Classroom Grants & Supports - The Advancement Center

Thank You for Gearing Up Last Week @ Westlane

Last Week @ Westlane students used their new grant-funded media equipment to create a video thanking The Advancement Center and all of our donors who make these grants possible. New Gear Means New Opportunities for Westlane Students Last Week @ Westlane (LW@WL) is a student-run video news program that provides Westlane Middle School students the...

Messy, uncomfortable and heavy…

Creating equitable, anti-racist, and anti-bias spaces is messy, uncomfortable and heavy. It just is. But it is also necessary. One of our most valuable points of pride in Washington Township is our diversity, but in the absence of equity work, that diversity cannot thrive. Washington Township Schools has committed to the heavy lift of equity...

Meeting Readers Where They Are

“Imagine moving to a foreign country where very few people can understand you, your needs, your wants, your dreams. Imagine people talking all around you, reading and writing, but you can’t understand them. Now, think back to learning to read or watching your child learn how to read. Remember the sense of accomplishment it brought...

How Do You Catch a Lion?

Tom Lange does more than just work to support Washington Township students, he and his team are working each day to build a village. During his time as Superintendent in Indianapolis Public Schools, former MSDWT superintendent, Dr. Eugene White, called upon Indianapolis Churches to “adopt” and support IPS Schools. Through their church, St. Luke Methodist,...

ENews- Summer 2019

Catch up on how we were stewards of donor dollars this past year, information about events in the coming year, Alumni and Grant Highlights and so much more by reading through the Summer 2019 edition of The Advancement Center ENews. Because the image of the newsletter below does not contain active links, please visit: Donor...

Supporting Something New!

Willow Lake Elementary School is set to welcome students on August 1st and will be a brand-new facility for Washington Township Schools. While the community supported the building of the school by passing a referendum in 2016, The Advancement Center was able to provide several grants and other supports to the school to make the...

The Magical Art of Printmaking

ENews- Winter 2018

Catch up on BASH results, NCHS Hall of Fame nominations, Alumni and Grant Highlights and so much more by reading through the Winter 2018 edition of The Advancement Center ENews. Because the image of the newsletter below does not contain active links, please visit: BASH photos, BASH Donors, video, sponsors, Great North Run registration, Giving Tuesday Donations, Hall...

Buzzing through BizTown

A Capella Grant is… Some Kind of Wonderful

Joyce Click is always finding ways to make wonderful things happen for her students. There is not a grant cycle that passes that she does not reach out to The Advancement Center with an idea to engage her choral students and take their learning farther. It is because of dedicated faculty like Mrs. Click that...

ENews- Summer 2018

Catch up on how we were stewards of donor dollars this past year, information about events in the coming year, Alumni and Grant Highlights and so much more by reading through the Summer 2018 edition of The Advancement Center ENews. Because the image of the newsletter below does not contain active links, please visit: Donor List, Grants, Scholarships,...

30 Years of Fun Learning Under the Sun

In 1988, the three Washington Township middle school Science Department Chairs approached then Superintendent Dr. McDaniels with a new idea for science enrichment. Mike Pomerenke, Anne Hair and Frank Williams proposed to engage 190 students in a summer camp experience they hoped would build student engagement and interest in science. With one years’ worth of...