The details
Students made their selections during the FISD’s Education Foundation’s, or FEF, annual Student Grant Committee Meetings, which took place prior to the Thanksgiving break.
Through discussion and consensus-building, student representatives from multiple campuses reviewed teacher-submitted grant proposals and determined which projects would best align with campus needs.
According to the news release, across four campuses, the projects selected are:
Cline Elementary
- Keep Cline Beautiful: empowers students to take pride in their campus through hands-on activities that promote responsibility, teamwork and environmental awareness
- Chomp, Build, Learn: brings STEM learning to life through building challenges and hands-on exploration that strengthen early engineering skills
- Code-A-Story: combines storytelling with early coding skills, allowing students to create digital stories through simple programming tools
- Hatching Life Science: provides students a hands-on science experience by observing the life cycle of chickens from egg to hatch
- Sensory Mindfulness: offers sensory tools that help students with emotional regulation, focus and self-awareness
- Magnetic Motion: introduces physics concepts through magnetic force and motion activities with opportunities to test predictions, build models and observe movement firsthand
- Sewing Success: teaches practical sewing skills strengthen fine motor skills, patience, and independence through real-world, hands-on learning
- Glazing the Way: provides new glazing materials to help students bring their ceramic creations to life through experience with color, texture and technique
- The Great Maze Challenge: engages students in designing, building, and navigating complex mazes to promote teamwork, strategy and spatial reasoning
- Canine Heart Sounds: supports animal science students with realistic models to identify heart sounds, build diagnostic skills and explore veterinary and medical careers
- Get Out and Move: promotes movement, wellness and connection for Transition Center students through inclusive outdoor activities
The student grant committee process allows FISD students to take a role in "shaping the educational opportunities on their campuses, FEF Executive Director Ashley Adair said in the news release.
During the 2024-25 school year, more than $450,000 in grants were awarded to FISD teachers for innovative classroom tools and resources.
What’s next
As of Dec. 2, FEF opened Adopt-A-Grant projects to be bought by the public. The opportunity to buy or make a donation toward a grant project will remain open through March 6.
Once the campaign closes, the FEF Grant Committee will meet to determine funding for each selected project.
