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=**__District Initiative Strategy #4:__**= We will actively establish relationships with community and business groups to enhance educational opportunities in support of the District's mission. //**Specific Results:**// = = =__**Carpenter Hill Mission:**__= The mission of Carpenter Hill Elementary School, a dynamic community of students, families, neighbors, and staff, is to empower students with the tools to succeed through nurturing relationships and innovative educational experiences.
 * Establish a comprehensive student volunteer program at each school.
 * Expand the district's Community Education program by establishing a systemic process for community Partners to participate.
 * Provide campuses with best practices in training, resources and access to the distric database for a comprehensive volunteer/mentor/Partner program.
 * Through collaboration with the Education Foundation Board of Directors, transfer duties of the Education Foundation executive director to a position independent of the district.
 * Improve career clusters opportunities for K-12 students through a comprehensive partnership initiative.

=__**Tactic 2 for CHES:**__= Our school community will provide diverse choices, meaningful instruction, and opportunities for students within and beyond the walls of Carpenter Hill. =__//**Please share your ideas below:**//__= 1. video broadcast system like the Vbrick system (IP video/video streaming) in order to broadcast simultaneously throughout our school for morning announcements, author presentations or other projects. Estimated cost of the Vbrick system is $5,300. 2. Pump up the clubs that are offered to our students based on interest (legos, newspaper, book clubs, writing clubs, kids are authors, science, backpacking...) 3. Implement the MARE (Marine Activities Resources Education) program. Would require purchasing the curriculum and get teachers trained. This is a school wide study of the ocean. Could cost $5200+. 4. Get mentors/partnerships with highschool honor society sts. 5. have a campus wide focus for a particular curriculum strand. 6. Continue DI and develop groups that work together each year. 7. Create a system to share ideas for teachers to use 21st century learning in the classroom. (blogs and other web 2.0 features) 8. Go through Studentreasures to have a book published for each student. K-2 create a classroom book and 3-5 students go through the writing process to create their own book. 9. Create a performance club (ie. ShowColts) that performs for various reasons for the school (black history mo., women's history etc...) 10. Investigate the Parallel Curriculum Model and how it might be used to foster a common language among staff and improve/revise/enhance the curriculum to make it more meaningful and individualized. (I'll try to attach a link to what I'm talking about.) 11. Investigate the Schoolwide Enrichment Model and how it might be used in our school - it might serve as a way to implement the ideas in #2 above. (I'll try to post a link that explains this as well).