Staff MiniGrants

Various departments have benefitted from the mini-grants to fund projects that enrich and facilitate student learning; here are some of them. 

2022-23 Mini-Grants

Auto Shop:  $2,000 for tools and shop upgrades

ASB: $4,000 for replacement of GHS Gus mascot costume: funds for Senior Prom and Graduation

AVID: $1000 Tickets to Cabaret at the Old Globe Theater for Fall 2023

Baseball: $3000 Replacement of field CIF Banners

AP Calculus: $1000 2 buses to the SD Zoo for 100 AP Calculus students; color printer  

Drama: $1000 special effects make-up for Tech Theater and mini-pro makeup kits

Digital Arts: $2000 Digital Arts 16x16 inch heat press

Engineering: $1000 Zero Energy Housing Design Challenge building supplies (recycled rubber, foam board, black fabric)

Football: $4500 replacement of football practice equipment

Girls Water Polo: $1000 replacement of aquatics equipment storage shed

Math: $300 organizational materials for ninth graders, including 3 ring binders, 2 pocket folders, dividers

Peer Listening: $2000 training and support materials and informational swag for the over 700 students who visit the Peer Listeners in the office each year seeking a listening or mediation 

Wrestling: $3673 replacement of the practice room’s wall padding

2023 AP Calculus Trip to the Zoo, Funded by Mini-Grant Testimonial

After their field trip in May, Math teacher Kristen LoPrell shared, “Our field trip was a blast! I took 102 AP Calculus AB students to the zoo to collect data for their final project. After some planning and thought, the students focused on population accumulation.

Students, who signed up in teams, counted the number of visitors entering or exiting exhibits for a minute at the polar bears, elephants, and the new Wildlife Base Camp.  All 42 teams of data were used to do analysis of populations during the hour of 11am-12pm.

Students used calculus to determine the maximum number of people at each exhibit and what time that “max” occurred. They found the approximate total number of visitors in the exhibit and the average number of visitors leaving the exhibits and the rate at which they leave.  Finally, each student completed a written summary of their findings, which I will share with the zoo!”

This unique experience enriched the students’ learning as well as connected them to the zoo, just one of the many impacts from the Foundation’s staff mini-grants.

2016-2022

Teacher MiniGrants

ART DEPARTMENT

Pixel Stick for Night Photography
Art Department Gallery for Student Work
Miscellaneous Art Supplies

ATHLETICS

Strength Training Equipment for Track and Cross Country Athletes
Gymnastics Balance Beam
New Materials for the Baseball Field Bases and Dugout

CAREER TECHNICAL EDUCATION

Pathways Promotional T Shirts 2019
T-shirts for the Arts, Media, and Entertainment Pathway Students to Design and Print Their Logos 2021

COUNSELING

Two Mini iPads
Retractable Banners

INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC

Student Recorder for Guitar Classes
9 Classical Guitars and Cords
Storage for Stringed Instruments
Large Band Instrument Purchase

SCIENCE DEPARTMENT

Hydrogen Cylinder for Chemistry, Physics
Augmented Reality Sandbox for Chemistry
Buses for a Yearly San Diego Zoo Field Trips for AP Environmental Science Research Projects
Drones and Robotic Coding for Chemistry Students

DRAMA DEPARTMENT

Short Throw Projector for Scenery and Special Effects

STUDENT SCHOLARSHIPS AND AWARDS

Travel Support to National Competitions (Student trips to Washington, D.C. and Florida)
Travel Support to Local Events and Competitions (Math Team, Annual Support for Vocal Music Student to Travel with Choir to Europe)
10th Grade Honors Students to Old Globe Theater for “A Thousand Splendid Suns”
Monthly Departmental Star Student Awards
Student Test Fees

Campus Improvements

2018 Automotive Technology Sign
2016 Restoration of the Class of 1989 Sign

And Many More!