1. ELL GRANT PROPOSAL Starla Lester & Julie Maestas

2. OBJECTIVE: MEET Academic Yearly Progress (AYP) Population of ELL students has doubled in last five years The majority of ELL students are scoring below the standard of “meets proficiency” in the area of reading

3. School Demographics

4. Picacho Middle School EPSS SMART Goal 1: By the end of the 2006-2007 school year, students will increase proficiency by 5% or more in Reading and Writing within content areas as measured by the New Mexico Standards Based Assessment. SMART Goal 2: By the end of school year 2006-2007, students will increase proficiency by 3% in numerical concepts and mathematical operations. SMART Goal 3: For the school year 2006-2007, Picacho Middle School will create an environment of high expectations as measured by attendance rate, drop out rate, school GPA, number of AIP’s, and a decrease in the number of failing students.

5. Three ways in which we will meet our objective First- Networked Rosetta Stone language acquisition software

6. Second: WYNN- a text-to-audio software program

7. Third: Technology will be used to support or scaffold classroom instruction. Community service

8. Time Frame July 2006- December 2009

9. Cost Estimate $87,000

10. Assessment Compare Picacho ELL students CRT scores with ELL students across the district