Elizabeth Franklin

EDL 648
April 31, 2017
Grant Funding Proposal

Cruise Industry Charitable Donations

Educational Assistance and Training Program Grant
GRANT COVER SHEET

Date: APRIL 31 2017

Name and address of organization:

Winship Middle School Eureka City Schools District
2500 Cypress Ave, Eureka CA 95503

Contact person: Elizabeth Franklin, Assistant Principal

Phone and fax numbers of organization and contact person(s):

phone (707) 441 2487, Fax (707) 441-490

Purpose and activities of the organization:

Winship Middle School is located in northern California, surrounded by Redwood forest and nature
trails. We are a 6-8th grade comprehensive middle school with a proud tradition of academic
excellence; family involvement and hands-on learning, taking advantage of our unique environment
nestled amidst Redwood trees. Our mission is to prepare and inspire each child to become a lifelong
learner, critical thinker, and to
become actively engaged in his/her education. We are committed to providing a safe, nurturing
learning environment to deliver a rigorous, middle school education to all students, preparing them
for high school and beyond.
Statement summarizing the proposal

Middle school is one of the most common places for bullying to occur. Studies indicate that
around 30% of students experienced more than occasional involvement as a bully and/or are a
victim of bullying. Bullying increases at the end of elementary school, peaks in middle school and
slows down in high school. This makes prevention and intervention during middle school years
crucial.
The intention of this grant proposal is to establish an anti-bullying program called,
Community Matters Safe School Ambassadors Program at Winship school for the 2017-18 and
2018-19 school years. The grant will fund the trainings and provide resources and stipends for staff
mentors who organize the program and meet with students weekly. During the first year of
initiation the program will provide a two-day training for 40 students and 4-8 staff members to
promote school safety and a safe school climate. The overall goal of the program is to give student
Ambassadors the motivation and skills to resolve conflicts, defuse incidents, and support isolated
and excluded students.

The total annual organizational budget and fiscal year:

Winship site budget is $109,484.00 for the 2016-2017 fiscal year. The projected site budget for the
2017-2018 fiscal year is $84,671.

The Total Project Budget is $8,595.00

The dollar amount being requested: $8,595.00

Previous support from CICF:

We have not received any previous support from CICF nor any individual cruise line company.

Please tailor the cover sheet to address the interests and specific priorities of the funding source and
have it signed by the Executive Director or President of the organization. It should be addressed to
Cruise Industry Charitable Foundation.
NARRATIVE:

Brief summary of organization's mission and history:

Winship Middle School is located in northern California, surrounded by Redwood forest and nature

trails. We are a 6-8th grade comprehensive middle school with a proud tradition of academic excellence,

family involvement and hands-on learning, taking advantage of our unique environment. Of the 330 students

enrolled at Winship school, 70% of students are identified as socioeconomically disadvantaged, 19% are

students with disabilities and over 50% of our population are students that are not identified as White.

Our mission is to prepare and inspire each child to become a lifelong learner, critical thinker, and to

become actively engaged in his/her education. We are committed to providing a safe, nurturing learning

environment to deliver a rigorous, middle school education to all students, preparing them for high school

and beyond.

Description of current programs, activities, and recent accomplishments:

Winship Middle School promotes academic excellence encouraging students to explore, discover,

and succeed. Our strong curriculum and extensive elective program gives our students new discovery

opportunities. We believe in hands-on, outdoor educational experiences. We utilize the forest that surrounds

us, outdoor classrooms, and our community garden to give our students opportunities to learn about Ag,

Natural Resource Management, and Forest Restoration. Our 8th Grade students have the option to take a

dynamic Ag Science course that meets all 8th grade Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) and exposes

students to Ag Science. Elective opportunities include: Digital Media classes, AVID, Ag and Natural

Resource Management, Student Leadership classes, Art, High School Spanish I, Drama, Choir and Band.

Winship students have many opportunities to participate in extra-curricular activities and enrichment

programs, including: Competitive Sports, ASES (After School Program), HSU Gifted and Talented Academy,

Redwood Environmental Education Academy, Lunch on the Lawn, School Dances, Spirit Weeks, Prize

Drawings, Humboldt County Science Fair, Humboldt County Spelling Bee, Humboldt County History Day,
visits at College of the Redwoods and HSUs Ive Been Admitted to College program (in partnership with

Decade of Difference), HSU Talent Search, Winship Garden, Winship Community Forest Trail Building, and

AVID.

Winship is committed to providing a campus that is safe, clean and conducive to learning. Our

students follow three main school rules: Be Safe, Be Respectful, and Be Responsible. Teachers clearly

communicate expectations pertaining to our school rules, allowing each student to thrive. Our staff is trained

in Restorative Practices a proven method of reducing discipline issues and improving school climate.

Currently, ninety percent of Winships staff is trained in community-building circles, which helps build

relationships and foster a sense of community on our campus. Additionally we have peer mediators on

campus to assist with conflict resolution.

In the past year Winship has received five grants to enhance the current science

offerings. There is a school-wide emphasis on Agriculture, Natural Resources and Forest

Restoration. Winship partners with BLM, the Forest Service and HSU for science projects with

students. A garden grant was received that funded garden beds, an outdoor classroom is being

built through a second grant, a third grant brought garden supplies, a fourth grant assisted with

expanding student and community built trails on the Winship property and the final grant will

establish a seed lending library on site. Additionally, a greenhouse and shade house are being

installed on campus for use by science classes and Winship is the only middle school in the

area with an Ag Science program taught by a credentialed Ag Science teacher.

