SEF Grants Awarded
Three times per year the Sparta Education Foundation reviews grants submitted by teachers and staff at Sparta Area Schools. Here is a list of the grants awarded helping to improve learning and provide "the extras for education".
Grants Awarded in 2019-20
All Schools
Ridgeview Elementary
- Positive Behavior Intervention and Supports (PBIS) Initiative
Appleview Elementary
- Kid's Hope Mentoring Program
- Bridging Appleview and the Middle School drama program
- Knowing Our Town
- Camp Scottie
- Spartan STEM Skills Rock!
- Farm Labs come to Sparta
Middle School
- Positive Behavior Intervention and Supports (PBIS) Initiative
- Bridging Appleview and the Middle School drama program
- Diverse Reads & Literary Playlist
- Ultimate Vocabulary Gaming Experience
- Documentary about the impact of Social Media
- Middle School Band – collection of ukuleles
- SMS FTC Robotics Team Start Up
- Circuits and Code Control Programs for STEM classes
- New Independent Reading Books and Book Protection
- 3D Printers
- Homework Club
High School
- Positive behavior Intervention and Supports (PBIS) Initiative
- 70 new non-fiction books added to the high school library
- Digital training software for gym and weight training classes
SEF has awarded over $445,000 in grants to Sparta teachers throughout the last 25 years!!