Samples are accompanied by the grant-maker guidelines to which they were written, if separate from the application itself
Alaska/Russia Climate Change Examination (PDF)
Shared Beringian Heritage Program RFP (PDF)
Michelle Whaley, West High School
This project, supported by multiple grants, develops partnerships between West High’s Russian program and Russia. The grant source is the National Park Service.
Arctic Survival in Alaska (PDF)
Bob Adkins, SAVE School
This project is an outdoor survival science class for high school students. The grant source is National Science Teachers Association and Toyota, Inc.
Best Buy Regional Grant (PDF)
Corey Aist, Polaris K-12
This project supported multimedia portfolio hubs for classrooms. The grant source is Best Buy.
Game On in Alaska! Libraries, Literacy and Gaming Grant (PDF)
Ann Morgester, Library Curriculum
This project is to expand the successful gaming program Dance Dance Revolution used at Hanshew to all middle schools for libraries to host gaming events for their school. The grant source is the American Library Association.
Gladys Wood Elementary Cultural Collaborations Excursions Grant (PDF)
Arts Excursions Grant Application (PDF)
Jennifer Ratchye Rinaldi, Gladys Wood Elementary
To provide an opportunity for 50 students in grades three and four to visit the Alaska Native Cultural Heritage Center to hear ancient oral traditions and string stories from Yup’ik and Inupiaq teachers, view the film “Games of the North” and tour the various village sites. Subsequent classroom activities will include in-depth studies of each of the Alaska Native cultures, the history and geography of Alaska, and current issues facing Alaska Natives.
Micro-Society (PDF)
Nicole Sommerville, Eagle River Elementary
This project implements Micro-Society in the first phase of a school-wide initiative at Eagle River Elementary School. The grant source is the National Council on Economic Education.
Non-fiction is Fun: Independent Beginning Readers and Non-Fiction (PDF)
Grant guidelines (These guidelines are nearly identical to the ones with which the sample grants were written)
Dona Helmer, College Gate Elementary
This is a project to improve first grade students' reading, vocabulary and writing skills and to improve their attitude toward reading by reading and studying non-fiction paperbacks. The grant source is Cook Inlet Literacy Council.
Project MMIC (Moshi Moshi is for Community!) (PDF)
Janice Gullickson, World Languages Program
This project expanded the Japanese language instruction program in the ASD. The grant source is the U.S. Department of Education.
Reading, Writing and Thinking Like Scientists ING Unsung Heroes Awards 2006 (PDF)
Grant guidelines (These guidelines are nearly identical to the ones with which the sample grants were written)
Dona Helmer, College Gate Elementary
This is for a scientific research project on owls by fourth grade students in which they learn and practice reading, writing, and presentation skills. The grant source is ING.
Tanglewood Park Board Walk (PDF)
Linda Hulen, Bowman Elementary
This project established an outdoors science classroom in the wetlands at Tanglewood Park near Bowman Elementary School. The grant source is the Anchorage Park Foundation.
Youth Arts Program with Out North (and guidelines) (PDF)
Harlod Green, Steller Secondary School
This project is to develop after-school programs in performance, film-making, and spoken-word poetry for 7th - 9th grade Steller students using local teaching artists and visiting national artists contracted by Out North. The grant source is the Rasmuson Foundation, through the Alaska State Council on the Arts.
