Baltimore City Public School System/ Western High School .
$38,007 / 2008 / Education
To fund the purchase and installation of computers, monitors, and software for use in the University of Baltimore Game Design Course. The object of the initiative is to engage Western High School students in college-level studies in courses related to mathematics, technology, and graphic design. Successful participants will earn three college credits.
Baltimore City Public School System/ Surgical Technician and Nursing Programs
$5,000 / 2008 / Education
To underwrite the cost of certificate exam fees for students participating in the Surgical Technician and Nursing Assistant programs.
Baltimore City Public School System/ National Academic League .
$173,200 / 2008 / Education
For support of the 2008-2009 National Academic League in 26 Baltimore City public middle schools. The league, engaging more than 600 students, provides extracurricular, interscholastic programming in an atmosphere traditionally associated with athletic events.
Baltimore City Public School System/ Early Identification and Intervention Project
$46,000 / 2008 / Education
Funding in support of a one-year demonstration project designed to test expanded delivery of the BCPSS Early Identification and Intervention Project to pre-K and first-grade students at Barclay Elementary/Middle School and Edgewood Elementary School. The project is intended to measure the effectiveness of a reading intervention specialist as a core member of the educational team in achieving grade-level performance at the end of first grade, and of reducing the number of failures in kindergarten.
Baltimore City Public School System/ Baltimore City College
$35,000 / 2008 / Education
For support of teacher recruitment and professional development designed to strengthen the International Baccalaureate (IB) and Advanced Placement (AP) programs. The purpose of the initiative is to recruit three highly qualified teachers, one each in physics, statistics, and history; and to provide summer training in the International Baccalaureate Diploma Program for all eight City College IB teachers committed to increasing the number of 11th-grade and 12th-grade participants.