P-1728

MakerSpace in Villa Park Eleme

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Financing

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History Logs

Project Description

Country: USA

Location: Villa Park, CA

Total Budget: $7,045

Areas of Focus: Basic education and literacy, Economic and community development

Activity Type: Education: Literacy

Summary: To sponsor a vocational service grant that will provide needed space and materials to create an area dedicated to the children in our community growth in knowledge around various vocations at the Villa Park Elementary School.


In the Villa Park area, all schools but 1 have a STEM or STEAM lab. The focus has been to expose and prepare students for various vocations and careers paths. Villa Park Elementary has not been able to achieve this level of education due to lack of funding.

Maker Spaces and Stem labs are the necessity for education in the new millennium. To stay with the times and offer students all the opportunities possible, Villa Park Elementary (VPE) is working to build a "MakerSpace." MakerSpace follows the same structure as a STEM lab but allows for more vocation opportunities such as sewing and cooking. VPE is a K-6 elementary school that serves 640 students. We would like to offer our students the advantage to grow, learn and have opportunities to reach their goals or explore new ones.

Villa Park Elementary would like to elaborate on our Makerspace. Currently the space is set up in the library with a "mobile" space. VPE has a cart with tools and materials that the teachers and student roll out when it is "Maker Club" time. When time is over they must put everything away and as the space is needed for library. VPE would like to create a permanent space for the MakerSpace education. The school has a space in mind for a dedicated Maker Space. It is an area of 16'X16' giving us 256 square feet of workspace. This would be a wonderful space for students to work freely and store a project safely.

Villa Park Elementary has an enrollment of 640 students. Currently there are 45 upper graders (grades 4-6) and 35 Lower graders (grades 1-3) that are in our Maker Club. The upper graders come in and work on projects such as robot design, computer programming, sewing and designs for a 3d prints. Currently most of them are enjoying taking things apart to see how they work. With the lower graders, they have more specific projects. They construct them as a group and then practice with the results. The Maker club students are very motivated and rarely miss their Maker Club time.

For the students to grow, VPE needs to expand and have some dedicated supplies. Currently the Maker Club is running from donations of unused items donated by the school community. Any supplies they need, the teacher is purchasing herself.

VPE has many needs to move the Makerspace forward. Not having a dedicated spot now creates quite a challenge. For the new space, they would like to have a Makerspace where students could drop in and work when they have free time. To do this, they are in need several things.

Maker Space and Stem Lab are the tools of the future. Many surrounding schools have a stem lab or Maker Space. VPE would love to be competitive and perhaps surpass the expectations of Maker Space. VPE would like to offer after school programs and open our doors for students to explore their potential.

VPE currently has 6 touch screen computers and some tools to currently function. To grow into a functioning space, VPE would like to create a designated space with tools and supplies such as a 3-D printer, tools for Arduino, electrical components, and robotics.

VPE also encourages Rotarians from different Vocations to share and teach from their own experiences. This will help the kids understand more about that friend of study and be better prepared for their own futures.

Project Contact Person

District: 5320

Rotary Club of: Villa Park

Primary Contact: Robert Shumate

Email: robert.shumate@wellsfargo.com

Project Status

Completed
This project is "Completed". This means the project has been implemented and the report was accepted by the district leadership. The project will stay listed on this website as a testimony of the achievements of the project partners.

Project listed for the 2017-18 Rotary Year.

Proposed Financing

Existing Contributions Towards This Project

Date

Cash

DDF

Total

Villa Park (5320)

14-Jun-17

$2,023

$2,022

$4,045

Orange North (5320)

18-Jun-17

$1,500

$1,500

$3,000

Total

$3,523

$3,522

$7,045

Project Supporting Documents


[23-Jun-17]
App with Time changed


[8-Mar-18]
final doc


[9-Mar-18]
Final Report Additional Information


[9-Mar-18]
Final Rpt Revised March 9 2018


[19-Jun-17]
Grant Application


[14-Jun-17]
Grant proposal


[14-Jun-17]
Partnership agreement


[17-Feb-18]
recpts 1


[17-Feb-18]
recpts 2


[17-Feb-18]
recpts 3


[9-Mar-18]
revised final report

 

Project Photos

History Log Entries

14-Jun-17

System Entry

System Entry: Creation of project page.

18-Jun-17

by Helen Maxwell

System Entry: Project reverted to "Published".

18-Jun-17

by Helen Maxwell

System Entry: Pledge of $1,500 with $1,500 DDF by Allan Sheridan of the Rotary Club of Orange North, District 5320.

18-Jun-17

by Helen Maxwell

System Entry: Project is now "Fully Pledged".

18-Jun-17

by Helen Maxwell

System Entry: Project sent for club signatures.

18-Jun-17

System Entry

System Entry: Project signed by Allan Sheridan.

19-Jun-17

by Robert Shumate

System Entry: Project signed by Robert Shumate.

22-Jun-17

by Chad Zimmerman

System Entry: Project reverted to "Submitted" - Chad Zimmerman added to the list of signatories.

22-Jun-17

by Chad Zimmerman

System Entry: Project signed by Chad Zimmerman.

11-Jul-17

by Helen Maxwell

System Entry: Project approved by the District Approval Committee.

9-Aug-17

by Helen Maxwell

System Entry: Check for DDF payment issued by Foundation Treasurer.

8-Mar-18

by Robert Shumate

System Entry: Project has been implemented and final report uploaded.

11-Mar-18

by Helen Maxwell

System Entry: Final report approved by the District Approval Committee.

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