EDUCATION ENHANCEMENT GRANTS (EEGs)

Each school year, an Educational Enhancement Grant (EEG) application is made available to the PS/IS 187 teachers by the PTO. This is an opportunity for the teachers to request funds for any materials/activities that would enhance the learning experience for their students during the current school year. For example, past grants funded class field trips, educational materials, musical instruments, book/magazine subscriptions, and more.

To apply for the grant, the teachers from each grade level first get together to discuss their needs. They then complete and submit their EEG forms to the PTO Executive Board. At a PTO General Meeting, the requests are then presented to the parent body for approval. All parents attending the meeting take a vote to determine if all or some of the grants are funded. 

Here are some examples of grants the PTO Funded: 
Funded in 2018:
  • K - Trip to MoMa (Museum of Modern Art)
  • 1st - Trip to Wave Hill
  • 2nd - Visit to Top of The Rock
  • 3rd - Arts on Stage
  • 4th - Visit to the NY Historical Society
  • 5th - Speech Intervention
  • 6th - Trip to Wave Hill
  • 7th - Trout Release program
  • 8th - Books for the classrooms
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​Schoolwide
  • Guidance: Cooperative learning games
  • ESL: Word building kits, sentence building kits, phonics kits
  • Speech/ELA: Reading & writing support materials
  • Speech: Teaching materials and manipulatives
Elementary School EEGs:
  • K: Literacy workbooks
  • 1: Library books
  • 2: Scholastic News subscription
  • 3: GB workbooks; GB student anthologies; 30 novels
  • 4: New Victory Theater & StoryWorks subscriptions
  • Music: Recorders (2 per child)
  • Science: Microscopes

​Intermediate School EEGs:
  • Literacy: Contemporary Young Adult Fiction Library & plastic protector folders
  • Social Studies: White boards, laminator
  • Math: SmartView Emulator Software, graphing calculator, "Math Graffiti" word posters to assist in math vocabulary, markers
  • Science: "Science Graffiti' word posters to assist w/ science vocabulary, hands-on science material (dissection kits, slides, lab kits); National Geographic Extreme Magazine subscription
  • Music: Music equipment & books
  • Art: Art supplies for various projects

​To learn more about how you can get involved, click here.
See our 2016-2017 Interim Financial Report.

GREAT NEWS! YOU CAN NOW CONTRIBUTE ELECTRONICALLY.
You now have the option of contributing to the PS/IS PTO via the Zelle platforms! Simply send the payment to ps187pto@gmail.com. To contribute to the PTO 2018-2019 Dues Drive,  download a copy of the our dues form.