Grants

Staff & Student Grant Program

Innovation Lab HS PTSA has budgeted funds to provide grants to our school, our teachers and staff, and to our students.

Grants given to staff and teachers enrich academic innovation by providing resources that support students’ classroom and/or extracurricular learning. Generally, these grants fund materials, programs, and tools that cannot be funded from the school budget or by other sponsoring organizations.


We see our student grant program as just one of the ways in which we can assist ILHS students along their academic journeys. Money shouldn’t stand in the way of ingenuity and innovation! Grant money is intended to assist students with supplies needed to reach their project goals.

Our PTSA’s overarching mission is to “Make every child's potential a reality.” By providing funds at either a student project level, a classroom level, grade level or entire school level we hope to assist in enriching the current and/or future student body of ILHS.

Questions? Email Grants@ilhsptsa.org

2024-2025

Staff Grant Information [click to expand]

2024-2025 Staff Grant Information

The following are the Staff Grant Application submission deadlines for 2024-2025: 


1. Receive approval for your grant proposal from the building principal. Complete and sign the Principal Approval Form.

2. Complete the online Staff Grant Request Application. You must use an NSD email account to access the survey. Be sure to attach the completed Principal Approval Form to your application.

3. The requestor will be notified via email of the status of the grant, and -if applicable- the approved amount within two weeks from the submission deadline. Within the grant approval email the requestor receives from the grant committee, they will find a link to the ILHS PTSA Disbursement Form.

4. The requestor will complete the ILHS PTSA Disbursement Form and attach any and all receipts/invoices. Return the completed form to the PTSA box behind the front desk in the lobby. The Disbursement Form must be completed by June 1st of the current school year.


Grant Documents: (click to open)

Student Grant Information [click to expand]

2024-2025 Student Grant Information (More Information Coming Soon!) 

The following is the Student Grant Application submission deadline for 2024-2025: [add date and time] This year we have [add amount] allocated to Student Grants!

1. Complete the online Student Grant Request Application. You must use an NSD email account to access the survey. Within the form, you will be asked to give us the name and email of the teacher/staff member you will be asking to authorize your request.

2. Once you have completed the online Student Grant Request Application, you will receive a Google Form response email confirmation. Forward the Google Form response email to the teacher/staff member who is authorizing your grant request. The teacher/staff member will then email their authorization directly to the grant committee (grants@ilhsptsa.org). Please remember to follow up with your selected teacher/staff member to be sure they have completed their part of the grant process.

3. The requestor will be notified via email the status of the grant, and -if applicable- the approved amount within two weeks from the submission deadline.

4. Within the grant approval email, the requestor will find a link to set up an appointment with the grant committee chair. At the appointment, the requestor will sign the ILHS PTSA Student Grant Contract and receive the ILHS PTSA Student Grant Reimbursement Form.

5. The completed Grant Reimbursement Form must be submitted - with any and all receipts/invoices - within 90 days of the approval of the grant or by June 1st, whichever comes first. The completed form with attached receipts can be returned to the PTSA box located behind the front desk in the lobby of the school. The form will be reviewed by the grant committee chair and PTSA treasurer and then funds will be sent via check.

Grant Documents: (click to open)

2023-2024

"ILHS' student lounge is open as of Wednesday, May 22, 2024! Originally, the project group was looking toward methods such as collecting streetside furniture for use in the lounge. Thanks to the PTSA Student Grant Program, it was able to be furnished and decorated with new, high-quality items that match ILHS' signature red and black color scheme. Now the lounge can be enjoyed by students for many years into the future!"