In 2023-2024, the Education Foundation awarded nearly $30,000 in SHEF Grants!  SHEF was excited to be able to support projects at every grade level and in all 10 Spring Hill School District locations, impacting thousands of students! 

• Prairie Creek Elementary: Lifelong Learning with Legos, Author Visit
• Spring Hill Middle: Whiteboard Tables for Math Engagement 
• Woodland Spring Middle: Life Skills Sensory Room
• Spring Hill High: Communications Equipment Update
• Prairie Creek & Wolf Creek Elementary: Author Visit & Supporting Literature

• Spring Hill High: Color Printer for Engineering Courses

• Dayton Creek Elementary: Calm Body & Calm Minds Space

• Spring Hill Middle: Scanning Pens - Reading Assist

• Spring Hill Middle: Living History  Artifacts

• Forest Spring Middle: Publications Photography Gear

• Timber Sage Elementary: Sensory Room Equipment

• Spring Hill & Wolf Creek Elementary: Art Smocks

• Spring Hill High School: The Parade of Playhouses

• Spring Hill Early Childhood Academy: Classroom Projects

In 2021, the Education Foundation awarded nearly $10,000 in Teacher Excellence Grants:

• Dayton Creek Elementary: Tower to Table
• Spring Hill Elementary: Imagination Playground and 3D Pens
• Spring Hill Middle / Woodland Spring Middle: Orchestra Workstation
• Spring Hill High: Wacom Tablets for Graphic Design

In 2020, the Education Foundation awarded nearly $8,000 in Teacher Excellence Grants:

• Spring Hill Elementary: Bookworm Vending Machine
• Spring Hill Middle: Walk/Run Across America
• Woodland Spring Middle: Logo Engineering Wall and Structural Engineering with Mola Models
• Spring Hill High: Nikon Lens

In 2019, the Education Foundation awarded nearly $12,000 in Teacher Excellence Grants:

• Spring Hill Elementary: Drum Circle Project and Video Announcements
• Wolf Creek Elementary: World Music Drumming, Financial Literacy Project and STEAM Exploration
• Spring Hill Middle: Sphero Robotics and Yearbook Equipment
• Woodland Spring Middle: Sphero Robotics
• Spring Hill High: Photography Equipment and Perfect Pasta

During the 2019-20 school year, the Education Foundation also awarded $15,000 in Building Excellence Grant to Prairie Creek Elementary for their CSI (Career STEAM Investigation) Studio project.

In 2018, the Education Foundation changed the name and focus of the grant to Excellence Grants for Teachers. SHEF awarded nearly $11,500 to teachers:

• Prairie Creek Elementary: Broadcasting Studio Equipment
• Wolf Creek Elementary: Mobile Makerspace
• Spring Hill Middle: #SHMSReadandRide
• Spring Hill High: T-shirt Dryer

In 2017, the Innovation Grant projects included STEAMing Ahead at PCES: With LittleBits, Steppin' Up Learning, Design & Build Engineering, Raku - A Japanese Tradition, Shaken Baby Simulator, and Flexible Seating at SHMS.

In 2016, the Education Foundation awarded its first Innovation Grants to district teachers. They distributed nearly $4,100 to six recipients. The projects included: STEM Bins, OSMO Explorer Kits, Anatomy in Clay, Breakout EDU, Empathy Belly, and alternative desk/work spaces for students.