Field Trip Grant. High School Teacher Grant. High School Counselor Grant. High School Administrator Grant. Education grants. FIDM/Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising Grant.

Do you want to excite and inspire your students by having them visit a college campus that specializes in the creative arts? Read what the grant winners' students have to say about their field trip.

Names of Grant Recipients:
Stacy Konyn & Bonnie De Thomas

Grant Recipients' High School:
Escondido High School, Escondido, California

Other Teachers in Attendance:
Sharon Eichten

Name of Class: Success Skills and Fashion and Clothing

Number of Students in Attendance: 30

TEACHER COMMENTS

How would you describe your overall experience?
Excellent. Very thorough. Great experience for the students.

What aspect of the tour did you find the most exciting? Why?
Seeing actual classroom instruction going on. Students pursuing their chosen profession, hands-on, easy for students to visualize themselves here at school.

What aspect of the tour did your students respond to most favorably?
The tour.

What aspect of the experience surprised you about FIDM? Why?
Support of students wanting to start up a Fashion Club. Lifetime placement in students´ chosen professions. International study abroad experiences. I just was not aware of them.

What was the most educationally rewarding aspect of your experience?
Found out that five of my students planned to attend the Open House event this coming weekend with their families.