Principal Verification Form Santa Clara County Middle Schools Science Project Grants are awarded in recognition of the teacher's time spent outside normal classroom hours in assisting students engaged in project-based learning. Per Grant, you must have provided a minimum of 3 hours, outside normal classroom hours, of direction, guidance and assistance to students developing science projects to be entered in the Synopsys Championship. Per Grant, you must have provided a minimum of 2 hours, outside normal classroom hours, of direction, guidance and assistance to students developing science projects to be entered in your school's science-o-rama!. This information must be verified by your principal or a school administrator. To process your Science Project Grant, please follow these steps: Step 1. Print the Principal Verification Form (below). Step 2. Have your principal verify the number science projects you supervised and the time spent outside normal classroom hours by filling out the form below. Step 3. Mail or fax the form before April 1, 2009 or within 10 days of your science-o-rama! to: Gary Robinson Synopsys Outreach Foundation 4 Graceland Drive San Rafael, CA 94901-1922 Fax: (415) 459-5511 Step 4. Grants will be processed and checks mailed during June. Step 5. Questions? Email robinson@synopsys.com Science Project Grant PRINCIPAL Verification Form (Middle Schools) Note: Projects may be counted only ONCE. You will not receive credit for the same project twice. For example, the project by students Jim Smith and Jane Jones may be counted as entered in the Synopsys Championship OR your schools' science-o-rama!, but not both. _________________________________ (Teacher Name) COMPLETED & ENTERED ____________(indicate no more than 15) science projects in the 2009 Synopsys Championship. COMPLETED & ENTERED____________(indicate no more than 20) science projects in our school's science-o-rama! science fair. Principal fill in this section: This confirms that for EACH of the projects COMPLETED & ENTERED (above) in science-o-rama! the teacher provided a minimum of 2 hours, outside normal classroom hours, of direction, guidance and assistance in developing these projects. Principal's Name: ____________________________________________________ Principal's Signature: _________________________________________________ Principal's Email: ____________________________________________________ School: ____________________________________________________________