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Enrichment & Innovation Grant Application for 2013-2014 School Year

Review the Enrichment & Innovation Grant Guidelines prior to completing this application. The guidelines are available on the Bellevue Schools Foundation website: www.bellevueschoolsfoundation.org.

Project Title (limit to 100 characters or less): Parent Resource Library & Counseling Center Resources at Highland Middle School

School(s): Highland Middle School Total dollar amount requested from Bellevue Schools Foundation: $ 496.34

Applicants submit by the deadline: One signed original grant application and six (6) hard copies to: Bellevue Schools Foundation Wilburton Instructional Service Center (WISC), Building 5 12241 Main Street, Bellevue WA 98005 AND PDF (not Microsoft Word) of grant application by email to: info@bsfdn.org

Elementary School application deadline: 5:00 PM on Friday, September 27, 2013 Middle and High School application deadline: 5:00 PM on Friday, October 11, 2013
Applications received after the deadline will not be considered.

Reporting Requirements: By accepting Bellevue Schools Foundation funds, you agree to acknowledge funding, submit a Project Report and, if requested, provide a presentation summary describing the outcome of your project. This presentation will be in a format (trifold display, Power Point, etc.) appropriate for Bellevue Schools Foundation use. The Project Report is due upon completion of your project but no later than June 6, 2014.

Project Information
One-sentence Summary of Project (limit to 200 characters or less): Based on the new Bellevue School District initiatives, Highland Middle School is striving to enhance parent involvement, and the social/emotional development of its students. This grant money would allow for Highland Middle School to purchase 24 parent involvement and education books from Amazon.com to create a resource library for parents in Highlands Family Connection Center. These books address issues such as; promoting success in education for tweens and teens, positive discipline solutions, promoting cyber safety, achieving success for difficult children, coping strategies for children during divorce, etc. Five books would be available in Spanish. Book recommendations came from the 2014 Active Parenting Publishers resource guide. Additionally, six therapeutic games, and two small group guidance books would be purchased for use by Highlands counselors/staff to work individually and/or in small groups with students. These games and small group guidance curriculum promote self-esteem, communication skills, anger management, dealing with separation and divorce, teaching listening skills and self-expression, and anti-bullying strategies. The resource library is to encourage family engagement to support children in their academic and social/emotional needs during the young adolescent years. Staff Lead Commitment: I agree to comply with the grant guidelines and reporting requirements.
Name: Elizabeth Blair School: Highland Middle School Signature: Elizabeth Blair e-mail: blaire@bsd405.org Position: School Counseling Intern Date: 10/10/13

No. of students engaged in this project this year: is 520 students. Grade Level(s): 6th-8th grade students Is this request for more than one school? If so, which ones?

Available to Highland students and parents. Current enrollment at Highland

yes

no

Are all principals at these schools aware that you are submitting this grant application?

yes

no

Principal's Support: I have read this proposal and will support its implementation. It is compatible with Bellevue School District policies but cannot be fully funded through our building budget. Please assign a rating value for this project (1=little impact; 4=strong impact)
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Principals Signature:

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Project Proposal
1. Project Description. Describe your project, including how students will be involved and how the project enhances their educational experience.

Highland Middle School requests $496.34 to establish a parent resource library in the Family Connection Center, as well as resources for the counseling center. The resource library will be available for use by all Highland parents. The library will offer a variety of support materials ranging from issues such as cyber safety, positive discipline for children, and additional child development books about the adolescent/tween years. Five books will be offered in Spanish for our Spanish speaking families. Furthermore, manuals on guidance activities and therapeutic games will be purchased for use in the Highland Counseling Center. These will offer academic and social/emotional support for students at the individual and group level. If this grant is awarded, this will increase access to parenting resources to families, and skill building resources for students for counselors to implement. Additionally, the books will be purchased through Amazon.com through the Bellevue School Foundations website, with 8% of the purchase coming back to the foundation to support all Bellevue School District Students.
2. Student Outcomes. List and describe specific student skills, abilities, or behaviors expected to result from this project.

