Help classroom teachers fund creative and innovative projects in their classroom.  Offered each semester, these $500 mini grants are awarded through a competitive process to ensure the highest quality projects.  Grant opportunities are advertised to the district's 5,200 teachers.  Donors to this item may have the grant named after them (i.e.  The Acme Company Grant for Literacy) with logo included on grant application form.  Donor may select the mini grant focus area:  STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics), or Language Arts, or Fine Arts, or Literacy, or Service Learning.