Foundation for Orange County Public Schools

Target demographics: Orange County Public School students

Geographic areas served: Orange County, FL

Programs: The read2succeed program provided individualized reading instruction to 475 first grade, 590 second grade, and 175 third and fourth grade students at 78 elementary schools. - 704 participants - 90% showed growth from the inital assessment to the end of the year assessment. This compared favorable to 88% of students for the district overall. - 1st graders: 92% of participants showed growth, or 3. 29 percentage points higher than the district overall. - 2nd graders: 92% of participants showed growth, or 4. 09 percentage points higher than the district overall. - 3rd & 4th graders: 82% of participants showed growth. While this is 7. 25 percentage points lower than the district overall, these are also students who were specifically chosen due to their high risk of receiving a level 1 on the florida standards assessment (fsa). In addition, 61% of these students showed learning gains on the fsa, or 8% percentage points higher than the district overall.

the chill (community health and intervention in life's lessons) program provided a licensed or licensed-eligible mental health counselor to the elementary and middle schools that feed into winter park high school. The chill counselors offered individual, group, and family counseling services with parent consent. - 1942 students were screened for services and over 1133 entered into the program.

teacher grants awarded more than $239,056 in classroom grants for stem, civics, fine arts, classroom libraries, middle school book clubs, technology, and professional development to 268 teachers for equipment and materials that had a direct impact on classroom learning. In total 39,011 students benefited from these grants. - primary classroom library grants put nonfiction books in the hands of 4,100 students in 46 schools. 81% cultivated a growing interest in reading as a direct result of this program, and 80% improved in a standardized reading skills test. - middle school book club grants were awarded to clubs in 11 schools, helping approximately 175 reluctant readers strengthen their literacy skills while encouraging reading for enjoyment. - math, science, energy education, and stem grants provide funds for equipment and/or materials for hands on experimental projects. Of the 19,439 participating students, 45% increased their interest in stem, and 20% improved their science grades. - arts education grants totaling over $20,000 supported visual and performing arts programs in 35 schools, positively impacting 13,107 students and 47 teachers. - civics grants totaling $1,081 were awarded to four teachers to purchase civics education materials and literature, which benefited 496 students.

1. City year orlando - city year americorps members provided academic support, attendance monitoring and activities like assemblies and celebrations that improve the overall school environment at seven schools across the district: catalina elementary school; meadowbrook, memorial and walker middle schools; and evans, jones and oak ridge high schools. The foundation supports the program at walker. -84% of students served by city year english/language arts and math programs at walker middle school improved their grades in those specific subject areas. -54% of students who participated in city year attendance intervention programs at walker middle school improved their attendance by at least two percentage points. 2. Teach-in- 165 schools particpate, welcoming 4,352 volunteers who gave more than 6,825 volunteer hours. 3. Health care services - a part-time pediatric nurse practitioner housed at edgewater high school serves the students, staff and surrounding community providing school entry and sports physical examinations, diagnosis and treatment of the common conditions of childhood and adolescents including the writing of prescriptions when indicated. In addition to students at edgewater, those from seven other schools in edgewater's feeder pattern also receive services. 4. Coach pennington scholarship - this endowed fund was established by evans high school alumni in honor of coach fred pennington for the positive impact he had on students both on and off the court during his tenure at maynard evans high school. It continues coach pennington's legacy of creating positive impact for graduating seniors as follows:-six seniors from the graduating class of 2017 - basketball players and cheerleaders from low-income families - were awarded scholarships totaling $5,000. -four winners from the class of 2016 received renewals of their scholarships during fy2017. 5. Above and beyond scholarship - this endowed fund was established by an oak ridge high school alumnus from the class of 1967 to provide scholarships to graduating seniors from oak ridge high school who seek a certificate or a two or four year postsecondary degree at a technical or vocational school, college or university. Scholarships are renewable on an academic year-by-year basis for a maximum of four years. -ten seniors from the graduating class of 2017 received scholarships, totaling $30,000. -five winners from the class of 2016 received renewal scholarships, totaling $15,000. 6. The fund for maitland public schools - this endowed fund was established by the city of maitland to support before and after-school educational and enrichment activities for students at traditional public schools within the city limits of maitland, florida. Existing schools are dommerich and lake sybelia elementary schools and maitland middle school. Disbursements will be made proportionally to eligible schools on a per-student basis beginning july 2018. 7. Find your voice - this new program was launched in six middle schools in partnership with sisaundra lewis, a finalist from season 6 of "the voice. " ms. Lewis was inspired to develop a solution while listening to her daughter and her friends discuss the difficulties of navigating relationships. Working with the district's minority achievement office, a pilot mentoring and character development program to help middle school girls develop resilience, grit, and find their own "voice" - courage of expression - was created. A $35,000 grant was secured, providing support for the pilot as well as fy2018 programming. In fy2017, 90 girls participated; plans are underway for expansion. 8. Accelerated teacher pipeline project - the foundation, in partnership with city year orlando, was awarded one of only four collaborative grants from westgate resorts foundation to create a mentorship and training program for city year orlando americorps members who are interested in a teaching career with a high-needs school within orange county public schools. This program will help ensure that students in our fragile schools have energetic, prepared and dedicated teachers who believe deeply in each child's potential, and helps ensure that city year corps members with a passion for education are able to accelerate their career trajectories. 9. Hall of fame 2017 - the foundation worked with its peer departments in the communications division to present the second ocps hall of fame march 4, 2017, at rosen shingle creek resort. Honorees included david "deacon" jones, dr. S. James gates, toni jennings, wayne brady, and dr. Jim schott. Proceeds from the event will be used to provide stem enrichment for students experiencing poverty or homelessness. 10. School and district funds - the foundation experienced considerable growth this year in the school and district funds it manages. These funds help schools build their capacity and district programs to serve unmet needs. This year, the foundation managed 47 school and 34 district funds, a 35% increase in the number of funds managed by the foundation during fy2016. These school and district funds raised $1,553,555, an 80% increase over fy2016. The latter growth was driven strongly by the creation of several large new district funds. Examples of how these funds benefit students and staff include:-the homeless students support fund provided food and hygiene items to students and their families; provided lynx passes; and paid for school field trips, yearbooks, clothes and other needs. -the new superintendent's leadership fund supports districtwide professional development efforts, including great beginnings, a week-long orientation for our newest teachers, and the superintendent's leadership summit, a gathering of all school-based and district-based administrators to salute successes, review challenges, and hear the superintendent's vision for the coming year. -the hello! Florida field trip fund covered the costs for stem-related field trips for at least 1,200 students experiencing poverty or homelessness. -the three most active school funds were lake whitney elementary school (raising $90,961), windermere elementary school (raising $55,948), and east river high school band fund (raising $51,807)