Lakeshore Alliance for Student Success, Inc.
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Members and Friends
Edward Schoenfelt, Executive Director
UPDATE
Wednesday, December 22, 2010
The next LASS board meeting will be Thursday, January 6, 2010 at 12:30 p.m. CST in
the Merrillville Community School Corporation conference center. LUNCH will be
provided. Please add this date to your calendar. The best ways to reach me is by cell
phone (219)309-6120 / home telephone (219)728-1268 / via Skype address
EdSchoenfelt / email schoenfelteddeb@yahoo.com.
Executive Director Activities
I have communicated with Mr. Matt Brown of Ed Tech Partners. He has shared an
email marketing approach. That email was shared with Superintendents and College
Deans. I appreciate Mr. Brown sharing this discount/fund raising opportunity with LASS.
LASS Grants
We have spent time researching newly identified funders for our non-profit.
NOT APPLYING TO
Ford Foundation – less than 1% of unsolicited proposal requests are awarded
Heinz Organization – fund projects in PA
Kauffman Foundation – fund requests in KC area
Toshiba – teacher requests only
Ball Brothers Foundation – fund project in and around Muncie, IN
Bank of America – match employees in Indiana
UPS – no longer accepts unsolicited funding requests
Bausch + Lomb – not an education funder
PepsiCo – sponsor underprivileged counties & women empowerment
Gates Foundation – focus on global issues
Indiana Community Grants – Indianapolis area supporter
Wallace Foundation – invitation only
Annerberg Foundation – invitation only
Lumina Foundation – focus on post-secondary
William Simon Foundation – invitation only
IBM – created policy changing program only
Kellogg Foundation – MI, MA, NM only
Mellon Foundation – focus on post-secondary
AFT – no grant available
William T Grant – not supporting education
Carlson Family Foundation – fund the twin cities St. Paul, MN area requests
Mission Statement
To provide member school corporations in Lake, La Porte, and Porter Counties of Indiana with resources, information,
services, and professional development for their school boards, faculty, staff, and administrators to result in
continuous improvement in learning and student performance.
APPLYING TO
Lilly Foundation – Until January 1, 2011
Peyback Foundation – February 2, 2011
Castle Rock Foundation – March 15, 2011
Wells Fargo –
Carnegie Caterpillar Foundation – Open date
Motorola Foundation –
Cargill Foundation –
Wish You Well Foundation Petterson Foundation –
Mac Arthur Foundation –
NEA –
Alcoa Foundation Westinghouse Foundation – $5K max
Joyce Foundation Stewardship Foundation Bob Evans Philanthropy Brinker International –
Ruby Tuesday Giving back Barbara Bush Foundation – next proposal requests are due October 2011
Thursday we will submit a grant request to Lilly Foundation for $359,922 to purchase
Inquiry Science Kits for nine LASS, Inc. elementary schools. Due before Jan 1, 2011.
The new overarching theme for new grant proposal will be to build Twenty
First Century Skills using the framework from Tony Wagner's book - The Global
Achievement Gap.
Here are the seven survival skills:
--critical thinking/problem solving
--collaboration/leading by influence
--agility and adaptability
--initiative and entrepreneurialism
--effective oral and written communication
--accessing and analyzing information
--curiosity and imagination
LASS Balanced Literacy – The baseline data graph is a good trend snap shot for
schools within the research project. I am thankful to the time Dr. Shutay has allowed for
the BLI Research Project. I am appreciative to Mrs. Suki Monroe Glasser for her
December presentation to the board. Dr. Lester Leminack has signed the letter of
commitment and he will be coming to the lakeshore the week of April 18, 2011.
Selection of school sites and specific agenda will be shared at future board meetings.
Lakeshore High School Project - USDOE Smaller Learning Communities Grant
The new DOE web tool for reporting will open January 25, 2011 with several reports
due on Friday, February 11, 2011 for Year 2 and mid-Year 3.
The next Steering Committee meeting is Thursday, January 20, 2011 at Tri-Creek
School Corporation at 1:00 p.m.
From Assistant Miss. Dana Adams
As the year is drawing to a close, much effort is being put into preparations for all the
grant reporting required to the DOE in 2011. ISTEP+ data was collected, analyzed and
reported to be used as baseline data for the BLI research project. LHSP budget
information is being reconciled for the SLC APR that will be reported to the USDOE.
Grant research and writing is being done in order to meet as many proposal deadlines
Mission Statement
To provide member school corporations in Lake, La Porte, and Porter Counties of Indiana with resources, information,
services, and professional development for their school boards, faculty, staff, and administrators to result in
continuous improvement in learning and student performance.
as we can to maximize our funding opportunities. The 2009-2010 LASS Annual Report
was finalized and approved and will be used on the website.
Please review and add to your calendar:
• Middle school conference - February 10, 2011, Keynote is David Shepherd.
Registration Materials available Monday, January 3, 2011
Actively Engaging Adolescents; Winning the War Against Apathy
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We wish all of you a safe and Happy Holiday season,
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
Mission Statement
To provide member school corporations in Lake, La Porte, and Porter Counties of Indiana with resources, information,
services, and professional development for their school boards, faculty, staff, and administrators to result in
continuous improvement in learning and student performance.