Enriching activities after school. (Miami-Dade County Public Schools).An after-school activities program that is having a beneficial effect on its middle-school participants has made Miami-Dade County Public Schools this year's Florida winner of The Civic Star Award. The Miami-Dade program is a partnership between the district and South Florida Inner-City Games, which is the local licensee licensee n. a person given a license by government or under private agreement. (See: license, licensor) LICENSEE. One to whom a license has been given. 1 M. Q. & S. 699 n. of the national Inner-City Games Foundation, chaired by actor Arnold Schwarzenegger Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger (German pronunciation (IPA): [ˈaɐ̯nɔlt ˈaloɪ̯s ˈʃvaɐ̯ʦənˌʔɛɡɐ] . The program enables at-risk middle-school students to take part in academic enrichment enrichment Food industry The addition of vitamins or minerals to a food–eg, wheat, which may have been lost during processing. See White flour; Cf Whole grains. activities, arts and cultural classes and life-skills workshops two hours a day five days a week when school is in session. It also offers students tutoring and homework help. A summer camp session is held during summer school. Student participants are recruited from the school population at the beginning of each school year. School administration and counselors work carefully to assure inclusion and identify students at particular risk. The program's capacity is 1,200, and that number of students participated last summer. The school district provides the staff and facilities for the program at 12 middle schools. South Florida Inner-City Games provides the enrichment activities and other resources. The activities are designed to enhance students' academic achievement, enrich children's lives, improve social skills, provide recreation and expose students to a wide variety of technology and creative arts options. A three-year program evaluation Program evaluation is a formalized approach to studying and assessing projects, policies and program and determining if they 'work'. Program evaluation is used in government and the private sector and it's taught in numerous universities. , now in its second year and being conducted by a professor at the University of Miami This article is about the university in Coral Gables, Florida. For the university in Oxford, Ohio, see Miami University. The University of Miami (also known as Miami of Florida,[2] UM,[3] or just The U , is under way Data collected so far show that program participants academic and conduct grades improved over the course of the 2001-2002 school year. At the three schools participating in the baseline The horizontal line to which the bottoms of lowercase characters (without descenders) are aligned. See typeface. baseline - released version year evaluation, staff and students were positive and enthusiastic about the program. Students often noted that their grades had improved as a result of the program. At the end of the school year, the majority of students were rated by their teachers as respecting adults mostly or very much and as having a good attitude toward school, either mostly or very much. TO LEARN MORE CONTACT: 1450 NE Second Ave AVE Avenue AVE Average AVE Alta Velocidad Espanola (train between Madrid and Seville) AVE Alta Velocidad Española (Spanish: High Speed Train) AVE Audio Video Entertainment AVE Advertising Value Equivalent ., Room 726A Miami, FL 33132 Merrett R. Stierheim, Superintendent Miami-Dade County Public Schools Phone: 305-995-1430 Web: www.dadeschools.net |
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