Grants
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The mission of the Peachtree Ridge Foundation is to create and maintain a community for the Peachtree Ridge Cluster of Schools in their quest for excellence in academics, arts and athletics, while maintaining excellence and integrity in all endeavors.
The Peachtree Ridge Foundation is a non-profit
501(c) 3 organization formed in February of 2003.
Grants
The Peachtree Ridge Foundation is a non-profit organization established to fund facility improvements and educational programs for the students of the Peachtree Ridge Cluster of Schools. The foundation is unique to Gwinnett County Public Schools in that it encompasses the areas of academics, arts, and athletics.
Grants are solicited from PRHS Department Heads, Booster Club Officers, Foundation Members, and Cluster School Principals twice a year. The grant requests go through a formal review process and then approved requests are awarded. To facilitate the request for grants, listed below are grant procedures, a submission checklist, and a grant application.
Grant Submission Procedures
- All grant (gift) requests will be reviewed two times a year by the
Grants Committee.
- The Fall 2010 submission deadline is October 14.
The Spring 2011 submission deadline is March 24.
- All grant requests must be pre-approved by the appropriate
department head. (Kevin Tashlein - PRHS Academics, Bill Holleman -
PRHS Athletics, Dean Feldman - PRHS Arts, Cluster Schools - require Principal's
approval)
- For PRHS grant requests only, Kevin Tashlein must sign all grant
requests in addition to the department head.
- The fiscal year of the Peachtree Ridge Foundation shall commence
July 1 and end June 30 to coincide with the Gwinnett County Public
School year.
- All grants issued during the fiscal year must be spent in the same
fiscal year. Grant money cannot be accumulated from one year to
the next. If grant money is not spent in the fiscal year it was
given, the grant money must be returned to the Foundation.
- The Executive Director of the Foundation will maintain a gift fund
which can be granted at his/her discretion. The gift shall benefit
academic or leadership groups only. Such grants will not exceed
$1,000. The gift must be spent within the fiscal year it was
issued.
- Entry fees, dues, scholarships, gifts, travel, conferences,
retreats, food and entertainment, salaries for teacher training, and
student tutoring do not fall within the guidelines set for grants from the
Foundation.
- Incomplete applications and/or missed deadlines constitute denial of
grant request.
- All grants requested that involve the use of the PRHS logo or crest or the construction of any building, addition to, or renovation of, must be approved by the principal of PRHS.
Grant Submission Checklist
Click
here to access the Grant Submission Checklist.
Grant Application
Click here to access the Grant Application.
Fund Raising Opportunities
The Peachtree Ridge Foundation raises funds for grants by soliciting donations from individual donors, private businesses, and corporate sponsors.
In addition, the Foundation sponsors three major fund raisers annually.
- Annual Fund Raising Event
includes Silent and Live Auction
- Annual Lions Golf Classic
- Miss Peachtree Ridge High School Scholarship Pageant
Grant Testimonials
"We would like to say 'Thank You' for so generously providing us with a
grant to help us supply our Multi-Sensory Room with new equipment. Our
students, especially those with Autism, benefit from the calming effect that
the equipment provides. As a result of your generosity we are already
seeing positive things happen in the form of improved behaviors and student
progress on IEP goals and objectives. Our new and improved
Multi-Sensory Room allows our students to release excess energy, and achieve
more balanced, centered states all of which allows them to work more
efficiently. The students seem to receive the most benefit from the
Swing Chair, and the Rocker Board. Many of our students also enjoy the
smaller objects including the Kaleidoscope Tray and the Moon Lights.
We are thankful for the support that we have received from you, the
Peachtree Ridge Foundation. We look forward to adding more to our
Multi-sensory Room in the future, and you have given us a fabulous start to
achieving our end goal."
Sarah McDonald - Parsons Elementary School
"Thank you so much for your generous donation of the laptop computer as our
Advanced Placement incentive. We had an amazing response from this
from both students and teachers. I know this raffle made the
difference - getting us to a less than 1% no show rate and hopefully earning
PRHS AP Merit Status. I hope we will have your support again next year
and want to again express my deepest appreciation for this and all that you
do for the PRHS community! We are so lucky to have you."
Holly Isserstedt (and all involved in the AP Program at PRHS)
"I want to thank you for your generous academic grant donation to the language arts department in the Spring of 2009. With your donation we were able to purchase class novel sets. This purchase allows our teachers to supplement the curriculum in our textbooks and enhance our language arts courses. This kind of book purchase would not be possible without your generosity. Thank you again for your continued support of academics at Peachtree Ridge High School"
Tom Myers (High School Teacher of the Year)