The St. Louis Park Public Schools Foundation (SLPPSF),
founded in 2001, provides financial support to benefit the students of St. Louis Park Public Schools.

Traditional methods of public funding have become uncertain and often inadequate. An endowment managed by a Foundation can support important needs and programs when the limits of traditional funding will not or do not cover all costs. A gift to the Foundation is a great way to ensure continued excellence for our St. Louis Park learners.

The St. Louis Park Public Schools Foundation will host a Mini-Grant Fair for April 10, 2008 to celebrate the recipients and accomplishments of $30,000 in grants, which were designated for 2007-08 school year. The public is invited to the gathering, to be held from 3 to 5 p.m. in the media center of the St. Louis Park Junior High School, to hear these recipients describe their grant proposals and share their results. Foundation Board members will be on hand to answer questions and to provide applications for the 2008-09 granting cycle.

The Foundation awarded twenty-nine thousand dollars to fund six projects during the current school year. They are a $10,000 award to St. Louis Park Early Childhood Readiness, $5000 to Aquila Elementary School for an ceramic arts residency, $3,000 to SLP Junior High School to support training in video and $3000 to support reading literacy across the curriculum, $3,000 for a Spanish book bag program to increase literacy at the Spanish Immersion School. A $5,000 grant funded literacy initiatives at Perspectives. The organization serves youth enrolled in SLP schools and offers summer academic tutoring for the children. Teachers and staff designed and implemented the projects.

The Foundation is offering approximately $30,000 to fund mini-grants for the 2008-00 school year, with information available at the Mini-Grant Fair and on this website. Click here for more information. Any teacher or staff person who is interested in the granting program is encouraged to attend. Applications are due to the Foundation by May 9. The 2008-09 grant recipients will be announced in June.

Mini-Grant Application Form.