| s Help Students Prepare for Postsecondary Education | | | | plans to use the bulk of its grant to institute a |
| Three San Antonio Schools’ high schools have | | | | transportation fund for before and after school tutoring |
| received grants from the state of Texas to aid | | | | and mentoring. |
| students in achieving their goals of attending college or | | | | Even though each schools is allocating their funds to |
| university. The Texas High School Completion and | | | | different services, they like all San Antonio Schools |
| Success Grants, totaling $200,000, were awarded to | | | | must improve their students’ scores on the |
| Edison Technical High School, Fox Technical High | | | | Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills. This |
| School and Navarro Academy. Each of these San | | | | program has set several important goals for all schools |
| Antonio Schools will use the funds in a way that will | | | | in Texas to increase the number of: 9th-graders |
| address the particular needs of its students. | | | | graduating from high school in four years, students |
| Edison Technical High School plans to use the $80,000 | | | | who graduate college-ready, as demonstrated through |
| grant to create and run the Saturday College | | | | enrollment in a college-preparatory curriculum including |
| Readiness Academy. This is an exciting and innovative | | | | Advanced Placement, International Baccalaureate, and |
| program that will be jointly taught by Edison teachers | | | | dual-credit courses, and students who take |
| and university professors. This will allow the students | | | | college-entrance exams. |
| to get a feel for what is expected at the university | | | | San Antonio Schools Uses Funds to Build Three New |
| level. The main goal of the Saturday College | | | | Schools |
| Readiness Academy is to raise the students ACT and | | | | Starting the 2006-2007 school year, students at Margil |
| SAT scores in order to better their chances at | | | | Elementary School, Crockett Elementary School and |
| succeeding in the college admissions process. | | | | Douglas Academy will enjoy new facilities. Margil and |
| San Antonio Schools’ Fox Technical High | | | | Crockett Elementary Schools have moved to two |
| School is using a portion of its $80,000 grant to | | | | brand new buildings while Douglass Academy has |
| implement SAT and ACT workshops that will help the | | | | undergone a complete renovation of its existing |
| students become ready to take the test. Fox | | | | facilities. |
| Technical High School also plans to use the funds to | | | | Margil Elementary, a San Antonio Schools elementary |
| help pay for students’ exam fees. A teacher | | | | that was originally built in the early 1970’s, has |
| training for the college-preparatory Advancement Via | | | | two newly designed features. The school’s |
| Individual Determination program will be paid for with | | | | striking towers emulate the architecture of Avenida |
| the remaining funds. | | | | Guadalupe located nearby. The other feature unique to |
| Navarro Academy, which received $30,000 in grant | | | | the school is its cafetorium, which is created by a |
| funds, is one of several San Antonio Schools that will | | | | retractable wall that when raised combines the gym |
| establish an Advancement Via Individual Determination | | | | and cafeteria. |
| training sessions for its teachers. Navarro Academy | | | | |