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 2026
Learn To Ride Program
$5,000.00
Megan Clark – Brookfield Elementary
This grant allows kindergarteners a safe space to learn how to ride a bike in PE class. The program comes with 24 balance bikes that turn into bikes with pedals. First and second grade students would have time each year to extend their practice
Coping Kiosks
$889.00
Maryrose O'Neil - Tantasqua High School
This grant aims to purchase 3 kiosks, a refrigerator, and fidgets to refocus and reregulate students
Soar With Books
$8,165.00
Jennifer Iller, Suzanne Duffy, Joann Wright - Holland Elementary
Request to purchase a stocked book vending machine with customized drawers that students would earn tokens through a Positive Behavior in Schools Program following SOAR (Safe, Open-minded, Accountable and Respectful) guidelines.
ECE Reading and Writing Technology Suite
$4,235.00
Erin Anderson - Wales Elementary
This early childhood education team is asking for a variety of supportive technological components to complement and enhance student learning, such as a set of 6 ipads, charging ports, writing tables, etc.
Creating Confident Readers: Access, Engagement, and Comfort
$2,000.00
Kelly Gemboski, Rebecca Beck, Jolene Jalbert - Brookfield Elementary
This grant proposal requests funding to purchase high-quality chapter books for students across grades K-6, as well as flexible seating options for students receiving reading intervention services
Refill, Restore, Reconnect: A Sustainable Hydration Initiative For Schoolwide Engagement
$2,218.00
Ashley Lowe, Beth Violette - Tantasqua Junior High School
Requesting funding to purchase a WaterMonster Hydration Kit -- a 125-gallon portable water dispensing system to support student health and safety during large-scale outdoor school events.
Active Play Enhancement Project
$8,686.08
Christine Neslusan, Patrick Lucas - Wales Elementary
This project aims to revitalize a high traffic outdoor recess and phys ed space by expanding movement choices and improving long-term usability for students.
Crafting School Spirit
$824.98
Lisa Benoit, Jess Stalker - Tantasqua Junior High School
Having a Cricut maker would greatly benefit the school community by encouraging creativity, collaboration, and school pride.
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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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