Carmel Education Foundation (CEF) has awarded nine student-led grants. Grants span across schools and include such items and projects as a solar telescope, a community game night with teachers and families, multilingual library books, a districtwide chess tournament, containers to recycle chewed gum, revitalization of a greenhouse at Carmel High School, a science showcase, composting food scraps from student lunches, and a school garden.
Students were challenged to come up with ideas that would either provide a wellness or community building aspect to their classroom, club, or school. All grants will be implemented between January and May of 2023. Each grant has an educator mentor to guide students through the planning, budgeting, and working within Carmel Clay Schools guidelines. Applications were submitted by video, providing the grant committee an opportunity to learn about the applicants and what drove their inspiration for the project.
Funding for these grants was made possible from proceeds from the foundations 2022 Taste of Carmel event.
Click here to see a list of grant recipients, their Great Idea, and their school.
If you would like to be involved in the foundation please contact foundation@ccs.k12.in.us. There are opportunities to serve on committees that provided programs and resources to students and teachers at Carmel Clay Schools.
About the Carmel Education Foundation
One of the oldest foundations of its kind, the Carmel Education Foundation was created to help Carmel Clay students achieve their full potential. Since 1966, the Foundation has awarded over $2,100,000 in college scholarships to Carmel High School seniors and over $1,000,000 in education grants to inspire lifelong learning for Carmel Clay students. The Carmel Education Foundation is governed by a volunteer board of directors who give their time and energy to accelerate the Foundation’s mission by funding grants, awarding more than 80 scholarships annually and expanding resources for Carmel Clay Schools. Learn more at ccs.k12.in.us/foundation.