FPHE 2013 Grant Application and Grant Award Report Forms now available for downloading. Files are Microsoft Word format.

2013 FPHE Grant Application - The FPHE Grant Committee will review all applications and make recommendations to the FPHE Board of Directors. The Board will issue final grant approval. Awards will be announced on May 17, 2013. All applications need to be received by May 03, 2013.

2013 FPHE Grant Award Report - In order for grant recipients to be eligible for future grants and for FPHE to maintain its non-profit status, proof of grant expenditures must be provided. Please take a moment to fill out this Grant Award Report and return to FPHE by April 1 of the following year after a grant was awarded. Teachers failing to return a completed report and/or receipts will not be eligible for a FPHE grant the following year.

FPHE thanks and applauds all 2013 donors for placing a high priority on local education and realizing that strong schools benefit the entire community..

FPHE Awards 2011 Grants to Pleasant Hill Schools

On May 18, 2012, the Foundation for Pleasant Hill Education (FPHE) awarded
$36,600 to support educational activities in Pleasant Hill public schools. The grants were funded asa result of FPHE’s 2012 Annual Campaign and various other 2012 fundraisers. Since 2009, FPHE has awarded over $120,000 and 150 grants to the eleven public schools within the College Park High School feeder pattern.

FPHE thanks and applauds all 2012 donors for placing a high priority on local education and realizing that strong schools benefit the entire community..

This year, the Foundation received 58 grant requests and awarded 53 grants to the 11 schools. Every school that requested a grant received one. FPHE grants are awarded based on a combination of criteria, including the number of students impacted and the contribution to or support of language arts, math, science, or other key curriculum areas.

A detailed list follows below:

College Park High School
• Subscription to New York Times Upfront Magazine for English Department
• Laptops-one for every Math class for online math program
• Audio system and headphones for the Music Department
Pleasant Hill Middle School
• ELMO document camera and projector for 6th Grade
• PC monitors for donated PCs
• Set of heart monitors for P.E. Department
• Laptops for various school departments and clubs
• Student Response System clickers for 6th Grade
Sequoia Middle School
• Classroom TV (PC connected) for 8th Grade
• Science iPad apps for 7th and 8th Grade Science
• Book tablets for 6th Grade
Valley View Middle School
• Classroom sets of core literature for use by all students
• iPod listening center and accompanying book program for Special Education Department
• iPads and applicable apps for 8th Grade
• Music software for Instrumental and Choral Music Departments
• Flip video cameras for Technology Program
• Amplification audio system for Science Department
Fair Oaks Elementary
• Multiple classroom sets of chapter books for 4th and 5th Grades
Gregory Gardens Elementary
• Classroom sets of U.S. maps, world map and/or globes for K, 1st, and 3rd Grades
• Multiple classroom sets of science programs/materials for Kindergarten
• Multiple classroom sets of literature programs for Kindergarten and 1st Grade
• Place value learning sets for 3rd Grade
• Art instruction program for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Grades
• Motor for chicken incubator in 2nd Grade
• Stage lighting
• Classroom set of jump ropes for the P.E. program and recess
Hidden Valley Elementary
• Classroom set of chapter books for 4th Grade
• Student Response System clickers for 5th Grade
• LCD projector for Special Education Department
Pleasant Hill Elementary
• Multiple sets of fiction and non-fiction books for expanded Accelerated Reader program
• iPad for 5th Grade
Sequoia Elementary
• SRA Reading Program for 2nd Grade
Strandwood Elementary
• Redcat amplification audio system for 3rd Grade
• Laptop and accessories for 2nd Grade
• iPads for Kindergarten and 4th Grades
Valhalla Elementary
• iPads and apps for 3rd , 4th, and 5th Grades, and Special Ed. Department
• Classroom sets of Presidential Election books for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Grades, and Special Ed.
• Sets of Thesauruses for 5th Grade
• Student lap-sized whiteboards for 5th Grade.