Higher Powered Learning grants announced

In its ninth year, the Higher Powered Learning grant program continues to inspire innovation in the Catholic Schools in the Diocese of Albany particularly during this unique time in education. This year, individual and consortium applications were submitted requesting approximately $115,000 in total funding. A four-member review team objectively scored each grant application and those scores determined which projects would receive the $100,000 appropriation.

On behalf of the Albany Diocesan School Board, the Catholic School Office is pleased to announce this year’s Higher Powered Learning grant winners: Bishop Maginn High School (BMHS Youth Philanthropy Council); Blessed Sacrament School (To the Next Frontier at Blessed Sacrament School); Notre Dame-Bishop Gibbons School (Bringing Good Vibes to ND-BG); St. Clement’s Regional Catholic School (i-Ready to Drive Instruction with Data); St. Mary’s Institute (Going Wireless in the Great Outdoors); St. Mary’s/St. Alphonsus Regional Catholic School (Social Emotional Learning Wellness Grant); St. Thomas the Apostle School (Full Steam Ahead at St. Thomas the Apostle); All Saints Catholic Academy (More Than Band-Aids: The Role of the 21st Century School Health Professional); St. Francis de Sales Early Childhood Learning Center (Connecting in the Classroom for the 21st Century); Consortium Grant #1: Holy Spirit, Blessed Sacrament, Sacred Heart Schools (States on the Sound Consortium Grant); St. Jude the Apostle School (From Smart Boards to Touch Screens); St. Pius X School (Manipulatives for Differentiating Mathematic Instruction to Promote Student Success); Holy Spirit School (Chromebooking It Into the Future); St. Madeleine Sophie School (A Study in Flexibility and Collaboration); and Saratoga Central Catholic School (Saratoga Integration Program for Education (SIPE)*. 

*-Indicates grant only partially funded due to remaining available balance

Schools can expect to receive their grant check along with an award certificate in the coming weeks. Due to the limited resources available for the program, some applications were not funded. Though worthy, the program’s funds were limited and could not award all of the grant applications received. The enthusiastic and collaborative response to the call for proposals made this year’s program quite competitive once again.