By Patrick Quinlan
The Beach High Community Chest will allocate approximately $1,500 of a $2000 grant from the Student Support Foundation to clubs, sports teams, and teachers at Miami Beach Senior High School at the end of January. The remainder of the grant will be distributed by the end of the year.
BHCC distributed its grant application, which was due Dec. 4, among students, administrators, teachers, clubs, and sports teams in early November. Grant applications for ankle braces for the football team, rewards for students completing homework in Earth Space Science teacher Jesse Glickstein’s class, a breakfast for honor roll students, chess timers for the Chess Club, a Texas Instruments Presenter for Ms. Perez’s students and a video camera for the film and television program and club were selected for funding out of the 14 total submissions.
“We had a lot of applicants and it was extremely difficult to cut it down to just a few recipients,” said Jason Albert, BHCC Treasurer. “Two of the main criteria we focused on were the number of students the projects would benefit and how long the projects would last.”
The BHCC expects to put the remainder of the Student Support Foundation grant toward a “green” project, as required by the foundation. “We haven’t made a final decision yet, but we have a few ideas,” said Gabriela Gerinska, BHCC Grant Manager. “We are considering purchasing a Royal Poinciana for the grassy quadrangle between the cafeteria and the auditorium.”
According to Leslie Coller, BHCC sponsor, the grant money comes from the Student Support Foundation, a branch of the Morgridge Family Foundation, a philanthropic foundation which distributes money throughout the nation in order to “provide students with the opportunity to practice giving back to society by supporting their school communities.”
