Teacher Grant Program

All teachers and staff, individually or in groups.

The deadline for Fall grants was Friday, January 23rd.

Applications are currently closed.

Yes, you need to be a member of the Waltrip PTO for your application to be considered. Basic membership is only $5 and you can join here.

If your grant is approved but you are not a member, you will be asked to join prior to awarding of the grant. Memberships help fund this program. 

Funds may be used for materials, books, resources, fees, or services requested in your application. All ideas welcome. We would love to approve every grant! Please note that this is for items not yet purchased, we are not able to reimburse individuals for expenses made prior to your grant approval. Any physical items that are not consumables are to remain on campus.  

The suggested amount to request is around $300 per application, higher requested amounts will be considered and of course requests for smaller amounts are encouraged. Please note the expectation is that items purchased will be used during the 2025-2026 school year.

Recipients of grants will submit a shopping cart or quote for the items requested and the PTO will purchase the items and have them delivered to the recipient. Certain vendors require special procedures to allow us to make purchases (For example, Teachers Pay Teachers requires submission of a Purchase Order based on a quote created in your account). Proposals that are denied solely because of insufficient Grant Funds are encouraged to be resubmitted the following term and will receive preferential consideration at that time.

A group of volunteers from the PTO will review the applications and make the final determination on awards. The program is competitive and not all applications will be awarded funds. If your request is denied, you may reapply next term. Upon your submission, you will receive an email confirmation that your application has been received.

• Please answer all questions on the application form clearly and with as much detail as possible, while still being brief. The more information you can provide on the application, the easier the selection process will be.
• Specify clearly what the money you are requesting will go towards. For example, if you are requesting $300 for books, please clarify which books, how many you need, and how much is the cost per book.
• Specify an estimated timeline of when your project will be completed.  If awarded a mini-grant, Please stick to your timeline as much as possible and if your plans do change, please let us know
• If you are not able to complete your project, let us know so that we can offer the funds to someone else.

All items purchased with grant funding become the property of Waltrip High School. Supplies purchased for a specific teacher’s use will remain with the teacher for their tenure at Waltrip High School. Supplies or technology purchases to support a grade-level curriculum will remain with that grade level regardless of future assignments of the applicant.