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2023-2024 Mini-Grants | $1,000 Grant Winners | About Mini-Grants | Mini-Grants by the Numbers
Congratulations again to all 2023-2024 Cape Cod 5 Educational Mini-Grant recipients! At Cape Cod 5 we have complete respect for you, our local teachers and educators, and the important role you each play in the development of our communities' future leaders.
Thank you all for your depth of commitment to your students. We are honored to share and celebrate your accomplishments!
Family Literacy Bags filled with high quality children's literature which feature diverse characters and diverse authors and illustrators that will focus on four domains of learning: Mathematics, Literacy, Social Studies, and Social Emotional Learning. 
Library flex seating to support children and staff in the library to promote a love of reading in a comfortable environment. 
Adding Culturally Responsive diverse literature to the curriculum to foster a classroom and school community that no matter the background, religion, skin tone, or sexuality, students will walk the halls feeling accepted, supported, and loved. 
Project to incorporate permaculture principles into the existing school garden by dedicating a raised bed to edible perennials, adding fruit trees to start a mini-food forest and starting composting/vermicomposting projects. 
After raising and caring for the threatened turtles in the classroom students have the opportunity to release them into the wild. 
Gyotaku (aka: Fish Printing) is a form of Japanese art, students will learn about the process and culture while creating their own Gyotaku. The best way to prepare students to become better citizens in their communities is by exposing them to a variety of cultural and social groups. This project will focus on a technique that was created more than 100 years ago as a way for Japanese fishermen to keep a record of the fish they caught.
Keely Farrell, Manomet Elementary School
This grant provided funds for the Sandwich Middle High School Robotics Club to participate in a VEX Robotics Competition, a Mate ROV Competition, and to purchase RC (radio controlled) airplane supplies, to help foster creative thinking in Sandwich middle and high school students.
Larry Anderson, Sandwich Middle High School
Studies show that the impact of introducing students to living plants in classrooms enhances students’ emotions, behavior, and health. The goal of this project is to ensure that students in every classroom at FHS have access to the benefits that living plants can deliver.
Rupert Gordon, Falmouth High School
$1,000 Grant Winners
This year, 5 teachers who submitted outstanding projects were chosen to receive larger grants of $1,000 to fund their projects.
Teacher |
Project Description |
|---|---|
| Kimberly Gainey, Cape Cod Regional Technical High School |
Educating Through Exploration and Demonstration: This project aims to demonstrate abstract scientific concepts through hands-on experiential labs. By building models, students will be able to visualize and explore how biological and ecological systems work, including oysters’ ability to remove water pollutants; how different conditions affect an ecosystem; and how an aquifer works – specifically, how this impacts the Cape’s future freshwater access. |
| Traci Wyse, Dennis-Yarmouth Regional High School | Coloring Outside the Lines: This program supports the DYRHS Alternative Learning Program, which focuses on providing engaging learning opportunities for students who may not thrive in a traditional classroom setting. In order to create sustainable revenue to support these projects, students will create custom t-shirts and hats to sell and engage with the community for fundraising. |
| Dr. Rebecca Lewis, Hingham High School | Can We Make Gold?: This lab project will focus on chemical identity by having students heat pennies until they appear as gold. They will next investigate various chemical and physical properties to determine the actual identity of the gold metal the pennies become. |
| Chris Brothers, Lawrence School |
Lawrence School Greenhouse: |
| Sarah Ward, Sturgis Public Charter School | Menstrual Product Accessibility for All: This Mini-Grant will help provide free menstrual products in all Sturgis school bathrooms. This project was inspired by students in the Sturgis Women’s Empowerment Club, who identified this as a top priority and a contributing factor to not only supporting those who are unable to afford the products but to creating an overall welcoming and safe environment for all students. |
