Who can apply?
Lawton Public Schools certified staff can apply. Applications can be from an individual or from a collaborative effort.
Why should you apply?
If you have a creative and innovative idea that will engage your students and enhance their educational experience, but your school lacks funding, please apply! Our desire is to fund grants that motivate, inspire, and enrich your students and supports you, the teacher.
What should you apply for?
Technology hardware, programs, materials, and extracurricular activities that your school budget is unable to fund. If technology is applied for, you must receive pre-approval from the LPS Assistant Director of Educational Technology, Vanessa Perez (Vanessa.Perez@lawtonps.org). We generally do not fund requests that your principal can order from LPS basement supplies. No software subscriptions or licenses will be funded this grant cycle.
Who do the resources belong to?
The resources are the property of Lawton Public Schools and should be placed on your classroom/school inventory. If you transfer to a new school within our district, you may take the resources with you, unless the grant was given to a specific program, group, or school. If you leave the district, the resources will remain the property of LPS.
How is a grant selected?
Each grant is evaluated by members of the LPS Foundation Grant Committee, which is comprised of Pillar members. This committee decides which grants will be funded using a scoring system. Due to a limited amount of funding, not all grants will be funded.
If your grant is not selected, please feel free to contact us if you would like more information.
Grant Schedule
September 1-September 30: Online grant application period open
NLT December 1: Grants approved, funding announced
NLT March 31: Recipients that receive $500-$1,000 must submit photos with a description. Recipients that receive $1,001 or more must submit a 1-minute video (this can be recorded on a phone.)
December 2021 Awarded Grants
Dawn Patton | Almor West Elementary
Project: Yes to Brain Games!!
The students are super excited about the logic brain games purchased with the LPS Foundation grant. The games have helped the students with their cognitive skills, memory, spatial awareness and strategic thinking while building self-confidence. Some students like working on them together and I especially enjoy seeing the students beam with pride when a puzzle is finished.
Kimberly Booker | Woodland Hills
Project: Learning Board Games for Small Group
The grant for learning board games for our small groups in 4th grade has been helpful, beneficial and just plain fun for our students. The kids look forward to small groups and mastering gaps in both reading and math skills. We have seen considerable effort and group support while the students are working together. Playing these board games has been a great learning tool for their social and emotional growth as well. The Woodland Hills 4th Grade Teachers and students would like to thank the Lawton Public School Foundation for the generous gift of learning for our classrooms!
Erin Stoll
Project: STEM Curriculum
STEM learning is very important for students. These centers allow my students to use their imagination and be creative while building skills that will benefit them in the future. Hands on learning is something students benefit from and these centers allow for more of that in my classroom.
Leslie Brennan | Pat Henry Elementary
Project: Ukulele: Build Confidence by Learning an Instrument
One of the great benefits about learning how to play an instrument is that anyone can try. It is a great opportunity to try something new that a student can continue to improve on as they get older. This project is for 40 Ukuleles including storage bags and storage racks. I am asking for so many because my class sizes change from year to year. There are some years I have one class at a time and some years in which I have a class and a third. I always have special needs classes mainstreamed in with some of my classes. My objective for the Ukuleles is to reinforce many music concepts like rhythm, melody, harmony, dynamics, tempo, form and the joy of making music. They are the perfect sized instruments for elementary level students. I already have an online resource that provides instruction for playing the ukulele. I believe that in the time we are living right now that ukuleles are a safe, and fun, way to put instruments into the hands of students.
Anita Kennedy | MacArthur Middle School
Project: Make your Mark–Bookmark, That Is!
As the librarian, I try to promote reading and becoming lifelong readers; therefore, bookmarks are essential! We have a cup full of bookmarks, and the students enjoy seeing all of the different ones the Foundation gave us and being able to choose one that is appealing. Thanks so much!!!
Benito Puente | Eisenhower High School
Project: Eagle Express Print Shop
The Eagle Express Print Shop is an extension of Tech Now here at Eisenhower High School that gives the students the opportunity to experience entrepreneurship first hand. The students design and produce all the products in class using Coral Draw, which is the program used in Tech Now. Tech Now is an entrepreneurship course that focuses on developing a career minded skill set using modern day technology. The Eagle Express has grown over the years with the addition of equipment and products provided by the Lawton Public Schools Foundation Grants.
The Eagle Express Print Shop has a 3D printer, 2 button makers, a T-shirt press, 1 color printer and 1 poster size printer, One Cricut maker, and 1 document binning machine. The students work in the print shop to fill orders as well as developing our EHS Eagle Pride product line. The students are exposed to cost analyses of our products so they can come up with cost effective prices for the products. The students have generated over $750 in sales which is deposited into our Tech Now account and used to replenish our supplies.