Grantee Name: Mt. Vernon City School District
Grantee Project Name: Technology, Engineering, Art, Mathematics and Science (TEAMS)
Funding Amount (Proposed four year total): $1,250,749.00
Year One Funding: $314,532.00
Contact Person: Gertrude Karabas
Telephone No.: (914) 358-2374
Email:
Number of Schools Served: 4 elementary schools
Number of Students Served: 1,492
This project, a convergence of Technology, Engineering, Art, Mathematics and Science, (Project TEAMS), will support and address the absolute priority, which will effectively demonstrate: (1) integrated standards-based arts education into the core elementary school curricula; (2) strengthen standards-based arts instruction in grades, 1-6; and (3) improve students’ academic performance, including their skills in creating, performing, and responding to the arts. The four competitive preference priorities will also be addressed.
The Mount Vernon City School District in partnership with Arts Westchester, Inc. will develop a high-quality and innovative AEMDD program for four District elementary schools most in need, Grimes ES, Williams, ES, Graham ES and Longfellow ES, where a total of 1,492 students are enrolled; and where most of the students are below the poverty line, grades 1-6. These four elementary schools will become arts/STEM-centered schools.
Project TEAMS goals and objectives include improved student academic performance, intensive professional development, development of ELA/TEAMS (Technology, Engineering, Arts, Mathematics and Science)-centered integrated standards-based curriculum, parental involvement and dissemination of project products, objectives, activities and outcomes.