Each spring Ted. awards grants to teachers applying from the elementary schools in Brimfield, Brookfield, Holland, Sturbridge and Wales as well as from Tantasqua Junior and Senior High Schools. These grants allow teachers to pursue exciting new programs and encourage students to excel using innovative educational approaches.
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Grants Awarded in 2025
Disc Golf Baskets for Tantasqua Physical Education
$1,699.95
Jason Erhardt – TRSHS
This grant will fund the purchase of disc golf baskets to provide students with a unique and engaging way to stay active.
The New and Improved Listening Center
$1,759.81
Kimberly Ferreira – Brookfield Elementary
This grant will create a kid friendly, durable Listening Library for Pre-K to 4th grade using Tonies. .
Stitching Success: Empowering Students Through Entrepreneurship and Design
$6,851.93
Vickey Whitten, Emily Savage – Tantasqua Vocational High School
The grant application seeks funding to purchase an embroidery machine for the student-run school store
Stop The Stigma, Drop The Mic
$399.62
Peter Dufresne – TRJHS
This 'Stop the Stigma and Drop the Mic' grant proposes purchasing 24 small microphones -- similar to those used by social media creators -- as an innovative way to encourage and normalize the use of assistive technology.
Digital Hall Pass
$2,800.00
Jessica Stalker, Judi Brauns – TRJHS
To keep students in the classroom for critical instruction time and reduce behavior issues like vaping and vandalism, we would like to purchase a digital hall pass system that will be used school-wide.
Pen Power For All
$2,187.74
Lisa Connolly, Dan Kay, Stephanie West – Burgess Elementary School
These all in one reading and translation pens open doorways and unlock unlimited potential for students with various disabilities and English language learners of all ages.
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How Grants Get Granted
The Ted. Grants Review Committee consists of members of the Ted. Board of Directors and educators not affiliated with the Tantasqua or Union 61 school districts. In order to ensure impartiality, the Review Committee reads the applications with the teachers’ names and schools removed.
What Ted. Funds
Teacher-initiated innovative projects and programs and the materials that support them. The key criteria are listed here.
Ted. Evaluation for
Grant Proposals
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Is this a creative, innovative project in teaching and/or learning, (i.e. one that involves “change, expansion, adaptation, enhancement, improvement, challenge, risk, or a new technique which is supported in the literature”)?
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Does the project complement the curriculum goals of the Tantasqua Regional or Union 61 Public Schools?
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Are the goals, outcomes, and activities of the project clearly stated, and completed with adequate detail?
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Will the project benefit large numbers of students?
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Is the project suitable for replication in the school system?
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Are the budget items reasonable and in adequate detail?
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Does the dissemination method and/or evaluation mechanism adequately assess the success of the project?
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What is the overall strength of the proposal?
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