Holy Rosary Secures Grants for over $63,000!

January 3, 2021

Holy Rosary has had an incredibly successful first half of the 2020-21 school year in securing grants! We applied for five different grants, and all of our proposals were accepted, with a total of just over $63,000. Our latest grant, The Larry Hull Trust Grant; landed us $10,000. These funds will be used for Science needs, beginning with the purchase of two state of the art Smart Boards. One will be installed in the elementary science lab, and the second will be used in the middle school lab. These smart boards will allow our science teachers to access interactive websites and simulation websites; such as the site created by the University of Colorado that include simulations in Chemistry, Physics and Biology. In addition, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association has a site that allows students to change wind speed and funnel width of tornadoes. What a tremendous opportunity for our students. With the balance of the Hull funds, we will acquire robotic arms, compact classroom scales and smart telescopes.

The other grants will assist us in outfitting each student in grades two through eight with a new Chromebook. Our students in PreK, Kindergarten, and first will be equipped with a new IPad. How magnificent that our students will have access to cutting edge devices! Our thanks go to Stephanie Abbott, our Board of Limited Jurisdiction Development Director; Tom Graham, Holy Rosary’s Tech Coordinator, and Rae Morrow, our Science Curriculum Coordinator. Holy Rosary has an amazing support system which allows us to ensure that our students become confident learners working with advanced equipment.