FoWY Funds Wide Range of Programs for the 2017–2018 School Year
In this 2017/18 academic year, the FoWY Annual Fund has provided essential resources that help ensure a high quality educational experience for all 2200 Whitney Young students. We have provided over $54,805 so far this year in funding to these programs based on their requests to us.Below is the complete list of school clubs, organizations, teams and classroom projects that were funded through this year’s grant funding process.
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Department / Organization |
Description |
Funding Category |
Model UN |
Club's travel to one of the most well-run and respected MUN conferences organized by Columbia University, in the UN's home city, New York |
Clubs & Organizations |
Chinese Culture Club |
Calligraphy Tools |
Clubs & Organizations |
Year |
Cameras for Volunteer Student Photographers |
Clubs & Organizations |
Business Professionals of America |
Attendance for Regional, State, and National Conferences |
Clubs & Organizations |
Science Olympiad |
Fees |
Clubs & Organizations |
Eco Club |
Funding for the Bioactive Vivarium project (an enclosed and self sustaining ecosystem) |
Clubs & Organizations |
"Page Turners" Book Club |
Purchase of Books |
Clubs & Organizations |
Robotics Team |
Robotic Parts (The FTC Robotics Team currently has 16 members with competition permissions slips turned in, and more attended at least one practice a week. We influence 20-25 students in the club and inspire more from the robotics classes. Our competition entrance fees were funded by school administration this year.) |
Clubs & Organizations |
Model UN |
Conference attendance at the University of Chicago |
Clubs & Organizations |
Math Team |
CAS Calculators |
Clubs & Organizations |
Physics Team |
Entrance Fees and Materials for USAYPT |
Clubs & Organizations |
Chess Team |
Cost of the Chess Trainer |
Clubs & Organizations |
WYDUBTV/Beacon |
Purchase of Sound Equipment (to enhance the sound quality of productions) |
Clubs & Organizations |
Mock Trial Team |
Registration Fees for the ISBA |
Clubs & Organizations |
Project Blanket |
Materials to Make No-sew Blankets for the Homeless |
Clubs & Organizations |
Cheerleading |
Floor Panels and Tumbling Expenses |
Athletics |
Basketball, Girls |
Uniforms and Warm-Ups |
Athletics |
Soccer, Girls |
Concussion Preventative Head Bands |
Athletics |
Varsity Pom Pon Team |
Uniforms and Costumes |
Athletics |
Athletics |
Background and Table Cover for Events at Whitney Young |
Athletics |
Volleyball, Girls |
Vertex Machine |
Athletics |
Swimming |
PowerRack |
Athletics |
Guitar Program |
Guitar Room Decorations (lighting, riser, and speaker to create a live stage-like setting for classroom presentations) |
Fine & Performing Arts |
All Bands |
New Marimba |
Fine & Performing Arts |
Performing Arts Department |
High Volume 11x17 Capable Color Printer |
Fine & Performing Arts |
WY Choir Department |
New Grand Piano |
Fine & Performing Arts |
Diverse Learners |
Ventra Cards (to support diverse learners) |
Classroom Projects & Improvements |
English Language Learners |
Support of the ESL Population (who are enrolled across all our academic programs) |
Classroom Projects & Improvements |
Environmental and Earth & Space Science |
Class Sets of Two Books (books define modern popular astrophysics writing, polarizing microscopes and additional geological compasses to make a complete class set) |
Classroom Projects & Improvements |
Spanish Levels 1-4 & AP |
Nets |
Classroom Projects & Improvements |
Creative Writing |
Rocket Motors and Registration Fees |
Classroom Projects & Improvements |
Whitney Young Counseling Department |
Training by a Chess Master |
Classroom Projects & Improvements |
Diverse Learners - Transitional Team |
Registration Fees for (4) Mock Trial Events |
Classroom Projects & Improvements |
