Escambia
County Public Schools
Grants for Excellence
2025-2026 Grants for Excellence
The Grants for Excellence program is part of the State of Florida School District Education Foundation Matching Grant Program through the Consortium of Florida Education Foundations. The Escambia County Public Schools Foundation uses $50,000 of the funds, in addition to locally raised donations to match, allowing for $100,000 in high impact grants to be awarded.
Applicants are asked to focus on career/technical education, increasing graduation rates, literacy, low-performing students, STEM education, teaching quality/improving classroom instruction, and student resiliency in their projects, and are encouraged to collaborate across grade levels, entire schools, or subject areas in order to have a greater reach for their projects.
Grants between $2,000 and $7,500 are awarded through the application and blind review process to several different creative and collaborative projects. There are great innovative things happening in our Escambia County Public Schools. This program is ongoing and has had a major impact through the years, allowing for projects that are not funded by another source. We rely on local business partners, individual donors and our Foundation fundraising to fund this program.
Congratulations to the 2026 - 2027
Grants for Excellence
Grant Recipients!
- A Place to Pause, Reset & Grow
- Pine Meadow Elementary School; Taylor Bell
- Beyond the Bell
- J. H. Workman Middle School; Tangela Frazier
- Born for It or Built for It? Traits, Variations and Adaptations
- Roy Hyatt Environmental Center; Alisa Smith
- Busy Beavers Building the Future: Empowering Elementary STEM, Literacy, and Hands-on Creativity
- Myrtle Grove Elementary School; Angelenia Edwards
- Cyber Ready: A Hands-On Cybersecurity Learning and Competition Space
- Pensacola High School; Jacob Hill
- Finding the Leader Inside Me
- Ferry Pass Elementary School; Laura Hobbs (lead)
- Sherwood Elementary
- Goal Getter Games!
- Success Academy Escambia County; Maureen Harden
- Growing a Future: A Kindergarten through 5th grade Pollinator Habitat and Outdoor Environmental Learning Laboratory
- Ferry Pass Elementary; Holly Reynolds
- Ignite Curiosity: Bringing Learning to Life
- A. K. Suter Elementary School; Virginia Wetherby
- Improving Math Skills Through Percussive Instrument Instruction
- Ensley Elementary School; Jonathon Swain
- Move Grow Thrive
- O. J. Semmes Elementary School; Christopher Voigt
- Multi-Disciplinary STEM Integration Through 3D Printing Technology
- Booker T. Washington High School; Kevin Turner
- Peer-Responder Suicide Prevention Campaign
- Brown-Barge Middle School; Stephanie Reed
- Press Play, Turn the Page: Increasing Chapter Book Engagement through Wonderbooks
- West Pensacola Elementary School; Sara Ratliff
- Ready, Regulate, Learn: A Data-Driven Sensory Space for Student Success
- Bellview Elementary; Samantha Boyett
- Regulate to Educate: Sensory Integration in the Elementary Classroom
- Kingsfield Elementary; Karyme Herrera
- Robotics Rocks
- Tate High School; Emma Marquis
- Science Discovery Lab: Explore, Investigate, Create, and Innovate
- Pleasant Grove Elementary School; Kennedy Lowther
- Subtext Podcasting
- Jim C. Bailey Middle School; Roberta Wetzel
2026 - 2027 Grants for Excellence Calendar
July 20 - Grant Writing Workshop; Applications Open
August 25 - Application Review Workshop
September 4 - Applications Close
September 8 - 22 - Review Phase
October 1 - Recipients Announced
October 5 - Award Ceremony
December 11 - Mid-Year Reports Due
March 31 - Liaison Visits Complete
April 30 - Final Reports Due