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Contact Information
First Name (required)
Arlene
Last Name (required)
Dawson
Title (required)
7th Grade Teacher
Address (required)
922 STEPHENSON ROAD
City (required)
STONE MOUNTAIN
State (required)
Georgia
Zip (required)
30087 4616
Telephone
678-676-4402
Fax
678676-4403
E-mail Address
arlene_h_dawson@fc.dekalb.k12.ga.us
School Information
School Name (required)
Stephenson Middle School
AKA Name
Stepnenson Jaguars
Address (required)
922 STEPHENSON ROAD
City (required)
STONE MOUNTAIN
State (required)
Georgia
Zip (required)
30087 4616
Telephone
678-676-4402
Fax
678-676-4403
Nearest Dollar General Store (required)
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IRS 501(c)3 Determination Letter
How long has your school been in existence? (required)
13 years
Type of School (required)
Public
Grade levels served (required)
6-8
Overview
Project Title (required)
Bringing Reading/Language Arts into the Future
Requested Cash Amount (required)
$1,000.00
Number of individuals to be served by funding from this Back to
School application (required)
1425
Projected Ethnicity Served (required)
1,312.00 African American
9.00 Asian/Pacific Islander
3.00 Caucasian
21.00 Hispanic
9.00 Native American
71.00 Multi-Racial
1,425.00 Total
Project Target Audience (required)
General Student Population
Have you received previous funding from the Dollar General Literacy
Foundation? (required)
No
If Yes, what was the grant amount and when did you receive it?
Is this the first year of the project that you are requesting
funding for? (required)
Yes
If it is not the first year for this project, then how many
individuals were served by this Back to School project last year?
Needs Statement (required)
As teachers and students increasingly seek to use technology in the
classroom, there is a corresponding need to use communication tools
that will allow us to effectively present information in our
classrooms so that students can receive the best instruction
possible. The Stephenson Middle School media center has a very
limited number of LCD projectors that can be checked out by teachers
for use in their classrooms. There are only three available for
general circulation within the school. The Language Arts Department
has very limited aceess because there are no LCD projectors
designated for use in specifically the language arts department, and
the teachers are very limited when seeking to check them out for
daily use in the classroom.
Project Purpose and Outcomes
What is the unemployment rate? (required)
According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the unemployment
for Dekalb County, Georgia is 10.5% (April 6, 2011).
What is the high school graduation rate? (required)
 Dekalb County, Georgia has a 77% graduation rate for white students
but only 46% of African-Americans and 29% of Latinos complete high
school(Manhattan institute for Policy Research, 2002). According to
the Georgia Department of Education, Stephenson Middle School had a
graduation rate of 87.7% in year 2008 and a graduation rate of 85.7
in year 2009.
What is the drop-out rate? (required)
According to Public School Review (2008), the dropout rate for
Stephenson High School was 4%.
What is the poverty level in the geographical area served?
(required)
According to the U.S. Census Bureau in the year 2009, the poverty
level in the state of Georgia was 14.7%. the poverty level of Dekalb
county, Georgia was 15.6%.
What is the free/reduced lunch rate at your school? (required)
59%
Project/Program Purpose (required)
The purpose of this project is to enhance instruction through the
use of technology in the English/language arts classrooms. This
project/grant will be used to acquire an LCD projector to aid in the

delivery of direct instruction in the English/language arts

classroom settings. Since all of the students in the school receive
English/language arts classroom instruction, the number of students
served by the grant will be 1425 students.
Project Design and Evaluation
Project/Program Design (required)
The $1,000 project will involve the purchase of an LCD projector,
estimated price $650.00, an Interlink Wireless Remote Point
Presenter, estimated price, $139.00, as well as an Economy projector
Cart, estimated price $125.00. the equipment will be housed in the
Stephenson Middle School Media Center and will be available for
checkout to English/language arts teachers for the first time during
the 2011-2012 school year.
Timeline (required)
The LCD projector will be availabe for checkout during the
Stephenson Middle School seven(7) period day for 180 instructional
schoool days for a total of 1,460 hours of instructional use during
the school year.
Measurable Results (required)
Approximately thrity-two students per class will benefit from the
enhanced instruction using the LCD projector during the school one
hour of instructional time. P
Assessment Methods (required)
The 2011-2012 Georgia CRCT will be used to assessment instructional
gains for the 2011-2012 school year.
Available Technology (required)
Technology available for use in the library media center:
Promethean board, LCD projector, 30 computers.
Computers and Software (required)
the teachers will use the desktop computers in their individual
classrooms to operate the LCD projectors.
Budget Information
Budget Allocations (required)
$650.00 IM - DGLF Request
$255.00 SO - DGLF Support
$905.00 Total
 Budget Narrative (required)
The 1,000.00 grant will be used to purchase an LCD projector,
estimated cost $650, an Interlink Wireless Remote Point Presenter,
estimated cost $130, and an Economy Projector Cart, estimated cost
$125.00.
USA Patriot Act Counter-terrorism Compliance
SCHOOL NAME: (required)
Stephenson Middle
Check the appropriate box to indicate your compliance with each of
the following:

Patriot Act - Question 1 (required)

Agree
Patriot Act - Question 2 (required)
Agree
Patriot Act - Question 3 (required)
Agree
Patriot Act - Question 4 (required)
Agree
Patriot Act - Question 5 (required)
Agree
Patriot Act - Question 6 (required)
Agree
I certify on behalf of the school listed above that the foregoing is
true. (required)
I Agree
Approval of Principal
Name of Principal (required)
Obelia Hall
I understand that all mailed correspondence, including payment of an
awarded grant proposal, will be sent to the organizationâ s address
provided in the Organization Information section of this
application. (required)
I Agree
I understand if this proposal is selected for funding and the grant
check is not cashed within ninety days of receipt of funding, the
check will be null and void and the grant will be forfeited.
(required)
I Agree
Submission Approval (required)
I Agree

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