Recent Grants

Elementary Schools

• Beyond Broadway Dance for 5th grades in all five elementary schools.
• George Washington School – 30 Ukuleles for 5th Grade General Music students
• Post Road School -- 30 Ukuleles for 5th Grade General Music students.
• Post Road -- 5th Grade Outdoor Classroom Trip
• Ridgeway School -- 20 Ukuleles for 5th Grade General Music students.

Middle Schools

• Essential props, sound supplies and equipment for the Highlands Middle School musical.

White Plains High School

• Giving Retriever program for SAIL students.
• New desktop laser cutter and engraver for 120-150 Aerospace and Industrial Design classes.
• A special performance and talk back session of Dear Evan Hansen at White Plains Performing Arts Center for  AP Psychology and theater students. 
• Africana Studies and Farm to Table Economics classes Field Trip to Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture and visit to a Harlem restaurant.
• Entrance fees for 36 DECA Club members to compete in a January 2027 Events Conference.
• Purchase of a cash register for 30 students in the Math for Business and Life courses.

Rochambeau School

• Two multi-player gaming stations for the Esports program.
• Tour of Wall Street and Lower Manhattan for 25 students.

Elementary Schools

• All Schools - 5th Grade Students - Beyond Broadway Dance programs 
• Church Street School -- 5th Grade science trip to Cranberry Lake Park
• Church Street School -- End-of-year 5th grade trip to Chelsea Piers in Stamford
• George Washington School – Critter Caravan for all Kindergarten students
• Post Road School -- Nature's Classroom STEM trip for all 5th graders
• Post Road School – One Book, One School program for all students
• Post Road School --  Animal Adaptions program for 4th graders provided by Rye Nature Center
• Post Road School -- 4th grade dual language class trip to Wolf Conservation Center in North Salem
• Post Road School -- Kindergarten trip to Yorktown Stage for live theater
• Post Road School -- 3rd Grade trip to the Bronx Zoo
• Post Road School -- 4th Grade trip to Camp Herrlich for outdoor education
• Ridgeway School -- One Book, One School for all students
• Ridgeway School -- Cat Kid Comic Book Club books for all 4th graders

Middle School

• Eastview School - Orientation and Workshops at White Plains Library for all 500+ students

White Plains High School

• Today's Vote program at Edward Kennedy Institute in Boston for U.S. AP History classes.
• AVID senior class trip to Broadway show The Great Gatsby
• WPHS Science Research equipment for a Clinostat for plant research
• Tickets to Portland Symphony Concert for all members of the Symphonic Band &  Symphonic Orchestra trip to Maine
• Symposium for all Spanish language students with author Robert Quesado

Rochambeau School

• Admission to 9/11 Memorial Museum and the One World Observatory for 40 students
• Trip to Puzzle Parlor escape room for 40 students
• Trip and tour of United Nations in NYC for 50 students

Elementary Schools

• All Elementary Schools - 5th Grade Students - Beyond Broadway Dance programs 
• Church Street School - Performance of We Start to Sing! by the Paper Bag Players for all 1st and 2nd graders.
• Post Road School -- Animal Adaptations visit by Rye Nature Center to all 4th graders.
• Post Road School -- Nature's Classroom STEM trip for all 5th graders
• Ridgeway School -- Books for all students and staff for the One Book, One School program
• Church Street School -- End-of-year 5th grade trip to Chelsea Piers in Stamford

White Plains High School

• SAIL students tickets to musical at White Plains Performing Arts Center
• Avalon Duo professional string musicians mentoring visit to all band and orchestra group classes and performance
• Enhanced test equipment for the Science Research Water Quality component of Science Research classes
• Symphonic Band and Symphonic Orchestra trip to a music competition in New Jersey 
• Tickets to a Broadway show for 42 seniors in the AVID program
• The Sing Sing Chronicles presentation and panel for students in U.S. history classes  
• Today's Vote program at Edward Kennedy Institute in Boston for U.S. History classes.

Rochambeau

• Admission to Puzzle Parlor Escape Room in White Plains
• Acoustics and Rink Design program for 75 students

Elementary Schools

• All Elementary Schools - 5th Grade Students - Beyond Broadway Dancing program 
• Church Street - Auditorium Mural Project
• Mamaroneck Avenue - Story Faces & Magic Laser assemblies
• Post Road - Animal Adventure assembly, Boundless Adventure trip, Rye Nature Center animal visit to school, Philipsburg Manor trip

Middle Schools

• Highlands Middle School - 8th Grade Year-End Picnic at FDR Park

White Plains High School

• Band and Orchestra Trip to Virginia
• AVID student trip to a Broadway Show
• Heartsong Art Therapy for Special Ed students

Rochambeau Alternative High School

• Student trips to White Plains, Ellis Island, and Philadelphia
• Innocence Project program
• Wellness Yoga Sound Therapy program

Elementary Schools

• All Elementary Schools - 5th Grade Students - Beyond Broadway Dancing program 
• All Elementary Schools - K-2 Students – 123 Andres Concert
• Church Street – One Book, One School
• Ridgeway – One Book, One School

Middle Schools

• Eastview - AVID Team Shirts
• Highlands - 8th Grade Year-End Activities

White Plains High School

• Band and Orchestra Trip to Boston

Elementary Schools

• Church Street - One Book One School, Walk of Inspiration, Community Garden, Little Free Library
• George Washington - Space Program, Wildlife Adventure
• Mamaroneck Avenue - Mural Project
• Ridgeway - One Book One School, Chorus Shirts

White Plains High School

• Junior & Senior Proms
• Outdoor Classroom for Horticultural Classes and Gardening Club

Districtwide

• Supportive Parenting Program (to take place in 2022-23 school year)

Elementary Schools

• Church Street - One School One Book
• Ridgeway - One School One Book

Middle Schools

• Eastview Chorus - Virtual Concerts
• Highlands - 8th Grade End of School Year Events 

White Plains High School 

• Midnight Run
• Senior Prom 

Districtwide

• Virtual Concerts in schools throughout the District 

Elementary Schools

• All Elementary Schools - 4th & 5th Grade Students - Beyond Broadway Dancing program 
• Mamaroneck Avenue - visit by the Improv 4 Kids touring company  
• Post Road - Scholarships for the Nature’s Classroom for 4th graders, Critter Caravan science program for Kindergarten students, Scholarships for the Stepping Stones Museum for all students

Middle Schools

• Eastview - Latin Dance Performer Josie LaRiccia for all English as a New Language and Spanish for Spanish Speakers students 
• Highlands - Lecture and Performance by NY Philharmonic Principal Clarinetist Anthony McGill to all music students 

White Plains High School

• Writer and graphic artist Jarrett Krosoczka visit, talk to and work with 10th + 11th grade ​ELA and Art students, and also ​visit Eastview School
• ​Celebration Math Lunch for 70 girls taking Calculus

Districtwide

• Virtual Concerts in schools throughout the District