Bank of America's Neighborhood Excellence Initiative - Student Leaders

From: Cayme, Cheryl M [mailto:cheryl.m.cayme@bankofamerica.com]

Dear Community Partner:

Happy New Year!

I'm pleased to share that Bank of America is bringing the Neighborhood Excellence Initiative (NEI) to our community for the 6th year. As you know, it is a program of our Charitable Foundation and enables us to recognize and reward non-profit organizations, local heroes, and student leaders for their contributions to communities across the country.


At this time, I'm reaching out to ask that you encourage outstanding high school students in their junior or senior year to apply for the Student Leaders component of NEI. The award recipients will be students who have shown interest and enthusiasm for the kind of community work that might some day make them leaders in their neighborhoods, cities, and beyond.


Selected students will receive a paid summer internship with a local non-profit organization and participate in a six day, all expense paid leadership summit in Washington, D.C.


Applications can be submitted and a full description can be found at www.bankofamerica.com/neistudentleaders. You may also review the attached brochure for more information. Please share this opportunity with potential candidates and with your colleagues that may work with high school students and note that the deadline to apply is Friday, February 20.
Our selection committee will include community leaders and will meet in the spring to select winners.

Thank you for your consideration and we look forward to your participation!


Cheryl M. Cayme
Market Specialist
Bank of America - San Francisco/East Bay
Phone: (415) 913.4129
Fax: (415) 913.3267
cheryl.m.cayme@bankofamerica.com

November CISC History-SS Report

From: Gary Dei Rossi [mailto:gdeirossi@sjcoe.net]

Welcome to the CISC History-social science report. The attached items include:

*an article by Nat Hentoff concerning the youth vote that appeared in the Sacramento Bee on Oct. 31

*"Not by Votes Alone", an article by Ted McConnell (one of the keynote speakers at last year’s Asilomar Conference) on the importance of civic education

*the CISC history-social science minutes from the Nov. 6th meeting, including…
-History-Social Science Framework Revision Committee meetings
-Supplemental instructional materials for Native Americans
-CDE History-SS newsletter
-CCSS awards applications for excellence in History-SS education
-2009 CCSS conference
-CCSS pre-conference event on Closing the Achievement Gap
-Upcoming 3R’s program events
-Civic education resources
-National service learning standards
-Media and Democracy project
-Five Freedoms Project (a Leadership & Youth Media project)

*the latest CA 3Rs Bulletin on Student Religious Expression in School Assignments

*the CA 3Rs calendar for this year.


Gary F. Dei Rossi

Co-Chair CISC History Social Science Committee