Neosho R-5 School District Charitable Foundation

“Expenses annual banquet 11,969 mini grant 1 3,480 mini grant 2 4,899 scholarships 3,500 alumni reunion 7,207 grant for calculators 6,000 total 37,055”

“The organiation's primary exempt function is to raise funds to assist the neosho r-5 school district by purchasing equipment and educational materials and by helping to defray the cost of capital improvements.”

“The trust provided a 6,000 grant to the high school math and science department for purchase of calculators for testing purposes. The calculators had specific high-level function keys to solve advanced math and science problems.”

“The trust provided mini-grants during september 2015 to five teachers or departments per their requests. The individual requests were (1) 1,485 to south elementary school for a spark-lego ev3 robotics system. Spark is an acronym for "students pursuing applied robotics knowledge. The program will be used by third and fourth grade students to inspire them to learn about math, science, engineering and technology. (2) 845 to goodman elementary school for three dot and dash wonder packs which will be made available to 300+ students in grades k-4. Lessons are designed to teach students valuable lessons designed around real-life applications in multiple subject matters. The dot and dash wonder pack is a robotics-based learning tool. (3) 1,400 to carver elementary school for five literacy task cards/word building kits. The kits will be available to first grade students as a workstation to assist them in vocabulary acquisition and language development. (4) 250 to the jefferson street campus biology department for purchase of equipment and supplies used in a 3-d cell project in which students build the entire model of a plant or animal cell. (5)919 to carver elementery school for the purchase of equipment to create a video recording studio for student/teacher use in the library. It is anticipated that the studio would be used to create documentaries, historical and literary re-enactments, book talks, interviews and teaching videos.”

“The trust provided mini-grants during april 2015 to three teachers or departments per their requests. The individual grants were (1) 1,500 to goodman elementary school to purchase two lego education wedo stem classroom packs for use by sixty-five second graders. The packs include a series of six main activities and four problem-solving activities that integrate stem and pre-engineering concepts such as physical science, mathematical thinking, engineering, technology and applications of science (2) 480 to the middle school science department to pay for a science trip to pittsburg state university so the students may experience scientific research and visit the planetarium on the campus (3) 1,500 to carver elementary school to use as a matching grant along with annual budget amount to purchase 3,000 of ebooks. Having ebooks in the library allows students 24/7 access to library resources via internet connections. The availability of ebooks also helps relieve the demand on the library's print collection.”

“The trust also made the following expenditures: 1. Provided funds to underwrite the annual excellence in education banquet at a cost of 11,969. All expenses were covered by donations. 2. Scholarships totaling 3,500 were given to four deserving students who met certain criteria for their particular scholarship. Individual amounts and types of scholarships are as follows: (1) 500 neosho r5 charitable foundation scholarship (2) 1,000 ian rucker memorial scholarship (3) 1,500 griff and adrienne humphrey college scholarship and (4) 500 neosho alumni scholarship. 3.paid the costs associated with an all-school reunion held in september the total outlay was 7,163. Donations provided by alumni were sufficient to cover the cost of the activity.”