Grants & Initiatives
Twice-yearly, through a competitive process, HEF provides grants to the teachers and staff of Holland Public Schools.
Due to generous community support, HEF was able to fund more than $26,000 in new grants during the 2019-2020 school year. Since our founding in 1984, the foundation has awarded over $837,000 in grant support to the teachers/staff of Holland Public Schools.
For the past seven years, in addition to our regular grant cycles, we have funded larger initiatives of $5,000 for more focused impact in specific subject areas.
Fall 2019 Grants
Initiatives
Spring 2020 Grants
Past Grants
• Ceithaml & Telgenhof(HHS) - Youth in Government
• DeRitter (HHS) - Bodies Revealed Field Trip
• Fodrocy & Parker (WEST) - The Tough Kid On Task in a Box
• Gray (HMS, HHS) - Professional Guest Instructors for Theater Arts Classes
• Greydanus (HVRT) - Algebra Explorations
• Greydanus (HVRT) - Three-Dimensional Geometry
• Greydanus (HVRT) - Chemical Principals
• Jones, Oonk, & Beckley (HH) - A Day of Discovery - Grand Rapids
Childrens' Museum
• Kooyer (WEST) - What's in the News
• Kooyer (WEST) - Welcome Back Carter
• Oonk (HH) - Engagement
• Ozimek (HHS) - Clothing Construction
• Steinman (HMS) - HMS Choral Folders
• Topp & Allen (HH) - Kaufman Speech to Language Protocol
• Westmaas (JEFF) - Jeffersocial
• Yonker (HMS) - Learning Social & Independent Living Skills
• Yonker (HMS) - Life Science Real Life Experience
• 2019-20 $26,736
• 2018-19 $26,791
• 2017-18 $24,148
• 2016-17 $24,333
• 2015-16 $34,115
• 2014-15 $29,343
• 2013-14 $29,864
• 2012-13 $38,919
• 2011-12 $32,856
• 2010-11 $31,626
• 2009-10 $33,111
• 2008-09 $28,451
• 2007-08 $58,175
• 2006-07 $92,000 (includes HHS media lab)
• Bannick-Misiewicz (HLA) - Move and Groove 2.0
• Boerman (HMS) - Flower/Outdoor Beds
• Braley, D'Addona, Hobbs, Kraus, Parker, Ramirez, & Sibble (WEST) - Peer
to Peer
• Brenton (HH) - Tower Garden
• Byrne & Acosta (HH) - Hands-On Science Adventure
• Cruz, Fleet, & Marroquin (HLA) - Movement for Learning
• Davidson & Bannick-Misiewicz (HH, HLA, JEFF, WEST) - LINK UP: The
Orchestra Sings
• Derr, Ramirez, Stephan, & Vasquez (HH, HLA, JEFF, WEST) - Detroit Lions
Assemblies
• Franklin (HMS) - Weighted Blanket for HMS Resource Room
• Gartelman-Gonzalez (HMS) - Passport to the World
• Grapis (HMS) - Critical Etudes for the Advancement of Middle School
Band
• Lewin (HHS) - Strength & Agility Training Equipment
• Sligh (HHS) - Stand Up and Paint!
• Telgenhof & Ceithaml (HHS) - Youth in Government Conference
• VanOss (HMS) - Marimba Mania
• Westmaas (JEFF) - How to be a Friend
• 2020-21 - Delayed due to Covid-19 Pandemic
• 2019-20 - Virtual Reality Headsets
• 2018-19 - Protect Young Eyes Social Media Assemblies
• 2017-18 - Tower Garden & STEM
• 2016-17 - Summer Reading Program
• 2015-16 - HHS Graphing Calculators
• 2014-15 - Middle Grades Book Club
• 2013-14 - Two-Way Bi-Lingual Immersion Spanish Language
Books