Mi Escuela Montessori Secures Additional $900,000 Grant for Educational Growth and Expansion
Mi Escuela Montessori has recently received an additional $900,000 through the Competitive Charter School Program (CSP) Grant, increasing its total funding to $1.5 million over five years. This significant financial boost follows a thorough statewide review and reflects strong confidence in the school’s academic approach and organizational stability. The new funds will support curriculum expansion, professional development, and enhanced student services, helping the school co
Jan 293 min read
Mi Escuela Montessori Receives $1,000 McDonald’s Grant to Launch Bilingual STEAM Buddies Mentorship Program
Mi Escuela Montessori has been awarded a $1,000 grant from McDonald’s to support the Bilingual STEAM Buddies Mentorship Program , a hands-on bilingual science and engineering initiative connecting upper-elementary and primary students. The program pairs 4th–6th grade students with 1st–3rd grade “buddies” to explore science through real-world investigations, engineering design challenges, and bilingual communication. Each team will use classroom “shoebox science kits” to cond
Nov 4, 20251 min read
Mi Escuela Montessori’s Brain-building Beginnings: Birth to Four Scholarship Program Receives $2,500 GiveWell Community Foundation Grant
[Lakeland, FL] – [11/03/2025] – Mi Escuela Montessori recently received a $2,500 Impact Polk grant on behalf of the George W. Jenkins Fund within GiveWell Community Foundation (GWCF). This grant will support Mi Escuela Montessori’s Brain-building Beginnings: Birth to Four Scholarship Program. The funding is part of GWCF’s recent Impact Polk 2025 grant cycle, which awarded a total of $665,933.73 to 92 nonprofit organizations. Impact Polk is GWCF’s annual competitive, donor-dir
Nov 3, 20252 min read
United Way of Central Florida and the George Jenkins Foundation Award $20,000 Youth Opportunity Grant to Mi Escuela Montessori
Lakeland, FL — 11/03/2025 — Mi Escuela Montessori is honored to announce that it has been awarded a $20,000 Youth Opportunity Grant from the United Way of Central Florida (UWCF) and the George Jenkins Foundation in support of its Project CONNECT initiative. This competitive grant program received a substantial number of outstanding applications from across Central Florida, and UWCF was able to fund only about one-third of the proposals submitted. Mi Escuela Montessori is pro
Nov 3, 20252 min read
Impact Polk Grant
We recently received a $10,000 Impact Polk grant on behalf of the George W. Jenkins Fund within GiveWell Community Foundation (GWCF).
Nov 17, 20242 min read
Mi Escuela Montessori’s Brain-building Beginnings: Birth to Three Scholarship Program Receives $10,000 GiveWell Community Foundation Grant
We recently received a $10,000 Impact Polk grant on behalf of the George W. Jenkins Fund within GiveWell Community Foundation (GWCF).
Aug 20, 20232 min read
