Chevron congratulates the winning teachers and their schools:
Catherine Vanier - Lovonya De Jean Middle School (Richmond) Debra Arthur - Ygnacio Valley High School (Concord) Liz Ritchie - Deer Valley High School (Antioch) Michelle Flowers - Park Middle School (Antioch) Martha Kessler - Indian Valley Elementary School (Walnut Creek) Devon McCrory - Ascend School (Oakland) Emily Greene - Thurgood Marshall Elementary School (Oakland) Christine Tenorio - E C Reems Academy of Technology and Art (Oakland) Christie Carnahan - Valley View Elementary School (Pleasanton) Aaron Vanderwerff - Lighthouse Community Charter School (Oakland)
Chevron will award $25,000 cash grants to these ten public schools in Alameda and Contra Costa Counties at a celebratory dinner on November 15, 2010 (five schools from each county will receive such grants). Submissions were 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 will 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.
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.
In the fall of 2010, Chevron worked with DonorsChoose.org to help provide public school teachers in Alameda and Contra Costa Counties with the supplies they needed for their classrooms.
Teachers submitted projects detailing the materials and supplies they needed for their classroom projects at DonorsChoose.org. Chevron welcomed a wide variety of projects, but was particularly encouraged by classroom project requests that supported science, technology, engineering or math (STEM).
Throughout September, when anyone filled-up with 8 gallons or more of fuel at participating Chevron stations, Chevron helped fund projects by donating $1 per fill-up, up to $1 million, to support public education.
DonorsChoose.org used Chevron’s donations to fund eligible classroom projects. DonorsChoose.org then delivered the materials to the classroom and the learning began!
