Tile Farm School Sponsorship Terms

Purpose.
Tile Farm offers needs-based scholarships to expand access for high-need and rural schools while ensuring consistent, documented practices.

Eligibility (any one qualifies).
(a) Title I schoolwide; (b) Community Eligibility Provision (CEP); (c) ≥70% free/reduced-price lunch; (d) Rural school enrollment ≤250; or (e) documented hardship.

Award.
Fee waiver of 50–100% for the current school year (through June 30, or the district’s last instructional day), covering teacher accounts and up to the stated number of student seats in the approval email.

What’s included.
Access to Tile Farm applications and teacher dashboards; standard product updates; email support.

School commitments.

  1. Assign a site administrator to coordinate onboarding and teacher access.
  2. Participate in one 20-minute feedback call per term.
  3. Permit Tile Farm to use de-identified aggregate usage data for product improvement and to report non-identifiable impact metrics (e.g., total sessions completed).

Privacy & data protection.
Tile Farm complies with applicable student-data laws (e.g., FERPA and COPPA). We do not sell student data, and we do not use student personal information for targeted advertising. A Data Processing Addendum is available upon request.

No purchase required.
Scholarships are awarded based on stated criteria. Optional contributions (e.g., 50% rate) are welcome but not required and do not affect eligibility.

Term & renewal.
Scholarships expire at the end of the current school year unless extended in writing. Renewal is contingent on continued eligibility and available scholarship capacity.

Brand & communications.
Schools may reference the sponsorship internally and externally. Tile Farm may reference the school by name as a scholarship participant only with prior written consent.

Revocation.
Tile Farm may discontinue a scholarship for material breach of these terms or misuse of the service, after written notice and a reasonable cure period.Acceptance. By accepting the scholarship via email or e-signature, the school agrees to these terms.

Etymology Excursion:  Octagon, Octopus, October

Etymology is the study of where words come from.  In this Etymology Excursion, you’ll learn more about the word Octagon, and how the root of the word relates to the world around us.

Estimated Time:  5 – 60 minutes
Subjects:  Vocabulary, Linguistics, Geometry, Multiplication, Estimation
Ideal For: Families, Linguists, and People of All Ages

1. Get Familiar

A two dimensional shape that has 8 sides is called an Octagon.  Shown above are 10 different Ocatgons that can be made in Tile Farm Studio.

2. This Week’s Challenges

Easy
  • Can you find an Octagon in Tile Farm Studio?
  • Can you find an Octagon outside of Tile Farm, somewhere in the world around you?
Medium
  • Can you write “Octagon” in Tile Farm Studio?
  • In Tile Farm Studio, can you build or find all of the Octagons shown in the image above?
Hard
  • Can you build an Octagon that is made out of 32 triangles?
  • Can you make a tessellation with an Octagon in it?

3. Etymology Exploration

  • How are the words Octagon, Octopus, and October related?
  • What do you think Oct means?
  • What do you think ‘gon, ‘pod, and ‘ber mean?

4. Fun Facts & Calculations

Octagon–A red octagon is the universal symbol for “Stop” and used for stop signs in almost every country around the world.  Try estimating how many stop signs are in your neighborhood or town.

Octopus–There are roughly 300 species of octopi in the world.  If you had one animal from each species, how many octopus legs would there be?

October–In Ancient Rome, the calendar started in March instead of January, and thus October was the 8th month instead of the 10th month as it is now.  There are 31 days in October . . . how many October days are in a decade?

Looking for more exciting challenges and family activities in Tile Farm?  Discover more here.