Teacher Grant Program

Each fiscal year, LWD awards up to $8,000 in grants to local schools (K-12) within our service area to help educate students about wastewater, recycled water and the importance of water conservation.

The Teacher Grant Program Committee has re-evaluated the program and LWD's Board of Directors has adopted a Teacher Grant Policy. The new policy is attached below. Please be sure to read it as there are updated procedures, eligibility criteria, funding allocations and evaluation metrics. 

2025/2026 School Year Recipients

• Ms. Barbara Larson from Park Dale Lane Elementary School received a $2,000 grant to fund her project to repair and enhance garden rain tanks to further student understanding of rain water capture and enhance their appreciation of water.
• Ms. June Honsberger from La Costa Canyon High School received a $2,000 grant to fund a native pollinator garden on campus to enhance students' understanding of the importance of native pollinators and water reuse. Thus, providing an opportunity for students to conduct investigations outside the classroom.
• Ms. Nancy Jois from Capri Elementary received a $1,5000 grant to fund her project to create a hands-on-water day to help kindergartener's understand the water cycle and water resource management.

Check out this video from our skilled Field Services Technicians (FSTs)! One of the 2024-2025 grant recipients, kindergarten teacher Nancy Jois from Capri Elementary, had the opportunity to experience an in-person demonstration as part of her project. FSTs Juan Carlos, Ryan, Hugo, Matthew and Angel showed students the District's combination truck and televised van. They educated the students in both English and Spanish on how the combination truck is integral in clearing out blockages in sewer lines and how the televised van is utilized to inspect underground pipes for blockages or defects.

LWD is proud to help and support our local teachers and their projects that will educate their students about wastewater or water resource management and water reuse. All projects will benefit over 6,000 students in the Encinitas Unified School and San Dieguito School Districts.