NWOCA GRANTS

Total grants and awards since 1993: $3,521,702.40

Equity Grant

Amount: $355,000

Date: 1993

Recipients:

Central Local
Edon-Northwest Local
Gorham Fayette Local
Holgate Local
MillCreek - West Unity Local
Montpelier Exempted Village
Pike-Delta-York
Hicksville Exempted Village
Pettisville Local

Purpose:

To improve student learning by empowering students to gather, evaluate, and apply information using technology...Placed / upgraded networks in the above schools.

MCO Grant

Amount: $295,331

Date: 1999

Recipients:

Medical College of Ohio
Maumee High School
Springfield High School
NWOCA

Purpose:

To provide learners web access to course materials, handouts, calendars, usenet newsgroups, and online presentations for anytime, anywhere education.

 

ImagiNET Grant

Amount: $500,000

Date: 1996

Recipients:

Northwest State Community College
NWOCA
NWOESC (Fulton County)

Purpose:

To provide the infrastructure for video conferencing...to create a studio at the Four County Career Center

 

SchoolNet Telecommunity Grants

Amount: $1,004,724

Dates: 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999

Recipients:

Anthony Wayne Local
Bryan City
Defiance City
Edgerton Local
Gorham Fayette Local
Hicksville Exempted
Holgate Local
Lake Local
Liberty Center Local
Lucas County ESC
Maumee City
Millcreek West Unity
Montpelier Exempted
Napoleon Area
North Central Local
NWOESC (Defiance, Fulton, Henry, and Williams counties)
Patrick Henry
Pettisville Local
Pike-Delta-York
Rossford Exempted
Stryker Local
Swanton Local
Sylvania Northview
Sylvania Southview
Wood County ESC

Purpose:

Connect businesses, education, social agencies, and citizenry to improve the quality of community life, provide distance learning, create a sustainable network; provide virtual experiences to students.

LSTA Grants:

Amount: $294,365.00

Dates: 1999, 2000,2003

Recipients:

Ayersville

Edon Northwest
Edgerton
Evergreen
Gorham Fayette

Hicksville
Holgate Local
Lake Local
Liberty Center
Montpelier
Napoleon Public
North Central
Patrick Henry
Pike-Delta-York
Stryker
West Unity
Central Local

Purpose:

To provide libraries with INFOhio MultiLIS automated card cataloging plus web based card catalogs. This grant provided 37 libraries in the above districts with MultiLIS.

 

IVDL Grant:

Amount: $515,000

Date: 2000

Recipients:

Archbold HS
Ayersville HS
Clay HS
Evergreen HS
Fairview HS
Holgate HS
Montpelier HS
Napoleon HS
North Central HS
Penta Career Center

Purpose:

To provide collaboration and content for the following: Career Education; Proficiency Intervention; Environmental Studies ... To provide ATM video equipment for the participating schools.

ERATE Award

Amount: $326, 004.00

Date: Rounds 1 & 2 of E-Rate

Recipients:

NWOCA Schools

Purpose: To reimburse districts for an average of 50% of T1 costs plus reimbursement for internet communication gear where applicable.

ERATE Award

Amount: $377,000.00 (approved for Round 3)

Recipients:

NWOCA Schools

Purpose: To reimburse districts for an average of 50% of T1 costs plus reimbursement for internet communication gear where applicable.

ERATE Award

Amount: $500,000.00 (approximate amount applied for Round 4

Recipients:

NWOCA Schools

Purpose: To reimburse districts for an average of 50% of T1 costs plus reimbursement for internet communication gear where applicable.

Telecommunity Internet Grants

Amount: $152,000.00

Recipients:

All Saints Catholic
Gesu School
Holy Rosary
Maumee Valley Country Day School
Our Lady of Perpetual Help
Queen of the Apostles
Regina Coeli
Rosary Cathedral
Sacred Heart
Saint Agnes
Saint Elizabeth Seton
Saint Hyacinth
Saint John the Baptist
Saint Jude
Saint Martin De Porres
Saint Mary of Toledo
Saint Pius X
Saint Stephen
Saint Thomas Aquinas

Purpose: Award can be used to provide students with electronic resources, fund professional development and lifelong learning, and purchase communication gear. This money is being used to fund an On-Line Story Hour project in which students team with students from other schools to develop multicultural / non-gender theme stories.

Sweet Unity Grant

Amount: $47,998.40

Recipients:

All Saints Catholic
Maumee Valley Country Day School
Regina Coeli
St. Agnes
St. John the Baptist
St. Rose

Purpose:  An Internet based English Language Arts project funded by the Ohio SchoolNet Telecommunity project to assist 6th grade students in exploring heroes and icons who have overcome great odds.  By defining existing barriers, students explore alternative ways to deal with life's obstacles and develop the character to overcome them.  Videos of heroes (classmate, sibling, parent, local celebrity, etc.) are created by students and streamed from the Sweet Unity web page.

Last Update: October 8, 2004