Stanley Security Announces Winners of School Safety Grant Program

Published: January 15, 2014Author: CS Staff

INDIANAPOLIS — Stanley Security has announced the four winning schools of its $500,000 Together for Safer Schools grant program.

The first-place winner and recipient of a $200,000 grant is Faith Christian Academy in Sellersville, Pa.,who received the most votes in the national K-12 contest. The three runners-up, each a winner of a $100,000 grant, are: South Pointe Elementary School in Miami Beach, Fla., Montessori School of Dayton in Kettering, Ohio and Pioneer Elementary School in Auburn, Wash. The grants will provide the winning schools with Stanley Security installed products and services to help fund safer campuses.

The Together for Safer Schools grant program is a national K-12 contest established by Stanley Security in 2013 to help K-12 schools enhance security on campus. In its first year, the program offered U.S. schools the opportunity to receive security products and services through a $500,000 grant program. During the 45-day nomination period between Sept. 13 and Oct. 28, nearly 1,000 schools were nominated from around the country, with at least one school represented from every state in the continental United States

Once the nominations were finalized, the voting process began and schools rallied their students, teachers and communities to encourage daily voting, either online at www.stanleysaferschools.com, or by text message. Voting ended at 11:59 pm EST on Dec. 13, and votes were tallied to reveal the top four schools as Faith Christian Academy, South Pointe Elementary School, Montessori School of Dayton and Pioneer Elementary School, who came in first, second, third and fourth places respectively. Stanley Security made presentations to officials from the winning schools on Jan. 10.

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