Eligibility & Guidelines

AWE Arts Classroom Grants

Arts in Western Education (AWE) is a 501(c)3 organization that supports the arts in all six schools in the Western Albemarle County Public Schools. AWE seeks to grow and build the arts programs in these schools through its teacher grants program.

Eligibility

All arts educators (Visual Arts, Music, Orchestra, Band, Choir, Theater) from all of the schools in the Western Albemarle feeder pattern:

  • Crozet Elementary

  • Brownsville Elementary

  • V.L. Murray Elementary

  • Ivy Elementary

  • Henley Middle

  • Western Albemarle High

Grant Award Size:

$1,500 maximum

Grants Timeline:

January 21: Grants due

Late January: AWE Board decisions

Early February: Applicants notified via email

March: Winners announced and honored at ArtsFest

April: Grant funding disbursed to schools

January 15 (following year): Brief grant report form due, via online form

Grant Requirements:

1) Online grant application

2) Attendance and participation at ArtsFest in March

3) Updates on the use of grant funds, i.e. anecdotes/photos shared via email to artsinwesterneducation@gmail.com

4) Final grant report via online form

Additionally, AWE kindly asks that you attend ArtsFest, AWE’s primary fundraising event that fuels the organization’s ability to make grant awards! AWE will be looking for student art to display and student performances and demonstrations—please consider participating!

Grant Application Process:

1 - Teacher will apply via short online form; teacher is strongly advised to provide a copy of

the email confirmation with the completed application to the school bookkeeper.

2 - When a grant is awarded, AWE will email a grant award letter to the teacher and cc the

school bookkeeper (using the contact information provided on the application).

3 - Grant payment will be in the form of a check made out to Albemarle County Public

Schools with clear indication of the teacher and school where the funds will be spent.

The AWE check will be delivered to the school bookkeeper who will follow ACPS

processes for handling grants. Schools may not make purchases for the grant until the

funds are received.

4 - A final grant report will be due on January 15 of the following year (before the next

grant request is submitted). This form may be submitted at any time; however,

teachers should have spent the grant funding and been able to see the impact! Online

form is found here.