PRIMEtime Northfield School Board 101308

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PRIMEtimeNorthfield School Board 10/13/08
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Funding

• After School Community Learning Program grant
  through the Minnesota Department of Education
• Grant total is 299,295.31 for a two-year period
  (expires in August of 2009).
• More than 220 applicants applied and 21 projects
  were selected statewide.
• Provides enrichment to elementary, middle and
  high school out of school time programs

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PRIMEtime Program Components

• Each PRIMEtime site offers
• Transportation to and from the program
• Homework assistance
• Daily skill-building workshops
• One-on-One mentoring
• Cultural- and gender-specific groups
• College and career exploration
• Youth leadership opportunities
• Family events
• Service-learning experiences

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Elementary and Middle School PLUS Programs

• Serve students in Grades K-8
• Provide Targeted Services for Math, Reading and
  Social Skills
• Provide Enrichment Activities
• Arts and Crafts
• Structured Recreation
• Mentoring
• Homework Help
• Field Trips
• Guest Speakers
• Service Learning activities

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High School Program

• Homework Help
• Club Latino
• Aztec Dancing
• TORCH
• PRIMEtime Fellows

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Northfield Union of YouthThe Key

• Serves youth ages 12-20
• Provides free after school programming and
  enrichment opportunities
• Book Club, Photo Club, Art Project, Cooking
  Class, Writing Workshop, Key Radio, Garden Club,
  Skateboard Coalition, and others
• Mentoring
• College Preparation
• Youth-Run Business Micro-Grants (funded by HCI)
• Field Trips
• Civic Engagement
• Community Service

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Other Program Partners

• Connected Kids Mentoring Program
• Comadres
• Reaching Our Goals (St. Olaf)
• Womans Circle (Carleton)
• TORCH
• Project Friendship (new in 2008-09)

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Summer PLUS Program

• Six weeks of free programming, plus three
  additional weeks, partnering with the Northfield
  Area YMCA in August
• Transportation provided
• Five hours per day Monday through Thursday
• 301 students served in Grades K-8
• Eleven high school PRIMEtime Fellows served as
  program assistants

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Summer PLUS Partners

• Northfield Area United Way
• Healthy Community Initiative (HCI)
• Northfield Public Schools, including Community
  Services
• City of Northfield Outdoor Pool
• PRIMEtime Grant
• TORCH
• WINGS (Women in Northfield Giving Support)

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PRIMEtime Numbers

• 1,169 local youth (unduplicated) participated in
  a PRIMEtime program last year
• 36 are elementary age
• 22 are middle school age
• 42 are high school age
• 214 attended more than 30 different days
• 43 are students of color
• 53 are males
• 47 are females

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Results Academic Measurements - Grant Required

• 2a) At least 60 of 198 students in Year 1 will
  demonstrate improvement in core academic subjects
  such as math, reading, and/or language arts
  during the reporting period.
• 2b) At least 90 of 198 students in Year 1 will
  remain in school and progress toward graduation
  during the reporting period.
• 1a) At least 50 of 198 students in Year 1 will
  improve their knowledge of community resources
  during the reporting period.
• 1b) At least 70 of 132 middle/high school
  students in Year 1 will improve their knowledge
  of career and postsecondary educational
  opportunities during the reporting period.

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Results Reading and Math Test Scores - Goal 2a
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Results Reading and Math Test Scores
Comparisons

• Change in Math national percentile PRIMEtime
  students compared with total district population

• Change in Reading national percentile PRIMEtime
  students compared with total district population

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Results Language Usage Test Scores / Comparisons

• Change in Language Usage national percentile
  PRIMEtime students compared with district
  population

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Results Knowledge of Community Resources,
Career Choices, Graduated or Advanced Grade Level

• 188 of 258 (73) PRIMEtime students indicated an
  improved knowledge of community resources during
  the Year 1 reporting period. (Grant Goal 50)
• 136 of 170 (80) PRIMEtime students from grades
  6-12 reported during Year 1 that they had talked
  with their teacher, school counselor or school
  social worker about their college plans or career
  choice and the classes needed for that choice.
  (Grant Goal 70)
• Of the 217, 211 (97) advanced to the next grade
  level or graduated 2 (1) were retained and 4
  (2) are in the system but have incomplete data
  records. (Grant Goal 90)

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• Student
• Testimonials!!