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School Zone

Private Donor Contributes to Duval County Public Schools

Several Duval County public schools assigned to the Superintendent’s Standard-Bearer and Acceleration Cluster will share nearly $250,000 that is being awarded by the Chartrand Foundation.  The recipients were selected for grants that range from $5,000 – $15,000 in the following categories:  civic engagement, digital technologies in the classroom, pre-kindergarten, enhancing the role of arts in education, and community partners.  The grants are issued through a Chartrand Foundation initiative known as Inspire.Create.Achieve.  “Inspire.Create.Achieve. was born out of experiences as a classroom teacher and a desire to help students become more active and engaged in their own education,” said Chartrand Foundation Executive Director Jeff Chartrand.

The Chartrand Foundation invited all schools in the Superintendent’s Standard Bearer and Acceleration Cluster, and non-profit organizations that serve these schools, to apply for the grants.  Through this initiative, the Chartrand Foundation hopes to take students outside of their normal classroom experiences and give them an active role in their education.  The grants provide creative opportunities for teachers and staff to change the culture of their schools.  “The Foundation’s innovative way of thinking is invaluable to our district.  We are extremely grateful to the Chartrand Foundation for its exceptional generosity and commitment to public education,” said Superintendent Joseph Wise.

Here is a list of award recipients: 

Civic Engagement:

• Lackawanna Alternative Education Center—$15,000 to fund “Mission Possible;” a three-tiered plan to engage students civically while teaching the life skills of teamwork and collaborative problem solving  
• LaVilla School of the Arts—$15,000 to fund the pilot program: “Life Through LaVilla’s Lens,” a photojournalism world geography project
• Mattie V. Rutherford Alternative Education Center—$10,000 to fund the school’s Principal Award and similar character building incentives 
• S. P. Livingston Elementary—$6,500 to build its existing student government; including leadership training, further business collaboration, fieldtrips, guest speakers, and community service

Digital Technologies in the Classroom:

• Kirby-Smith Middle School—$15,000 to fund improvements to the school’s most popular elective, robotics 
• Matthew Gilbert Middle School—$15,000 to pilot a four-week summer camp for girls that will address both academic and behavioral needs 
• Carter G. Woodson Elementary —$12,500 to fund a state of the art music technology lab in the school
• Andrew Robinson Elementary—$12,000 to fund the pilot program, “Claymation” 
• S.P. Livingston Elementary—$8,600 to pilot a two-week summer science camp 
• Reynolds Lane Elementary—$7,200 to fund the purchase of ELMO systems and projectors for all fourth grade classrooms; partial funding also will be dedicated to resurrecting an existing program and collaboration with Douglas Anderson School of the Arts called “The Write Stuff”
• Long Branch Elementary—$4,599 to fund the purchase of a Promethean Activboard system for their STAR program

Pre-Kindergarten Initiative:

• Reynolds Lane Elementary—$22,500 to construct an outdoor primary playground on campus  
• S. A. Hull Elementary—$2,178 to establish a cutting-edge pre-Kindergarten technology center 

Enhancing the Role of Arts in the Classroom:

• Carter G. Woodson Elementary—$15,000 to enhance an existing school-wide arts event entitled, “International Arts Extravaganza”
• Ribault Middle School—$15,000 to take the school’s entire seventh grade student body to Disney’s Epcot
• Darnell Cookman Middle School—$14,800 to create a fine arts festival series for students currently enrolled in visual arts, music, band, or drama
• Holiday Hill Elementary—$10,000 to conduct a school-wide, month long author’s study culminating in the authors visit to Holiday Hill and a partnering school
• Ribault Middle School—$9,251 to take the school’s entire sixth grade student body to the nature theme park Silver Springs in Ocala, Florida  
• Carter G. Woodson Elementary—$8,938 to support the current program, “Avenue B Productions”

Community Partners:

• Lifeworks Jacksonville—$15,000 to implement their “Building Bridges” program at Jean Ribault High School
• STARBASE Florida—$15,000 to provide transportation for six elementary schools in the Superintendent’s Standard-Bearer and Acceleration Cluster to attend STARBASE

For more information, please visit the Chartrand Foundation’s Inspire.Create.Achieve web site at:  www.inspirecreateachieve.org.

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