mini-grants
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Every year the PTO makes $20,000 worth of Mini-Grant funds available to teachers. For the 2023-24 school year, we are offering up to $30,000 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:
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Sensory hallway at CRPS
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Music program: NJ Symphony Orchestra
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Anti-Bullying programs - Be a Super Hero, and Lead-U Assembly
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Author visits - David Adler, Annie Silvestro, and Kate Klise
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Local Field Trips - Battle of Monmouth, Lenni Lenape, Algonquin Theatre, and Huber Woods
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After-school clubs - Mural club, Sushi club garden, Chess club - chess sets
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Science - Pop Quiz Assembly, Chick Hatching, Drones, Goggle Sanitizing Cabinet
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Flexible seating for classrooms and CRPS Library
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Shakespeare Live
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iPods for Digital Photography
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Expansion of the robotics program
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Cubelets coding and robotics tools
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District-wide Air Purifiers and Filters, Wait Until 8th Presentation
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Mentoring with AT&T Aspire Program to encourage STEM learning in female students
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CDMS After the Bell Program
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Communication Boards for CRES and CRPS Playgrounds
View the 2023-2024 approved Mini-Grants here and click through our Mini-Grant slideshow below to see Mini-grants in action!
2023-24 Mini-Grant Application Guidelines
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All active PTO teacher/staff members are eligible to submit a Mini-grant request. If you are not a member yet, please click here to register.
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Click here to access the Mini-Grant application, also available under the FORMS section of our website.
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Mini-Grant applications are evaluated and approved by the PTO Mini-Grant committee in partnership with the Colts Neck administration and principals.
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Mini-Grant applications are due by October 2nd, 2023.
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After October 2, 2023, the Mini-Grant committee will review applications. If additional Mini-Grant funds are still available for the 2023/24 school year, the committee will reopen the application process in January 2024.
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Contact Samantha Amato at vp@coltsneckpto.org with questions.
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!
Minigrants Projects
![Acclaimed author, David Adler sharing what inspires him to write his books. October 2023.](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ca51fc_c068ebc7ddb94546aaf07a4098536c6c~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_147,h_110,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/ca51fc_c068ebc7ddb94546aaf07a4098536c6c~mv2.jpeg)
![Sewing Machines for after school clubs at CRES](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ca51fc_87e0eafeb7c84fad9c2c27096bb0ff42~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_49,h_37,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/ca51fc_87e0eafeb7c84fad9c2c27096bb0ff42~mv2.png)
![2019 Markerboard Activity Table](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ca51fc_a9ac74121a03415ba4836e1f62b14df9~mv2_d_2230_1676_s_2.png/v1/fill/w_49,h_37,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/ca51fc_a9ac74121a03415ba4836e1f62b14df9~mv2_d_2230_1676_s_2.png)
![Acclaimed author, David Adler sharing what inspires him to write his books. October 2023.](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ca51fc_c068ebc7ddb94546aaf07a4098536c6c~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_147,h_110,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/ca51fc_c068ebc7ddb94546aaf07a4098536c6c~mv2.jpeg)
CDMS Girls STEM trips to the American Museum of Natural History and to Verizon Headquarters
-application submitted by Mr. Coe
![CDMS Girls STEM Trip 6](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ca51fc_43cbcf6cc5f7451199ea6878dbce7c37~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_147,h_110,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/ca51fc_43cbcf6cc5f7451199ea6878dbce7c37~mv2.jpeg)
![CDMS Girls STEM Trip 5](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ca51fc_bddff02e13fc49268208dbd2f08736e7~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_147,h_110,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/ca51fc_bddff02e13fc49268208dbd2f08736e7~mv2.jpeg)
![CDMS Girls STEM Luncheon 1](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ca51fc_8e161a2b80ab4d2ab5b87ca908960e89~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_147,h_110,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/ca51fc_8e161a2b80ab4d2ab5b87ca908960e89~mv2.jpeg)
![CDMS Girls STEM Trip 6](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ca51fc_43cbcf6cc5f7451199ea6878dbce7c37~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_147,h_110,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/ca51fc_43cbcf6cc5f7451199ea6878dbce7c37~mv2.jpeg)
Jam Junk Band 4th & 5th Grade music assembly
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