P-2314

Project Literacy - Phase II

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Project Description

Country: USA

Location: Fountain Valley

Total Budget: $2,647

Area of Focus: Basic education and literacy

Activity Type: Education: Literacy

Summary: Fountain Valley


The Fountain Valley School District has a clear focus on building literacy throughout the community. For the last 30 months, they have been creating leveled libraries in each of the K-5 classrooms at the District's seven elementary schools. This type of investment in both instruction and in books is significant, and requires support from community service groups. The Rotary Club of Fountain Valley would like to support these efforts in literacy by providing a grant to the District to purchase books, leveled readers, for classroom libraries.

November 2018 - March 2019

Rotarians will be actively involved in two ways. One of the ways will be in the actual distribution of books to classrooms. Being able to speak to teachers and students regarding our mission to support literacy is essential. In addition, FV Rotary Club Members will participate in Read Across America on March 1, 2019.

The direct beneficiaries are the students, teachers and schools. However, an educated community is a thriving community, which is something that we will all benefit from in the coming years. Our service will be directly in support of Fountain Valley School District's goals regarding literacy and our participation in Read Across America will provide direct evidence that our community supports our students, not just with funding, but also with acts of service.

The project is sustainable, as the school district has a four-year strategic plan for improving literacy in our schools and in our community. The FV Rotary Club would like to be a part of that plan for the upcoming year, as well as future years.

Funds will be provided to the District, who will work with teachers to select the "right" books for the students. The District will provide invoices to FV Rotary Club, demonstrating how the funds were used.

Additional Comments:

It is widely accepted that literacy, the ability to read and write, is critical to economic development, as well as individual and community well-being. In fact, numerous published studies argue that students who do not read at grade level by the end of third grade are more likely to dropout from high school and engage in anti-social behaviors. To support the efforts of building literacy in our community, the FV Rotary Club would like to provide additional resources to the students and teachers in Fountain Valley School District, as we are convinced that this is a strong investment in the education of our students, as well as our future, which benefits us all!

Project Contact Person

District: 5320

Rotary Club of: Fountain Valley

Primary Contact: Mark Johnson

Email: johnsonm@fvsd.us

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 2018-19 Rotary Year.

Proposed Financing

Existing Contributions Towards This Project

Date

Cash

DDF

Total

Fountain Valley (5320)

14-Jun-18

$1,500

$1,147

$2,647

Total

$1,500

$1,147

$2,647

Project Supporting Documents


[19-Jun-18]
Budget


[10-May-19]
Cleared Check


[9-May-19]
Final Report_2019


[20-Jun-18]
Grant Application_PDF


[3-May-19]
Purchase Order_Books

 

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History Log Entries

14-Jun-18

by Mark Johnson

System Entry: Creation of project page.

15-Jun-18

by Mark Johnson

System Entry: Project sent for club signatures.

15-Jun-18

by Mark Johnson

System Entry: Project signed by Mark Johnson.

16-Jun-18

by Stacey Giannoulis

System Entry: Project reverted to "Submitted" - Ryan Lee added to the list of signatories.

19-Jun-18

by Helen Maxwell

System Entry: Signature Process cancelled by user.

20-Jun-18

by Mark Johnson

System Entry: Project sent for club signatures.

20-Jun-18

by Mark Johnson

System Entry: Project signed by Mark Johnson.

20-Jun-18

System Entry

System Entry: Project signed by Mark Bryant.

5-Jul-18

by Stacey Giannoulis

System Entry: Project approved by the District Approval Committee.

21-Aug-18

by Helen Maxwell

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

3-May-19

by Mark Johnson

The purchase order for the books has been uploaded. FV Rotary Club actually provided $3,000 to Fountain Valley School District, instead of the original amount indicated in the grant.

The additional funding came from the local club. I am still working on uploading a cleared check from the FV Rotary Club and should have that in a week or so. I am hoping to have the project completed in the next three weeks with all documentation uploaded.

9-May-19

by Mark Johnson

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

14-May-19

by Stacey Giannoulis

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

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