Book Giveaway (arts)

First Book is doing is involved with a huge book giveaway!

They will start sending books as early as next week, so it's CRUCIAL to get organizations registered this week (by Thursday, actually).

Here are the details on registration: 

http://readergirlz.blogspot.com/2010/11/novel-gift-over-125000-free-books-to.html

Best wishes,


Martha Brockenbrough
martha@marthabee.com
THINGS THAT MAKE US [SIC], St. Martin's Press http://marthabrockenbrough.com http://momshomeroom.msn.com http://readergirlz.com http://spogg.org http://nationalgrammarday.com

American Indian Heritage Month (information)

American Indian and Alaska Native Heritage Month Census Information

http://bit.ly/azGHY0
Facts for Features
November 2010
The first American Indian Day was celebrated in May 1916 in New York. Red Fox James, a Blackfeet Indian, rode horseback from state to state, getting endorsements from 24 state governments, to have a day to honor American Indians. In 1990, President George H.W. Bush signed a joint congressional resolution designating November 1990 as “National American Indian Heritage Month.” Similar proclamations have been issued every year since 1994. This Facts for Features presents data for American Indians and Alaska Natives, as this is one of the six major race categories.

SMASH (opportunity)

http://www.lpfi.org/education/smash.html

SMASH (Summer Math and Science Honors) offers a 5-week summer intensive academic program in science and math for exactly the kind of students AVID serves. The academy will be held at Stanford and at Cal this summer. It is FREE! (long story: basically, its funded by the computer guy who invented lotus software and Firefox)

The program at Cal has been going on for about seven years; the Stanford program is new. SMASH is looking for about 120 students for the summer. 

SMASH is looking for students (mostly current eighth graders, but also about 20-25 current ninth and tenth graders) who are what AVID calls underserved and who have a true interest in the STEM (science, technology, engineering, math) fields. 

A staff of about six, covering the entire Bay region are ready to present at site coordinator meetings, AVID classrooms, wherever we will have them.
 
Please see attached flyers!
 
gary
 

Gary Williams
Director
Region IV AVID
Contra Costa COE
(925) 942.5349 work
(707) 707.331.0030 cell
((925) 938.6317 FAX
garywilliams@cccoe.k12.ca.us

 
Marissa Oka 
Region IV AVID Program
Contra Costa County Office of Education
77 Santa Barbara Road
Pleasant Hill, CA 94523
Phone:      925-942-5395
Fax:          925-938-6317 
E-mail:      moka@cccoe.k12.ca.us 
Web Page: www.avidregion4.org



Kúmateech /Later
André Cramblit, Operations Director
Northern California Indian Development Council (NCIDC) 
(http://www.ncidc.org) 707.445.8451

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