Faculty Grants Seeking Donors

The funding targets below are mini-grants submitted by our faculty and various program leaders to help offset the costs of running our diverse, challenging, and engaging curriculum. Please help by offering partial or full sponsorship of an activity! All donations are made to The Foundation for Excellence in Education, 501(c)3 and may be eligible for matching employer contributions.

Please note that all mini-grants that are not fully funded within 6 months will have any partial funding transferred for use in our general fund.  Any amount donated in excess of the stated needs of the mini grant will likewise be transferred to the general fund.

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$4800 Moot Court Elective Needs Help to Compete!

Moot court is an elective course where students get to take on the role of an attorney representing their client (petitioner or respondant) at the apellate level of the United States court system. At the apellate level, issues of fact have already been determined at the trial court and now issues of law are being debated. Questions of constitutionality of a law or a trial courts decision may be at issue at the apellate level (maybe the trial courts decicion violated the Constitution). The Supreme Court of the United States is the highest apellate court in the United States and has had a tremendous effect on the daily lives of American citizens. Moot court allows for students to hone their public speaking and argumentative writing skills (case briefs) and to come to have a better understanding of the American legal system and how it works to protect our constitutional rights and liberties.

Your contribution will allow for Columbia Secondary School to become a member of the New York City Justice Resource Center which will enable students to have the opportunity to have access to specialized class materials, mentoring opportunities with New York City law firms (work alongside real attorneys), field-trip opportunties (such as to the Second Circuit Court of Appeals), and ultimately to be able to compete in moot court competitions against other New York City high schools. 

*Depending on how well students compete against other New York City high schools, there are also state-wide and national moot court competitions that they could qualify for.*

If you would like more information on the New York City Justice Resource Center, please visit the following website:

 

*Please email me after making a donation for purposes of record keeping. Thank you.*