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Environmental Weekend Scholarships: Medlock Elementary School
Decatur GA - Goal: $1600.00 - Current: $86.74
Every year, our 5th graders take a weekend Marine and...

Every year, our 5th graders take a weekend Marine and Environmental Field Trip to Jekyll Island, involving 3 days of hands-on education in several habitats. The core classes include: Salt Marsh Ecology including tides, Beach Ecology including island dynamics, Maritime Forest Ecology highlighting indigenous plants and their adaptations. These funds will help us with partial and full scholarships for students who cannot afford the full tuition of $60 per student.

Microscopes: Roseburg High School
Roseburg OR - Goal: $1500.00 - Current: $113.49
booksXYZ.com and the American Public School Endowments...

booksXYZ.com and the American Public School Endowments are committed to raising $40,000 to establish a microscope laboratory for Roseburg High. This $1500 will purchase two microscopes as the first step in that process.

MAP, Museum Admissions Program: Children's Museum of Acadiana Admissions Program
Lafayette LA - Goal: $2000.00 - Current: $100.57
The CMA brings in a variety of exhibits throughout...

The CMA brings in a variety of exhibits throughout the year (we have an upcoming Chagall exhibit). MAP allows children from our local public schools to attend these events.

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Suzuki Tuition: Acadiana Symphony Conservatory of Music
Lafayette LA - Goal: $1500.00 - Current: $106.92
The Acadiana Symphony Orchestra is one of only a handful...

The Acadiana Symphony Orchestra is one of only a handful of U.S. orchestras to also incorporate a conservatory for music students, reflecting our belief that music is not only a listening experience for audiences, but a creative experience for our students. This $1500 will provide an underprivileged student a full year of weekly 1 hour music lessons in the Suzuki method, wherein students and parents learn together, and acquire music skills by learning to play the instrument by ear first, and learn to read music thereafter.

Motivational Prizes: J.J. Audubon Elementary School
Kenner LA - Goal: $2000.00 - Current: $58.47
John James Audubon Elementary is located in Kenner,...

John James Audubon Elementary is located in Kenner, Louisiana, which is in the Greater New Orleans Area. Our pre-kindergarten - fifth grade school was flooded by Hurricane Katrina. In the past, most of the students with good behavior have been overlooked while students with inappropriate behavior have been given all of the attention. At Audubon, we want to make sure the students demonstrating appropriate behavior are rewarded with special privileges, praise, and prizes. Students with A's and B's in behavior on interim reports and report cards are given a Positive Behavior Support wrist band that states, Audubon Students are Safe, Respectful, & Responsible. Those students also get to fill out a "Wii think you are wonderful" slip that gives the student a chance to win a bicycle and numerous other prizes at our awards ceremony each nine weeks. At the end of the year, all of the chances are put together and in addition to a chance to win numerous prizes and two bicycles in each grade level, one student will be chosen to win a Nintendo Wii. We would use donations to purchase prizes for our students. Since the "It PAY$ to be GOOD" program began, there has been a drastic decrease in the number of behavior referrals at Audubon. We believe our "It PAY$ to be GOOD" program is the reason why. For more information visit our website: http://audubon.jppss.k12.la.us/

Milton H. Rickels Memorial Library: University of Louisiana
Lafayette LA - Goal: $10000.00 - Current: $83.66
The Louisiana Honors Program is building a library...

The Louisiana Honors Program is building a library in Judice-Rickels Hall, as a study area and a reference room.

Nonfiction Library Books: Brentwood Elementary School
Fort Wayne IN - Goal: $1200.00 - Current: $104.07
This is the first step in a multi-year funding project...

This is the first step in a multi-year funding project to acquire nonfiction materials for our library. This first $1200 will focus on Science and Technology titles.

Guest Poets: Louisiana Writing Project
Lafayette LA - Goal: $1500.00 - Current: $67.48
The Louisiana Writing Project is part of the National...

The Louisiana Writing Project is part of the National Writing Project, and involves both students and teachers in the creative and expository writing process. Every year the LAWP hosts a "Dead (of Winter) Poets Retreat" at a camp in central Louisiana involving 30 teenage students, teachers, poets and naturalists. Student fees cover food, lodging and basic activities. This additional $1500 will allow us to bring in noted poets to work with our writing community. For this year's retreat, we currently have a verbal commitment from Darryl Bourque, Poet Laureate of Louisiana, and we are negotiating with other poets.

Guitars: Vermilion Parish Schools
Abbeville LA - Goal: $1750.00 - Current: $91.56
On June 27, 2007, Governor Kathleen Blanco of The State...

On June 27, 2007, Governor Kathleen Blanco of The State of Louisiana signed a bill into law requiring the implementation of visual and performing arts curricula for all public school students (Act 175). The responsibility of enforcing the state laws concerning music curriculum falls under the umbrella of the Fine Arts Supervisor. With the recent flood and wind damage to four (4) of our school facilities as a result of Hurricane Rita in 2005 and Hurricane Ike in 2008, our music programs suffered considerable loss in the form of equipment and instruments, making it difficult to enforce Act 175. Twenty teachers from these respective schools will be given the opportunity to take part in our pilot program and earn a free guitar for their classes. As a requirement to earn the guitar, each teacher will receive professional development designed to show them how to perform, and deliver lessons incorporating music. The development classes will be designed, facilitated, and delivered by the Fine Arts Supervisor for Vermilion Parish Schools. >From an initial gift of $1000 from Babylon Memorial Grade School in New York, and additional contributions from the AEE, we have purchased 10 of the 20 guitars.

Electronic Drum Set: Chalmette High School
Chalmette LA - Goal: $1500.00 - Current: $80.61
Chalmette High School is in the New Orleans suburb...

Chalmette High School is in the New Orleans suburb of St. Bernard Parish, which was 100% destroyed by Hurricane Katrina: 25,300 buildings were declared uninhabitable after the storm. Chalmette High was the first school open in the parish, and for a time educated all remaining and returning students in the parish. At the end of April 2009, CHS will perform the Steven Sondheim musical, "Into the Woods." This electronic drum set will be used by the stage orchestra ensemble for this & future productions. [booksXYZ.com and its parent company, The Acadiana Educational Endowment, donated $20,000 to rebuild the band program at CHS. That $20,000 was matched by FEMA at $180,000, which allowed the band to purchase new uniforms, instruments, and equipment.]

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