Conley Elementary Receives Laura Bush Foundation Grant

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Conley Elementary School is one of several schools in Texas to receive a 2013 grant from The Laura Bush Foundation for America’s Libraries.  Nationwide, 212 school libraries were awarded $1,060,000 in grants of up to $5,000 to expand, update and diversify their library book collections.

Conley will use its $5,000 grant to update and increase the library’s collection of reference and nonfiction books in the areas of history, science and math.

Principal Katherine Roede and Trina Jones, the school’s librarian and media specialist, wrote the grant.

The Community Foundation administers the grant application process for the National Capital Region with guidance from The Laura Bush Foundation’s Advisory Committee. The grants are funded through generous donations to the endowment from individuals, corporations and foundations.

The Laura Bush Foundation for America’s Libraries was founded in 2002 as a fund of The Community Foundation for the National Capital Region. Since its inception, the Laura Bush Foundation has awarded more than $10.5 million to schools in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, the Marshall Islands and the Northern Mariana Islands.

Further information is available at the Laura Bush Foundation for America’s Libraries website.