Funded Grants

This interdisciplinary Holocaust education program gives Cold Spring Harbor High School students the opportunity to learn directly from Holocaust survivors and preserve their personal stories through a student-produced documentary.

Grant Amount: $5,000
Date In Effect: 2026 - 2027 School Year
Schools Impacted: Jr. / Sr. High School

A secure online network connecting CSH students with alumni for college guidance, mentorship, career exploration, and internships. The program will strengthen connections between students and alumni while expanding access to real-world academic and professional opportunities.

Grant Amount: $8,100
Date In Effect: 2026
Schools Impacted: Jr. / Sr. High School

This community-wide scavenger hunt encourages elementary students to discover the joy of reading through a fun, interactive summer reading initiative. By hiding books throughout Cold Spring Harbor for students to find and keep, the program promotes literacy, family engagement, and community participation while helping students maintain their reading skills over summer break.

Grant Amount: $500
Date In Effect: 2025-2026 School Year
Schools Impacted: Goose Hill Primary, West Side, and Lloyd Harbor Schools

This initiative introduces ChompSaw tools into elementary school Makerspaces, giving students a safe, hands-on way to design, measure, cut, and build their own creations. Through projects that integrate science, technology, engineering, art, and math (STEAM), students develop creativity, critical thinking, problem-solving, and collaboration skills while bringing their ideas to life.

Grant Amount: $1,245
Date In Effect: 2025-2026 School Year
Schools Impacted: Goose Hill Primary, West Side, and Lloyd Harbor Schools

The CSH Jr./ Sr. High School partnered with the Cold Spring Harbor Labs for a unique after school opportunity where students engage directly with cutting edge research while building academic and professional skills necessary for college, career, and civic success.

Grant Amount: $4,500
Date In Effect: 2026
Schools Impacted: Jr. / Sr. High School

This hands-on woodworking program introduces students to tool safety, measuring, project planning, and construction while integrating science, math, art, and technology. Through designing and building wooden projects, students develop problem-solving, critical thinking, creativity, and practical skills.

Grant Amount: $51,019
Date In Effect: 2025-2026
Schools Impacted: West Side and Lloyd Harbor Elementary Schools

This professional development initiative brings Cold Spring Harbor educators together with teachers, counselors, and educational professionals from across Long Island to share best practices, collaborate on instructional strategies, and strengthen student learning. Through structured workshops and collaborative discussions, educators gain practical tools and resources they can bring directly back to their classrooms, improving instruction, student support, and academic outcomes.

Grant Amount: $6,000
Date In Effect: 2026
Schools Impacted: Goosehill Primary, WSS, LHS, Jr./Sr. High

This hands-on STEM initiative introduces students to engineering and design through LEGO Education Science Kits. Students also develop creativity, problem-solving skills, and critical thinking. Through collaborative building challenges, students learn to test ideas, refine designs, and turn creative concepts into working models.

Grant Amount: $4,798
Date In Effect: 2025-2026 School Year
Schools Impacted: West Side and Lloyd Harbor Elementary Schools

These microscopes are intended to promote wonder and engagement, helping students see science as exciting and relevant at the elementary level—laying a strong foundation for deeper scientific learning and success in high school.

Grant Amount: $9,436
Date In Effect: 2025
Schools Impacted: West Side and Lloyd Harbor schools

This student-led, interdisciplinary project brings science, sustainability, and art to life through a permanent, automated plant wall at the Jr./Sr. High School.

Grant Amount: $1,400
Date In Effect: 2025
Schools Impacted: Jr. Sr. High School

To honor the graduating class and deepen students' understanding of civic values, this grant supports the purchase of 138 American flags to be gifted to Cold Spring Harbor seniors.

Grant Amount: $3,290.87
Date In Effect: 2025
Schools Impacted: Jr. Sr. High School

A sustainable agricultural system that combines aquaculture (raising fish) and hydroponics (growing plants without soil) in a symbiotic environment.

Grant Amount: $5,945.23
Date In Effect: 2025
Schools Impacted: Jr. Sr. High School

This initiative will empower junior and senior high school students to engage with music creation, audio production, and collaborative multimedia projects, utilizing cutting-edge technology and professional-grade equipment for years to come.

Grant Amount: $5,375
Date In Effect: 2025
Schools Impacted: Jr. Sr. High School

Teaching with drones is a unique way to foster interest in Computer Science and working with autonomous vehicles and systems.

Grant Amount: $2,500
Date In Effect: 2025
Schools Impacted: Jr. Sr. High School

Students worked with various materials, tools, and concepts to discover how something works, how to build it, and how to fix it.

Grant Amount: $7,402.30
Date In Effect: 2024
Schools Impacted: Goosehill, West Side, Lloyd Harbor, Jr Sr High School