Mission Statement
Philosophy
Curriculum
Budget/Business Plan
Location/Floor Plan
Member Roles/Minutes
Number of Grant
Applications 4
Required amount
needed $250,000
Expected amount $254,900
Program Offered After School
Number of Certificated
Staff 3
Number of Classified
Staff 1
Volunteers 10
Number of Students 40
California Department of Education $ 100,000
Title V A Innovative Programs Grant
http://www.cde.ca.gov/fg/
Public/Charter Schools Program Grants $ 50,000
http://www.ed.gov/pubs/ArtsEd/part11.html
Goldman Sachs Foundation Grants $ 50,000
http://www.gs.com/foundation
California Miller Unruh Reading Specialist Grant $ 25,277
http://www.cde.ca.gov/fg/
Salaries . $62,000
Office Expenses . ........ $5,000
Instructional Expenses .. ...................$3,000 (per teacher)
Curriculum Expenses:
Leapfrog Reading Program (two kits)........ .......... $3,600
Scholastic Reading Program (two kits) ... ............ $4,000
Supplemental Reading Library . $3,000
Computers and Tech support........................ .................... ..$50,000
Facility Maintenance and Upgrades ...................................$60,000
Total ... .$190,600
The Reading Tree will be working with Grand Terrance Elementary School. At Grand Terrance Elementary School, 52.5% of the student population is low-income students. Only 24% of the student population scored at the proficient level on the English/Language Arts section of the California Standards Test during the 2004-2005 school year. The school did not meet its growth target for the year and the Academic Performance Index (API) fell 12 points from the previous year.
http://www.colton.k12.ca.us/SARC/index.html
The Plan
We hope to help enhance the learning taking place at Grand Terrance Elementary School in Colton. The Reading Tree is here to offer support and guidance for low achieving readers. We want all children to be avid readers. In the future based on the successes of this program we hope to include other elementary schools in the area. We would like to see the program eventually offered to all applicable schools and students.