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District reviews DoDEA, STEM, APEN, AmeriCorps and NMSI grant programs
Summary
Administration reported on multiple grant-funded programs including the final year of a five-year DoDEA math grant, a STEM camp funded by military-support grant, ongoing APEN after-school funds, continued AmeriCorps support, and National Math and Science Initiative activities.
District administrators gave an overview of current grant-funded programs and recent activities funded outside the general fund.
Mrs. Long, staff member, reported the district is in the final year of a five-year Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) grant focused on mathematical instructional practices and manipulatives, professional development, lesson-study work and classroom monitoring. She said the grant supported teacher training, planning workshops, learning labs and school walk-throughs with external partners and that "we have seen significant growth in several grade levels in the area of math." The DoDEA grant was referred to as "Project Impart."
Long also described a new STEM camp funded through a military-supported grant that served 76 students in grades 6-8, included hands-on labs and a field trip to Bray Conservation, and involved high-school and college students as lab assistants. She credited local staff members (Miss Rowden, Miss Swearingen and STEM teacher Nick Lambert) and external demonstrators for supporting the camp.
Long said the APEN (Army Partnership in Education Network) funding supports after-school programs in grades 6-12 and that funding is attendance-based, focused on military-impacted students but open to all. She said the district continues to receive AmeriCorps support for reading and math (K-8) and activities such as Club Tiger and Snack-in-a-Pack and that the district remains among a small number of AmeriCorps programs in the state. Finally, she said the National Math and Science Initiative (NMSI) grant continues to support AP teachers and content-area teacher collaboration.
Why it matters: These grants fund staff development, enrichment programs and after-school options that district officials said have measurable classroom impact and high student engagement.
Details and next steps: Administrators said they will continue monitoring implementation, collecting classroom data for instructional monitoring, and planning future offerings (the STEM camp is funded for three years with the district expected to carry year three costs). No board action was required beyond receiving the update.
