FUND-A-NEED GRANTS
Fund-a-Need Grants for the 2020-21 school year, separate from the KIK Annual Commitment, helped support school community initiatives such as digital platforms, library enhancements, and unique tools to supplement student learning. KIK is the funding arm of the 2020-21 Fund-a-Need program and has partnered with the Kentfield Schools PTA (KSPTA) to administer the grant award process to realize special projects and make supplies available to our school community. KIK appreciates the Fund-a-Need Donors who generously gave to fund these grants. See list of donors at right column.
After 3 rounds of grant applications and awards, KIK had some remaining funds. The KIK KSPTA Grant Committee voted to gift the remainder to the schools through a Principal Discretionary Spending Fund. The funds will follow the same guidelines as the grants and were distributed equally between the two schools.
| Fourth Round: Fund-a-Need Grants | ||||
| Life Skills | 6th grade | Virtual Field Trip, Revolutionary Women | 5th grade | |
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| Science Lab Equipment | 7th grade | Additional Recess Equipment for Stable Group Zones | 5th-8th grade | |
| Eco Action Club Sponsor and Supplies | 5th-8th grade | Text Sets for Expressions Course | 6th grade | |
| Update of 7th and 8th Grade Classroom Libriaries | 7th-8th grade | |||
| Third Round: Fund-a-Need Grants | ||||
| Noise Cancelling Headphones |
K- 1st grade |
Physical Education Distance Games and Materials | K- 4th grade | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading Intervention: Leveled Literacy Intervention |
K- 2nd grade | 8th Grade Take Home Science Kits | 8th grade | |
| Fraction Strips | 3rd grade | |||
| Second Round: Fund-a-Need Grants | ||||
| Dance with Mr. S | Kindergarten | Science Kits |
6th grade | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Storytelling with Mr. S | 1st grade | Art Supplies |
5th-8th grade | |
| ESGI Assessment Tool |
1st grade | Author Visits- Torrey Maldonado |
5th – 8th grade | |
| Science/ Art Projects | 1st grade | Classroom Novel Sets for Book Groups |
5th – 8th grade | |
| Rulers | 3rd grade | Distance Learning Science Kits |
7th grade | |
| Poetry Unit |
4th grade |
Individual Science Kits |
8th grade |
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| Eureka Math Digital Assessment Tool | K- 4th grade | |||
| First Round: Fund-a-Need Grants | ||||
| Styluses for Bacich iPads – 1st grade | 1st grade | Home of The Brave Class Novel Set | 5th grade | |
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| Social Emotional Learning With Superflex | 2nd grade | Cuneiform Clay Tablets | 6th grade | |
| Zearn Notes | 3rd – 4th grade | Flangoo | 7th – 8th grade | |
| Flocabulary Licenses | 3rd – 4th grade | Whiteboard Kits | 5th – 8th grade | |
| Diversity/Racism/Ethnicity/Social Justice Books | K – 4th grade | Classroom Library Resources: Conversations About Race | 5th – 8th grade | |
| Dice/Dice Containers | 5th grade | |||
FUND-A-NEED HISTORY
Every year, our community raises money through the Fund-a-Need program at the Spring Auction to deliver a specific need to our school district. In years past, our Fund-a-Need program has raised money for the following:
| FUND-A-NEED | YEAR | CAMPUS |
| Technology | 2010 | Bacich & Kent |
| Technology | 2011 | Bacich & Kent |
| Chromebooks/ipads/Apple mini/Seagate server | 2013 | Bacich & Kent |
| Maker Space printers, lasers, soldering station and more |
2015 | Bacich & Kent |
| Reading specialist | 2016 | Bacich |
| iPads | 2017 | Bacich & Kent |
| “Back 50” – outdoor blacktop play space | 2018 | Kent |
| Bacich Playground | 2019 | Bacich |
| KIK/ KSPTA Grant Program | 2020 | Bacich & Kent |
