Bartlett Foundation awards education grants
Posted on 01/18/2024
(SPS) -- The Edward E. and Helen Turner Bartlett Foundation has awarded a record $343,788 in grant funding to Sapulpa Public Schools. The Board of Education approved the grants at Wednesday’s Board of Education meeting.
"This is the most the Bartlett Foundation has ever given in grant money to our district. It really is a testament to the Foundation’s commitment to public education and instructional improvement. We are extraordinarily thankful to put these grants to use to expand our programs," said Rob Armstrong, Sapulpa Public Schools Superintendent.
The allocation of funds from the grants will be applied to the following programs:
DISTRICT
STEM Botball/Robotics/Tech Challenge
STEM Camp Invention
SAPULPA HIGH SCHOOL
STEM Program
FIRST Robotics
JROTC
Sapulpa Bands
Art
Vocal Music
Speech and Debate
SAPULPA MIDDLE SCHOOL
STEM
The Bartlett Foundation funded an additional $40,000 grant to Sapulpa Kids Kloset, which operates on the first floor of the Washington Administrative Center. Kids Kloset provides new school clothes free of charge for students in PreK through age 16, who attend Sapulpa, Allen Bowden, Lone Star or Pretty Water Schools and who receive Free or Reduced Lunch.
Established in 1961, the Bartlett Foundation gives primarily to public school education as well as awarding student scholarships to Oklahoma State University, Oklahoma State University Institute of Technology, University of Oklahoma, and the University of Tulsa.
Year after year, Bartlett Foundation grants enhance Sapulpa Public Schools' music, performing arts and creative arts programs, STEM innovations, band and JROTC.
Sapulpa Public Schools would like to extend its deepest gratitude to the Edward E. and Helen Turner Bartlett Foundation for its exceptional support of the district.