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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
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Friends of Whitney M. Young Magnet High School (FoWY) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit registered in the US under EIN: 38-3646059