Funding classroom projects, dollar for dollar
INK! partners with corporate sponsors to fund innovative classroom projects for St. Johns County students.
Funding classroom projects, dollar for dollar
INK! partners with corporate sponsors to fund innovative classroom projects for St. Johns County students
What is Cash for Classrooms?
To help St. Johns County public school teachers create meaningful experiences in their classrooms, each year INK! partners with donors, businesses, and individuals to award grants for innovative classroom and school-wide academic projects. Projects include STEAM resources, math teaching tools, classroom libraries, hands-on learning experiences, and supplies for science experiments.
- $20,000 awarded in classroom grants to St. Johns County teachers in 2021
- $25,000 awarded to St. Johns County teachers in 2022 – matched to community donations made through the DonorsChoose portal to double the impact. See the projects funded here.
- $25,000 pledged to support teacher-inspired projects in 2023. See the impact here.
INK! partnered with Community First Cares Foundation during the 2022-2023 school year to fund classroom projects in science, technology, engineering, arts and/or mathematics (STEAM) in the most economically challenged schools within the district. Champions for Children grants funded 22 STEAM projects at 9 schools in St. Johns County. See the impact of this partnership and projects funded here.
In March of 2022, grants from Wells Fargo and the Community First Cares Foundation funded a new outdoor learning space for students at Julington Creek Elementary School. Creekside High School students, teachers, and volunteers opened the outdoor learning space and hands-on learning projects at Julington Creek Elementary including in-ground and raised garden beds, native landscaping, and sensory learning experiences. Read more about the project here!
In March 2023, Creekside students unveiled an a new butterfly science chamber, additional native plants and landscaping, and sensory totems with a variety of tactile materials. Read more about the updates to the outdoor classroom here!
For more information, or to participate in a Cash for Classrooms campaign, contact Cathy Newman at catherine.newman@stjohns.k12.fl.us
“We are excited to continue our 10-year legacy with INK! and provide our teachers with the resources they need to fund classroom projects. It’s so important to us that teachers are choosing exactly how our donations will be put to work.”
-Nick Reuther
General Manager Beaver Toyota
