| JUNE 11, 2013 -- The Connecticut Trustees to the Eastern States Exposition, the Big E, award grants for special projects. Their AgriScience award is a $500 grant given to an elementary school teacher to fund a special project involving agriculture in any form as part of his or her class curriculum during the school year. It will be helpful but not necessary if any students in other classrooms or the entire school also benefit from this learning experience.
This $500 is payable in September to the school of the selected Grant Award winner. Additionally, funds will be provided to bring one school bus of students and chaperones to the Big E where the teacher and students will receive their award during the seventeen day fair. Funds will also be provided for the students, teachers and chaperones entry into the fair. The trip will be scheduled on a day convenient to the teacher and the school.
The teacher, spouse, school principal, and representative from CT Ag in the Classroom will be invited to attend the Governor’s Reception in the Connecticut Building on CT Day at the Fair. They will be introduced during the awards and scholarship presentation portion of the reception. The CT Day Parade will follow the Reception.
Working with the CT Trustees, the organization CT Agriculture in the Classroom, will distribute the grant application forms, collect the submitted requests and screen applicants. They will recommend applicants to the Grant Committee of the CT Trustees, who will ultimately make the final selection.
Any Connecticut elementary school teacher is eligible to apply for this grant. Schools in all counties-rural, suburban, and urban are encouraged to apply. Any questions should be emailed to Eleanore Provencal at eleanore@ctaef.org. Applications are due at Ag in the Classroom on June 28, 2013
Click here for an application form. |
