About Grants

In keeping with its mission to enrich, support and enhance the social and learning environment of Pond Cove School, the PCPA offers Teacher Grants. These grants fund educational projects or tools that benefit students but are not afforded through the school budget.

Parents and guardians of Pond Cove students, as members of the PCPA, are invited to attend the monthly meetings where grant funding is discussed and put to vote. The dates and times of this year's membership meetings are provided on the PCPA Meeting Calendar.

In the 2010-2011 school year the PCPA approved over $10,500 in grants. Past years' grants have included cameras for an art and poetry project, a 3rd-grade field trip to Peaks Island, books for a family book discussion, Legos, papyrus paper-making, literacy packs, upkeep of trails on Cape Elizabeth's greenbelt, science microscopes and software, prizes for the "Famous Mainer Contest," and much more. Grants have ranged from as little as $40 to as much as $5,000.

The generosity of the members of the Pond Cove Parents' Association (that's you!) together with the innovation of our great educators make an enormous impact on our school.

Please contact co-chairs Ashley Wernher-Collins or Eileen Hetrick if you have any questions regarding the PCPA Grant Program.

You can find grant applications in the teacher mailroom, or you can download an application here.