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About Blalack PTA 2024

The PTA has approved $1,000 the 2024-2025 school year

We are pleased to continue the mini-grant program funded by the PTA. Mini-Grants can be used to help fund special programs, projects, items, and/or events that benefit individual classes, grades, all students, teachers or the Blalack School Community.  Mini-grant awards can be requested for new materials for classrooms and school projects, programs, events, and school presentations.


The PTA has approved $1,000 for mini-grant projects for the 2024-2025 school year.


The full $1,000 is available now and all teachers and staff are eligible to apply.


The maximum amount granted per application is $150. 
Requests for smaller amounts are also encouraged.


Please fill out the application below and email our Staff Grant Committee. 

Upon your submission, you will receive an email confirmation that your application has been received.


Goal: 

Provide mini-grants to fund special programs, projects, items, and/or events 

that benefit individual classes, teachers, students, and the Blalack Middle School Community


Who Can Apply?

All teachers and staff, individually or in groups


When is the Deadline?

We intend to award mini-grants in the Fall of 2024. Please apply by September 30th.

    You will be notified regarding application approval within 30 days from the application date


How do I Apply?

Review the Mini-Grant Guidelines and submit the application by clicking here.


Application Process?

A group of volunteers from the PTA will review the applications and make the final determination on awards

The program is competitive and not all applications will be awarded funds

If your request is denied, you may reapply the next award cycle


How much can be requested?

The maximum amount for any single award is $150  

Requests for lower amounts are also encouraged


What Can the Funds be Used For?

Funds may be used for the materials, books, resources, fees, or services requested in your application


Process for Receiving Funds?

Awardees make their purchases, save receipts, and request reimbursement, OR a request for a check in advance from the PTA Treasurer may be made.  The PTA is NOT able to provide cash up front for any purchases. For more information, please see the attached Mini-Grant Guidelines


TIPS

  • Please answer all questions on the application form clearly and with as much detail as possible. The more information you can provide on the application, the easier the selection process will be.
  • Specify clearly what the money you are requesting will go towards. For example, if you are requesting $100 for books, please clarify which books, how many you need and how much is the cost per book. 
  • Specify an estimated timeline of when your project will be completed. If awarded a mini-grant, please fulfill your project as close to the estimated timeline as possible. We understand that plans may change throughout the year and some projects may not be carried out to fruition. Please stick to your timeline as much as possible and if your plans do change, please let us know.
  • If you are not able to complete your project, let us know so that we can offer funding to someone else. Please let us know if you do not use your award so that we can add that amount to the next mini-grant award cycle. Please understand that mini-grants cannot be carried over to the following school year.
  • All mini-grant reimbursements or check requests should be for the specific amount of your purchase or project. Funding cannot be for more than the initial mini-grant awarded to you.

Teacher Grant Documents

Rubric for Mini Grant (pdf)

Download

2024-2025 Mini Grant Application (1) (docx)

Download

Questions?

Our staff grant committee chairs are here to help!  

Email us

Blalack Middle School PTA Alumni Scholarship Application

 

Blalack PTA awards a $500 scholarship to two (2) C-FB ISD graduating high school seniors who attended Blalack for at least two years. Scholarship winners will be announced at Senior Walk in spring. Scholarship funds must be used for continuing education at a post-secondary educational institution.


To be considered for this award, students must:

  • Graduating from a CFBISD High School during the 2024-2025 school year
  • Have attended Blalack Middle School for at least 2 years
  • Complete and submit the application by the established due date
  • Have a teacher submit an evaluation by the established due date. The evaluation can be found here:


Teacher Evaluation Form


Please provide your teacher with this link or you may have them reach out to shannon_purtell@hotmail.com  for the link. If multiple teacher evaluations are received the first one submitted will be used in the evaluation process.


Note: PTSA membership and participation of student and/or family members is a consideration in the scholarship evaluation process. Please see below for information on how to join. In order for your membership to be included in the evaluation process, students and/or family members need to join by April 1, 2025. Membership is not a requirement for this scholarship.


Please return this completed application to shannon_purtell@hotmail.com  with STUDENT NAME in the Subject line by April 1, 2025. 

Student Scholarship Form

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