SUMMER STUDY GRANTS


LOVEDAY SUMMER STUDY GRANTS FOR GISA TEACHERS

  
2013 Summer Study Grant Winners

 

The Georgia Independent School Association in cooperation with the Fred H. Loveday Endowment Foundation announces the 2013 Loveday Summer Study Grants for Teachers. Teachers are to complete an application form that must be endorsed by the head of the school. You may mail, email or fax the application as long as all parts of the application are included and it is signed by the head of school. Please note that these applications MUST BE RECEIVED IN THE GISA OFFICE ON OR BEFORE FRIDAY, MARCH 22, 2013 (no exceptions).

Requests for 2013 may not exceed $750. The total amount approved for grants this year is $4,500.

The following stipulations should be followed:

  1. The teacher must be returning to the school for the 2013-2014 school year.
  2. Information about the Loveday Grants should be made available to ALL faculty.
  3. The number of applications from a GISA member school is based on enrollment: 
    0 – 400 1 application
    401 – 800 2 applications
    801 – 1200 3 applications
    1201 – 1600 4 applications
    1600 & above 5 applications

      

  4. Teachers in the following schools received a grant for Summer Study in 2012, therefore these schools will not be eligible until 2014. 
    Atlanta Academy Blessed Trinity Catholic High School
    Frederica Academy
    Pace Academy

Following receipt of applications, members of the GISA Teacher Services Committee will review all requests. Based on the approved criteria, the value of the study, financial need, and endorsement of the school head, this Committee will select the recipients of the grants. The Committee will meet in early April. Recipients and school heads will be notified soon thereafter, and checks will be issued no later than May 1st.

We extended our sincere thanks and appreciation to the Loveday Foundation Board for their generous contribution to this Fund, and to the GISA Teacher Services Committee members for their time and expertise in the selection process.