Following your review, scroll to the bottom of this page
to submit your application. All applications must be submitted by 11:59 p.m.
Eastern DST on October 12, 2008.
Best Buy store name* |
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Store number* |
424 |
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Distance from school to Best Buy
store* |
34 |
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School name* |
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Address* |
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City* |
Chiefland |
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State* |
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Zip code* |
32626 |
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School phone number* |
352-493-6000 |
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School fax number |
352-493-6018 |
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School's EIN - Federal Tax ID
number |
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School district name |
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Principal/Administrator's first
name* |
Pamela |
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Last name* |
Asbell |
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Email address* |
asbelp@levy.k12.fl.us |
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Teacher/Applicant's first name* |
Christina |
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Last name* |
Smith |
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Email address* |
smithch@levy.k12.fl.us |
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Is this school a previous
recipient of a Best Buy Teach Award?* |
Yes |
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Number of years teacher/applicant
has been working at this school* |
One year or more |
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How did you hear about Best Buy
Teach Awards?* |
BestBuy.com |
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Category that most accurately
describes your accredited, nonprofit K-12 school* |
Public |
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Category that most accurately
describes your school's grade levels* |
High School (9-12) |
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Total number of students enrolled
in your school* |
561 |
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Diversity of students in your
school |
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Asian/Pacific Islander* |
2% |
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American Indian* |
0% |
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Caucasian/White* |
80% |
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Hispanic/Latino* |
3% |
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African-American/Black* |
14% |
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Other* |
1% |
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Percentage of students in your
school who qualify for free or reduced lunch* |
35% |
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Date project or program was first
implemented in your school* |
August 2003 |
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Grade level(s) and number of
students from each grade level who directly benefited from this project or
program in a single school year* |
K -
0 Students |
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Total number of students who directly
benefited from the project or program in a single school year* |
291 |
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Subject area(s) your project or
program supports* |
Art |
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Technology products your students
have used in connection with the project or program* |
TVs |
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Tell us about the project or
program. In the past, how have your students used the technology products
identified above in creative, fun and hands-on ways to learn the curriculum
in the classroom? Describe only past history of the project, not what you are
planning for the future. |
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Within
our Business and Technology programs our students ideally choose what
technology products they wish to use in many of the projects that they
create. These projects are created to fit the needs of each student that will
benefit them the most. Projects vary from video trails of a novel, state
brochures, travel brochures, family calendars, and it also includes a variety
of PowerPoint’s to include frog dissection, jeopardy games, accounting and
business concepts, careers, and animated graphics that they create. Projects
also incorporate web site design to include FrontPage, Macromedia MX and
Adobe CS3 Premier Package. Students many times choose software they want to
learn outside their academic classes such as MusicMatch,
Pinnacle Studio, and Home Designing software to create their own projects.
Within the program itself students are assigned jobs that revolve around many
projects for the school, such as creating Banquet programs, Band
Presentations, Senior Baccalaureate, Newsletters, and the Chiefland High
School Web site. Students in the |
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Has
the hands-on use of technology in the project or program improved any of the
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Students' engagement in class* |
Yes |
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Students' comprehension of
material being studied* |
Yes |
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Students' class attendance* |
Yes |
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If you answered that student
engagement, comprehension and/or attendance have improved as a result of
being able to use technology hands-on in the classroom, describe what the
impact has been. Include specific statements students have made about the
project or program. |
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Chiefland
High Schools Business and Technology programs over that past 10 years have
provided a multitude of fun hands-on ways to learn that are concurrent with
the latest up-to-date technology that is relevant to student’s individual
learning needs and career goals throughout the curriculum. It has taken years
for this program to grow to what it is today.Our
numbers have quadrupled this year alone, as we continue to provide programs
that are motivating, fun, rigorous, and relevant to each individual student.
Whether they want to be an accountant, engineer, nurse, lawyer, graphic designer,or business owner there
is never a dull moment in the most sought after Career and Technical program
at our school. "In all of these programs, Ms. Smith has discovered ways
to make it fun and exciting to learn these things”(April
Geiger, student. These programs continue to grow and are now implemented
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How will the products included in
the budget improve your existing project or program described in this
application? |
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first item of $980 would be 14 Graphic tablets. It would enhance the Graphic
Design program by using the tools of a graphic designer. We have several
students that use them and they are just a great tool. The increase of
technology increases the student’s motivation to want to learn. This would
provide my student to share in the tools, but it would be a great start to
give the students the hands-on practice with a tool that is fun to use. In
many cases it is very difficult to draw on a computer with a mouse and the
graphic tablet provides a more user friendlier tool and allows the student to
pursue their more creative talents. This tool would also provide them the
needed skill in obtaining the articulated college credit at our local
community college. Without the experience of using the tool, they will surely
fail the test given at the college. With success being a motivation to the
key to teaching and the students learning. The second item of $980 would be
14 more graphic tablets. The additional graphic tablets would enable every
computer to have a graphic tablet. All students then would have access and
serve as a more convenient way to learn and allow them more time to implement
their own unique graphic designs more frequently. It would also make the lab
a concise fully equipped uniformed computer lab. The third item of $990 would
be 11 chairs that would replace the many chairs that are over 7 years old and
are falling apart. I keep screwing them back together only for them to fall
apart the next day. As an academy I would like a professional looking
computer lab and give the students another glimpse of what business is all
about. The look of the lab also increases the motivation for the students to
want to be in that environment. First impressions can make a difference when
students decide what courses to take and as the lab gets more current so does
the students and so does the desire to be in that class. The fourth item of
$990 would be for 11 more chairs. It would almost complete the set for the
entire room. It would create a more concise fully equipped uniformed computer
lab. We are so close to being an almost perfect computer lab. It would be
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By submitting this
application, I acknowledge that Best Buy, acting through Scholarship America,
will select recipients of the Best Buy Teach Awards based on criteria as set
forth in the program guidelines and that all decisions are final. I understand the Best
Buy Teach Award is issued in the form of a Best Buy Gift Card and is awarded
to the school based on the application submitted by the educator. All
equipment purchased with the Best Buy Teach Award Gift Card is the property
of the school and is to be used by the educator to enhance and support the
winning program or project. Gift Cards cannot be redeemed for cash and may
only be used to purchase products in Best Buy stores or at BestBuy.com. By
accepting the Teach Award, the educator, the school and its administration
agree to support the winning program and use the Best Buy Gift Card to
purchase technology outlined in the application to enhance the program or
project. Once submitted, this
application becomes the property of Best Buy. The contents of this
application may be used by Best Buy for promotional purposes of the Best Buy
Teach Award program, which may include but is not limited to, its website,
in-store signage, newspaper advertising and inserts. I certify I meet the
eligibility requirements of the program and the information provided is
complete and accurate. I certify that my school's administration has approved
this application request, my school is a charitable or tax-exempt
organization and that all information is accurate and verifiable. I authorize release of
all data from my application, including personally identifiable applicant
information, to Best Buy for their use in selection of recipients and for use
in publicity. By typing my name, I
agree to the terms and conditions for submitting an application to the Best
Buy Teach Award program. I also grant permission to use my name for the
purpose of advertising or trade in Best Buy publicity. I understand that this
is an electronic signature that has the same legal authority as my
handwritten signature. |
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Teacher/Applicant's signature* |
Christina L. Smith |
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Date* |
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reference should the project or program be selected for a Best Buy Teach Award.
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Thank you for applying for a Best Buy Teach Award.
Thank you Christina Smith!
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For your reference, your Scholarship America ID is BBTeach-012061.
Should you have questions, email: bestbuyteach@scholarshipamerica.org