After-School Education Safety - ASA

Focus is on improving academic achievement and providing safe and healthy recreation and prevention activities for students, from before school until the time that school ends to six pm daily.

BHMS, BMMS, MBMS, MVMS, TPMS

Character Education – ECHO

Every Citizen Honoring Others (ECHO) focuses on character education issues in three critical areas:  academic achievement, school safety and risk behaviors, and social skills competence.

Yrs 1 + 3:  AHS, PHS, TPMS, CH, GR, MID, VA

Yrs 2 + 4:  MBMS, MCk, SC, PO, PR

Character Counts!

Provides schools and community organizations a framework for character education using the Six Pillars: trustworthiness, respect, responsibility, fairness, caring, and citizenship

Yr 1:  RBHS, WHS, BHMS, BMMS, CH,  SH, New Dir. sports, community 

Yrs 2 + 3:   all other sites

Elementary School Counselors

Counselors Creating Caring Communities (C⁴) focuses on increasing counseling services to all elementary students to maximize each student’s personal/social development and educational success.  Provides staff training and parent education.

21 elementary school sites

Primary Interaction Program – PIP/EMHI

Provides extra support so K-3 students can reach their full potential by providing small group and/or whole class lessons in problem solving via the “Second Step” program followed up with playground support.  Small group lessons are also available via the “Stages” program. Trainings for support staff, parent education, and family counseling services.

until 6/30/04 $227,352 grant ends 6/30/05

CV, CS, HR, MC, PO, RH, VA, WW

CH, DC, LP, SC, SH, TBk

Middle School Coordinator

Participation in research-based curriculum for selection and adoption.  Carryover approved by SDCOE for science-based curriculum selection/adoption by Middle School Coordinators (LEAP requirement).

BHMS, BMMS, MBMS, MVMS, TPMS

Project STAT (Students Teaching Anti-Tobacco)

Youth leadership program designed to empower middle school students as peer leaders in their schools and community to change the perception that tobacco use is  normal among teens.

BHMS, BMMS, MBMS, MVMS, TPMS

Safe & Caring Connections

Improves the effectiveness of a broad-based crisis response team.  Improves school climate with trainings and bullying prevention and Students Against Violence Everywhere clubs, and drug prevention strategies. Site-based Student Assistance Programs and community-based Care Connections Center.

All 31 school sites

Safe & Drug-Free Schools & Communities

Supports alcohol, tobacco, and other drug prevention programs, violence prevention, and community activities.

All 31 school sites

School Community Policing Partnership

Provides a police officer on the Abraxas campus for 3.5 hours/day, academic and career mentors, intervention counseling, and after-school activities.

AHS

Tobacco Use Prevention Education – Grades 4-8

Provides education about the harmful effects of tobacco use and builds skills to avoid tobacco use.

BHMS, BMMS, MBMS, MVMS, TPMS, all 4^th & 5^th graders

Tobacco Use Prevention Education – Grades 9-12

Provides education about the harmful effects of tobacco use and assistance to students at-risk of using tobacco. Implements Smokeless Saturday School.

AHS, MCHS, PHS, RBHS, WHS

Safety & Violence Prevention / AB-1113

Provides funds to create programs that promote safe learning environments.  School safety and violence prevention addressed (law enforcement, Second Step, drug dogs, crisis team training, etc.).

All 31 school sites, district, and community

School Community Policing Partnership

$325,000 grant ends 6/30/07

$125,000 year one and then $100,000 each year

LPES

Child Development Preschool Program

Serves three- and four-year old children from low-income families with enrichment activities in early childhood education settings that promote future academic success.

GR, PO, SD, VA

Ready to Learn

Provides a comprehensive, community-based parent education support program. Parents-As-Teachers,  Growing Together, Parent & Baby Activity,  Growing Together, Parent & Child, are  monthly and weekly classes. Parent University is a series of parent education to equip parents with skills and knowledge to prepare their children for school success.  Parent Lending Library offers educational books and materials for parents to borrow.

6 to 6 Extended School Day

Provides $5/day scholarships for low-income students for before and after school services.  Provides academic skill building, homework assistance literacy tutoring, art, enrichment activities, sports, and recreation activities at Los Pen.

grant ends 6/30/04

AB, CV, CS, DC, HR, LP, MCk, PV, RH, SC, SD, SH, TBk, WW

Last Mile Grant

Connectivity improvement

all sites

AB-1339 Staff Development

Staff development

AB, DC, PO, PV, SC, VA, WW, MBMS, MVMS

Enhancing Education Through Technology (EETT) Formula

Title I and NCLB compliance as it relates to student academic achievement

MUST RE-APPLY 2005/2006

Entire District

School Renovation Technology (SRT)

To lower the student-to-computer ratio in grades 4-8 to 10:1 or lower.

AB, GR