American Honda Grant
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Your Email Address: rosette.costello@ousd.k12.ca.us
Your Password: jasmine
Your Organization: Peralta Parent Teacher Group
I. Contact Information
II. Organization Information
Mission statement: The Peralta Parent Teacher Group (PPTG) is the supporting arm of
Peralta Elementary School in Oakland, California. The PPTG is dedicated to supporting
and enriching the education of our children through fundraising, community building,
and recruiting and coordinating parent volunteers. The Peralta Community is committed
to the development of the whole child. We value a safe, welcoming environment for
students to develop high self-esteem, compassion and respect for others, and a love for
learning. Our goal is for every child to reach his or her potential as a knowledgeable,
caring, responsible citizen who makes contributions to our world and embraces options
for his or her own growth.
Organizational History: Peralta celebrated its 125th anniversary in 2005. We started as a
one-room school house in 1880. The Peralta Mother’s Club was founded in 1908 and was
the first of the parents’ groups organized to support the school. In the 1970s, the school
was almost closed. At that time the Peralta Parent Teacher Group (PPTG) was created.
The PPTG organizes a variety of events for the school which focus on community
building, fundraising, and outreach. Community building events include the annual
diversity dinner, garden work days, and the spring festival. Fundraising activities include
the annual fund drive, walkathon, and grants applications. Outreach includes school tours
and working with neighboring schools. The PPTG has no employees and approximately
40 active volunteers.
3-5 Year Plan
The PPTG will continue to organize the events described in the “overview.” In addition
to those events, there is an annual auction fundraiser, salad bar volunteers recruitment
and coordination, Tuesday afternoon produce stand, testing days snack donation, stuffing
of Friday folders (monthly communications to parents about school and district activities,
curriculum updates), and a myriad of other activities to support the school.
Other than the ongoing activities, the PPTG is overseeing and planning a process to
maintain economic and ethnic diversity for the school community. Due to a combination
of housing price increases, changes in the age composition of the school zone, and other
economic changes affecting people’s options for private schools, the school economic
and ethnic demographics have been changing gradually and steadily. Five years ago the
free or reduced lunch program eligible students made up approximately 60% of the
students. Currently approximately 35% of the students are eligible for free or reduced
lunch. The school community would like to see this percentage stabilize rather than
continue to fall. Current plans for kindergarten outreach are taking this goal into
consideration.
Administrative costs:
2008-2009: $8997, which included $ 4,150 for CPA
Annual amount spent on fundraising:
2008-2009: $20,619, which included $7,680 of Berkeley Scrip purchase.
5 highest grant or gift amounts and sources awarded last year - SEE BELOW
 $25,000 S. D. Bechtel Jr. Foundation
 $20,000 Alameda County Office of Education Arts Lab School Grant
 $18,102.86 City of Oakland CAM Cultural Funding Grant  $10,000 California Arts Council Grant - $10,000--DO YOU MEAN THE
ALTAMONT EDUCATION ADVISORY BOARD? THAT"S TECHNICALLY THIS
YEAR SO NOT SURE IF WE CAN INCLUDE IT.
 $7500 East Bay Community Foundation, Rogers Supporting Family Foundation
 $5000 Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund
III. Finances & Board of Directors
IV. Program/Project Details
Mail in additional support materials i.e. annual report, newsletters, articles, DVDs, etc.
Send to:
ATTN: American Honda Foundation
1919 Torrance Boulevard
Torrance, CA 90501
Should we include dvds of the projects from last year? Newsletters? Any press?
Program/Project Title:
Peralta Environmental Stewardship Model Program
Please provide a one sentence description of your program/project.
We aim to create, implement, and share an environmental stewardship model in which
students investigate their local community while contributing to the global dialogue
around stewardship and sustainability.
Is this a pilot program/project? (Yes/No)
Yes.
Year program/project was established.
Fall 2007
If this is not a pilot program/project, what year was the program/project
established?
Program/Project End Date:
On-going.
Requested Cash Amount: The grant range is $20,000 to $60,000. The Requested
Cash Amount should not exceed $60,000.00 (sixty thousand dollars).
We are requesting the full $60,000.
What is the total project/program budget?
$135,025
Please describe how you plan to use the funds from American Honda Foundation, if
awarded, for this project/program.
Funds for this program would be used to help us realize our vision for an environmental
stewardship model program, which is project-based and integrates science, health, art and
technology. Another key element of this model is providing professional development
opportunities for the classroom teachers. Workshops would model and provide tools to
develop students’ meta-cognitive strategies and inquiry-driven collaboration. These funds
would support this professional development, artists-in-residence, educational
consultants, materials, technology, and other elements critical to our vision.
