The Target Range Foundation has had a wonderful year! We had the opportunity to approve six teacher grants to fund the following curriculum enhancements to the school:
– Dramatic play equipment for the Kindergarten class
– Tiger Team Building Sports Equipment for the 5th grade
– Drone equipment and technology for our 6 – 8th grade Gifted and Talented program
– Fine Motoring Strengthening Tools to increase handwriting skills in 1st grade
– Tigers Take Flight personalized discs for our physical education program
– A portable stereo and speaker system to benefit the K-8th
Our typical budget is about $5,000 per year, but we had a little more roll over this year and were able to approve $6,700 in grants for the 2022/23 school year. With the help of our newest board member, Alisa , we have enhanced and updated our grant application application and evaluation process to ensure that we are communicating with our applicants effectively and offering full transparency in our grant selection process. Our spring 2023 grant cycle marked the first time we had more grant applications than grant money available and it’s very important to our board to make sure we offer clear and transparent feedback to encourage the creative and thoughtful applications we are getting from our Target Range teachers & staff.
We were also able to lead the efforts for the school’s Jogathon & Color Run and raise a total of $25,000 to go toward the Target Range PTO’s annual budget, spirit shirts for every student, and over $18,000 to sustain the teacher grant program. The board recently voted to move this money into a one year bond to help fund the teacher grant program for next year without a loss of principal. We remain committed to managing private gifts to sustain our support of Target Range Schools for years to come.
Please don’t hesitate to contact us if you have any questions or would like to offer a gift of support to the teacher grant program.
Best,
Paige – President
David – Treasurer
Alisa – Secretary
Sharon – School Board Liaison
Paula – Member