# LIGHT Awards: Leveraging Innovation by Growing and Honoring Teachers

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## Pages
- [Our Leadership](https://lightawards.org/leadership/)
- [Contact Us](https://lightawards.org/contact/)
- [Projects We've Funded](https://lightawards.org/funded/)
- [What We Fund](https://lightawards.org/what-we-fund/)
- [How To Apply for a LIGHT Award](https://lightawards.org/apply/)
- [News](https://lightawards.org/news/)
- [Eligibility](https://lightawards.org/eligibility/)
- [Frequently Asked Questions](https://lightawards.org/frequently-asked-questions/)
- [Home](https://lightawards.org/)
- [Project Criteria](https://lightawards.org/project-criteria/)
- [Subscribe](https://lightawards.org/subscribe/)

## Posts
- [Building Community Energized Around LIGHT Awards Projects](https://lightawards.org/light-awards-2026-convening/): In July 2026, the Intrepid Philanthropy Foundation hosted its thirteenth annual Awardee Convening honoring recent recipients of the LIGHT Awards grant\. Awardees from the thirteenth cohort were invited to this event, which seeks to honor educators and cultivate connections within and across LIGHT teams, as well as energize the participants and prepare them to launch their projects\.
- [Empower Every Reader to Succeed\!](https://lightawards.org/empower-every-reader-to-succeed/): Our project goal is to improve literacy in all grade levels at our Title I school, through targeted professional learning\. 
- [Union Maya Project](https://lightawards.org/union-maya-project/): Our project grows from teachers' recognition that we are not yet serving Mam\-speaking students with the care, understanding or respect they deserve\. 
- [Cultivating Classrooms for Healing and Growth](https://lightawards.org/cultivating-classrooms-for-healing-and-growth/): We plan to create a school wide community of care with a team focused on implementing trauma informed practices in order to support and retain our staff who have been impacted by working in a crisis environment\.  
- [Designing Impactful ELD for Dual Language Classrooms](https://lightawards.org/designing-impactful-eld-for-dual-language-classrooms/): This project supports a core team of five dual language immersion teachers in developing and implementing culturally responsive English Language Development \(ELD\) practices in our classrooms\. 

## Media
- [2026\-awards](https://lightawards.org/wp-content/uploads/2026-awards.jpg)
- [teacher playtime at the convening](https://lightawards.org/wp-content/uploads/FFF_3138-Copy1-scaled.jpg)
- [teacher playtime at the convening](https://lightawards.org/wp-content/uploads/FFF_3185.jpg)
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- [Rafaely\-alumni24\-Unlocking the Science](https://lightawards.org/wp-content/uploads/Rafaely-alumni24-Unlocking-the-Science-.jpg)

## Categories
- [Subject](https://lightawards.org/category/subject/)
- [Level](https://lightawards.org/category/level/)
- [Portfolio](https://lightawards.org/category/portfolio/)
- [Year](https://lightawards.org/category/year/)
- [News](https://lightawards.org/category/news/)

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