Grants Awarded

(Click HERE for a print version of this list of grants funded.)

Since late 2007, the Cherry Hill Education Foundation has provided more than $1,400,000 in grants and donations to the Cherry Hill Public Schools!

Alternative High School

• A climbing wall in the gymnasium, funded with support from a WalMart grant.
• Funding to pilot “Power to Teach, Power to Learn” Program.
• Tuition certificate to allow a worthy student to attend SAT Prep Course
• Food composter for AHS and Malberg.

High School East

• Computers for journalism lab, funded with assistance from Gannett Foundation.
• Smart Board technology in World Language Department, funded with support from WalMart and the Cherry Hill Breakfast Rotary Club.
• Smart Response System for select science classes so teacher can immediately gauge student understanding of topic under discussion.
• Resurfacing part of the tennis courts, through a grant from the Ravitz Family Foundation
• ELMO projector.
• Six snare drums for marching band drum line.
• Using generational talent for Praxis in Media Center.
• Concert Timpani Drum Set.
• Poetry Residency and Poetry in the Schools Initiative.
• Funding for PE equipment through a donation from Cherry Hill Health and Racquet Club
• Funding for t-shirts and supplies for Red & White Night competition
• Six mellophones for marching band.
• Funding to support the Robotics program.
• Funding for t-shirts for freshman orientation.

High School West

• Training for National Honor Society students to become tutors for their peers.
• Support for an initiative of the Shop West program in which students sell engraved towels.
• With assistance from Barnes & Noble, support for in-depth study of human health disorders.
• Adaptive physical education equipment for students facing physical challenges.
• Funding for library books, with support from Barnes & Noble.
• Support for publication of a photo- illustrated cookbook by food service students.
• Contribution for Project Graduation.
• Macbooks for the Broadcasting and Journalism classes, with assistance from the Gannett Foundation.
• Intervention program to help non- readers, reluctant readers, and reading- deficient students improve their reading.
• Magnetic skeleton and organ parts for Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy lab.
• Dance education stereo system.
• Equipment to promote “Imaginative Thinking.”
• New Literacies in Journalism.
• Netbooks for learning beyond the classroom.
• Upright Piano for vocal music room.
• Equipment for weight room renovation.
• Nooks (e readers) for the library.
• Funding for equipment and supplies for PE Department through a donation from Cherry Hill Health and Racquet Club.
• Support for West Mock Trial Team to enable participation in Empire Mock Trial Competition.
• Funding for t-shirts for freshman orientation.
• Funds for speakers to provide “turnkey” anti-bullying training for members of West’s Athletes Against Bullying Club.
• Funds to assist with first year of operation of West’s Peer Leader Program.
• Bottle Refilling Stations to quench thirst and reduce dependency on plastic water bottles.

High School East & West

• The annual Academic Recognition Banquet, an event where the district formally recognizes the academic achievement of graduating seniors from both high schools.
• Annual contribution for Project Graduation.
• “Teen Screen” mental health checkups for students.
• Hero Network Donation.

Beck

• Partial funding for the Science Club’s participation in the internationally recognized Science Olympiad.
• Funding support for the Step Team to enable them to travel to a Step performance and perform in new shirts.
• Supplies for the new ceramics program.
• 36 Kindles to support student literacy
• Keyboard tech lab to enhance music instruction.
• Cafeteria Baskets to Reduce Lunch Room Trash.
• Funding for Sustainability Initiatives.
• Chromebook Computers to Increase Student Engagement.

• Funding to enrich the Media Center’s Year of Japan study.
• A robotics engineering and technology program.
• A music recording lab that focuses on music composition and digital recording.
• State-of-the-art hardware and software for the Audio Visual Club.
• New equipment to update the school’s Fitness Center.
• iPads and docking station to support English Language Learners and special education students.
• Partial funding for Destination Imagination World Competition.
• Baby grand piano for auditorium.
• Improved theater lighting.
• Additional equipment for the Fitness Center.
• Cafeteria Baskets to Reduce Lunch Room Trash.
• Baritone Saxophone for School Band.
• Assistive Technology to Improve Reading Fluency.
• Equipment for Career Skills Class.
• Fitness Center Equipment to Promote Life-Long Health.
• Tuba for School Band
• Support for “A Day of Mary Poppins” allowing all Carusi students to attend the play at Cherry Hill West.
• Robotics kits and supplies for 21st Century Skills Class and Robotics Club.
• Tower Garden for science class.
• Support for program to build confidence and leadership skill.
• Euphonium and two tenor saxophones for Carusi band.

Rosa

• Assistance for students who need additional social-cognitive support to better handle social situations within the community.
• Music recording technology to enhance both individual and group performances.
• Lego sets for a program that supports the development of student social skills.
• Portable stage for performing arts program.
• iPads/iPods for library.
• Partial funding for Destination Imagination World Competition.
• Adobe Flash for classroom use.
• “Bridge” bus from East to Rosa.
• Supplies to support a Ceramics Program in art classes.
• Equipment to support student use of photographic evidence to enhance learning.
• Cafeteria Baskets to Reduce Lunch Room Trash.
• Projector for CAPSS Program.
• SmartBoard for 6th Grade Classroom.
• Equipment and supplies for PE Department through a donation from Cherry Hill Health and Racquet Club.
• Gymnasium Sound System to enhance PE classes, annual drama production, and other events held in the Rosa gymnasium.

