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Mapleton Schools
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MAPLETON HIGH
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Funds support college prep training
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Mapleton High School
Principal Brenda Moyer was
recently informed that the
Nike School Innovation Fund
had approved a $25,877 grant
to allow eight of Mapleton’s
nine high school teachers to
attend the Advancement Via
Individual
Determination
(AVID) training session in
Denver, Co., July 23 to 25.
Nike made AVID grants
available to up to 50 Oregon
schools.
“I don’t know how many
high schools applied,” Moyer
said, “but we were thrilled to
be selected.”
The ninth teacher won’t be
left behind. Moyer said the
district would use federal Title
funds made available through
the Elementary and Second-
ary Education Act to cover the
costs.
“It is a very intense three-
day conference with big ses-
sions and breakout sessions,”
Moyer said. “Our math teach-
ers will be in different sessions
than our language arts instruc-
tors. They do curriculum
focus. To be able to meet up
with other teachers from
across the country within the
same curriculum is energizing.
The networking is unbeliev-
able.”
AVID is a one-time training
program. When new teachers
are hired, if the district can’t
afford to send them to training,
they are trained in house.
“AVID is designed to pro-
mote students who are at a
higher risk for not going to
college — to give those stu-
dents the support and instruc-
tion they need to get to col-
lege,” Moyer explained.
M
apleton Elementary Students heard presentations from staff about the various college and career
choices available to them when they graduate high school. These presentations included two- and
four-year colleges, technical schools, job-specific training and a variety of jobs available right after
high school. Students then set a goal for what they wanted to do after they graduate high school. Each stu-
dent created a college pennant indicating what school they want to attend. These pennants were hung in the
gym during a March Madness celebration. We then had a Family Game Night, during which students could
share their goals and dreams with their families. Families that attended also got to play board games and
enjoyed a healthy snack. It was a great family-centered event. —Submitted by Jodi O’Mara
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animals. In the pictures, the
animals have faces with emo-
tions like scared, annoyed,
tired or happy.
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The setting of this story is
in a desert in current day
times. You know it is in the
desert because they talked
about the desert floor and see-
ing cactus. You know it is cur-
rent times because there are
cars.
This book also has pictures.
They show birds, snakes,
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“Snake and Lizard” is an
animal story that a third or
fourth grader might like.
Snake and Lizard become
best friends in this book. At
the beginning, they were mean
to each other. They argued
about manners, like table man-
ners, and said bad things to
each other.
But when they started to get
food together, they were a lit-
tle bit nicer. They started to
agree sometimes. They started
planning things out together.
So eventually they became
better friends.
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Mapleton Student
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B Y K EVIN H OLLOWAY
“It helps to bridge the
achievement gap between
wealthier schools and those
that have a higher poverty
level,” Moyer continued.
“For example, note-taking.
If we can have consistency
between all the teachers in
note-taking, when the kids get
out of high school, they will be
able to take proper notes dur-
ing college lectures,” she said.
In addition to college pre-
paredness training, AVID has
a post-graduation readiness
component for students who
do not plan to attend college.
The program helps students be
workforce ready with instruc-
tions in preparing resumes and
how to gain skill sets.
Moyer said another compo-
nent of AVID is parent out-
reach.
“The whole college appli-
cation process can be daunt-
ing,” she said. “We help par-
ents to support their kids. We
make the parents a part of the
process.”
Mapleton
Elementary
School has been involved in
the AVID program for three
years. It was funded through
Title funds.
“We will be doing the pro-
gram in grades seven through
12 next year, so next year we
are going to be K-12 AVID,”
Moyer said.
In addition to covering the
cost of attending the AVID
training, the grant earmarked
more than $10,000 worth of
additional AVID expenses,
including district director
training, data analysis training
and the acquisition of an
AVID library.
Mapleton School District
Business Manager Maria
McEldowney worked with
Moyer to write the grant.