LitCamp- A Reading and Strengths Based Enrichment Program

School:: Seacrest Country Day School - Lower School
Subject:: School-wide program
Teacher:: Amyrose LoMele
: Nicole Nehf, Megan Beischer, Myka Calagione
Students Impacted:: 100
Grade:: K-5
Date:: August 10, 2023

Investor

Thank you to the following investor for funding this grant.

A Champion for Learning - $895.00

Impact to My Classroom

# of Students Impacted: 100

The Champions for Learning grant from Lit Camp Turqouise Bunk is a beneficial program for Seacrest Country Day School Lower School students. This program was piloted with second grade students, and provided engaging, meaningful literature experiences. This program creates a collaborative literacy journey for students to navigate the seven strengths in conjuction with our Seacrest Core Values. Students enjoyed the literature and connecting the lessons to their personal lives and school community. Thank you!

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Original Grant Overview

Goal

LitCamp is a literacy and enrichment program for students in grade Kindergarten through Grade 8. LitCamp builds students’ social-emotional skills around what the program refers to as “the 7 strengths”—belonging, curiosity, friendship, kindness, confidence, courage, and hope. These strengths align with the Seacrest School's Core Values. The goal of implementing this program is for students to build connections with texts and their ability to see the relevance of both texts and the strengths in their own lives.

What will be done with my students

Lessons will be framed around seven key strengths that cultivate student well-being and will prepare children for challenges that they will encounter in their educational lives and communities. The curriculum includes a teacher guide, over 100 high-interest trade books, and student folders. It includes pre and post assessment rubrics to gauge progress in reading engagement and enjoyment; writing engagement and enjoyment; speaking and listening; collaboration and community building; and sense of self: identity building.

Benefits to my students

The concepts taught using the LitCamp program will influence positive student achievement and behavioral gains by incorporating the 7 strengths. Specifically, the lessons will transfer to students' literacy beliefs and behaviors and social emotional competencies outside the school setting.

Budget Narrative

The LitCamp program will supplement our current literacy program and will directly tie The Seacrest Core Values into our ELA goals and objectives. This curriculum comes highly recommended by our teachers who have used LitCamp at other schools. This set will reach all second and third grade students at the Lower School.

Items

#	Item	Cost
1	LitCamp Turquoise Bunk Grades 2&3	$895.00
	Total:	$895.00

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