Please upload the budget for this particular program/project. Be sure to include a
line item breakdown w/narrative for the requested amount.
See Honda Budget (now in draft form)
Please upload the latest two Annual Income Statements for your organization.
Program/Project Officer(s)
Rosette Costello
Trena Noval
Erin McDevitt (or current chair of the PPTG)
Number of People Served
298
Age
5 – 11 (?)
Please describe the communities served by your program/project.
38% African American / Black
2% Asian / Pacific Islander
24% Caucasian
5% Hispanic / Latino
0% Native American
1% Filipino
30% Multi-ethnic
V. Program/Project Narrative
Please upload a file that describes the program/project in detail including the
activities planned.
Upload attachment to excel doc
What are your plans to recruit or attract participants for this program/project?
paragraph
Peralta students and teachers are at the heart of this endeavor. Our ultimate goal to share
this model program with a larger audience will be achieved by publishing our results,
lessons, and insights with others in the online community. Through our recipe card
project we will create a presence in the local farmer’s market community, as well, which
will expand our reach to the vendors and shoppers at the farmer’s markets in Berkeley
and Oakland. This exposure will attract potential guest speakers and others who could
benefit from and contribute to this approach to environmental stewardship.
Short-term Goals: Paragraph: Recognizing that long-term measures may not
completed by the end of the grant period, what are your projected short-term,
measurable benefits, outcomes, or impacts?
We will assess changes in student knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors regarding
environmental stewardship, nutrition, and other topics applicable to Peralta’s science
integration programs. We will stratify this element by grade level and age. We will also
assess whether these elements affect student attitudes and behaviors outside of school.
Additionally, we will conduct observations and interviews with teachers to assess
changes in teachers’ content learning, pedagogical methods, attitudes and beliefs about
environmental stewardship, nutrition, and other content areas applicable to this program.
Long-term Goals: Paragraph: What are the general, long-term goals of your
proposed program/project?
Long-tem, our goal is to cultivate a learning community of critical-thinkers who think
globally and act locally. It is our hope that this model will be replicated in part or whole
at other sites. We seek to inspire our students, staff, families, and larger community to
embrace their role as environmental stewards.
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What data collection and evaluation procedures do you have in place: Paragraph:
Researchers from Rockman Et Al (www.rockman.com) will conduct qualitative
evaluation with Peralta teachers and students involved in projects supported by this grant.
Evaluation data will be captured through a combination of surveys, observations, and
interviews. Additionally, we will be adapting and implementing a “habits of mind”
assessment tool to assess students’ meta-cognitive abilities. Lastly, our project includes
results-based leadership training for teachers. In this model, teachers will work
collaboratively on inquiry-driven investigations. For example, kindergarten teachers may
investigate what happens when they introduce meta-cognitive strategies into their
learning environment. The results of these collaborations are shared with others in the
learning community and help shape instruction and assessment to improve student
results.
Top Three Pros to funding this program/project.
1. This funding would help us to build the capacity of our school to cultivate critical
thinking scientists.
2. Our students would be able to experience an empowering approach to scientific
knowledge where they would truly be challenged to think globally and act locally.
3. In addition to serving our students, this funding would enable us to create and
share resources for a larger community which includes, but is not limited to, the
63 other elementary schools in the Oakland Unified School, the Rockridge and
Temescal neighborhoods and shopping districts, local farmer’s market shoppers
and vendors, and the online community.
Top Three Cons to funding this program/project.
1. Our plan may be ambitious. We intend to accomplish each of the goals presented,
but realistically may need more time to see them through to actuality.
2. While our plan is robust and inclusive of all grade levels, it may be unevenly
applied between the grade levels.
3. With the opportunity to build a new, reflective assessment tool to capture
students’ habits of mind in relation to science and the arts, comes the challenge of
adapting an already existing high school model. We may need more time for
successful school-wide implementation.
What are your plans for expanding this program/project?: Paragraph
This is intended to be an ongoing program. Our vision for a school-wide environmental
stewardship program will continue to be guided by academic standards, 21st Century
Skills (www.21stcenturyskills.org), and local and global environmental issues. As the
issues change, so will our lessons and activities. This program has the potential to evolve
for years to come.
Please list past results of the program/project (if applicable)Paragraph
Are there documents that capture qualitative and/or quantitative results from this specific
program since 2007?
Already there has been a shift in student attitudes about environmental issues close to
home and around the globe as evidenced by…
Interest in the salad bar and produce stand…
Our school has become a magnet for families looking to be a part of a …