Best Practices, Volume VI, 2004

Accomplishments of 2003-2004

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The second annual School Business Partnership Kick-Off Breakfast, Growing from Good to Great, was held on August 8, 2003 at Williwaw Elementary School. Speakers at the breakfast included Mayor Mark Begich, Ann Sponholz of the Alaska Process Industry Careers Consortium, SBP Chair Barbara Stallone, Superintendent Carol Comeau, and members of the Student Board. Bartlett student Angel Lopez and Brian Griggs YESS Director of Ft. Rich presented the SBP highlight. Carrs, Coca-Cola, First National Bank, and Dimond Greenhouses sponsored the breakfast.

Student Board President Dana Hubbard and Coordinator Ginny Cress presented information on the success of the Student Board’s Saturday Market booth. Coca-Cola sponsored the booth, which the youth entitled, Clearly Alaskan. Other sponsors of the booth included Anchorage Convention and Visitors Bureau, Big Game Alaska, GCI, and First National Bank.

Breakfast attendees were informed of the major accomplishments of the 2002-2003 school year and given copies of the 2003 Best Practices.

Other accomplishments:

• Enhanced www.asdk12.org/depts/sbp web site – Kathy Griffith, ASD Webmaster
• Monthly electronic SBP Newsletter – Sharon Sellens, SBP Coordinator
• What I’ve Learned So Far calendar project - ASD K-12 students
• New SBP logo by David Duncan, ConocoPhillips
• Training for high school SBP coordinators
• Added 3 elementary SBP coordinators
• SBP Student Boards established at East and West High
• Participation in the Alaska Visitor Industry Charity Walk
• SBP database update
• SBP partnership listings by individual schools
• 2004 Star Awards
• School Business Partnerships Best Practices
• Best Practices 3

Please note: The information on this page is from the 2004 edition of Best Practices. The people, programs and contact information included were current at the time of publication, but may have since changed.