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 and DonorsChoose.org

Through a shared vision, Chevron is working together with DonorsChoose.org to help provide teachers with the supplies they need for their classrooms. Chevron supports public education and the Fuel Your School promotion is designed to assist today’s students and tomorrow’s leaders, with the help of DonorsChoose.org. DonorsChoose.org is a non-profit organization that benefits the community and offers a convenient way for anyone to help students in need.

Visit http://www.DonorsChoose.org/about/ for more information

How it all works

Chevron is making it easy for everyone to help public school students in Salt lake and Davis Counties through the Fuel Your School promotion:

1. Teachers submit projects detailing the materials and supplies they need for their classroom projects at DonorsChoose.org. Chevron encourages classroom project requests that support science, technology, engineering or math (STEM) education.
2. This October, when everyone fills up with 8 gallons or more, Chevron will help fund projects by donating $1 per fill-up, up to $500,000, to support eligible classroom projects.
3. DonorsChoose.org will use Chevron’s donations to fund eligible classroom projects. Once projects are funded, the materials/supplies will be fulfilled by DonorsChoose.org and the learning can begin.
4. Throughout October, everyone can help fund eligible classroom projects in their city by filling up with 8 gallons or more at participating Chevron and Texaco stations.

Chevron Project Submission Guidelines

To be eligible for funding, your project must adhere to the following guidelines as well as the DonorsChoose.org Guidelines and be approved by DonorsChoose.org. 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 September 1, 2011, and is scheduled to end November 30, 2011, or until all funds have been exhausted or distributed, whichever comes first. Posting an eligible project early during the submission period can help improve the chance of your project being funded. See Fuel Your School Official Rules for details. Project Focus — Chevron recognizes the importance of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education to the future and encourages classroom project requests focused in these areas.		Eligible Schools — All K-12 public schools in Salt Lake and Davis counties are eligible to receive funding. Number of Submissions — To receive funding by Chevron, eligible project submitters may submit up to 1 eligible classroom project request. Project Funding — The period in which the funds will be earned is the month of October. In general, funding of eligible classroom project requests occurs on a rotating basis by the order in which they are received and posted on DonorsChoose.org. See Fuel Your School Official Rules for details.
*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. See DonorsChoose.org for details.

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.

Official Chevron Classroom Challenge Rules

Frequently Asked Questions

Chevron Classroom Challenge™

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.

How to submit a project:

Existing DonorsChoose.org Teachers — Go to http://www.DonorsChoose.org/teacher/

First time DonorsChoose.org teachers — Go to http://www.DonorsChoose.org/teacher/ and register for an account