October 19, 2006

News from the Indiana
Charter School Service Center
 

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	Kevin Teasley President and Founder The GEO Foundation The Charter School Service Center
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Welcome to the Charter School Service Center’s E-Newsletter. We have been working hard here at the Service Center and want to do our best to keep you updated and connected. In an effort to condense emails and keep you informed, we will be distributing these monthly e-newsletters to your inbox. We hope you will take the time to read through the announcements as we have included items we believe that you will find helpful and pertinent to what’s going on at your schools. We all have so much to learn from, and share with each other. Work smarter not harder! Please feel free to forward this to anyone else you think might be interested. To respond to any of the below items or to pose a question or concern, please contact Associate Director Lindsey Brown at lindsey.brown@geofoundation.org or (317) 713-4210.

Announcements:

Map of Indiana Charter Schools:
Where are we today? Where will we be tomorrow?

Click the map to get a complete listing of charter schools in Indiana.  
                                                      

Charter School Insurance Consortium Now Available! We now have approval from the state to provide the lower rates you have been looking for. Larger group=lower rates and more choices. Call the Service Center today to find out how to get involved.

Board Development Luncheons:
Great leaders make great schools. Great schools make good students and future members of the Indiana business community. Are you or someone you know interested in learning more about charter schools or serving on their boards? In order to inform the community and to recruit additional board members for new and operating charter schools, the Service Center is hosting a series of board development luncheons to be hosted in a few Indiana regions. We will kick off the series in Indianapolis at 3 local charter schools. The Indianapolis luncheons will be co-sponsored by the Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce. Get the word out to potential board members:

Public Charter School Enrollment Fair: We are looking at February for the next Public Charter School Enrollment Fair. Stay tuned for a definite date.

Homework Hotline for grades 6-12: Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology's Homework Hotline provides FREE math and science homework help to Indiana students in grades 6-12. Students may call the Homework Hotline from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. (Eastern Daylight Time) toll free at 1-877-ASK-ROSE. It's a free service and a free call! The program is funded by Lilly Endowment, Inc., 3M Corporation and Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology.

Vendor Spotlight:

The Charter School Service Center is pleased to announce the addition of a new quality service provider to the team. Please welcome HR Partnerships Inc. to the charter school community. Please call Tony Dill today at 317.590.7581. He can assist you with all your human resource needs. From recruitment and staffing to policy and procedure development, Tony’s your guy.

Indiana Charter
Schools Today News

Look for the next issue in your mailbox or at your school next week!

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		Rep. Brian Bosma House Speaker
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Featuring:    
Interview with

Brian Bosma:
LB: What is your position on charter schools?

Student Column:
To read the Student Column in the Fall issue [click here]. To make a submission for the next issue email lindsey.brown@geofoundation.org. Next issue’s topic is “School Uniforms: Friend or Foe?” All charter school students are eligible to participate.

Easy Money
for your School:
Do you research everything online? If you do, it’s time to change the way you search for recipes, sports schedules, news updates, and other countless things… to benefit your school! GoodSearch is a Yahoo-powered search engine with a unique social mission that gives 50% of their advertising revenue to the nonprofits their users choose. In other words, next time you are looking for the address of that great restaurant you’re going to this weekend, type it into GoodSearch and 1 cent will go to the nonprofit organization or school of your choice.

Donors Choose:
DonorsChoose has been all over the news in recent weeks, but in case you haven’t heard of it, or if you’ve heard of it but haven’t acted upon it…now’s your chance! DonorsChoose is a simple way to fulfill needs and foster innovation in our public schools. At www.DonorsChoose.org, teachers submit ideas for experiences and materials that their students need to learn. Any individual can search proposals by areas of interest, learn about classroom needs, and choose to fund a compelling project. Once the project is fully funded by an individual or a variety of sources, DonorsChoose buys the supplies and mails them directly to your classroom.

Indianapolis Colts Youth Grant Programs:

Visit the community section of www.colts.com to download
applications for the following opportunities:

Colts Student All Star Program

Through a partnership with the NFL, the Indianapolis Colts are excited to introduce the 2006 Colts Student All Star Program, presented by Grange Insurance. Through this program, Indiana youth ages 13 and under can appbly for individual grants up to $300 to fund a student-initiated community project or program. Each grant applicant must partner with a registered 501(c)3 non-profit organization in order to complete their project. All applications must be submitted by October 30, 2006, in order to be eligible.

Colts Jr. Community Quarterback Program

Are you an Indiana high school or college student looking to make a difference in your community? If so, the Indianapolis Colts and the NFL would like to help.

During the 2006 season, Indiana high school and college students can apply for individual grants up to $5,000 from the Indianapolis Colts and the NFL for a student-initiated community project. Students must partner with a registered 501(c)3 non-profit organization in order to complete their project. All applications must be submitted by October 30, 2006, in order to be eligible.

Become a Member Now! 

Join the Charter School Service Center and gain access to all of quality, discounted services from our dedicated and professional staff:

• Legal Services
• Compliance Services
• Technology Services
• Fundraising and Public Relations
• Academic Oversight/Superintendent Services
• And Much More!

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