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 $100,462.31 in high impact grants to be awarded this year.
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 2025 - 2026
Grants for Excellence
Grant Recipients!
- C.O.R.E. (Creating Opportunities, Resources, and Engagement)
- Pine Forest High School, Tai Knight
- Creating a Calm Down Room for Social-Emotional Wellness
- Hellen Caro Elementary School, Amanda Cravatt
- Electrathon Race Team
- Northview High School, Michael Amerson
- Electric Racing Carts
- West Florida High School, Brandon Cherry
- Empowering Education: Enhancing Access and Literacy Through Technology and Support
- Deaf & Hard of Hearing Program, Kelly Jenkins
- FBLA Across Multiple Levels: Cultivating Career Readiness and Entrepreneurial Spirit
- Bellview Middle School, Jessica Steele
- Bailey Middle School
- Beulah Middle School
- Workman Middle School
- From America to Zimbabwe
- Myrtle Grove Elementary School, Catherine Kozik
- Growing Minds: The Living Garden
- Montclair Elementary School, Elizabeth Greenberg
- Immersive Career Exploration & Training for Students with Disabilities
- District Extended Program:Project SEARCH, Lisa Armstead
- Keeping It Calm
- Bellview Middle School, Carla Thompson
- Literacy Mentors: Empowering Students Through Buddy Reading
- West Pensacola Elementary School, Sara Ratliff
- Opening Doors to Literacy: Guided Reader Library Project
- Jim Allen Elementary School, Bernadette Smith
- Opera-tunity: Kids Creating Opera
- Fine Arts, Barbie Spears
- Reading the World : Literacy as a Launchpad for STEM Thinking
- Molino Park Elementary School, Rachel Gilmore
- Strumming Toward Literacy: Integrating Ukulele-Based Music Education in Core Curriculum
- Montclair Elementary School, Stephanie Odom
- The Sensory Learning Pathway
- Roy Hyatt Environmental Center, Molly O'Connor
- The Wizards of Ozobots: Tiny Robots Big Opportunities
- Oakcrest Elementary School, Luciana Cajias
- TimeKettle for ELLs: Real-Time Translation for Equal Access
- Scenic Heights Elementary School, Megan Currie
- Under the Sea
- A.K. Suter Elementary School, Paula Stillman, Lead
- Ferry Pass Elementary School, Laura Hobbs
- Kingsfield Elementary School, Becky Mills
Electrathon - West Florida High
OPERA-tunity - Fine Arts
C.O.R.E. - Pine Forest High
Reading the World - Molino Park Elementary
FBLA - Bellview, Bailey, Beulah , and Workman Middle
Under the Sea - A.K. Suter, Ferry Pass, and Kingsfield Elementary
The Wizards of Ozbots - Oakcrest Elementary
Strumming Toward Literacy - Montclair Elementary
