Oxnard School District abstract (MS Word)



Magnet Schools Assistance Program Project Abstract

FY 2013 Competition

|Applicant |Oxnard School District |

|PR Award # |U165A130070 |

|School District |Oxnard School District |

|State |California |

|Project Title/Name |Oxnard School District da Vinci Magnet Academies |

|Contact |Debra West |

|Title |Project Director |

| | |

| |Phone 805.385.1501 |

| |Fax 805.486.7358 |

| |Email dwest@ |

|Grant Award Amount |Total: $12,000,000 over 3 years |

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| |Year 1 $4,000,000 |

| |Year 2 $4,000,000 |

| |Year 3 $4,000,000 |

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|School and Grades Served |Theme |

|Robert J. Frank Intermediate/Middle School (6-8) |STEAM: Robotics Engineering, Computer Aided Design, and 3-D printing |

|Fremont Intermediate Middle School |STEAM: Marine Biology and Bioengineering |

|(6-8) | |

|Richard B. Haydock Intermediate Middle School (6-8) |STEAM: Agriculture and Environmental Resource Management, Visual and |

| |Performing Arts |

Project Description:

Our magnet school program is entitled, “Oxnard School District – da Vinci Magnet Academies.” Inspired by Leonardo da Vinci, we propose 3 new middle schools: Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics (STEAM) academies for Robert J. Frank, Fremont, and Richard B. Haydock schools. STEAM magnet middle schools will reduce, prevent, or eliminate Hispanic and Low SES isolation for middle school students; ensure that all middle school pupils have equitable access to a high quality education in schools that are designed and equipped for the 21st century; prepare them to function well in a technologically oriented and highly competitive economy comprised of people from many different racial and ethnic backgrounds; and increase parent choice and participation. Our project reconfigures three existing intermediate schools serving 7th-8th grade students into 6th-8th middle school magnet academies.

Each magnet school will emphasize a different STEAM focus:

Frank School will support Robotics engineering, Computer Aided Design, and 3-D printing for 1,200 students; Fremont School will house the Marine Biology and Bioengineering emphasis for 1,200 students; and Haydock School will implement Agriculture and Environmental Resource Management as well as Visual and Performing Arts for 1,000 students.

Project Objectives:

1. Reduce, eliminate or prevent Hispanic isolation and economic segregation through balancing ethnic and SES enrollment among magnet schools;

2. Reconstruct and reconfigure middle school facilities for STEAM;

3. Increase student academic achievement: all three magnet schools will achieve “Safe Harbor” API of 800 or 10% growth in achievement over the previous year’s AYP for all numerically significant groups in English/Language Arts and Mathematics;

4. Increase parent choice through open enrollment for all magnet schools; and

5. Maintain safe, positive school climates at all magnet middle schools through universal prevention programs.

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