The Package Has Been Delivered….
On January 27th, Empowering Education delivered a very thorough and comprehensive package to District 11. This was the first step in the curriculum approval process.
After a review by the district’s curriculum committee, the package will be available for public review between March 3rd through March 17th. Once that process is complete, the REAL curriculum will be presented to the D11 school board for review beginning April 7, 2010.
Empowering Education will give its final presentation to the board on April 21, 2010 requesting permission to give the REAL curriculum to D11 high schools, with Doherty High School first on the list for implementation.
The delivery of this package marked a milestone for Empowering Education. It was collaboration of many hours of research, writing, editing, and printing production on behalf of many thoughtful people who volunteered their personal time in support of the mission of Empowering Education. We are incredibly grateful to each of you who donated your time to help make REAL a reality.
Going forward, EE is meeting with the District to discuss potential partnerships in applying for federal and state grants that will be accessible to programs that support Social Emotional learning. Now that the curriculum is complete, EE will focus its efforts on fundraising, grant writing, and new and innovative ways to grow the program.
EE has registered as part of Pepsi’s new Refresh Everything project which will provide grants of up to $250,000 for organizations that have fresh, new ideas for positive impact in the areas of: health, arts & culture, food & shelter, the environment, education, and in local neighborhoods. The program will allow the public to vote on each project and donate based on the organization that garners the most votes.
Make sure to look for Empowering Education/REAL between 4/1-4/30 and VOTE!!!!
(Don’t worry, we will remind you again 
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Link to Pepsi’s Refresh Everything Project: www.Refresheverything.com