Eight Elementary Schools

• Support to implement the “Battle of the Books” contest, a reading motivation program (which is already underway in four of our elementary schools), with book bags provided by Barnes & Noble.

All Elementary Schools

• Support for a distance learning project that allows fifth grade TAG students to participate in a year-long study of the Renaissance at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
• Teaching Books data base for elementary libraries
• In cooperation with the Cherry Hill Rotary Club, annual funding to provide personal copies of dictionaries to all third grade students.

Barton

• Support for a program that improves early literacy development in first graders, with assistance from Barnes & Noble
• Supplies for the second grade MathStart! Program.
• Supplies to implement a new book series for the first grade literacy development program.
• Registration fee to allow fifth grade team to compete at Destination ImagiNation global finals.
• King School book series to support early literacy development in diverse student population.
• Tumble Book Library for ELL students.
• Funding for “Bucket Filling,” a character education project.
• Pedometers for Physical Education classes.
• iPads for English Language Learners.
• Non-fiction books for Grades 2-5.
• Smart Board for Kindergarten Enrichment Program.
• Drums for World Music Drumming Program.
• Classroom document cameras.
• High-interest text sets for Library (Grades 3-5).
• SmartBoard for first grade classroom
• SmartBoard for effective and targeted collaboration.
• High-interest informational texts for 4th graders.
• “We Are Words” hallway flags (character education initiative).
• Scholastic non-fiction readers boxed sets.
• Standing desks for 4th graders.
• Native language literature for ELL students.
• SmartBoards for various classrooms to support instruction and improve student performance.

Cooper

• Funding for a fifth grade Energy Conservation program (monitoring and mentoring kits), which allows fifth grade students to teach conservation to all younger students at Cooper.
• Five Notebook computers for a Grade 3 inclusion class.
• In partnership with Cooper PTA, Dell computers for student use.
• National Geographic Science & Reading program.
• iPads and cases to support learning in self-contained Special Education classrooms.
• Bright Link Projector to support technology integration with the Resource Room.
• Resources for social skills and problem solving.

Harte

• In partnership with Harte PTA, funding for a climbing wall where students learn teamwork skills while enjoying physical education.
• Partial funding to mount an existing Smart Board in the library.
• Current reading selections for a library book club.
• A Smart Board and computer to assist students with speech difficulties.
• Flip video camera to support world language learning.
• Composter for Green Team.
• Piggie Party literacy initiative.
• Replacement copies of best-loved library books.
• “Flipping through Flipster” – emagazines to promote reading and school and home.
• Support for Bret Harte’s BES School Store project.
• 5th Grade iPad Learning Lab
• Sensory motor equipment for Occupational Therapy to improve student learning.
• Interactive books for the school library to “light up learning.”

Johnson, Sharp and Stockton

• Laptop, peripherals, and software to enhance instrumental music lessons for fourth and fifth graders.

Johnson

• Funding for classroom amplification system to increase student academic achievement and performance.
• Support for “Lego Lunchtime Club,” a program that helps students improve social competence and increase interaction with peers.
• Student mentoring program (East students at Johnson).
• Pedometers for Physical Education classes.
• JJ’s Ambassadors for Animals.
• Book Buddy books and games to allow 4th graders to help 1st graders.
• Character Education program -Random Acts of Kindness.
• Drums for World Music Drumming Program.
• Social Learning Skills Resources for Asperger’s and Communication Impaired Students.
• Classical Music CDs to Reduce Student Anxiety.
• Library Books with African American Main Characters and/or Authors.
• Music technology for large-group instruction.
• Elmo document camera and ceiling projector.
• Tower garden for second grade science and Johnson Green Team.

Kilmer

• Nonfiction books for the library and first grade classrooms, with funding support from the Garden State Rotary Club.
• A text mastery program for third and fourth grade classrooms.
• A document camera and projector to support instruction in fundamentals of writing.
• Book series targeted for boys to help close the reading gap.
• iPad Minis for Special Education/At Risk students.
• Elmo document cameras and projectors.
• Library books to enhance cultural proficiency.
• Funding to transport students to HS East to see Peter Pan.
• Laptops for Special Education Students.
• Document cameras and projectors for third grade classroom.
• Document cameras and projectors for all first grade classrooms.
• Laptops for Special Education classrooms.
• Therapy balls to improve attention, increase on-task behaviors, and decrease disruptions.
• Funds to support “Project Success,” an after-school mentoring program with students from East and West.
• Chromebooks to better prepare students for PARCC.
• Chromebooks for second graders.
• Bully-busting books to help students develop skills to avoid bullies and bullying.
• Five All-in-One Printers to support Special Education and Basic Skills instruction.
• All-in-One printers for 1st grade classroom.
• Funding for Bucket Fillers character education program.
• SmartBoard for second grade classroom to improve student performance.

