Letting others help in planning. (Elizabethtown ISD).Involving community members in its long-range planning to better serve the needs of students has made Elizabethtown Independent School District the Kentucky winner of The Civic Star Award. The community engagement project that began in 1994 has involved three different planning processes. In the first two phases, community members and business leaders were key contributors who worked with the school district staff to develop long-term goals Long-term goals Financial goals expected to be accomplished in five years or longer. and strategies. A third planning and development initiative was conducted by the Elizabethtown Educational Foundation, a nonprofit A corporation or an association that conducts business for the benefit of the general public without shareholders and without a profit motive. Nonprofits are also called not-for-profit corporations. Nonprofit corporations are created according to state law. volunteer group that provides fund-raising and marketing assistance for the district. A common goal of each planning process has been to establish and maintain community partnerships with the school district. This collaborative approach to planning has resulted in a major support system to address the academic, emotional, social, health, recreational and employability needs of students and their families. The central component of the community engagement effort is the long-term business partnership program, in which a local business or agency agrees to be a partner with an entire grade level of students until they graduate. The businesses plan a curriculum with participating teachers and visit the classroom on a regular basis to conduct activities that focus on their areas of expertise. This effort provides academic benefits and mentoring opportunities for students. Other projects and programs that have grown out of the planning process include: * Movers and Shakers Shakers, popular name for members of the United Society of Believers in Christ's Second Appearing, also called the Millennial Church. Members of the movement, who received their name from the trembling produced by religious emotion, were also known as Alethians. , which brings high-profile individuals to classes to provide inspiration and motivation to students. * Read Between the Lines Between the lines can refer to:
* First Panther panther, name commonly applied to the leopard, especially to a black leopard. It is also used locally to designate various other cats including the jaguar and the puma. Bank, a student-managed enterprise at the high school. TO LEARN MORE CONTACT: Paul Upchurch, Superintendent Elizabethtown ISD See IDD. 219 Helm St. Elizabethtown, KY 42701 Phone: 270-765-6146 E-mail: pupchurch@etown.k12.ky.us Web: www.etown.k12.ky.us |
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