Project Description Country: USA Location: Buckeye, Arizona Total Budget: $4,000 Area of Focus: Basic education and literacy Activity Type: Education: Literacy Summary: Decodable Books for K-3 Buckeye Elementary School downtown campus 2 years ago , the Buckeye Elementary School launched a new reading program Decodable Books , teaching the students to read phonetically, allowing for more teaching reading time , positively reinforcing their goal of all students at the end of 3rd grade will be reading at an adult level. the school's emphasis is making progress, in making up for the lost education during covid. the school has gone from a failing grade to a performing plus grade. During the past year the Buckeye rotary Club was honored as a Community Partner for their support in the reading programs. Funds will assist in the purchase of Decodable reading materials the Buckeye Elementary School District. 8-10 Rotarians will visit the our local campus to view firsthand has the program works. we will also have a program presented by the School at one of our regular meetings Addendum to Project Description (added after the project was signed) the district while still emphasizing reading has expanded to increasing math comprehension. At the request of the acting superintendent / new superintendent, Chad Lanese funds were used to purchase Illustrative math books for grades, kindergarten and first grade. Project Contact Person District: 5495 Rotary Club of: Buckeye Primary Contact: Jay Broadbent Email: jaybroadbent54@gmail.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 2023-24 Rotary Year.

Proposed Financing Existing Contributions Towards This Project Date Cash DDF Total Buckeye (5495) 30-Apr-23 $2,000 $2,000 $4,000 Total $2,000 $2,000 $4,000

Project Supporting Documents Alphabetical with icons By date with icons Alphabetical list format By date list format [18-Mar-24] BESD Docs [18-Mar-24] BESD Receipt [30-Apr-23] mou 23 24 [18-Mar-24] rotary final report 2023-24

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History Log Entries 30-Apr-23 by Jay Broadbent System Entry: Creation of project page. 30-Apr-23 by Rebecca Wilks System Entry: Project sent for club signatures. 30-Apr-23 by Rebecca Wilks System Entry: Project signed by Rebecca Wilks. 1-Jun-23 by Rebecca Wilks we are waiting for a signature from Jay to finalize this grant. Thanks. 14-Jun-23 by Jay Broadbent System Entry: Project signed by Jay Broadbent 2. 16-Jun-23 by Rebecca Wilks Congratulations! This project has been approved for full funding. We need to do some administrative things, so we don’t know exactly when the money will hit your account, but our best guess is a month or so. We’ll send you an update when we have one. Please also remember that you may not spend money prior to TRF approval and reimburse yourself from grant funds. If there have been changes in your bank account (information for electronic transfer), please get that to Lucinda General (District Treasurer) as soon as possible. treasurer@rotary5495.org. Your report is due April 30, 2024, and receipts are required to complete the report (not invoices, cancelled checks, UPS shipping labels, or any other documents). Thank you for making the world a better place. 16-Jun-23 by Rebecca Wilks System Entry: Project approved by the District Approval Committee. 7-Aug-23 by Caleb Lowe Your District Grant has been approved by The Rotary Foundation We expect electronic payments will be initiated before Friday August 11. You may begin making project expenditures now. If there have been changes in your bank account (information for electronic transfer), please get those to Lucinda General (District Treasurer) as soon as possible. treasurer@rotary5495.org. Your report is due April 30, 2024, and receipts are required to complete the report (not invoices, cancelled checks, UPS shipping labels, or any other documents). Thank you again for your good work. 8-Aug-23 by Caleb Lowe System Entry: Check for DDF payment issued by Foundation Treasurer. 10-Mar-24 by Rebecca Wilks A friendly reminder: Your completed, signed report form, along with receipts for all project expenditures must be uploaded to this page by April 30. The report form can be found here: https://portal.clubrunner.ca/50335/Documents/en-ca/da933040-cc9e-4230-b2e6-2a5900705ea4/1/ 18-Mar-24 by Jay Broadbent uploaded check receipt from 8/16/23 and purchase order 18-Mar-24 by Jay Broadbent district grant final report uploaded 19-Mar-24 by Rebecca Wilks System Entry: Project has been implemented and final report uploaded. 19-Mar-24 by Rebecca Wilks System Entry: Final report approved by the District Approval Committee.