SCHOOL NEWS.Byline: The Register-Guard Education fund benefits from increased donations Donors contributed a record $652,344 to the Eugene Education Fund in 2005, up from $650,361 the year before, marking the seventh consecutive year of increased donations. While EEF EEF Engineering Employers Federation (UK) EEF Egyptian Expeditionary Force EEF European Employee Forum EEF Environment Electronic Friends EEF Exponentially Embedded Family EEF Energy-Efficient Family encourages donors to make unrestricted gifts, the percentage of those held steady at 29 percent, with a majority still earmarked for particular schools. The top five schools were South Eugene High School South Eugene High School is a public high school located in Eugene, Oregon, United States. It was founded as Eugene High School around 1900, and was located at Willamette Street and West 11th Avenue in a brick building that later served as Eugene's city hall. , $68,245; Roosevelt Middle School, $45,628; Edison Elementary, $40,001; Spencer Butte Spencer Butte is a prominent landmark in Lane County, Oregon, United States, south of Eugene. The peak has an elevation of 2055 feet[1] (626 m). Spencer Butte is accessible from Spencer Butte Park and has several hiking trails to the summit. Middle School, $36,557; and Buena Vista Spanish Immersion Elementary, $35,494. Unrestricted donations fund dozens of grant proposals received each year from individual schools. Grant to fund summer, after-school programs The South Lane School District was awarded a 21st Century Community Learning Center Grant to provide after-school and summer school programs for students at both Lincoln Middle School Lincoln Middle School may refer to:
The five-year grant will bring $232,310 to the district in each of the first three years, and slightly reduced funding in years four and five. The Cottage Grove Cottage Grove, village (1990 pop. 22,935), Washington co., SE Minn., near the St. Croix River; inc. 1965. There is farming (cattle, sheep, corn, and soybeans) and manufacturing (chemicals and machinery). Rotary Club is partnering with the school district to provide incentives for students to participate in the programs - a computer and printer for every student who doesn't have one at home. There is also a parent involvement component, and students will be provided dinner each day. The first opportunity for students will begin this summer with a six-week summer school session focused on academics, homework and study skills and enrichment activities. SMART readers pick tale of dog for top award "Stanley's Party," by Linda Bailey, earned the SMART Book Award for 2006. This story of a naughty little dog whose adventurous spirit includes sleeping on his owner's forbidden couch, sneaking lasagna from the refrigerator and hosting a major dog party captured the hearts and minds of Oregon school children who benefit from the SMART program. Nearly 9,000 students in grades kindergarten through third cast votes in this year's contest. Other top vote-getters were "Officer Buckle and Gloria Officer Buckle and Gloria is the name of the 1995 story and main characters of the story by Peggy Rathmann that won the 1996 Caldecott Medal.[1] It talks about a police officer (Officer Buckle) getting a dog named Gloria. ," by Peggy Rathmann; and "Diary of a Worm," by Doreen Cronin, whose "Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type" garnered the award in 2001. SMART gives thousands of Oregon children one-on-one support to help them learn to read and build brighter futures. Volunteers read with two children for one hour a week in public elementary schools elementary school: see school. , and the children receive two books each month to keep and read with their families. To learn more about SMART, visit www.getsmart oregon.org. |
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