Teacher Grants

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, media equipment, or digital resources are applied for, you must receive pre-approval from the LPS Assistant Director of Instructional 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.)

Keyboards

$5,000

We are requesting 10 piano keyboards for the purpose of starting a piano class for Eisenhower Middle School. Piano is the foundation for all forms of musical study. Piano is indispensable for learning how music is put together. All collegiate music students are required to study piano. Piano class will aid in the development of music students and has the potential to grow the programs of the band, choir, and orchestra.

Robotics & STEM Resources

$5,774

This project is for a class set of the Lego Spike Prime Robotics. We can use these new robotics sets to help move students toward a love of lifelong learning. The sets have lessons that can be modified for young students who have never experienced robotics before, and also lessons focused on students in the middle school and high school grades. I would like to spread the joy and excitement of engineering and computer programming through the whole district by making these kits available for all students regardless of school, grade, or age.

Camera Equipment

$5,000

The main objective of this project is to provide my Central Middle School media production students with better access and opportunities to quality camcorders and accessories they need to maximize production quality and quantity.

Hydroponic Vegetable Garden

$5,000

This project is to teach the Farm to Table class about hydroponic gardening systems This gives the 6th through 8th graders a chance to watch their food grow, then use them while cooking, making delicious meals with fresh vegetables.

Sound Equipment

$6,233

This project is for a new amplifier, cd/sd/usb player, speakers, speaker connectors and wires, wireless microphones, mic stands and mic charging stations to update our sound system. In recent years our current sound system hasn’t been reliable. It will work one moment and then not work the next. My objective is that by updating our sound system this would ensure that all of our students would be able to have an uninterrupted school performance and all students performing will be heard, loud and clear.

Preserved Specimens to Use for Dissection

$4,814

The “All Hands-on Science- 3-Dimensional Learning” consists of multiple laboratory experiments and preserved specimens to dissect. The kits are designed to increase understanding of the complexity of multicellular species.

Brain Based Approach to Teaching Phonics

$1,275

In order to help close the reading gap, I would like to purchase Secret Stories, a brain based approach to traditional phonics instruction that helps students understand the reading code. This will increase their ability to read and close the achievement gap.

Entrepreneur Expo

$720

Entrepreneur Expo is a unit designed to introduce gifted 4th – 5th grade students to microeconomics. During this nine-week unit, gifted 4th-5th grade students from all LPS elementary schools will form entrepreneurial groups and start actual businesses that will sell products or services during the Entrepreneur Expo.

Devon Thunder Explorers STEM Activities

$1,000

Every month our classes will promote Stem concepts through monthly activities with the Oklahoma Thunder Devon Explorers program. Our students will build interpersonal, social, and critical thinking skills while utilizing scientific methods in monthly labs.