Zionsville Education Foundation Post Grant Award Report

Dear ZCS Educator:

Congratulations on receiving a grant from the Zionsville Education Foundation! We hope it was a rewarding project for you and your students. Our mission is to serve Zionsville Community Schools “by providing funds that promote academic excellence,” and we are eager to share your success stories with our stakeholders.

A final report is due to ZEF approximately a year after the project is completed – October 15th or before for Fall Classroom Grants and May 15th or before for Spring Classroom Grants. These evaluations are critical to ZEF as we need to share results with our donors and sponsors. Please fill out the following and return to the Zionsville Education Foundation office.

Name of Grant: ______Project Coordinator/School: ______Date(s) grant implemented: ______Please copy the evaluation portion of your grant below:

1. The success of projects funded by ZEF can be qualitative or quantitative:

a. ZEF understands the grants that best fulfill our mission have qualitative results. As an educator, what did you learn most from this project? What was the greatest impact on your students (a quote, picture or memorable experience)?

b. Do you have quantitative results or statistics from your grant that you can share with ZEF? We have found that this information is of great use for our Annual Report, grant applications that we write, and with donor appeals.

2. What was the most effective method of communication you utilized to share that you’d been awarded the ZEF grant to the families in your classroom and school? a. Email directly to parents b. School newsletters c. Facebook or other social media from your classroom/department d. Facebook or other social media from your school e. Other

3. Do you have any photographs taken of or during the project that can be used by ZEF for Public Relations purposes? If so, please submit them with this report and check with your guidance office if all students have signed releases.

4. Any other comments or suggestions for ZEF? Revised 4-10-14