OH! News - Keeping Your Mind Over Your Matters
 
September 2002
 
"The mere sense of living is joy enough." -- Emily Dickenson
 
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THIS MONTH'S FEATURES
  • MindOH! Funding Corner -- New Feature!
  • OH! News Readership Survey -- We Want to Hear From You!
  • Guest Author Ruben Gonzalez Presents "The Four Steps to Success: Goal Setting Secrets from a Three Time Olympian"
  • MindOH! Case Study: Edison Middle School -- "Just in Time Training"

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MINDOH! FUNDING CORNER -- NEW FEATURE!

 

As requested by schools and districts seeking funding resources for the MindOH! Discipline and Life Skills Series, OH! News will now feature a monthly "funding corner" to highlight the latest funding information on character education grants and technology grants as well as links to exceptional Grant Finding Resources.

 

Technology:

  • The Toshiba America Foundation awards: The Toshiba America Foundation awards grants for programs and activities that improve the classroom teaching of science, mathematics, and technology for middle and high school students. http://www.toshiba.com/about/taf.html.
  • Handspring Foundation: The Handspring Foundation focuses on supporting non-profit organizations
    or international equivalents that help at-risk children and youth. Application deadline: November 1, 2002. http://www.handspring.com/company/foundation/about.jhtml
Grant Finding Resources:
  • Fundsnet Online Services: A comprehensive website dedicated to providing nonprofit organizations,
    colleges, and Universities with information on financial resources available on the Internet. http://www.fundsnetservices.com/ 
  • Department of Education Forecast of Funding: This document lists virtually all programs and competitions under which the Department of Education has invited or expects to invite applications for new awards for FY 2002 and provides actual or estimated deadline dates for the transmittal of applications under these programs. http://www.ed.gov/offices/OCFO/grants/forecast.html
  • TEA Grants Administration Homepage: The Texas Education Agency (TEA) administers both state and federal funds that support a variety of programs to benefit public education. http://www.tea.state.tx.us/grant/announcements/grants2.cgi
  • eSchool News School Funding Center: Information on up-to-the-minute grant programs, funding sources, and technology funding. http://www.eschoolnews.com/resources/funding/
  • Philanthropy News Digest-K-12 Funding Opportunities: K-12 Funding opportunities with links to grantseeking for teachers, learning technology, and more. http://fdncenter.org/funders/
  • School Grants: A collection of resources and tips to help K-12 educators apply for and obtain special grants for a variety of projects. http://www.schoolgrants.org
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OH! NEWS READERSHIP SURVEY -- WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU!

 

MindOH! has been sending out OH! News for more than a year now, and whether you've been a subscriber over the past year or only recently, we would like to get your feedback about our email newsletter. We want to know what you think about OH! News, and what you would like to read in future issues. In that spirit, the following link is an online survey MindOH! created to gather feedback. It shouldn't take more than ten minutes to complete and it will be invaluable to us in improving OH! News and being able to meet your needs. Thank you for your support!

 

OH! News Readership Survey: http://www.zoomerang.com/survey.zgi?RMYK683WJE6MDVYQNHTBKH1H

 

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GUEST AUTHOR RUBEN GONZALEZ PRESENTS "THE FOUR STEPS TO SUCCESS: GOAL SETTING SECRETS FROM A THREE TIME OLYMPIAN"

 

Ruben Gonzalez, Olympian, author and speaker, presents "The Four Steps to Success," a model presented in MindOH!'s Aspire to Achieve module. Ruben's dreams and perseverance to become an Olympic athlete motivated him to train and compete in the luge, and brought him to the 1988 Calgary Olympics, 1992 Albertville Olympics, and 2002 Salt Lake City Olympics.

 

"How does someone who did not even take up the sport of luge until he was 22 become a three-time Olympian? As I tell thousands of people in my speeches, I'm not a big shot. I'm just a little shot that keeps on shooting. I'm proof that ordinary people can aspire to achieve extraordinary things if they follow a few simple steps."


Visit the MindOH! Web site at http://www.mindoh.com to read Ruben's article.

 

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MINDOH! CASE STUDY: EDISON MIDDLE SCHOOL -- "JUST IN TIME TRAINING"

 

"MindOH! is a motivator for students - a motivator to do what's right," said Dan DeLeon, principal of Edison Middle School. "It sets them down and helps them come face to face with themselves, with the issues. It asks some hard questions - What did you do? What could you have done differently? What should you have done?"

 

"I think what the students like most about the MindOH! program is that they get to put their thoughts down, and someone is reading those thoughts, someone is listening. They get to tell their side of the story. I think that's probably the same reason the adults like the MindOH! program - they can cut through all of the other stuff and just get to the issues as to what happened, why did it happen, and then go from there."

 

Edison Middle School has been using MindOH! since September 2001 as part of MindOH!'s two-year Pilot study in the Houston Independent School District. Read perspectives from Edison Principal Dan DeLeon and Assistant Principal Juan Gonzalez about the impact MindOH! has had on students and administrators at their school: http://www.mindoh.com/edison.asp

 

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