GRANTS: Act Now to Apply for a Target Field Trip Grant for the 2011-2012 School Year!

Learning opportunities extend far beyond the classroom. But many schools are finding it more and more difficult to bring students to theaters, museums, historical sites and cultural organizations. Field Trip Grants help give children these unique, firsthand learning experiences.

Check out the Target^® Field Trip Grants program. 

Target is working with non-profit organizations to spread the word about Field Trip Grants. This year, Target will award 5,000 grants of up to $700 to help fund field trips to great educational destinations—like the Ordway's Center for the Performing Arts, for example!

The grant deadline is only 38 days away!

Visit Target.com/grants for details. 

If you have any questions about how to organize a fun, memorable field trip with us, call the Ordway Education hot line at 651-282-3115!

GRANTS ALERT: ACE Dance Program

School Grant Applications now available for Arts Course for Educators (ACE) Dance Program!

ACE~Dance provides professional development in dance education for teams of educators in Minnesota K-12 public schools.  Participating teams attend workshops at the Perpich Center and receive on-site coaching in dance curriculum and arts integration at their schools.  Participating school also receive a grant to cover expenses associated with the program.

The deadline for school grant applications is September 24, 2010.  ACE~Dance is a program offered by the Perpich Center for Arts Education. 

Applications Maybe downloaded from the Perpich Center website at www.pcae.k12.mn.us/pdr/ace/ace_grant_2010.html or by contacting Janice Schroer at 763-591-4705.