About the CES Foundation
The CES Foundation was created in 2007 with the mission of enhancing learning opportunities for students of CES educational programs, including enrichment grants to CES educators. Since inception the CES Foundation has funded more than $235,000 for mini-grants to CES educators, program grants for C.E.S. schools and programs, and professional development grants for educators in CES member districts.
Applicants go through a rigorous application process and give both oral and written evaluations to the Board of Directors annually. The classroom-based mini-grants are designed to foster creativity and extend the classroom learning experiences beyond the regular curriculum. The program grants encourage full school or program experimentation and research in best and promising practices that not only enhance the learning opportunities for students in CES schools and programs but also may be shared with CES member districts.
Once the success of either the mini-grants or the program grants have been demonstrated, it is expected that the concepts and experiences will be embedded in the regular operating budget.
Click to contribute and support the work of the CES Foundation.
Applicants go through a rigorous application process and give both oral and written evaluations to the Board of Directors annually. The classroom-based mini-grants are designed to foster creativity and extend the classroom learning experiences beyond the regular curriculum. The program grants encourage full school or program experimentation and research in best and promising practices that not only enhance the learning opportunities for students in CES schools and programs but also may be shared with CES member districts.
Once the success of either the mini-grants or the program grants have been demonstrated, it is expected that the concepts and experiences will be embedded in the regular operating budget.
Click to contribute and support the work of the CES Foundation.
Thanks to everyone who made the 2022 CES Foundation Gala a big success!
Check out photos from the Mardi Gras party below.
Check out photos from the Mardi Gras party below.
Click here to read about the mini-grants for the 2021-22 school year
Awards distributed to teacher trainees in TRP program
The CES Foundation awarded two $3,000 awards on Nov. 10, 2021, to participants in the Connecticut Teacher Residency Program (TRP) to help cover the supplemental costs associated with their efforts to become certified teachers. The program was created in 2019, with approval from the state’s Department of Education, to increase the number of teachers of color in Connecticut’s schools. Click here to read more about the honorees.
