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Also attached to this agenda item: Donation - CHEF Grant - Rubik's Cube Donation CHEF Approval - Rubiks Cubes (74 KB)

af CROTON HARMON EDUCATION FOUNDATION CHEF Grant Form This form is "read-only". To make it editable for Microsoft Word, save the application to your personal drive by clicking "File, Download as, Microsoft Word" OR GoogleDocs users can click “File, Make a copy” which will create an editable copy in your personal drive. Please submit all grants to grants@crotonfoundation.org. Grant Name: Rubik's Cube Date Submitted: October 9th 2026 Applicant Name and Position: Soyoung Lim - CHHS Classroom Teacher Applicant Email Address: Soyoung.Lim@chufsd.org School(s): Croton-Harmon High School Please answer the following questions. Use short sentences and/or bullet points. The goal is for us to understand your idea, not for you to spend a lot of time crafting a formal document. Description of Idea:* . 1. Describe your projecl/program idea. if you received funding from CHEF, what would the funding let you do that you can't do now? “ ¢ Project Idea: Introduce a structured Rubik's Cube activity during our Tiger Con (Tiger Tuesday) sessions. e Student Benefits: Provide hands-on, collaborative puzzle-solving opportunities that foster spatial reasoning, algorithmic thinking, and logical problem-solving skills. : e Funding Impact: CHEF funding will allow us to acquire the necessary sets of cubes, bringing an interactive, screen-free learning experience to our students, 2. Who/what would be involved with bringing your idea to life? (i.e. teachers, staff, students, guest artists, vendors, equipment, etc.) ? ¢ Teachers, students 3. What leaming and/or district goals does your idea support? ¢ Critical Thinking & Problem-Solving: Promoting pattern recognition, step-by-step logic, and spatial reasoning will directly enhance students’ problem-solving skills. ¢ Growth Mindset & Resilience: Through trial and error and discovering underlying mathematical concepts, students build perseverance and resilience. ¢ Social-Emotional Learning: Mastering increasingly complex algorithms to solve the puzzle Independently boosts students’ self-esteem and confidence. 4. Which students would benefit from your idea? How will receiving this grant change the educational experience of the students? ¢ Target Audience: All students across diverse learning levels will have the opportunity to participate during Tiger Con sessions and/or Pi Squad (high school math extracurricular) meetings. ¢ Transformed Experience: Receiving this grant will transform their leaming experience through active, self-directed discovery. e Student Impact: Provides an engaging, screen-free challenge where students build confidence, reduce stress, and celebrate incremental breakthroughs together. 5. If you are a teacher, how will this grant impact your teaching? e Concrete Learning: Provides an opportunity to bring abstract mathematical concepts into Tiger Con/PI Squad sessions in a concrete, engaging way. e Visual Demonstration: Allows me to visually demonstrate core principles such as algorithms, spatial patterns, symmetry, and logical sequencing directly to my Students. 6. What about your idea is new or innovative for our district? How might your idea be used as a model for other teachers or classes? 7. What is the projected start date and/or time frame of your idea? January, 2027 8. (optional) Is there anything else you would like us to know about this idea? Budget: Please list below each item or service required for your idea, the quantity, the unit cost, the total cost of each item or service, any shipping/handling costs, and the total amount requested for the grant. Add more rows as needed. Name of Item / Service Required | Quantity Needed | Cost Per Unit | Total Cost Rubik's 3x3 Speed Cube | 50 | $14.99 | $749.50 Tax | [blank] | [blank] | (estimated) $75 Shipping/Handling (if applicable) | [blank] | [blank] | (estimated) $20 Total Amount Requested | $844.50 Questions? We're here to support you. We welcome communication and collaboration during the application process. If you have questions, need help, or just want to start a dialogue about an idea, please email us at grants@crotonfoundation.org. *CHEF will follow up with grant recipients so that we can share the grant in action with our donors and community. CHEF post-grant follow-up may include photographs and/or a follow-up conversation or informal feedback/reflection. If you have anything you would like to share with us so we can showcase your work, please send it our way! Grant Type: [checked] Seed Grant (Under $5000) [unchecked] Program Innovation Grant (Over $5000) [unchecked] School/District-Wide Grant (Implemented Across School or District) Faculty/Administration Grant Sponsor: (for community and student applicants only) [blank] Principal Approval: (Required for all applications) Signature: [signature present] Date: 10/8/26 For Internal Purposes Only (Required for all applications after CHEF approves grant) Superintendent Approval of Grant: yes [checked]; no [unchecked] Signature: [signature present] Date: 11/3/26