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November 2011
The Huntsville Times
Madison schools receive $1.3 million DoDOE grant
By Yvonne T. Betowt, The Huntsville Times
MADISON, Alabama -- Madison City schools have been awarded a $1.3 million grant by the Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) Educational Partnership through the FY 11 grant program.
Madison schools serve students whose parents are assigned to Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville.
The grant will fund an innovative K-6 academic program, "The Madison Math Initiative," to improve student achievement in technology, engineering and math subjects. It will also fund a K-6 support program, "The Caring Community" to meet the social and emotional challenges associated with the relocation and parental deployment of K-6 military connected students.
"Madison City is very excited to partner with DoDEA as we implement Strategies for Success for our Pre K to sixth grade students, " said Madison School Superintendent Dee Fowler.
Southermost Flyer
DoDEA Educational Partnership awards $540,000 grant to Sigsbee Charter School for curriculum
The Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) Edu- cational Partnership awarded a $540,000 grant to Monroe County Public School's Sigsbee Charter School through the FY 11 Grant Program.
WRBL News
Students benefit from 'High Tech' in the classrooms
It's "access granted" for students in the Muscogee County School District
By Brandice Hudson
COLUMBUS, Ga. -- It's "access granted" for students in the Muscogee County School District. Three major grants are helping teachers keep students engaged in the classroom with some top technology.
A news conference was held at the Space Science Center in Columbus Wednesday.
"Education has changed. We have to teach the students the way they learn and this is allowing us to do that," said Tina Cross, Muscogee County School District Teacher on Assignment.
This teacher on assignment is proud about the "high-tech" interactive and educational projects being produced by students from nearly six million dollars in grants awarded to the by the U.S. Department of Defense Education Activity.
"The primary focus of the grant was to increase military student achievement, but the DOD had the foresight to see that all students could benefit as well," said Cross.
KeysNet.com
Defense Department gives Keys school $540,000 grant
By SEAN KINNEY
skinney@keynoter.com
With $540,000 in federal grant money in hand, staff at the Sigsbee Charter School in Key West is planning ways to improve math and science curriculums and extend additional training to teachers.
Sigsbee, formerly a traditional public school, became a public charter in July 2010; the school at 939 Felton Road is funded by the state but not constrained by the testing and reporting standards by which the Monroe County School District has to abide.
Eighty percent of Sigsbee's 385 students are the dependents of military members, hence the grant from the U.S. Department of Defense's Educational Activity Educational Partnership.
Florida Keys News - Key West Citizen
Sigsbee nets half-million-dollar military grant
BY GWEN FILOSA Citizen Staff
Sigsbee Charter School, which serves mostly children whose parents work at Naval Air Station Key West, has received a $540,000 federal grant.
The hefty grant arrives at the K-6 school one year after it left the Monroe County School District's supervision and was transformed into a charter school by locals, both civilian and Navy, who tore out the drywall, painted classrooms and stripped floors to reopen the school building at the Sigsbee Park Annex.
Sigsbee Principal Elisa Jannes said the $540,000 will allow the school to develop a "cutting edge" Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) program over the next three years. The program is designed to help military-connected students who face academic obstacles due to multiple moves due to deployment.
San Diego Unified School District News
Defense Department Awards Virtual Learning Grant
The Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) Educational Partnership has awarded a $2.9 million Virtual Learning grant to the San Diego Unified School District.
The project is titled Operation Student Virtual Learning and will be implemented over a 3-year period. The focus of the grant is to provide military students with expanded access to online courses to help address course deficiencies that often arise due to differing course requirements in other school districts, as well as to allow for accelerated learning.
Emerald Coast
Okaloosa gets $1.2 million to promote science
The grant will be used to set up science labs at five elementary schools
by Katie Tammen
Science will soon become a lot more interactive at five Okaloosa County elementary schools.
Antioch, Bluewater, Eglin, Florosa and Mary Esther elementaries are getting science labs, thanks to a grant from the Department of Defense Education Activity.
The $1.2 million grant is designed to spark more interest in science, math, engineering and technology (STEM) for students at schools with a heavy military population through hands-on experiments.
"It's going to open up so many more opportunities with science, technology, engineering and math," said Eglin Principal Karyn Combs. "I can almost see the road map where it's going to inspire students into science careers."
Tomah Journal
Schools receive grants
The Tomah School District has received a federal grant to assist students from military families.
LaGrange Elementary School will get an infusion of $270,000 to help students in grades K-5 improve their reading scores. The grant was awarded by the Department of Defense Education Activity Educational Partnership.
The Sparta School District also got $270,000.
"Our students attending LaGrange Elementary School will greatly benefit from the new interventions we are able to provide from this funding," Tomah Superintendent Cindy Zahrte said. "We know that early intervention is critical in helping struggling students develop the skills needed for academic success.
"We are confident that this grant will help us better meet student needs and lead to increased student achievement."
The grant will be used to improve reading achievement among all K-5 children who attend LaGrange. It's designed to provide intensive reading instruction to students on a daily basis beyond the normal instructional time.