Teachers: Enter for a chance to win a $25,000 grant for your school in the Chevron Classroom Challenge™
In addition to the Fuel Your School promotion, Chevron is awarding $25,000 cash grants to ten public schools in Alameda and Contra Costa counties (five schools from each county will receive such grants). Teachers can enter the Chevron Classroom Challenge by submitting eligible project requests that emphasize Science, Technology, Engineering or Math (STEM) education during the Fuel Your School promotion. The Chevron Classroom Challenge is looking for submissions that detail the creativity and innovative nature of the requested materials that support STEM education. Submissions will be judged and scored in the areas of hands-on and sustainable learning while supporting existing classroom curriculum and other criteria as detailed in the rules governing the Chevron Classroom Challenge.
The winning schools must use the $25,000 grant to support academic programs in the area of STEM education.
Chevron in California
Chevron has been a part of California for more than 130 years, and we believe education is one of the foundations on which to build our state’s future. Today’s students are tomorrow’s leaders. Chevron’s Fuel Your School promotion is designed to help provide the resources and support that local teachers need to assist students in finding their path to success.
Learn more about Chevron’s commitment to California, our home state.
Chevron is working together with DonorsChoose.org to help schools get the supplies they need for their classrooms. By working with DonorsChoose.org, Chevron can support learning experiences designed to help today’s students and tomorrow’s leaders.
Chevron and DonorsChoose.org is making it easy for everyone to help students in need:
A project that focuses on science, technology, engineering or math is submitted for funding.
Chevron helps fund the project by donating one dollar of your 8-gallon or more fill-up at a participating station.
DonorsChoose.org delivers the materials to the class and the learning can begin.
Teachers, Start Submitting Your Project
Follow these guidelines to submit a project request. Your project must adhere to Chevron and DonorsChoose.org guidelines and be approved by DonorsChoose.org in order to be eligible for funding. Be sure to scroll down for information on entering the Chevron Classroom Challenge™ too.
Maximum Project Funding – Approved classroom project requests are eligible for funding of project costs of up to $2,000 per project.*
Project Submission Period – The Project submission period begins August 1, 2010, and is scheduled to end October 31, 2010, or until all funds have been exhausted or distributed, whichever comes first. The project-funding period is the month of September – see Official rules for details.
Project Focus – Chevron recognizes the importance of science, technology, engineering and math#(STEM) education to the future and encourages the submission of classroom project requests that support STEM education.
Eligible Schools – All K-12 public schools in Alameda and Contra Costa Counties are eligible to receive funding.
Number of Submissions – Eligible project submitters may submit up to 1 eligible classroom project request to receive funding by Chevron.
Project Funding – In general, eligible classroom project requests will be funded on a rotating basis by city, in the order in which they are received and posted on DonorsChoose.org, per eligible school within each city. For details, see the Fuel Your School Rules.
* According to DonorsChoose.org requirements, teachers with more than 4 points on Donorschoose.org can request materials up to $2,000 and all other teachers can request a maximum of $800.
How to Enter:
When submitting eligible project requests at DonorsChoose.org for the Fuel Your School promotion, teachers can include the phrase “Chevron Classroom Challenge” in any one of the four areas of the “Tell Your Story” section within the Create a Project steps to enter the Chevron Classroom Challenge. Teachers who submit, among other things, the most innovative STEM-oriented classroom projects could win a $25,000 grant for their school.
Please review the Official Chevron Classroom Challenge Rules for more information regarding the contest
and judging criteria before entering the Challenge.
Classroom project requests for the Chevron Classroom Challenge may be submitted during the Chevron Classroom Challenge Promotion Period of August 1, 2010 through September 30, 2010.
When submitting eligible project requests at DonorsChoose.org for the Fuel Your School promotion, teachers can follow this simple step to enter the Chevron Classroom Challenge for a chance to win a $25,000 grant for their school: include the phrase “Chevron Classroom Challenge” in any one of the four areas at step six, the ‘Tell Your Story’ section. On or about September 30, DonorsChoose.org will run a key-phrase search to capture all eligible submissions for the Challenge and will send those Challenge submissions to Chevron for consideration of the grant awards. Classroom project requests for the Chevron Classroom Challenge may be submitted only during the Promotion Period of August 1, 2010 - September 30, 2010.
When submitting eligible project requests at DonorsChoose.org for the Fuel Your School promotion, teachers can include the phrase “Chevron Classroom Challenge” in any one of the four areas of the “Tell Your Story” section within the Create a Project steps to enter the Chevron Classroom Challenge. Teachers who submit, among other things, the most innovative STEM-oriented classroom projects could win a $25,000 grant for their school.
Please review the Official Chevron Classroom Challenge Rules for more information regarding the contest
and judging criteria before entering the Challenge.
Classroom project requests for the Chevron Classroom Challenge may be submitted during the Chevron Classroom Challenge Promotion Period of August 1, 2010 through September 30, 2010.
The Fuel Your School promotion is Chevron’s effort to help provide local public schools with the supplies teachers need for their classroom projects. In September, for every 8-gallon or more fill-up at a local station, Chevron will donate $1, up to $1 million, to help support public education in that city.* Follow the progress all month long and do your part by fueling up at a participating Chevron in Alameda and Contra Costa Counties. Teachers, there’s still time to submit eligible projects to request funding for materials you need for your classroom. Ten teachers could win an additional $25,000 grant for their school (5 public schools in Alameda county and 5 in Contra Costa county) in the Chevron Classroom Challenge.
Check back all month long to see teachers’ projects and the overall amount of funds raised.
*Donations earned at some Chevron Stations will be supporting multiple cities.
