Ready, Set, Read!
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
ChompSaw
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
Woodworking
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
CSH Collegial Circles: Learning Across Long Island
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
LEGO STEM Learning
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
Science Classroom Microscopes
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
Steamanities 2025
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
Steamanities 2024
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
Lego Spike Robotics
The Lego Spike program benefited students in grades 2-6. From easy entry projects to limitless creative design possibilities, the Spike program helps students learn the essential skills needed to become innovators of tomorrow… while having fun!
Grant Amount: $25,311.66
Date In Effect: 2022
Schools Impacted: Lloyd Harbor and West Side
STEAM Night 2023
Grant Amount: $10,948
Date In Effect: 2022
Schools Impacted: Goosehill, Lloyd Harbor, West Side, Jr Sr High School
Emergency Remote Learning Support
Grant Amount: $29,610.80
Date In Effect: 2020
Schools Impacted: Goosehill, West Side, Lloyd Harbor, Jr Sr High School
Enhancing the Arts
Grant Amount: $46,250
Date In Effect: 2019
Schools Impacted: Goosehill, West Side, Lloyd Harbor, Jr Sr High School
Transforming Classrooms
The students in grades K - 12 benefit from more personalized and flexible classroom environments that balance innovative technology, collaborative working relationships and customized learning experiences for our students.
Grant Amount: $225,000
Date In Effect: 2018
Schools Impacted: Goosehill, West Side, Lloyd Harbor, Jr Sr High School
Creative Learning Labs
The Creative Learning Lab is an environment designed to promote more innovative and creative approaches to teaching and learning for our elementary school students.
Grant Amount: $150,000
Date In Effect: 2016
Schools Impacted: Goose Hill, Lloyd Harbor, West Side
Ipad Carts To Support Lightsail Literacy Accelerator
Grant Amount: $51,899.92
Date In Effect: 2015
Schools Impacted: Lloyd Harbor, West Side
IPad Loaner Program To Support LightSail
Grant Amount: $10,362
Date In Effect: 2015
Schools Impacted: Lloyd Harbor, West Side
Elementary Ipad Expansion
Grant Amount: $84,288.36
Date In Effect: 2014
Schools Impacted: Goosehill, Lloyd Harbor, West Side
Elementary School After School Robotics Program
Grant Amount: $2,832.07
Date In Effect: 2014
Schools Impacted: Goosehill, Lloyd Harbor, West Side