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Grant requests for the 2011-12 school year have been awarded.  Grant requests for the 2012-13 School Year are due by Friday, February 10, 2012 at 4 p.m..

Educare awarded $51,000 in grants for the 2011-12 School Year.

• East High School, $3,281—seven additional Vernier Sensors sets for use in chemistry.
• West High School and Dakota Meadows Middle School, $799—A new portable digital keyboard will be used by choral music students, in rehearsals, sectionals and individual practices and in musical productions.
• Franklin Elementary School, $3,233—A SMARTBoard will be used in band and orchestra classes and lesson groups to assist with classroom composition and facilitate solos and small ensembles. 
• Dakota Meadows Middle School, $21,000—A classroom set of Apple iPads with a mobile cart and charging station will be used in the 8th grade to focus on reading/English language arts, mathematics and science.
• Washington Elementary School, $1,493—Purchase of a Keystone View Telebinocular will be used in S.M.A.R.T. intervention—Stimulating Maturity through Accelerated Readiness Training. 
• Mankato Area Public Schools, $6,991—Specialized equipment in special education helps students with disabilities become successful in general education and life. 
• East Junior High School, $7,450--A collaborative, teachers will purchase sound systems for 10 classrooms to enhance student listening and learning.
• Eagle Lake Elementary School, $1,900—The purchase of 19 Flip Video Cameras will allow student successes to be shared with all students at school.
• Jefferson Elementary School, $4,576—Special Education and English Language Learners teamed up to provide students with the technology necessary to increase their academic skills in the areas of written language, vocabulary fluency, social interactions, phonics skills and reading fluency. 
  

  Educare awards $56,000 in grants for the 2010-11 school year.
  $29,492-T1-nspire graphic calculators, East Junior High and Dakota Meadows Middle School
  $9,900-Early Childhood family education preschool and parent classes, Rosa Parks Elementary
  $7,152-FitnessGram testing update for all students, MAPS Elementary Schools
  $4,086-Broadcasting equipment for broadcast program, Mankato East and West high schools
  $2,470-Solar/Fuel cell sets for alternative energy, Mankato East and West high schools
  $2,000-Children's therapeutive support services winter camping trip, MAPS 
  $900-Electronic Franklin spellers, Monroe Elementary
  

  Educare awards $54,259 in Educator Initiative Grants for the 2009-10 school year.
  $1,800 School-based enterprise
  $2,450 Junior Achievement Biz Town
  $2,545 World language oral proficiency focus
  $3,200 21st century staff training
  $1,845 Portable SMARTBoard
  $1,229 Baby Think it Over
  $3,590 8th grade Career Day
  $3,000 Using modern technology in modern media
  $17,600 Broadcast class equipment
  $9,000 Creating 21st century classrooms
  $8,000 GPS-guided geologic field investigation