  Good Morning Coordinators! We're days away from hitting our first evaluation checkpoint of the year, as well as the priority deadline for submitting funding paperwork. Here are the upcoming deadlines: 1. Complete Coordinator Grant Agreement Survey + DocuSign Forms Deadline: Friday, December 13th for payment to be processed + sent by December. Complete this survey to indicate whether you'd like to have your Coordinator Grant ($1200/$600) sent to you directly or to your school/organization. DocuSign envelopes will be sent once your response is received. 2. Complete Team Grant Agreement + W9 Forms Deadline: Friday, December 13th for payment to be processed + sent by December. All grant forms, including team grant agreements, coordinator grant agreements, and any requested W9 forms must be submitted by this Friday. Otherwise, funding will be processed in mid-January. 3. Submit Planning Phase Materials for Checkpoint #1: Deadline: December 15, 2019 This marks the official end of your planning phase. At this point, we do NOT expect your website or social media accounts to be perfect in any way. Rather, we look to make sure these components are established in preparation for the implementation phase coming in the new year. If your school has more than one site coordinator, please have one coordinator fill out ONE form. We will review your projects and email feedback as you return from winter break. Thank you for your hard work!
4. Turn In Media Releases: Deadline: December 15, 2019 Please send us copies of media release forms from all team members by emailing girlsbuild@lapromisefund.org. 5. Complete Pre-Challenge Surveys for Students + Coordinators Deadline: ASAP (the due date was November 17, 2019) Please fill out the Coordinator Pre-Survey and have your students complete the Student Pre-Survey as soon as possible.  Virtual Professional Development (PD) Videos for Coordinators: We are finalizing the links to the videos + slide decks, and will send them to you early next week in a separate email.  CRITICAL BLACK + ETHNIC STUDIES SUMMER LEARNING: Sponsoring Organization: Telluride Association Audience: High School Sophomores, nationwide When: Summer 2020 Description: The Telluride Association Sophomore Seminar (TASS) offers bright, motivated high school sophomores challenging six-week college-level courses in critical Black and ethnic studies. Website:https://www.tellurideassociation.org/our-programs/high-school-students/sophomore-seminar-tass/apply-sophomore/ Deadline: January 6, 2020, 11:59pm EST SUMMER SEMINAR LEARNING: Sponsoring Organization: Telluride Association Audience: High School Juniors, nationwide When: Summer 2020 Description: The Telluride Association Summer Program (TASP) is a free six-week educational experience for high school juniors that offers challenges and rewards rarely encountered in secondary school or even college.Each program is designed to bring together young people from around the world who share a passion for learning. Telluride students, or TASPers, attend a seminar led by college and university scholars and participate in many other educational and social activities outside the classroom. Website:https://www.tellurideassociation.org/our-programs/high-school-students/summer-program-juniors-tasp/apply-tasp/ Deadline: January 13, 2020, 11:59pm EST STUDENT LEADERS SUMMER INTERNSHIP: Sponsoring Organization: Bank of America Audience: High School Juniors and Seniors, nationwide When: Summer 2020 Description: The Student Leaders Summit focuses on skill building and creating a more civically engaged society. It connects more than 300 community-minded high school juniors and seniors from nearly 100 communities to employment, skills development and service. They're awarded paid summer internships with local nonprofits such as Boys and Girls Clubs of America and Habitat for Humanity and participate in a national leadership summit in Washington, D.C. Website:https://about.bankofamerica.com/en-us/what-guides-us/student-leaders.html#fbid=_L4DM5jXAS6 Deadline: January 31, 2020 NON PROFIT + LEGAL SUMMER INTERNSHIPS: Sponsoring Organization: Constitutional Rights Foundation Audience: High School Sophomores and Juniors attending Title I Schools in Los Angeles County When: Summer 2020 Description: Since 1995, Expanding Horizons Internships has provided first-generation, college-bound high school students in the Los Angeles area with an intensive experience of skill development and personal growth that prepares them for college. career , and civic life. Website:https://about.bankofamerica.com/en-us/what-guides-us/student-leaders.html#fbid=_L4DM5jXAS6 Deadline: January 31, 2020   Send us your video with tips, tools, and techniques that you'd like to share with the Girls Build community, as we'll post them on our website + Instagram. Click here to submit!  On top of tending their thriving community garden, Girls Build Master Team, Chicas Verdes from Manual Arts High School in South Los Angeles is simultaneously tackling the lack of access to clean, safe drinking water at their school. Leveraging their impressive social media presence along with their design and business savvy, they're fundraising to install water filters at their school! Check out their Instagram @chicasverdes to get your own bottle. You grow girls! 🌱  LA Promise Charter Middle School recently collaborated with their school's Science + Engineering Club to explore working with telescopes. This is just one way they're realizing their mission to promote STEM exploration and a college-bound culture at their school. Definitely shooting for the stars! 😉 ⭐️ ✨ Instagram: @lapcms_girlsbuild 
