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Our Partners
Seattle Public Schools Seattle YMCA/Kids Company Kids Company University of Washington City of Seattle Atlantic Street Center/Parent Child Home Program Seattle Academy of Arts and Science (SAAS)/University Prep Seattle University The Capital Improvement Project at T.T. Minor Elementary School The Music Program At T.T. Minor Elementary School Cultural Development Authority of King County The Ladies Musical Club The University of Washington Meany World Series Kennelly Keys Harmony Music Capitol Music The UW Center for Environment, Education and Design Studies (CEEDS) Mithun Seattle Public Schools www.seattleschools.org/ The partnership with Seattle Public Schools began nearly ten years ago when businessman and philanthropist Stuart Sloan first met Seattle School Superintendent John Stanford. They quickly realized they shared a common vision for whole school reform that involved transforming one school at a time and creating new models for private support of public education. This became the vision of The New School Foundation. Implementing this vision means working with almost every department in the district, the school board, and the Seattle Education Association. It means ongoing education of school administrators and board members about the program. And it is a partnership that can help shape future private funding for the public schools.
The New School Foundation partners with the YMCA to manage the Before and After School program at T.T. Minor, and with Kids Company at The New School at South Shore. The YMCA and Kids Company were willing partners in developing a program with an expanded focus beyond typical before and after school care. Staff from both programs participate in High/Scope and Purpose Centered Education training, as well as other professional development opportunities offered to school staff, in order to provide consistent adult/child interactions and ongoing attention to academic goals throughout the child’s day. The Foundation negotiated use of the school and its facilities for the program based on the premise that the space belongs to the children. This change in focus makes transitions seamless and teacher collaboration optimal. The long-term effect is an increased professionalism for before and after school programs. More than fifty percent of the YMCA staff and nearly all the Kids Company staff are currently working toward early childhood or elementary teacher certification. University of WashingtonMany divisions of the University of Washington have formed ready, willing and creative partnerships with The New School Foundation. These include: College of Architecture and Urban Planning http://www.caup.washington.edu/ School of Public Health http://sphcm.washington.edu/ College of Education http://www.educ.washington.edu/COEWebSite/ The Information School http://www.ischool.washington.edu/ University - Community Partnerships School of Nursing http://www.son.washington.edu/ Meany World Series http://www.uwworldseries.org/ City of Seattle www.cityofseattle.net.parks/ www.seattle.gov/neighborhoods/ The City of Seattle is a ready, willing and creative partner. The Department of Parks and Recreation and Office of Neighborhoods supported the capital improvement at T.T. Minor. The Rainier Beach Community Center offers its facilities and services, such as the swimming pool, to The New School at South Shore. The New School Foundation worked with the Department of Health and Human Services to shape the Families and Education Levy, particularly the increased funding for early childhood education. Atlantic Street Center / Parent Child Home Program www.atlanticstreet.org The Rainier Beach Family Center, located at The New School at South Shore, began in 1991 as the Southeast Family Center and changed its name when it moved to South Shore in 2002. The Center served 450 families in 2003, offering a variety of afternoon and evening programs including parent education, women’s health, working with schools, and support groups for grandparents, teens as parents and fathers. The Center, which is managed by The Atlantic Street Center, collaborates with more than ten community agencies to provide expertise from financial management to cooking. Many South Shore School families take advantage of these services. Because of the Foundation’s partnership with Atlantic Street Center, the organization received a grant from the Washington Women’s Foundation to start the first Parent Child Home Program (PCHP) in Seattle. Begun in September 2004, this program serves as a model for other PCHPs which will be funded through the Families and Education Levy. Seattle Academy of Arts and Science (SAAS)/University Prep www.seattleacademy.org/ www.universityprep.org/ The New School Foundation is proud to have initiated an ongoing partnership between Seattle Academy of Arts and Sciences and T.T. Minor and between University Prep School and The New School at South Shore. Students in 6th - 12th grades at each of these private schools have reached out with compassion, interest and enthusiasm to the younger children. SAAS and T.T. Minor produce a Martin Luther King Day program that features students’ poetry, music and performances. The older students have helped