ACE Grants

Grant Date: July 2014 Total Program Cost: $ 33,998.75 ACE Grant: $33,998.75 WHAT: ACE funded the purchase of Lego Mindstorms kits to make the new middle school engineering program possible.   WHY: The importance of the STEM subject areas in education has become a...

Grant Date: November 2013 Total Program Cost: $ 20,090 ACE Grant: $20,090 WHAT: ACE funded the installation of WeatherBug, a nation-wide program supported locally by WBZ-TV that offers Andover schools access to data from a network of weather stations across the...

Grant Date: 2013 Total Program Cost: $ 28,000+ ACE Grant: $14,000 WHAT: ACE funded the initial lease of 25 Macintosh computers with the Adobe CS6 software to replace old computers in the graphics lab. WHY: According to superintendent Marinel McGrath, "The graphics...

Grant Date: 2012 Total Program Cost: $ 30,000+ ACE Grant: $30,000 WHAT: ACE welcomes this timely and important initiative that seeks to enrich the school experience of our young people by inviting skilled, professional artists to be directly involved in the making,...

Grant Date: April 2012 ($1,500), March 2013 ($7,900) Total Program Cost: $9,400 ACE Grant:  $9,400 WHAT: This grant funded a new hanging system in the Collins Center and the Central Administration building in April 2012. All Andover schools received moveable art walls...

Grant Date: 2011 Total Program Cost: ~$50,000 ACE Grant: 2011 Funding Partners to Date: Andover Rotary Club, Andover Public Schools The Andover Coalition for Education (ACE) has pledged to fund ten interactive whiteboards in 2010-2011. This will help, but the need is...

Grant Date: March 2011 Total Program Cost: $29,000 ACE Grant: $23,600 (as of March 2011) This grant funded part of the Open Circle program for all of Andover's elementary schools. To date, ACE has partnered with the PTOs from Bancroft, Sanborn, South,...

Grant Date: April 2010 ACE Grant: $108,319 Funding Partner: Horne Family Foundation ACE began its most ambitious fundraising project in 2008 with the Horne Family Foundation. ACE set out to raise $128,000 to fund a state-of-the-art language lab at Andover High School....

Grant Date: February 2010 ACE Grant: $3,162 These funds provided Doherty Middle School and Wood Hill Middle School the resource to complete the purchase of Smart Boards for student learning. ACE supported this initiative so that deadlines would be met in the...

Grant Date: March 2006 - July 2008 ACE Grant: $98,025 In 2005, ACE saw the potential for the Andover School System to qualify for many state, federal, and private foundation grants by having a Grants Coordinator position.  This position was new to the Andover Public...

Grant Date: April 2008 ACE Grant: $10,000 ACE funded the complete purchase of Physics equipment at all three Andover Middle Schools. This will enhance and improve the science curriculum at the middle schools and allow Andover High School to accelerate the Physics...

Grant Date: November 2007 ACE Grant: $21,360.00 This program, fully funded by ACE, and developed through the Boston Museum of Science promotes technological and engineering skills and concepts to 2700 students in all six Andover elementary schools. EIE, an engaging...

Grant Date: April 2006, June 2007 ACE Grant: $40,000 The ACE funded Expeditionary Learning/Outward Bound Program at Wood Hill Middle School provides students with multi-curricular hands-on experiences. These funds significantly supported the professional development...

Grant Date: April 2007 ACE Grant: $7,000 Funding Partners:  Andona Society, Doherty Middle School PAC ACE partnered with the Doherty Middle School PAC and the Andona Society in 2007 to retrofit the old wood shop at Doherty into a new engineering and science laboratory...