In its 21st year of supporting Morgan Hill School District
schools, the Live Oak Foundation on Friday distributed $19,069 in
grants in a presentation in the Live Oak High library, bringing the
total donated over the years to approximately $475,000.
In its 21st year of supporting Morgan Hill School District schools, the Live Oak Foundation on Friday distributed $19,069 in grants in a presentation in the Live Oak High library, bringing the total donated over the years to approximately $475,000.
“As always, we are pleased to be able to assist our teachers in obtaining materials and programs to support a high-quality curriculum for our students,” Foundation President George Thomas said.
This year, there were requests totaling $111,688. Though there were no requests from Central High or Adult Education, the new Sobrato High, scheduled to be open in August, received a portion of a $2,200 grant – shared with Live Oak – for career exploration.
Four Sobrato teachers, who requested support for 10th grade world history and English programs, received $1,600 from the foundation.
On top of the $19,069, the foundation, which was formed in 1981 but didn’t begin distributing grants until 1983, gave $75 each to the district’s 48 new teachers to purchase classroom supplies.
The awarding of the grants is the job of the foundation’s board. Typically, every school in the district that requests funding is awarded at least a partial grant.
Britton Middle School and Burnett Elementary School requested grants that weren’t funded, but both schools received $500 for their library.
Other grants awarded include: P.A. Walsh Elementary, $560 for classroom sets of novels; Nordstrom Elementary, $1,072 to support a sixth grade college bowl program and partial funding, $1,000, of a request for $2,200 for a science reading and writing program; San Martin/Gwinn, $1,000 for the library; Jackson Elementary, $500 of a request for $848 for a networkable Kid’s Works Deluxe program; El Toro Elementary, two $500 grants, one for math manipulatives and one for k-2 educational videos; and Martin Murphy Middle, $1,000 of a requested $3,000 for stereo microscopes and an illuminator and $1,000 of a requested $2,000 for literature novels.
The foundation accepts donations from the community and holds an annual wine tasting tour and dinner in the fall to raise money for the grants.
