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Author Grace Lin at Mitchell
Newbery Medal–winning author Grace Lin presented her seminar, How a Book Is Made, to the first- and second-graders at Mitchell Elementary School. She also read an excerpt of her book The Ugly Vegetables to the kindergarten classes. Lin provided the students with...
Engineering Extravaganza
With help from an NEF grant, the Hillside Family Engineering Extravaganza welcomed nearly 300 parents and children on a recent Saturday morning to solve engineering design challenges together. Activities included designing REAL Angry birds (working catapults) and...
NEF Announces Pilot of Multischool Grants and Express Grants
Multi-School Grants The purpose of the multi-school grant is to facilitate grant proposal cooperation between and among Needham public schools (particularly elementary schools) and to ensure that the $5,000 small grant award limit does not create an impediment to that...
2025 - 2026 Grant Deadlines
Apply for a grant to fund an innovative or enriching project that will benefit the Needham Public Schools.
Fall Grant deadline is October 17th
Winter Grant deadline is January 16th
Spring Grant deadline is April 10th
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