Grants

The North Stonington Education Foundation offers two types of grants to community groups, organizations, individuals, and members of the North Stonington Public Schools.

The first is our Traditional Grant, which is to fund projects of any amount that are creative, innovative, relevant, effective and inspiring. The application for our Traditional Grant can be found here.

We also offer a new Micro Grant opportunity to fund projects up to $500. These grants also fund projects that are creative, innovative, relevant, effective and inspiring to support the community of North Stonington. More information about micro-grants can be found here.

For the 2017/2018 academic year the NSEF funded was $13,767

  • Wheeler Library After School Club
  • Building Submarines & Careers
  • Audio Books for the Reading Room Readers
  • Visit by Santa Fe artist
  • All Night Graduation Party
  • Annual Yearbook

For the 2016/2017 academic year the NSEF funded was $1,808.61

  • Visualizing DNA Through Electrophoresis
  • Wheeler Farm and Garden Club
  • Farm and Garden Aquaponics

For the 2015/2016 academic year the NSEF funded was $2,308.61

  • 3rd Grade Microsoft Surface Tablets
  • Wheeler Library Summer Book Bags
  • Elementary School Garden
  • Chikumbuso Farm and Garden Aquaponics

For the 2014/2015 academic year the NSEF funded was $1,808.61

  • Visualizing DNA Through Electrophoresis
  • Wheeler Farm and Garden Club
  • Farm and Garden Aquaponics 

For the 2013/2014 academic year the NSEF funded was $18,611

  • Creating Digital Literacy
  • Chikumbuso Ladies’ Visit
  • Summertime Science at Wheeler Library
  • Uganda Children’s Choir
  • EPALs
  • iPads in the Kindergarten Classroom

For the 2012/2013 academic year the NSEF funded was $9,110

  • Smart Board
  • Middle School Summer Reading 
  • Wheeler Library Science Outreach 
  • Girls on the Run of Southeastern Connecticut 

For the 2011/2012 academic year the NSEF funded was $12,103.55

  • Wheeler Library Summer Reading 
  • One Book, One Region 
  • Love Reading with Playaways 
  • Preschool iPad Centers 
  • Custom Apparel Printing 

For the 2010/2011 academic year the NSEF funded was $18,415.59

  • Document Camera Stations
  • Reading Mentors
  • Kindles for Wheeler
  • Fitness Center
  • Let’s Read
  • Visitor’s Information Board
  • Macro-Invertebrate Electronic Field Guide
  • Wheeler Library

For the 2009/2010 academic year the NSEF funded was $3,170.19

  • Playaway Audio Books
  • Reading to Kindergarten
  • Virtual CHEM Lab
  • Middle School Lunch Time Book Clubs
  • Denison Pequotsepos Nature Center Hands On Science Enrichment

For the 2008/2009 academic year the NSEF funded was $20,627

  • Robotics in Technology Education
  • Serendipity Book Club
  • Wheeler Recording Studio
  • N.S. Elementary School Drama Club 2009 Production
  • Building in Kindergarten
  • Document Camera Stations
  • Money Matters
  • High School Apprentice Challenge Fourth Grade Re-enactor 

For the 2007/2008 academic year the NSEF funded was $20,563

  • Forensic package
  • NSEF purchase of LCD Projector
  • Chikumbuso Teacher visit
  • Reading A-Z
  • iPods in the Classroom
  • John Dahlsen visit
  • Marine Environment program given through the Mystic Aquarium

For the 2006/2007 academic year the NSEF funded was $14,474

  • Wheeler High School Book Club
  • What Is In Your Piggy Bank?
  • Wheeler Library’s Summer Reading Program
  • Wheeler Quilting Circle
  • One Book One Region

For the 2005/2006 academic year the NSEF funded was $14,396

  • Early Literacy Read At Home Project
  • Kindergarten In Space
  • Middle School Ceramic Tile Mural
  • Exploring Engineering Through the Submarine
  • Wheeler Library’s Summer Reading Program
  • Wheeler Traverse Wall
  • One Book One Region

For the 2004/2005 academic year the NSEF funded was $14,474

  • Alpha Smart Neo’s
  • North Stonington Elementary School Jogging Track
  • Exploring Engineering Through the Submarine $
  • Wheeler WAVES