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"Project Abstract (Required)
McMinnville School District?s Birth through Third Grade Prevention and Early Intervention Project is being submitted as a Development grant to implement innovative practices, strategies, and programs that will improve educational outcomes for high-needs students. Project objectives are to build a bridge to graduation and postsecondary completion by increasing school readiness, ensuring every child enters kindergarten with skills at or above age five, foster early school success, and increase the percentage of students performing at or above grade level in reading and math by the end of third grade. The project will provide services to approximately 2,400 students per year/12,000 over the duration of the project.

Project components and activities include:
?A Child Development Center with mobile capacity to provide curriculum resources, modeling, and coaching to parents of high-needs children, birth to age three
?Preschool for high-needs children, ages three to five
? Kinder-Plus for high-needs students
?Extended day/year and supplemental support for high-needs students in K-3rd grade

The project will be implemented in partnership with Willamette Valley Medical Center Birthing Center, Virginia Garcia Medical Center, Salem Family Literacy Center, McMinnville Education Foundation, Life Strategies Foundation, and others. Anticipated project outcomes include: 1) Increase parent knowledge, skills, and competency in promoting early literacy, numeracy, and social, emotional, and cognitive development in their children; 2) Increase school readiness to ensure early school success; 3) Increase student achievement in reading and math, attaining academic performance targets that are above state average; 4) Narrow achievement gaps in reading and math among students subgroups."

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