Engaging parents in their childs education is a key indicator of a childs future academic and personal success. Evidence suggests that children whose parents are consistently involved in their education are shown to achieve more, regardless of socioeconomic status, ethnic background, or the parents education level. Students have higher grades and test scores, better attendance, and complete homework more consistently. Furthermore, student behaviors such as alcohol use, violence, and anti-social behavior decrease as parent involvement increases. The combination of new parent resources and counseling center resources will also assist in students further developing certain social and emotional competencies. These competencies include self-awareness and self-management skills to achieve school and life success, social and interpersonal skills, decision making skills, and demonstration of responsible behaviors in personal, school, and community contexts. Behaviors can be measured by evaluating the rate of Highlands discipline referrals. Academic success can be measure by reviewing student grades and test scores.
3. Describe in detail any pre- and post-activities. Include how you intend to prepare your students and how you will follow up.

We will promote the parent resource library through an information campaign. This includes teaming with the family liaison at Highland to promote the family resource library by word of mouth, sending out information about location, hours, and checkout process of the library in a parent newsletter, and adding the information about the library to Highlands school website. We also have the support from Highlands PTSA to
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promote and provide information about the resource library in the PTSA newsletter and on the PTSA website.
4. Describe how you will evaluate the success of the project and the assessment criteria to be used.

A comment and/or suggestion box will be left by the resource library for recommendations by parents of topics they are interested in for future purchases/donations of books to expand the library. A check in and check out binder will also be present at the library which will measure the books that have been checked out the most, which will guide us in identifying areas of most need for obtaining further parent/student resources.
5. Project Timeline. Include a brief timeline for this project and anticipated completion date.

Once the grant money is awarded, the books, games, and guidance curriculum will immediately be purchased and arranged in the Family Connection Center and counseling office. This will be an ongoing project, and we anticipate future purchases and donations to be made to expand the library. The library will be maintained by conducting a quarterly inventory of the books to evaluate condition, frequency of use, and also to follow up on any books that have yet to be returned.
6. List at least two ways in which you intend to acknowledge Bellevue Schools Foundation funding for this project.

Highland will acknowledge the Bellevue Schools Foundation in the school and PTSA newsletter. Additionally, the parent resource library will have a sign that would state the books were provided by the Bellevue Schools Foundation, and BSF stickers placed in each book. Furthermore, any additional printed material that mentions the parent resource library and counseling resources would acknowledge it was provided by the Bellevue Schools Foundation.

Project Budget
Include itemized costs for this project in the table provided. If using outside resources, attach cost documentation (program brochure and cost, equipment price list, etc.). Be sure to include the name of businesses that will be contracted. Include expenses necessary for the project even if you do not intend to have Bellevue Schools Foundation pay for them. NEW! If your project includes transportation costs, you must include documentation for this cost. For projects that plan to use District transportation (school bus), use the BSD Transportation Field Trip Estimator. The 2013-14 BSD Field Trip Estimator will not be available until September. If you use the 2012-13 BSD Field Trip Estimator, add 5% to estimate costs below. Refer to Enrichment & Innovation Grant Guidelines for expense items not supported by this grant program.

Item Codes: B= Book G= Game R= Guidance curriculum What Kids Need To Succeed: Proven, Practical Ways to Raise Good Kids (3rd ed.) By Peter Benson. (B) Why Do They Act That Way? :A Survival Guide to the Adolescent Brain for You and Your Teen. By Dr/ Davod Walsh & Nat Bennett. (B) Safe Kids, Smart Parents: What Parents Need to Know to Keep Their Children Safe. By Rebecca Bailey & Elizabeth Bailey. (B) Cyber-Safe Kids, Cyber-Savvy Teens: Helping Young People Learn to Use the Internet Safely and Responsibly. By Nancy Willard. (B) How to Hug a Porcupine: Negotiating the Prickly Points of the Tween Years. By Julie Ross. (B) The Everything Tween Book: A Parents Guide to Surviving the Turbulent Pre-Teen Years. Linda Sonna. (B) GLBTQ: The Survival Guide for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, and Questioning Teens. By Kelly Huegal. (B) Drive: 9 Ways to Motivate Your Kids to Achieve. Janine Caffrey. (B) Cyberbulling: Bullying in the Digital Age. By Robin Kowalski, Susan Limber, & Patricia Agatston. (B)

