Grants
Thanks to our generous donors, we are able to fund two rounds of grants for 2017! 

For 2016, the DMHSAEA is pleased to have funded five applications for a total of $6,404.10.  For this year's first submission deadline on March 1, 2017 we funded three grants for a total of $3,659 (see just below for details).  

This brings the total since our first grant in 2009 to $43,674.

The next submission deadline is October 31, 2017, with funds available for the spring semester.  You can download the 2017 application via the link below or request one from DMHSAEA Board member Larry Golbe (golbe@rutgers.edu).  The application changes a little each year, so be sure to download the current version.

DMHSAEA Grant Application for the October 2017 Deadline
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Projects Funded by DMHSAEA

2009
  • Gerald Akridge, Boys' basketball camp, $800. 
  • Judy Aronson, Diversity Day program, $1000. 
  • Gary Hollander, Hampton University band camp, $1000. 
  • Maria Iglesias, Visits to colleges for prospective applicants, $425. 
  • Lisa Oden, Trip to see Alvin Ailey Dance Company at Newark's Performing Arts Center, $700.
  • Michael Passow, Trip to the Franklin Mining Museum, $455. 
  • Roslyn Powell, Trip to Washington, DC, $600. 

2010
  • Gerald Akridge, Boys' basketball camp, $800. 
  • Judy Aronson, Other Diversity Day activities, $1179. 
  • Gwenael Calvez, Robotics supplies, $1274.
  • A. Ortiz and M. George, Sewing equipment for Alternatve HS, $700
  • M. Passow and J. Sperber, Geology field trip, $1000.
  • Laura Satterfield, Unity Day speakers, $1500.
  • Jamalaya Scott, Reconnecting Youth, $300.

2011
  • Ronne Bassman, Writing Skills Development at The ZONE, $1000.
  • Gary Hollander, Hampton University Summer Band Camp, $1200.
  • Maria Iglesias, Bilingual/ESL Cultural Integration, $650.

2012
  • Baietti/Duda, Mobile interactive whiteboard system, $1500
  • Bell, Uniform shirts for Alternative High School students, $1305
  • Hollander, Busch Gardens band performance trip, $1000
  • Hollander, Band camp, $1000
  • Scott/Marcellus, Trip to Philadelphia historic sites for Alternative High School students, $1500

2013
  • Aronson, Supplies for Diversity Day activities, $1500
  • Bell, Textile skills supplies, $470
  • Bell, World geography & history teaching tools, $1,446
  • Iglesias, Money Matters II, bus to Rothman Institute at FDU, $150
  • Iglesias, Spanish literature, bus to NYC to see a play, $398
  • Small-Bailey, Boys' mentoring, supplies, $1,500
  • Small-Bailey, Girls' mentoring, supplies, $1,500

2014
  • Aronson, Diversity Day and World Cultures Festival, $1120
  • Bachrach, Flat Rock Brook Interactive Trail Guide app development, $1500
  • Hollander, band performance tour; tour of North Carolina colleges for band members, $1500
  • Iglesias, Viva el Teatro! (reading Spanish plays as literature), $400
  • Marcellus, 2nd Annual Nyame Ama Fashion Show (Alternative HS), $1000

2015
  • Judy Aronson, Diversity Day, $1,500
  • Michelle Escobedo, Mining museum trip, $1,450
  • Janice Acebo, National History Day competition, $1,000
  • Alison Morgan-Black, Reconnecting Youth: evaluation measures, $413
  • Fina Espinal Flores, Truly Bilingual, $1,000
  • Maria Iglesias and others, Salvemos el Planeta, $378
  • Maria Iglesias and Jerry Regalado, Viva el Teatro, $378
  • Gary Hollander, Band camp, $1,000

2016
  • Michelle Escobedo: Meadowlands Environmental Center field trip. $615.
  • Michelle Escobedo: Sterling Hill Mining Museum trip: $1443.
  • Gary Hollander: Tennessee and Missouri college tour for band members: $1550.
  • Ana Rosenblum: Formal Spanish for native Spanish speakers: $1500.
  • Barbara Zeman: Robotics and physics equipment: $1496.10

2017 (Spring deadline)
  • Michelle Escobedo: Sterling Hill Mining Museum field trip: $1334
  • Michelle Escobedo: Meadowlands Environmental Center field trip: $825
  • Andre Hampton: Mentoring program for young men in the Alternative HS: $1500




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