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Grant Title | Grant Description | Author | School |
| Minnesota - Mexico Webcam Connection | Direct contact with students from another country opens up a world of opportunity for developing understanding of other cultures and improving language skills. However, travel options are limited and pen-pal exchanges are slow. Students from the Robbinsdale Area Schools will be partnered with students in Mexico to exchange personal information, as well as share ideas about common academic themes. | David Reid | Robbinsdale Spanish Immersion School |
| Implementing Link Crew, a ninth grade transition program | Link Crew is built on the philosophy that students need role models, other students and teachers, to guide them through the transition into high school from eighth grade. Link Crew trains faculty members and junior and senior high students to lead freshmen students through their first year of high school. Increasing freshmen success is the goal. | Dean Larsen | Armstrong High School |
| Continuous Achievement Through Changing Hues (CATCH) | As research has proven, student achievement decreases due to lack of focus on academics over the summer months. This teacher-created program helps students continue focusing on school over the summer by developing goals, opening the school's computer lab and tying success into summer activities. | Talley Blazevich |
Neill Elementary |
| Join Hands - Lend a Hand: A Community Service Fair | Community service is required for middle and high school students, but many students and families are not aware of the various opportunities available in our seven communities. This event brings in various organizations to share their missions and needs with students and families. Not only do the students learn about the organizations, but the organizations learn about our schools, students and families. | Lauren Hildebrand | Sandburg Middle School |
| Latino Literacy Activity Kits | Literacy is the foundation to success in school, and partnership with parents at home is critical in building literature skills. Research has shown that active involvement by parents enhances and improves the learning that goes on in the classroom, but it is a challenge when the parents do not speak or read English. These kits provide Spanish speaking parents the opportunity to support their children's reading efforts at home in the Spanish language using the same tools and techniques English speaking families have available. | Cindy Bursh | Cavanagh |
| Building Leadership Skills for At-Risk Youth Using the MAAP STARS Youth Program | In high school, many at-risk students journey through their educational careers unnoticed with little or no leadership opportunities. The goal of this program is to empower these students with leadership training geared to the at-risk student so they return to school with a renewed sense of accomplishment. Students then spread their new behaviors and attitudes to other students through various activities improving the culture of the entire school. | Dawn Smith | Highview Alternative School
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| Empty Bowls 281 | Knowing about and understanding poverty is the first step toward eliminating it, and this program is aimed at educating our community about hunger and poverty. The program ties a community event into the visual arts and social studies curriculums. The aim is to educate our students and the communities about the struggles and challenges of poverty and hunger. | Gale Minnice | Pilgrim Lane Elementary
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