Fresno, CA – The California Table Grape Commission has awarded 37 teaching grants worth up to $750 each to schools in the table grape growing regions of California’s San Joaquin and Coachella valleys.
The funded projects will be implemented in classrooms during the current school year. More than 2,500 students, grades K-12, will benefit from the classroom projects made possible through funding by California’s table grape growers. Examples include conducting science experiments in an after-school program, starting a school garden, purchasing and using music equipment, going on a museum field trip, and producing and performing a theatre production.
“There are a lot of creative classroom ideas funded through this program,” said Kathleen Nave, president of the commission. “The projects combined will benefit thousands of participating students in California’s table grape growing regions.”
The Innovation in Teaching education grant program was created in 1993 to support innovative classroom projects in the table grape growing regions of California’s San Joaquin and Coachella valleys. For more information about the program, go to www.grapesfromcalifornia.com/EducationGrants.
Source: California Table Grape Commission
