Theresa Savel

Community relations and marketing strategies
Successful models of school, family, business, community, government, and higher education partnerships
The school and community serve as one another as resources

Kenny Lake School Principal, students, and community have desired a baseball program for many years. Due to budget constraints and the nature of small schools, CRSD only allows a certain number of available sports. It was a vision, such a program could be included into the Kenny Lake School sport's opportunities. There were several steps to the process.

The Kenny Lake School Principal interviewed students Spring 2002 to determine interest in all sport's options. As the administrative intern, I consolidated all the information into a document that first included all student names and secondly just statistical data. The results overwhelming demonstrated an interest in a spring sport.

The Kenny Lake School Principal requested supportive letters from prominent community members and ASAA. A budget review was prepared to show Spring baseball could be offered to Kenny Lake students with no additional cost to the District by reorganizing the existing Activity Fund budget.

The request was ready and presented to the CRSD School Board. The request was made with solid data and sincere interest. It was discussed at length specifically addressing what effects the program has District-wide. After some time, the request was passed and Kenny Lake School seniors presented the School Board with a signed baseball as an appreciation of their gratitude.

Fund-raising will be an ongoing process to support the purchases of uniforms, equipment, etc. The process began with a request to all major league baseball teams. Substantial equipment and support was received. "Let's Play Ball!"

Declining school revenue and resource behold it is highly unlikely
baseball will be an option next year. Only time will tell. Vision,
with dedication and hard work, proved successful this year.

*See Artifact #4

*Career Day* Spring 2003

Indicators

Community resources
Community relations and marketing strategies and processes
Successful models of school, family, business, community, government, and higher education partnership
Schools operating as an integral part of the larger community
Resources of the family and community needing to be brought to bear on the education of students
High visibility, active involvement, and communication with the larger community is a priority
Outreach to different business, religious, political, and service
agencies and organizations
The school and community serve one another as resources
Available community resources are secured to help the school solve problems and achieve goals
Partnerships are established with area businesses, institutions of
higher education, and community groups

I supervised students in grades 7-12 who participated in a Career Day. We left Kenny Lake immediately at school's start to attend the events in Glennallen. Students centered through seven different career presentations. There was a nice variety which included volunteer activities, vocational roles as well as positions which require college degrees.There was one presentation that kind of mythed students about the necessity of hard work involved in career and financial success. I spent 5-10 minutes the following day with student evaluations and a reality check on the credence most presenters placed on hard work, integrity, and basic skills in reading, writing, and math.

Were there any surprises or unexpected outcomes? Not hardly related to the event, however we departed Kenny Lake in a bus. After the bus arrived in Glennallen, it was grounded due to a crack in the windshield. I did not find this out until 2PM. Alternate
transportation had to be determined. There was quite a juggling act
with school vans, certified drivers, and district policy which all had
to be decided quickly as we still had to make it back to Kenny Lake (45 miles away) in time for the buses to take all students home for the day.

What did I learn? Flexibility and a good sense of humor. The comedy of errors was almost humorous after a while, but regardless of what was going on, my first priority was student safety. We returned to Kenny Lake School late, but we left Career Day with every student in a seat and in a seat belt. Student safety is an ultimate goal for any adminstrator.


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*Fall 2002*
*Support for school breakfast program and extra-curricular donations
*Raffle
*Harvest dinner preparation, serving, clean-up, and thanks

*Fall 2002/Spring 2003*
*School/community newspaper publication and circulation
*See Artifact #4b

*Spring 2003*
*Special Olympics
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