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
Title / Debra West
Project Director
Phone805.385.1501
Fax805.486.7358

Grant Award Amount / Total: $12,000,000 over 3 years
  • Year 1 $4,000,000
  • Year 2 $4,000,000
  • Year 3 $4,000,000

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
(6-8) / STEAM: Marine Biology and Bioengineering
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, andRichard B. Haydock schools. STEAM magnet middle schools will reduce, prevent, or eliminateHispanic and Low SES isolation for middle school students; ensure that all middle school pupilshave equitable access to a high quality education in schools that are designed and equipped forthe 21st century; prepare them to function well in a technologically oriented and highlycompetitive economy comprised of people from many different racial and ethnic backgrounds;and increase parent choice and participation. Our project reconfigures three existing intermediateschools serving 7th-8th grade students into 6th-8th middle school magnet academies.

Each magnetschool will emphasize a different STEAM focus:

Frank School will support Roboticsengineering, Computer Aided Design, and 3-D printing for 1,200 students;Fremont School willhouse the Marine Biology and Bioengineering emphasis for 1,200 students; andHaydock School will implement Agriculture and Environmental Resource Management as well as Visual andPerforming Arts for 1,000 students.

Project Objectives:

  1. Reduce, eliminateor prevent Hispanic isolation and economic segregation through balancing ethnic and SESenrollment among magnet schools;
  1. Reconstruct and reconfigure middle school facilities forSTEAM;
  1. 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 allnumerically significant groups in English/Language Arts and Mathematics;
  1. Increaseparent choice through open enrollment for all magnet schools; and
  1. Maintain safe, positiveschool climates at all magnet middle schools through universal prevention programs.

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