BARONA EDUCATION GRANT PROGRAM
California's Education Tribe
The Barona Band of Mission Indians believes that education is the key to successful cultural relationships and the foundation for our future.
To this effort, the Barona Band of Mission Indians created the Barona Indian Charter School to provide important educational opportunities for children on the Barona Indian Reservation and throughout the local San Diego community. With funding from the Tribe, the Barona Indian Charter School now includes a tutoring/computer center, comprehensive library, preschool program, and high school classrooms. Building upon these valuable tools, in 2004 the school was ranked third of 5,270 California elementary schools in test score achievement.
Our hope is to broaden the tools to inspire youth throughout California. It is with great pride we introduce the Barona Education Grant Program.
BARONA EDUCATION GRANT PROGRAM
The Barona Band of Mission Indians is proud to help make a difference for schools throughout California. Through the endorsement of your locally-elected state representatives, schools in your area can now apply for Barona educational funding to purchase much-needed supplies and materials such as books and computers.
Each grant awarded by the Barona Education Grant Program is $5,000. Applications for the grant may be submitted by your locally-elected state official on your behalf, or you may submit the application directly as long as it is accompanied by an endorsement letter by your State Legislator.
APPLICATION PROCESS & CRITERIA
2007 BARONA EDUCATION GRANT PROGRAM RECIPIENTS 1. Roosevelt Elementary Grant money will be used to purchase library books for 10 classroom libraries in first and second grades. 100% of the students at Roosevelt Elementary qualify for free or reduced lunch. This is an area of high poverty. 84% are English language learners and 99.3% are minorities, predominantly Latino. 2.
Saint Gertrude Elementary School Grant funds will be used to purchase updated reading series titled Prentice Hall Literature for grades 6, 7 and 8. Teachers anticipate an increase in the students’ grammar and usage skills, as well as improvement in their writing skills. 3.
Mission Union Elementary School Grant funds to be used to purchase art supplies for their art program and five IPods for “podcasting” utilizing the general education curriculum in the K-8 classrooms. Mission Union Elementary is a small, rural school with only 100 students taught in a 1 building, 2 room school. 4.
Woodrow Wilson Elementary School Grants will be used to purchase five Apple IMac computers for the school’s computer lab. By increasing the number of computers available to the students, teachers can support classroom activities more effectively and assist a larger number of underperforming students with their literacy and research needs. Woodrow Wilson is a Title I school and students have a variety of social, academic, and economic needs that impact their success at school. 5.
Broadous Elementary School The school will use the grant funds to purchase three IMac computers for used in the school’s Recess Intervention Interactive program that the school provides for students during their recess break. The program is one where the students spend their recess break using computers to help them with their reading and math. The program has been very successful since its inception and the demand is higher that they can accommodate. By adding three computers, they hope to accommodate more children who seek to use their recess break to improve their math and reading skills. 6.
Olga Reed Elementary School School was awarded BEG funds in 2006 through endorsement from Senator Tom McClintock. All of their computers are 7-12 years old and can’t access the newest programs available and many are not capable of accessing the internet. Along with local funding, they wish to use the grant funds to purchase 12 laptop computers. 7.
Magnolia High School CPS Chalkboard, an interactive chalkboard that allows the teacher to interact with the class using a wireless tablet and stylus. Students can respond verbally or with their hand held CPS Remote Pad. This allows students who would not normally volunteer an answer due to low confidence levels or those with limited English speaking abilities to demonstrate their knowledge and keep them involved in the lesson. 8.
Captain John High School Grant funds will be used to purchase 3 laptop computers, a color printer and software. Captain John H.S. is a continuation high school and currently has 45 enrolled students, 40 are members of a federally recognized tribe – Hupa, Yurok, Karuk, Tolowa, Klamath, Pomo, Miwuk, and Pit River. 9.
Harding Elementary School The funds from the grant will help to close the achievement gap for English learners and students from economically disadvantaged students by providing high quality teaching tools that broaden student’ access to high level scientific vocabulary, text, and concepts. The grant funds will be used to purchase a laptop computer, software, LCD projector, presentation remote control for the projector, a document camera, speakers,a multi-media cart and a wireless hub. The multi media cart will provide the science teacher with the tools needed to integrate technology into weekly science lessons delivered to 515 kindergarten to sixth grade students. 10.
Thomas Jefferson Elementary Grant funds will be used to purchase Renaissance Learning Accelerated Reader program software and 250 books. This software program is designed to work in conjunction with selected high interest books that motivate students to read as well as to test their comprehension. 11.
St John’s Lutheran School Grant to assist with funding for school’s technology project – one-to-one laptop program – with the purchase of 4 student laptops with office software, licensing and warranty. 12.
Benjamin Foxen Elementary School Grant to assist with funding for school’s technology project for the purchase of 4 student laptops with office software, licensing and warranty. 13.
Glenn E. Murdock Elementary School Grant to assist in the purchase of Native American plants, Secrets of the Trail staff training kit, artist paint and sealant materials, and lighting materials. 14.
Oak Ridge Elementary School Grant to assist in the purchase of two Leap Frog School House Literacy Centers. 15.
Sacramento River Discovery Charter School Grant to assist in the purchase of seven laptop computers for the school’s computer lab and thirty power cords to replace the unsafe cords. 16.
Sunkist Elementary School Grant to assist in the purchase of laptop computers, Canon digital cameras, digital camcorder, HP Color Laser Printers and scanner for the school’s GATE program. 17.
Bermudez Cal-SAFE High School, Eastern PAU Grant to assist in the purchase of five Gateway computers, headphones, and Parenting and Child development books. 18.
Soledad Enrichment Action Charter School Grant to assist in the purchase of 285 supplementary reading books to help enhance the core curriculum in the areas of Language Arts. |
2006 BARONA EDUCATION GRANT PROGRAM RECIPIENTS
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