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Magnet Schools Assistance Program Project Abstract

FY 2013 Competition

|Applicant |The School Board of Broward County, Florida |

|PR Award # |U165A130083 |

|School District |Broward County Public Schools |

|State |Florida |

|Project Title/Name |Sprouting STEM Museum Magnet Schools |

|Contact |Leona Miracola |

|Title |Project Director |

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| |Phone 754.321.2070 |

| |Fax N/A |

| |Email leona.miracola@ |

|Grant Award Amount |Total: $11,107,049 over 3 years |

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| |Year 1 $3,993,290 |

| |Year 2 $3,840,529 |

| |Year 3 $3,273,230 |

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|School and Grades Served |Theme |

|Atlantic West Elementary (K-5) |STEM Museum Magnet |

|Broward Estates Elementary (K-5) |STEM Museum Magnet |

|Colbert Elementary (K-5) |STEM Museum Magnet |

|Liberty Elementary (K-5) |STEM Museum Magnet |

|Plantation Elementary (K-5) |STEM Museum Magnet |

|Royal Palm Elementary (K-5) |STEM Museum Magnet |

Project Description:

Broward County Public Schools is the sixth largest school system in the nation serving over 258,000 K-12 grade students. The District will expand choice options to students and target a diverse pool of students from various social, economic, ethnic and racial backgrounds to increase student achievement and reduce minority group isolation that currently exists in the six proposed schools.

The District proposes creating four new whole-school elementary magnet schools and revising two existing science, technology and mathematics magnet schools into comprehensive science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) museum magnet schools. These Title I schools have been identified as minority group isolated, compared to the District and state, on the annual State Public Accountability Report (SPAR) and have the capacity to accommodate a total of 1,266 additional students.

The Sprouting STEM Museum Magnet Schools’ classrooms will parallel the museum process of researching, exploring, experimenting, explaining, and exhibiting. The creative and inquisitive nature of students will expand as they perceive science, technology, engineering, and mathematics with the mind and eyes of a museum curator. Teachers will have new roles as “docents of learning” while implementing Paideia, Renzulli, and Engineering is Elementary in the museum process. Partnering with museums across the globe, STEM related businesses, colleges, parents, and other community members will optimize resources and ensure program sustainability for the STEM Museum Magnet Schools.

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