Purpose of Grant:

The Purpose of this grant is to continue to help improve our campus climate and reduce bullying

among our middle school students. While peer mediation can help assist with conflict resolution, Bullying is

a pervasive issue that needs to be solved proactively. The grant will provide staff and student training in the

Safe Schools Ambassador program, a bystander education program developed to harnesses the students

power to prevent and stop bullying and violence.

The Safe School Ambassadors program this grant will fund is an "inside-out" approach to improving
school climate, one that relies on social norms change and the power of students to help stop bullying and

violence. Student bystanders see, hear, and know things adults don't, can intervene in ways adults can't and

are often on the scene of an incident before an adult. They are a critical and under-utilized resource for

positively impacting the crisis of bullying in our schools.

The Safe School Ambassadors program empowers leaders from the diverse student groups and

cliques on campus and equips them with nonviolent communication and intervention skills to stop bullying,

cyber-bullying and mistreatment among their peers. It promotes positive peer-to-peer relationships, increases

school safety, and improves school climate. The Safe School Ambassadors program is a research-based,

field tested logic model designed for students in 4th-12th grade. Since 2000, the Safe School Ambassadors

Program has been implemented in over 1,400 schools, training over 52,000 students and over 9,500 adults in

32 US states, Puerto Rico, Guam and Canada.

The recruited students participate in a two-day interactive training along with several adults who

serve as program mentors. The training gives student Ambassadors the motivation and skills to resolve

conflicts, defuse incidents, and support isolated and excluded students. After the training, small group

meetings of Ambassadors are held every week. These meetings, led by the adult mentors, provide time for

strengthening skills, support data collection and analysis of Ambassador interventions, and help sustain

student and adult commitment to the program.

Statement of needs/problems to be addressed; description of how community will benefit:

Winship School currently has the highest suspension rate in the Eureka City School district and has

an even higher rate then the State. In 20015-16 school year Winship school had a 18.4 suspension rate, while

the school districts suspension rate was 8.4 and the states suspension rate was 3.7. A majority of our

suspensions are because of violence among students. Fighting is often encouraged by peers and can lead to

students not feeling safe and comfortable at school.

Safe School Ambassadors actively model tolerance and respect in their own interactions, AND they

intervene to stop intolerance and disrespect shown by their peers. Studies show that students have more
influence on their peers than adults do. If 30 Ambassadors notice and intervene in one potentially hurtful

situation each day, thats 150 interventions per week, or 6000 in a school year. Since each intervention is seen

by at least the perpetrator and the victim, those 6000 acts will tell the people on your campus at least 12,000

times whats OK, and whats not. These acts help create a campus of inclusion, where more feel welcome

and less feel fear.

Description of project goals and objectives (measurable, if possible):

The overall goal of the Safe Ambasadors Program is to reduce instances of bullying and violence by

creating a safe environment and promotes a climate that includes all students. Our primary objectives are to

empower students to utilize non-violent communication and intervention skills to reduce instance of bullying

on campus, create an inclusive positive school climate, and reduce student behavior referrals and suspension

rates.

Timetable for implementation, if applicable:

The Grant will fund the Safe School Ambassadors program to be established during the 2017-18 school

year.

Plans for monitoring and evaluating success:

Qualitative and quantitative data will be used to evaluate the effectiveness of the Safe Schools

Ambassador Program. Qualitative data will be generated by administering surveys to both the staff and

students, ultimately evaluating how he or she perceives our school climate. After implementation of the

program, community members will be asked to complete the survey twice more, once in the middle of the

school year and again at the end. Survey results will be analyzed to determine if students and staff feel that

school climate has improved and incidents of bullying have decreased.

Quantitative data will be generated through School Wide Information System that is used to report

student behavior infractions. The number of incidents involving bullying will be analyzed each month and

discussed with our Safe School Ambassador Team. Suspension rates will also be analyzed monthly to

determine if suspensions due to bullying and fighting are decreasing.

FINANCIAL INFORMATION:

Project Budget

Item Budget Category Account Code Requested Funds

Stipend for 2 Mentors of School Certificated Salaries 1,150 4,000
Ambassador Program
Stipend for Head Monitor of Classified Salary 2,239 2,000
School Ambassador Program
Supply Budget Supplies for Materials and 4,310 700
students to use to promote Supplies
program
Cost of Program Cost of 2 day Services and other 5,800 6,395
training, year long support and Expenses
year long weekly meeting
curriculum.

Organization's previous and current annual budget:

Winship site budget is $109.484.00 for the 2016-2017 fiscal year. The projected site budget for
2017-2018 fiscal year is $84,671.

Statement regarding the organizations audit procedures:

The State Controllers Office, in consultation with the Department of Finance, the State Department
of Education, and representatives of specified organizations, are required to conduct annual
financial and compliance audits of school districts, offices of county superintendents of schools, and
other local education agencies.

Tracking Grant Expenditures/Other Sources of Revenue/ Other Sources of Grant Funding:

Grant expenditures will be recorded weekly and reported on a monthly basis.

Winship School will provide funding for substitute teachers for mentors and head campus monitor
to attend the two-day training and any other important training relevant to improving school
climate.

Winship school has not received any other previous gifts from CICF

Winship School has no other grant applications to other cruise line foundations at this time.