INFORMATIONAL LETTER NO:  113

 

POLICY CODE: DD

 

 

TO:                  Superintendents, Dale Douglass (MSMA) and Dick Durost (Maine Principals Association)

 

FROM:            Susan Gendron, Commissioner, Department of Education

 

DATE:             May 7, 2004

 

SUBJECT:       Grant Opportunity for Schools

 

           

The Department is pleased to share with you a new Request for Proposals.

 

GEAR UP: GEARUP's Teens with Dreams Summer Camp Program – Coordination and administration of academic and enrichment camps during the summer of 2004 for students who will be entering the eighth (8^th) grade in Fall, 2004.  Summer camps will last one week at four different sites: the University of Maine at Machias, the University of Southern Maine, the University of Maine at Presque Isle, and Colby College/University of Maine at Augusta.

 

            GEARUP’s Teens with Dreams Summer Camp Program

§         All School Administrative Units (SAUs) and public / private organizations are eligible to apply

§         Applications are due May 28, 2004

§         For a grant application, contact Gaylord Day Weston at gaylord.weston@maine.gov

 

 

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