T.T. Minor students produce books, puppets and performances. Each kindergarten student at The New School at South Shore has a U Prep buddy. They correspond during the year and look forward to their annual picnic and other activities. Seattle University www.seattleu.edu/ The Children’s Literacy Project at Seattle University provides college students who work with T.T. Minor students and teachers in the classroom. The focus of their work is one on one tutoring to help boost children’s reading abilities. Many Partners Make Music And Miracles The Capital Improvement Project at T.T. Minor Elementary School Over a period of five years, and with exhaustive community, corporate and volunteer backing, the foundation helped transform the T.T. Minor campus. What once was a run down, cracked asphalt area closed off by a chain link fence is now a neighborhood park and walkway that boasts new play areas, basketball courts and community gardens. A kaleidoscope of colors replaced the faded chipped paint. The site has two unique and wonderful structures designed and built by University of Washington College of Architecture students that complete the campus transformation. Project leaders began by inviting the school community to participate in development of a site plan funded by the City of Seattle Department of Neighborhoods, and designed by Allworth Nussbaum. It took 7 years, more than 400 volunteers, along with ten major donors to complete the project. Click here to view a PDF of the Highlights of the campus transformation. The Music Program At T.T. Minor Elementary School The children at T.T. Minor School are surrounded by music. Because of community support they play the violins, participate in a marching band, know about string quartets and taiko drums, and have opportunities to participate in Seattle’s rich musical offerings. This program is the quintessential community partnership. The people who help make it happen are: Cultural Development Authority of King County www.4culture.org/ A $10,000 grant from the former King County Arts Commission in 2001 helped jump start the music program. The goal is to give students at T.T. Minor the experience necessary to participate in Seattle’s outstanding middle and high school music programs. These nationally-recognized programs have very few minority participants. Funding cuts in the Seattle Public Schools Music in Schools program and the high poverty rate of T.T. Minor families meant that most students had very little exposure to instrumental music. Fortunately, the grant was renewed for a second year. The Ladies Musical Club www.lmcseattle.org/ This club, the oldest arts organization in Seattle, is committed to providing performance and hands-on musical experience in Seattle Public Schools. They focus on six schools each year and serve T.T. Minor School and The New School at South Shore. Through their support of the UW Meany World Series Artists in Schools program, they bring the world into the classroom. In addition they offer a fabulous selection of local artists to schools, including the Garfield High School Jazz Band.
UW A&S Perspectives, Winter/Spring 2003 article about artists in residence at local schools, including T.T. Kennelly Keys When 5th grade teacher Wayne Greer shared his dream of creating a marching band for 3rd - 5th graders in the model of his college band at Grambling University, Kennelly Keys was there. They stretched a small private donation to completely equip the band. When the school began a strings program for 4th and 5th graders, Kennelly Keys provided violins and discounted student books. Harmony Music When the school decided to make violin mandatory for every 4th grade student Harmony Music provided violins as well as additional instruments for the band. Capitol Music When the 4th graders needed violin books, Capitol Music helped out. They also provided instruments donated by their customers. The New School At South Shore The UW Center for Environment, Education and Design Studies (CEEDS) ceeds.caup.washington.edu/ The building posed an interesting design dilemma to those who were preparing for its opening in Sept. 2002. Originally designed as an open concept school for 6th - 8th graders, the building had an empty warehouse feeling—not a welcoming place for its new four and five year old students. The New School Foundation turned to the University of Washington Center for Environment, Education and Design Studies (CEEDS), a department of the College of Architecture, for help. They convened a group of about fifty UW professors and students of Architecture, Landscape Architecture and Industrial Design, WSU Interior Design students, professionals in the community, and southeast Seattle neighbors for an intense weekend charrette, or community design process. The results were fun and creative, setting the right welcoming feel for the new residents. http://www.caup.washington.edu/about/newsletter/2003_winter.pdf - article about CEEDS work at South Shore School Mithun www.mithun.com/ Mithun, an architectural firm that helped with the charrette, was asked to turn the ideas into a plan. Over the summer of 2002, with a huge donation of professional support from Mithun, volunteers made the design a reality. |
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