WHAT YOUR GIFT DOES

Academic Rigor

• Language Arts - BSF is funding the third year of a 3-year Grade 6 - 12
     Language Arts/English program to better prepare students for successful
     college and workforce writing.
• Math - BSF funds the purchase of textbooks for the new K-5 math
     curriculum, Math Expressions, for every student in the district. Math
     Expressions, a comprehensive standards-based mathematics curriculum,
     offers new ways to teach and learn mathematics.
• Science - BSD continues to develop the three-year Today's Science
     curriculum: Physics in 8th grade, Biology in 9th grade, and Chemistry in
     10th grade. Additional refinement of science courses in 6th and 7th grade
     will provide an important foundation for the high school courses.
• Music Grants - Through the Charlotte Field Endowment Fund, BSF
     provides grants for music programs throughout the schools in the Bellevue
     School District.

Support for Students

• Bridging the Achievement Gap Fund - BSF provides Bridging the
     Achievement Gap Grants to fund projects that offer extra academic
     support for struggling students. These projects are tailored for the
     specific needs at schools, as identified by the school principals, with high
     poverty and significant English language learner populations.
     This year, the Fund supports:
  
  • Elementary - After-school Reading and Math Programs, (Lake
       Hills), Kindergarten-Grade 2 classroom support (Phantom Lake),
       Kindergarten classroom support (Sherwood Forest, Stevenson),
       Strategic Reading Intervention Instruction (Spiritridge), Literacy
       Assistance for Grades K-1 (Woodridge).
  • Middle/High - After school tutoring (Highland), Saturday Support
       program (Robinswood), and 'Starting Strong' summer school
       (Interlake, Sammamish).
    
• AVID (Advancement Via Individual Determination) - BSF funds the
     expansion of AVID to serve all 5th grade classrooms in the district,
     provides for a pilot AVID schools-wide strategies model at Highland Middle
     School, and trains 6th grade language arts and social studies teacher in
     the district with inquiry, organizational, seminar and Peer Study Group
     instructional strategies.
• VIBES (Volunteers in Bellevue's Education System) - BSF funds training
     and placement of volunteer mentors as well as coordination fees at
     all schools.

Support for Teachers

• National Board Certification - BSF funding provides teacher
     reimbursement of certification fees, mentoring support, and professional
     videotaping of portfolios.
• New Teachers - $200 to each new teacher in the district for
     classroom materials.