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  Coordinator Grant Agreement + W9 Forms Please look out for an email with the latest update and next steps on the Coordinator funding! Team Grant Agreement + W9 Forms Grant agreements and W9 forms have been sent to Site Coordinators and Principals via DocuSign for those who have filled out the grant agreement mailing preferences survey. We are currently processing your signed forms, and you will receive an email confirmation when payment has been sent out. Deadline: ASAP (the due date was November 17, 2019) Pre-Challenge Surveys: Students + Coordinators: Please fill out the Coordinator Pre-Survey and have your students complete the Student Pre-Survey as soon as possible. Deadline: ASAP (the due date was November 17, 2019) Media Releases Please send us copies of media release forms from all team members by emailing girlsbuild@lapromisefund.org. Deadline: December 15, 2019.  Right now, all teams should be deep within the planning phase of your project year. Use the training resources within your Retreat Guide found in your Starter Pack to prepare the three deliverables due to us by December 15, 2019, 11:59pm PST:
Click here to submit your drafts and link to website + social media.  Check out these opportunities handpicked by the Girls Build Team! If you don't match the criteria for any of these, don't worry. More is to come! ENVIRONMENT + SUSTAINABILITY Do you have a school garden? Innovate and re-purpose your school's milk cartons + win prizes! Sponsoring Organization: Carton 2 Garden Audience: Schools Nationwide Description: Show off your students’ creativity by re-purposing milk and juice cartons from your school cafeteria to either build or enhance your school garden through carton planters, garden art, irrigation system, etc. Educators can engage students in a hands-on experience creating teachable moments on environmental stewardship, sustainable packaging and healthy living. The best use of cartons in a school garden gives your school the chance to win one of 15 prizes with a grand prize valued at $5,000. Website: https://carton2garden.com/contest-details/spring-2019-2020-contest/ Deadline: April 1, 2020, but get started ASAP! ENVIRONMENT + SUSTAINABILITY - CIVIC ENGAGEMENT Make Beautifying Streets, Revitalizing Communities, and Learning Environmental Stewardship Your First Job Sponsoring Organization: Los Angeles Conservation Corps' Clean & Green Program for Youth Audience: 14-21 year old low-income students residing in the City of Los Angeles When: Summer 2020 Description: Get your first paid job experience in environment, conservation, and community service-focused work experiences throughout the city of LA. Students will gain environmental work experience, build their skills and resume over a number of weeks or months through working at community beautification projects in all 15 LA City Council Districts. Website: https://www.lacorps.org/programs/clean-green/ Deadline: Rolling Deadline, but Apply ASAP. STEM Apply to Spend Two Weeks Next Summer Participating on a Fully-Funded, Scientific Research Expedition Sponsoring Organization: Earthwatch Institute Audience: High School Sophomores + Juniors in Los Angeles County When: Summer 2020 Description: Spend two weeks during the summer participating in a fully funded scientific research expedition alongside professional scientist and other students in a natural landscape across the United States. Website: https://earthwatch.org/education/student-fellowships/ignite Deadline: December 4, 2019 CIVIC ENGAGEMENT Sign up to be a Paid Election Worker for the Presidential Primaries! Sponsoring Organization: Los Angeles County Audience: High School Students in Los Angeles County When: March 2020 Description: Los Angeles County is looking for high school students to participate in its Student Election Worker Program. Starting in March 2020, the voting period will expand from 1 day to 11 days. This means students will now be able to serve on weekends and/or election day. And the more days students serve the more they’ll earn, with student stipends ranging from $180 to $580. Bilingual students are highly needed! Deadline: Email Joseph Canal at JCanal@rrcc.lacounty.gov as soon as possible. ARTS, MEDIA & PRODUCTION Tell the Story of Who You Are for a Chance to Win Scholarships! Sponsoring Organization: Critical Media Project Audience: High School Students in Los Angeles County When: February 2020 Description: Create your own media, whether that be a short story, audio story, photo collage, and tell your story to represent yourself and your community. Who are you? What do you care about? What does “belonging” mean to you? How do you see yourself…as a Californian, as an Angeleno, as a member of your local neighborhood? Tell your story for a chance to win scholarships up to $1000. Winning submissions will be screened during the festival. Website: https://criticalmediaproject.org/itooam-submissions/ Deadline: Submit your work by December 20, 2019.   Share your wisdom and get the chance to be featured on Girls Build's Instagram + website by sending us your video with tips, tools, and techniques that you'd like to share with the Girls Build community as we all embark on this year-long challenge.
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