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Budget Since student publishing projects are linked to improving student achievement, and because projects supplement your existing writing curriculum, they can often be funded, or partially funded, through classroom budgets. You might also consider discussing your project with your principal. Sometimes dollars are set aside in school budgets for special projects – particularly ones that support state standards. |
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Grants There are many, many grants available to support classroom instruction that go unused every year. Types of grants available include: local and community grants, district grants, state grants, federal grants, corporate funded grants and private foundation grants.
Researching to find grants can sometimes take a little time, so we’ve tried to help by providing some resources for you here. We first suggest that you check with your school district office as they may have grant search tools available, and are often a terrific resource for finding local grants.
Check out our Funding Links page for websites with grant information. Several of the sites list available grants and are updated regularly. Some sites offer tips and samples to help you with the writing. |
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Family Funded Projects Many schools have incorporated publishing projects as part of their yearly curriculum. They often ask families to pay all or part of the project cost. Some teachers even include the cost as part of their class fees. The most effective way to ask families to fund your project is to present it at Back to School Night, where you can show previous students’ stories and describe your past experiences.
If you’re running a family funded project and have concerns that some students’ families will not be able to participate, consider asking the parent organization to pay for books for any students whose families cannot. |
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PTA, PTO and Other Parent Organizations Present your project to your parent organization and ask if they will help by funding part or all of the project. Most are happy to help fund a project that is so fun and educationally rewarding to the students. Many of our schools now run school-wide publishing projects that are entirely sponsored by their parent group. The parents can also be a great resource to help with parts of the project, like: editing, typing, setting up celebrations, and getting recognition from the local paper. |
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Community and Business Spornsorships Involving a community group or local business is a great way to build partnerships between the students, school and community. Consider talking with businesses you frequent to find out if they would sponsor your project. They may even help set up, or be involved in a celebration event. |
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Sponsorship Campaign Coming Soon! |
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Selling Your Ideas to Others Print materials to help you present your project ideas. Download a letter that explains the benefits of publishing projects, print Teacher Comments and include information from our Why Publish? section, or a few of the research articles listed in Supporting Research. Use our project pricing tools to create quotes and feel free to print any of our web pages that will help demonstrate the books. |
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