Cost All costs are based off Amazon Prime prices. With Amazon Prime, 2 day shipping is free. $ 7.98 $11.59 $11.79 $12.16 $11.48 $14.36 $12.38 $6.40 $17.77
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% of Total Project Costs

Funding Source BSF, PTSA or other be specific

BSF BSF BSF BSF BSF BSF BSF BSF BSF

So Sexy So Soon: The New Sexualized Childhood and What Parents Can Do to Protect Their Kids. By Diane Levin & Jean Kilbourne. (B) The Organized Student: Teaching Children the Skills for Success in School and Beyond. By Donna Goldberg & Jennifer Zwiebel. (B) A Middle School Plan for Students With Collegebound Dreams. By Michael Wynn & Glenn Bascome. (B) What High Schools Dont Tell You (And Other Parents Dont Want You to Know): Create a LongTerm Plan for Your 7th to 10th Grader for Getting into the Top College. By Elizabeth Wissner-Gross. (B) Achieving Success with Impossible Children: How to Win the Battle of Wills. By Dave Ziegler. (B) Positive Discipline for Teenagers: Empowering Your Teen and Yourself Through Kind and Firm Parenting. By Janet Nelson. (B) The Self-Esteem Workbook. By Glenn Schiraldi. (B) Smart Parenting During and After Divorce: The Essential Guide to Making Divorce Easier on Your Child. By Peter Favaro. (B) Keeping Kids Out of the Middle: Child-Centered Parenting in the Midst of Conflict, Separation, and Divorce. By Benjamin Garber. (B) Remarried with Children: Ten Secrets for Successfully Blending and Extending Your Family. By Barbara LeBey. (B) Como Hablar Para Que los Adolescentes Escuchen y Como Escuchar Para Que los Adol. By Adele Faber & Elaine Mazlish. (B) Disciplina Con Amor: Como Poner Limites sin Ahogarse en la Culpa. By Rosa Barocio. (B) Los 7 Errores que Cometen los Buenos Padres. By Linda Friel & John Friel. (B) Renuncio! Tengo un Hijo Adolecente, y No Se Que Hacer. By Yordi Rosado. (B) Hiperactivo, Impulsivo, Distraido Me conoces?, Tercera edicion: Guia Acerca del Deficit Atencional (TDAH) Para Padres, Maestros y Profesionales. By Jose Bauermeister. (B) Emotional Bingo for Teens: Teaches students to recognize feelings and teachers empathy. (G) In Control: A Book of games to teach children selfcontrol skills. (G) Good-Bye Bully: Card Game: Reinforces bullying prevention and positive behaviors. (G) Tokita: a Jenga style game that focuses on building self-esteem and strengthens social skills. (G)

$10.99 $10.39 $15.95

BSF BSF BSF

$11.59 $22.64 $12.19 $15.16 $13.38 $11.78 $11.19 $10.59 $17.06 $15.00 $13.71

BSF BSF BSF BSF BSF BSF BSF BSF BSF BSF BSF

$13.22 $39.95 $32.82 $11.69 $27.95

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Pocket Ungame: All Ages: Card game that fosters listening skills as well as self-expression. (G) Lets Talk About Separation and Divorce Card Game (G) Bullying in the Girls World: A School-Wide Approach to Girl Bullying. By Diane Senn & Susan Bowman. (R) Operation: Breaking the Boy Code. By Poppy Moon. (R) TOTAL COST OF PROJECT: TOTAL $ REQUEST FROM BSF:

$9.51 $17.95 $25.94 $19.78 $ 496.34 $ 496.34

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