Blue School Grant Program overview
The St. Johns River Water Management District is now in the sixth year of its Blue School Grant Program for the 2021–2022 school year, with up to $20,000 recently awarded. While multiple teachers within a middle or high school could apply, total awarded per school is a maximum of $2,000 to enhance student knowledge of Florida’s water resources. Public and charter schoolteachers within the district’s boundaries were eligible to apply.
The program includes three types of grants — freshwater resources field study, water conserving landscape projects or water conservation community/school awareness campaigns.
Important information
Each school within the district is eligible to receive funding once per academic year.
The district will reimburse only for authorized purchases made after the grant is awarded. The district cannot remit payment until the required invoicing documentation is submitted by the individual grantee and school.
The district will pay the invoice via ACH transfer to the school district on behalf of the school approved for a grant. It is the responsibility of the teacher/school to coordinate with the school district to have the funds transferred to the school.
For additional information about this program, please contact:
Laura LaBeur
Education Coordinator
321-473-1339
LLaBeur@sjrwmd.com
Examples of successful grants include:
- Service-learning project where middle and high school students partnered to study water quality
- Creation of native landscape garden with educational signage
- Water quality comparison of campus stormwater ponds
- Conversion of traditional irrigation to micro-irrigation in school landscape
- Water conservation awareness posters and video
Grants awarded for the 2021–22 school year
A. Philip Randolph (Duval)
for a water garden with STEM learning goals
Bartram Trail High School (St. Johns)
to use photography of District lands to showcase the protection of water and land conservation
Burns Science and Technology Charter School (Volusia)
for a water resources and school water conservation awareness project
Creekside High School (St. Johns)
for a water resources school awareness project
Crescent City Jr/Sr High School (Putnam)
for two water resources field studies
Flagler Palm Coast High School (Flagler County)
for a water resources and school awareness project
Lakeview Middle School (Orange)
for a water quality field study
Ponte Vedra High School (St. Johns)
for a water quality field study
Sculptor Charter (Brevard)
for a water-conserving landscape project
South Alternative Learning Center (Brevard)
for a water-conserving landscape project
St. Johns Technical High School (St. Johns)
for a water-conserving landscape project and water resources field study
Teague Middle School (Seminole)
for a water resources school awareness project
Wekiva High School (Orange)
for a water-conserving garden with STEM learning goals