Grants

PVSD Foundation is proud to support projects around the district to enhance the educational opportunities for students.

Your Dollars at Work

Unpack It

Unpack It provides kits to support Skippack Elementary School students facing challenging life events such as the death of a loved one, the loss of a pet, divorce or separation in the family, serious illnesses, moving, and so much more. Read More.

Bird Walk

The Bird Walk at Middle School West adds four GROD-O Birdhouses made from gourds, and each features a vibrantly painted bird and informational signage that includes the common and scientific names and information about the bird species. Read More.

Disc Golf Course

In the fall of 2021, Middle School West added a 9-hole Disc Golf Course into their PE curriculum. Read More.

Spanish Makerspace: Sugar Skulls

The Spanish Department at Perkiomen Valley High School brought the tradition of Dia de Muertos to students through the grant Spanish Makerspace. Read More.

Viking Genius Bar

The Viking Genius Bar provides a student-powered helpdesk where students can gain real-world opportunities and pursue passion projects based around technology. Read More.

Tinker Tank

The Schwenksville Elementary library has a Tinker Tank that allows students to explore, design, and create in a safe place for students to explore and be creative without feeling right or wrong. Read More.

Mega Chess Set

The Chess Club at PV High School hopes to encourage chess participation in the district, and promote the growth of learning skills of students in the process with the help of the Mega Chess Set. Read More.

Calm Down Corners

Calm Down Corners were implemented in all classrooms at South Elementary School  in the 2021-2022 school year. Read More.

Limelight

In the 2022 season, the Robotics Club needed a limelight to build a robot that could shoot balls into a specific hub on the playing field. Read More.

Trout in the Classroom

Trout in the Classroom at Evergreen Elementary School provides students with hands-on, exciting experiences to foster awareness of cold water conservation through raising trout from eggs to fingerlings. Read More.

Get Your Energy Out

Get Your Energy Out helps students channel their excess energy and anxiety through a productive outlet where they can stay in the classroom during a lesson. Read More.

Inspirational Quote Decals

Schwenksville Elementary School hopes to encourage kindness and promote a happy learning environment through inspirational quote decals. Read More.

Perk Up Pins

Perk Up Pins gave button machines to Perkiomen Valley High School to add a new vocational opportunity for low-incident special education students. Read More.

Whiteboard Tables

PVSD Foundation granted two South Elementary School teachers with whiteboard tables in their classrooms to transform their classrooms into a collaborative classroom community with the help of whiteboard tables. Read More.

Visual Art Library

The Visual Art Library at Schwenksville Elementary School, exposes students to literature in the art room through giving students another way of seeing art. Read More.

Soft Start

A soft start would allow students to take a few minutes to explore their interests, find an activity they didn’t know they enjoyed, and, most importantly, connect with people they wouldn’t have interacted with otherwise. Read More.

Grant Money Awarded

 

The PVSD Foundation hopes to continue supporting innovative projects like the ones above in the years to come. Please see our chart for a history of our awards over the years.

2010-11 | $11,881
2011-12 | $35,006
2012-13 | $43,297
2013-14 | $89,363
2014-15 | $57,576
2015-16 | $76,673
2016-17 | $75,828
2017-18 | $35,607
2018-19 | $65,386
2019-20 | $87,915
2020-21 | $70,745
2021-22 | $72,340
2022-23 | $36,489