US Eagle believes that every student should have access to the resources they need to thrive in school. That's why we created the enrichEd® Classroom Grant Program to allow teachers to invest in items that enhance the classroom experience.
US Eagle's Flight Crew reviewed 62 applications and selected 10 schools to each receive a $1,000 Classroom Grant. Selections were based on creativity, need, and the number of students served.
Congratulations to our 2021 enrichEd® Classroom Grant recipients, located throughout Bernalillo, Cibola, San Juan, Sandoval, Santa Fe, Torrance, and Valencia counties:
- Amy Biehl Community School - Ms. Dayton's Leveled Library
- Career Enrichment Center - Soap & Lip Balm For A Cause
- Country Club Elementary - STEM for Young Minds
- Early College Academy - Paint4Peace Club
- Enchanted Hills Elementary - Mrs. Couch's Classroom Economy
- Esperanza Elementary School - Growing Hope Garden
- Hayes Magnet School - Financial Literacy
- Heights Middle School - Old School Photon Fun
- Mandela International Magnet School - Tool for middle school Design classroom
- Tony Hillerman Middle School - Student Announcements
The Career Enrichment Center in Albuquerque received an enrichEd grant for their innovative Cosmetology Project. The students will engage in project-based learning by making handcrafted soaps and lip balms with natural ingredients such as aromatherapy oils, flowers, and other minerals beneficial for skin and lips. They will begin with a budget of $1,000 and create a business plan that details their costs, time, and potential revenue. Upon completing the handcrafted soaps and lip balms, the students will donate their products to the McKinney-Vento Homeless Project through Albuquerque Public Schools.
The goal for the Cosmetology students at the Career Enrichment Center is to introduce the students to all phases of Cosmetology and create entrepreneurial minds where the students can utilize their current skill set as they learn new skills. The students in this department have the opportunity to complete nearly half of their required hours for beauty school while engaging in hands-on learning and fulfilling their high school elective credits. This project is not only requiring students to apply their knowledge but also to engage in the community in which we all live.
Mandela International Magnet School in Santa Fe, New Mexico, will equip their new Design classroom with light hand and power tools appropriate for middle school students and materials for building prototypes. Design is a new class for the school and is required by the International Baccalaureate. Students will be able to apply practical and creative thinking by designing products to meet various needs across the campus.
The new Design classroom will be a safe and well-resourced space where the students will be able to produce high-quality, innovative solutions to various design challenges. They will also be able to use the space and the tools to build items for use in other classrooms, such as props for theater class, organizers for the art classrooms, compost bins for lunch scraps, etc.
Esperanza Elementary School in Farmington is utilizing the funds to build a greenhouse for their school. Students will grow plant starters in the spring and sell them to families and the community to begin home gardens to help pay for field trip expenses, school supplies, and rewards for positive student behavior.
The entire school will use the green house and outdoor learning space to give students hands-on opportunities to grow plants and learn about agriculture. Teachers will utilize the garden in science, inquiry, math, literacy, and social-emotional learning.
New Grant opportunities for the enrichEd® Classroom Grant Program will be announced in August 2022 at enrich.education.
