Grant History

Since 1992, the Lawrence Township Education Foundation has awarded 1,104 grants (click to search our database), totaling more than $4.6 million to support excellence in Lawrence Township Public Schools.

LTEF STATEMENT ON EQUITY & INCLUSION

The LTEF fosters educational excellence, creativity, and achievement in the Lawrence Township Public Schools.  We know that our mission can only be fully achieved when access and opportunity to education is available to all students regardless of background. We remain committed to equity and inclusion especially during this moment when our country is seeking to address systemic racism and longstanding educational inequities. 

We are proud to have funded many grants in the Lawrence Township Public Schools that support equity and inclusion, and we are fully committed to funding more of this important work in the future. Some of our past grants that address equity and inclusion are:

2003-04 ~ Setting the Stage for Tolerance ~ $2,700 for a speaker on diversity (Dr. Mykee Fowlin) for LMS/LHS.

 2005-06 ~ ANYTOWN ~ $2,725 for leadership training in diversity and tolerance for LHS.

 2006-07 ~ Anytown Training ~ $1,500 for training for LHS students on tolerance.                                    

 2006-07 ~ Anytown Rainbow Challenge ~ $1,600 for materials to support for tolerance campaign at LHS.

 2007-08 ~ A World of Difference ~ $5,400 for a diversity awareness program at Lawrence Elementary School.

 2011-12 ~ Building Bridges One Kid at a Time ~ $3,064 for a trip to the Kidsbridge Tolerance Museum for Slackwood, Ben Franklin & Eldridge Park School.

 2015-16 ~ Black History Celebration ~ $3,250 for programs to celebrate multiculturalism and diversity for students at LHS.

 2017-18 ~ Kids Bridge Bullying Prevention and Diversity Appreciation Programs ~ $3,700 for an interactive bullying prevention and diversity appreciation program at BF.             

 2017-2018 ~ Kids Like Me ~ $3,913 for literature in which the main characters represent the diverse cultures that make up the student population at LIS.

 2017-18 ~ Difficult Topics in African American History ~ $120 for professional development for 3 LHS teachers.

 2018-19 ~ Kids Like Me ~ $1,884 for culturally diverse literature for Ben Franklin Elementary.

 2018-19 ~ Not Quite Snow White…Diversifying Classroom and Library Literature ~ $1,062 for culturally diverse literature that will allow students at EPS to see themselves and the world around them in books.

 2018-19 ~ Culturally Responsive Literature: Windows and Mirrors ~ $1,880  for culturally diverse literature for each grade to help students at Slackwood see themselves and the world around them in books.

 2019-20 ~ Books and Beyond ~ $2,205 for sets of novels for Lawrence Elementary School that feature more diversity and modern topics to increase student connection. 

 2019-20 ~ Keith Hawkins - Day of Understanding ~ $7,500 to fund two assembly programs by Keith Hawkins for all 7th and 8th grade students as well as a parent program, and faculty training.

2019-2020 ~ Teaching Tolerance ~ $10,000 (*yet to be awarded to the district). In February, LTEF agreed to partially fund this district wide initiative set to start this spring. That did not happen due to the pandemic. The goal is to have two professional trainers work with the administration and teacher leaders to design a curriculum and each school will have “equity warriors.” We look forward to supporting this initiative when the district is able to start the training.