Strong Student Character And Citizenship Object Of $15.5 Million In Doe Awards
Schools in California, New York, the District of Columbia, Indiana, Texas, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Ohio, Virginia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Massachusetts, Illinois and New Mexico will share $15.5 million in grants designed to help them implement programs that teach the principles of character development and the responsibilities of citizenship to their students, U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings announced today.
The Partnerships in Character Education Program awards grants for up to four years to eligible state and local education agencies to design and implement character education programs, which teach students core ethical concepts, such as: civics; citizenship; justice; responsibility; and respect themselves and others.
Grant recipients must show how they have integrated character education into classroom instruction and teacher training. They also must involve parents, students and the community in the process.
The projects are evaluated to determine their success in helping students develop positive character, reduce discipline problems and improve academic achievement.
Projects also must increase parent and community involvement with the school. This year’s recipients were chosen from among 227 applicants.
Since 1994, a total of 136 state and local education agencies have received character education grants. No Child Left Behind expanded funding for the Partnerships in Character Education Program from $8 million to $24 million.
Partnerships in Character Education Fiscal year 2006 Grant Awards are:
California
Costa Mesa Orange County Department of Education Contact: Betsy Arnow, (714) 327-1053 $549,382
Napa Napa County Office of Education Contact: Julie McClure, (707) 665-4232 $412,873
Hayward Alameda County Office of Education Contact: Ginny Lee, (510) 670-4283 $493,077
San Diego San Diego County Office Of Education Contact: Charles Daleo, (619) 718-6674 $496,393
Lennox Lennox School District Contact: Carrie Ann Ortiz, (310) 330-4910 $344,613
Hanford Hanford Elementary School District Contact: Sylvia Robinson, (559) 585-3617 $496,853
Woodland Woodland Joint Unified School District Contact: Edgar Lampkin, (530) 662-0201 $494,471
Vallejo Mare Island Technology Academy Contact: Louise Santiago, (707) 552-6482 $404,127
District of Columbia
Washington, D.C. Hyde Park Leadership Public Charter School Contact: Jacqueline Frierson, (202) 529-4400 $425,840
Florida
Ft. Lauderdale School Board of Broward County Contact: Dianne Sepielli, (754) 321-2494 $376,260
Largo School Board of Pinellas County Contact: Charlie Eubanks, (727) 588-6299 $452,634
Quincy Gadsden County Schools Contact: Jan Anderson, (850) 627-9651 $383,512
Illinois
Wood River Wood River-Hartford School District #15 Contact: Michael Loftus, (618) 254-9048 $625,606
Indiana
Indianapolis Indianapolis Public Schools Contact: Wanda Riesz, (317) 226-2165 $347,944
Massachusetts
Fiskdale Burgess Elementary School Contact: Katharine Fitzgerald, (508) 347-2697 $367,149
Michigan
Saginaw Saginaw Intermediate School District Contact: Rich Van Tol, (989) 399-7423 $298,610
Howell Charyl Stockwell Academy Contact: Diane Vance, (734) 878-2112 $428,799
Flint Genesee Intermediate School District Contact: Gloria Bourdon, (810) 591-4447 $486,504
New Jersey
Trenton New Jersey Department of Education Contact: Susan Martz, (609) 292-5935 $641,285
New Mexico
Las Vegas Northeast Regional Education Cooperative Contact: Mary Schutz, (505) 426-2085 $497,556
New York
Niagara Falls Niagara Falls City School District Contact: Robert Bradley, (716) 284-3314 $356,660
Buffalo Buffalo City School District Contact: June Simmons Barrow, (716) 816-3966 $533,913
Brooklyn Region 6/District 17 Contact: Barbara Berg, (718) 968-6181 $352,576
Utica Utica City School District Contact: Carla Percia, (315) 792-2215 $494,554
North Carolina
Greensboro Guilford County Schools Contact: Terry Grier, (336) 370-8100 $372,290
Ohio
Columbus Ohio Department of Education Contact: Lucy Frontera, (614) 326-0613 $593,377
Youngstown Youngstown City Schools Contact: Dawud Abdullah, (330) 744-6987 $437,416
Pennsylvania
Harrisburg Harrisburg School District Contact: Judith Nuss, (717) 703-4590 $375,570
Philadelphia School District of Philadelphia Contact: Mary Lou Fischer, (215) 400-5713 $496,113
South Carolina
Lancaster Lancaster County School District Contact: Adrienna Witherspoon, (803) 416-8867 $459,423
Columbia South Carolina Department of Education Contact: Joan Dickinson, (803) 734-4807 $504,898
Texas
Houston Houston Independent School District Contact: Karen Washington, (713) 556-7180 $497,666
Floresville Floresville Independent School District Contact: Jackie Kutac, (830) 393-5300 $302,677
Cedar Hill Cedar Hill Independent School District Contact: Roy Gregory, (469) 272-2050 $393,600
Virginia
Portsmouth Portsmouth Public Schools Contact: Sarah Sugars, (757) 393-8411 $344,594
