask for the dollar amount you need for your project vs. the maximum request.
• List the items you will purchase and how much they will cost.

In December 2011, the Prize Patrol visited almost all the schools in the district announcing the Excel Grant winners. Thank you to all the teachers that submitted applications! You are truly making a difference!

Congratulations to our 2010/2011 Excel and MAD Grant Winners:

Deanna Bell of Bow Lake Elementary School, "Magazines for the Bow Lake Library"

Michael Bento of Gregory Heights Elementary School, "Dollar Book Store"

Edith Bishop of Arts and Academics Academy, "Shakespeare: Alive again"

Jennifer Bolding of Gregory Heights Elementary School, "ELL Success"

Lisa Carlson of Tyee Educational Complex, "Fiction for FUN-damentals"

Bruce Dearborn of Highline Interim Placement Program, "HIPP Neutral Zone"

Loren Demeroutis of Highline Big Picture High School, "Artistic Revolution at Big Picture"

Dan Dundon of Highline Big Picture High School, "Science, One student at a time"

Roseanne Esposito of Beverly Park Elementary School, "Capturing Science Experiences"

James Ewing of Mount View Elementay School, "The real world of attending college"

Jennifer Ferry of Southern Heights Elementary School, "The Most Circulated Books in the Library"

Sarah Fitzpatrick-Erdmann of Aviation High School, "Creating our "Schoomunity""

Michelle Frasene of Midway Elementary School, "Reading Intervention"

Joanne Glasgow of Evergreen Educational Complex, "Evergreen Young Adult Book 2011 Contest"

Colleen Grady of Midway Elementary School, "Read around the world"

Kristi Greenaway of Pacific Middle School, "Investigations"

Victoria Hall of Puget Sound Skills Center, "Open Doors to Art"

Kathryn Hardesty of Pacific Middle School, "New books"

Doug Judge of Highline Big Picture High School, "Special Education instructional technology"

Mimi Krsak of Seahurst Elementary, "No Child Left Indoors"

Jane Lanning of Highline High School, "ILC Prom"

LeeAnna Hauke, Emily Hathaway, Micheline Mazzola of Seahurst Elementary School, "Finding my place in the world of reading"

James Lilly of Highline High School, "Eye into an expanding world"

Brenda Martin of Gregory Heights Elementary School, "Powerful Reading"

Micheline Mazzola of Seahurst Elementary School, "Printer/Timer"

Rebecca Michener of Global Connections High School, "How clean is our soil and water?"

Nicholas Deisler and Carlyn Roedell of Bow Lake Elementary School, "Invasion of the First and Sixth Graders!"

Bethany Plett of Academy of Citizenship and Empowerment, "Scientific Reading Throughout the Year"

Micheleyn Ross of Pacific Middle School, "Project Vocab"

Terre Salzer of Hilltop Elementary, "Ready to Read"

Leslie Schicht of Global Connections High School, "Bringing Shakespeare to Global"

Bethany Sjoberg of Technology, Engineering and Communications High School, "Sustainable Farming"

Nancy Sparks of Gregory Heights Elementary School, "Where in the world?"

Ed Sullivan of Sylvester Middle School "The purchase of "Hands-on" health education products"

Jeni White of Cascade Middle School "Cascade Spirit Squad"

Laura Whitney of McMicken Heights Elementary School, "High-Low Books for EBC"

Shawn Will of Mount View Elementay School, "Aviation at Mount View Elementary"

Jennifer Wittenberg of Global Connections High School, "Where do I come from? Looking at ourselves through memoirs"