A Cultural Arts Grant for Each School
Lafayette Learning Center--$1,000 / EACH K-5 School--$2,000 each / Frelingheysen MS--$3,000

African Americans of Character--$1,500
This grant is for books on African Americans of character that will be part of a school wide project during Black History Month. A storyteller will visit the school at a kickoff assembly. Then students will create research reports related to an African American of character. This project complements the Morris School District commitment to character education and diversity. The library of books will be available to any other school in the district.

Challenge Day--$1,500
The Challenge Day program is designed to help stop the violence and alienation that youth face every day. One hundred students will spend the day participating in a variety of activities that will help tear down barriers that keep them apart and make connections to unity them. The program helps students develop character education, learn how to become model citizens, and prepare for the postsecondary phase of their lives.

Character Counts Rewards Program--$1,100
Money awarded by this grant will be used to purchase color coded wrist bands that will be distributed to students. These bands will reinforce the six core ethical values (trustworthiness, respect, responsibility, fairness, caring, and citizenship) that establish the foundation of the TJ Character Education Program . Via the use of these bands, students will remember and internalize the six pillars. Their bCharacter Countsb program is a way of helping the students become bT.R.R.F.C.C.:b members of society.

Character Education--$765
The students will explore six different areas of character education. Readerbs Theater scripts will provide the vehicle. Each script has a character education component embedded in it. The plays will be discussed. As a culminating activity, these plays will be performed at Hillcrest School.

Cite Right @ Your Library Site--$300
This grant will allow the district to subscribe to Noodletools.com. This program is a comprehensive MLA and APA style bibliography creator with a fully integrated note-taking component. This program takes students through steps to help them decide which type of source they are using and then asks for information which is used to create the citation.

Classroom Jeopardy--$1,550
The Classroom Jeopardy game is an exciting and interesting way to learn, practice, and review material in any subject area. The game lends itself to fostering healthy competition through organized team initiatives. In addition, it allows for students at all academic levels to participate in a common activity and meet with success.

Colonial Symphony Music Education Program--$6,000
The Colonial Symphony conducts a music education program that enhances the curriculum. There are a series of composition classes for advanced music students, a special Open Master Class for these composition students that benefits the entire music department, a series of demonstration/performances for the wind ensemble and orchestra by quintets from the Colonial Symphony, and a mentoring program at Frelinghuysen Middle School.