Kingston

• In partnership with Kingston PTA, support for “Lunch and Learn” program, which helps eliminate bullying on the playground.
• Support for a teacher in-service designed to improve the reading skills of first graders.
• Audio books for the library to augment differentiated instruction.
• Equipment to assist first and second graders in improving their reading fluency.
• Listening Center books and CDs for use in first and second grade literacy centers.
• iPads for special education classes.
• Chick hatching project for first grade classroom.
• Funds to create a “Little Free Library” at Kingston.
• Desk cycles to enhance kinesthetic learning.
• Furniture for the Library Media Center.

Knight

• In partnership with Knight PTA, support for teacher-implemented, cutting-edge “Universal Design” technology to benefit first and second graders.
• Portable nets to enhance the elementary school physical education program.
• Books targeted to increase literacy among boys.
• Updated library selections in fiction and history for third, fourth and fifth grade students,
• Funding to enhance the music curriculum by providing 25 drums for a world drumming program.
• Open mic equipment for poetry reading.
• Smart Board for Library/Media Center.
• iPad2s to support learning in the Communications-Impaired classroom.
• Buddy benches to foster friendship and help prevent bullying.
• Supplies for Bucket Fillers (character education) program.
• Chromebooks to support online development of writing, math, and reading comprehension skills.
• Furniture for the Library/Media Center.

Mann

• In partnership with Mann PTA, partial funding for new playground equipment.
• Bucket Fillers for students—a character education program.
• With support from Subaru of America, Inc., SmartBoards and accessories for two fourth grade classrooms.
• Pedometers for Physical Education classes.
• Piggie Party literacy initiative.
• Interactive whiteboards for Autism Support class.
• “Flipping through Flipster” – emagazines to promote reading and school and home.
• Interactive books for the school library to “light up learning.”
• Books to aid in teaching social skills and problem solving.

Paine

• Funding to construct a greenhouse which will allow students to learn ecology, environment, and marketing skills.
• Support for a week-long poet-in-residence program.
• Shakespeare program for second grade students.
• Student-constructed “Peace” mosaic mural.
• Materials for “Scientific Minds” program in first grade.
• Reading incentive rewards.
• iPad Minis for ESL Students.
• iPads for economically disadvantaged students.
• Class trip for students in remedial program.
• SmartBoard for second grade classroom to improve student performance.
• Reusable plastic baskets for sustainable lunchroom initiative.
• Chromebooks to help students and teachers develop their digital skill sets using Google Education Suite.
• SmartBoards for first and third grade classrooms to improve student performance.
• SmartBoard to improve student performance of English Language Learners in Grades K-5.

Sharp

• BookFlix, an online database, to augment reading selections in fiction and nonfiction for students in grades K-3.
• Installation of a Smart Board in the library.
• A Thinking Fun Center to challenge fourth graders to think at the highest levels of Bloom’s Taxonomy.
• Document camera and projector to support literacy development in Grades K-5.
• Hand-held video cameras for classroom use.
• Readers theater kits for first grade students.
• With support of Sharp PTA, funding for iPads for use by students at every grade level.
• Document camera and projector.
• Books for “Battle of the Books” program.
• Library books to support literacy for English Language Learners and all students.
• High-interest texts to teach Science.
• Chromebooks to support first-grade small group intervention and enrichment.
• High-interest texts to support Social Studies and ELA instruction.
• Instructional SmartBoard for third grade classroom.

Stockton

• In partnership with Stockton PTA, partial funding for Peaceful Playground equipment to provide structured, bullying-free activities at recess.
• iPads and software to incorporate Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics into music instruction.

Woodcrest

• A Hero Wall dedicated to people who overcame disabilities to follow their dreams.
• Books to enhance studies in African American history and the Read Across America celebration.
• SmartBoard and peripherals for second grade classroom.
• Series of books about U.S. Presidents for Extended Day Childcare program.
• With Woodcrest PTA, funding to support the Trouble-Free Playground program.
• SmartBoard for 2nd Grade classroom.
• Graphic novel collection to engage reluctant readers.
• Interactive books for the school library to “light up” learning.

Barclay Early Learning Center

• Printers to assist in preschool instruction
• Funded by a grant from the American Academy of Dermatology, a shade structure to allow use of the outdoor playground in sunny and rainy weather.
• Funding to obtain additional supplies for the shade structure.
• Poster maker.
• “Minis for Minis” – iPad minis for each Barclay classroom.

All Secondary Schools

• A Sustainable Cherry Hill recycling and compost project, with funding support from Aramark.
• Funded by Texas Instruments, donation of 14 TI-NSpire Teacher Edition Graphing Calculators to improve mathematics instruction.

Districtwide

• Books for students who are English Language Learners to own and read at home, with funding support from Barnes & Noble.
• Annual support for the district’s Mt. Misery Program, through a grant from TD Charitable Foundation.
• Used printers for schools.
• Training to support district’s Cultural Competency Initiative.
• T-shirts for annual STAR Games.
• Funding for refurbishment of donated musical instruments.
• Funding for refreshments for District PARCC Community Nights.
• High-resolution cameras for schools and district Public Information Office.