BRISTOL — The Kickemuit Education Foundation has announced the award of 12 grants totaling $9,000 to fund programs in the Bristol Warren Regional School District.

The nonprofit foundation, formed last year, aims to support innovative programs that aren’t funded through the district’s operating budget. This is the first round of what the foundation is calling Enrichment Grants for Educational Excellence, which was funded through a community walk and private donations from individuals and businesses.

The programs awarded grants in the elementary schools were:

•Good Vibrations — Enrichment program of the Rhode Island Philharmonic that will demonstrate the transformation of vibration into energy and the generation of sound for Hugh Cole third graders.

•Informational Sensational — Nonfiction books, journals and art supplies for use in Colt-Andrews first grade classroom project that introduces students to informational texts and provides a variety of creative means to reflect learning.

•Kindergarten Welcoming — Books, stationery and envelopes for welcome packages for incoming kindergarten students at all elementary schools. Packages will include a personalized letters written by outgoing kindergarten students, to promote the writing skills of the outgoing students while exciting the incoming students about school and learning.

•Non-Fiction Classroom Library Differentiation — Nonfiction science and social studies texts at a variety of guided reading levels for Hugh Cole first grade classroom.

•Read, Write, and Sketch — Supplies for use by Colt-Andrews second graders for visualizing/sketching their interpretation of the “making meaning” stories they read.

•Reset Boxes — Tool kits that will assist Hugh Cole students in self-managing negative emotions and behaviors (frustration, anger, and anxiety) so that they can refocus and return to school work able to give their best effort.

At Kickemuit Middle School:

•Robotics After School Program — Motor kits to expand the robotics program inventory and enable use in classrooms for Energy and Motion Unit instruction.

And at Mount Hope High School:

•Inquiry using Technology for Scientific Investigation — Handheld data entry GLX Explorers and probes to measure and quantify data for long-term scientific experiments.

•Going Green With Clay — Pug mill to recycle used clay from art projects, which will save money and enable students to work with higher quality clay.

•High Interest Books for Reluctant Teen Readers

•Funda Fest/Rhode Island Black Storytellers — Enrichment program designed to expose students to the art of storytelling and richness of African and African-American cultures.

•A Great Museum —Transportation to the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston to provide students the opportunity to learn from the MFA collection.