The Ballston Spa Education Foundation (BSEF) presented more than $5,000 in grant money to educators in the Ballston Spa Central School district.
The 2016-17 school year included two rounds of granting (fall and spring) totaling more than $13,000.
The recent spring cycle included the following grants:
$500 to the Ballston Spa Middle School (BSMS) for flexible seating options
$500 to the Gordon Creek Elementary School for flexible seating options
$1,000 to the Ballston Spa High School (BSHS) for group problem-solving Breakout Boxes
$1,194 to the BSMS for Alternative Energy Powerhouse Kits
$1,619 to the BSHS and BSMS for six trinocular microscopes
$510 to Gordon Creek Elementary School for twelve STEM Educational Kits.
With these latest grant awards, the BSEF has, since its inception in 1996, funded more than $353,000 in enrichment grants to the school district.
The members of the BSEF will spend the summer planning fundraising events scheduled for the 2017-18 school year. More information is available by visiting http://www.ballstonspaeducationfoundation.com/.