Every year the PTO makes $20,000 worth of mini-grant funds available to teachers.  This year we are offering up to $25,000 in mini-grants!  These mini-grants have been used to enrich our students' education and bring them to the next level of learning. 

Here are just some of the many mini-grants that have been approved in recent years.

• Music program: NJ Symphony Orchestra

• Anti-Bullying programs - Be a Super Hero, and Lead-U Assembly

• Author visits - Kim Norman, Daryl Cobb, and Kate Klise

• Local Field Trips - Battle of Monmouth, Lenni Lenape, Algonquin Theatre, and Huber Woods

• After-school clubs - Mural club, Sushi club garden, Chess club - chess sets

• Science - Pop Quiz Assembly, Chick Hatching, Drones, Goggle Sanitizing Cabinet

• Flexible seating for classrooms and CRPS Library

• Shakespeare Live

• iPods for Digital Photography

• Expansion of the robotics program

• Cubelets coding and robotics tools

• iPads for Science BioBlitz

• District-wide Air Purifiers and Filters

• Mentoring with AT&T Aspire Program to encourage STEM learning in female students

• CDMS After the Bell Program

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Take a look at the mini-grants that were approved during the 2021-2022 School Year!  

2021-2022 APPROVED MINI-GRANTS

2021-2022 APPROVED MINI-GRANTS PART 2

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You can also click through our mini-grant slideshow to see a few of our mini-grants in action!  Simply being a member helps to make these programs a reality.  Thank you to all of the dedicated teachers and staff who have taken the time to implement these programs for our children!  We appreciate all that you do!

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Once the submission deadline has passed, the mini-grant committee will continue reviewing applications if funds are still available for the school year.  The application can be found on our FORMS page or contact Kirsten Connor at vp@coltsneckpto.org with questions.

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