Pueblo To Hold Parent Meeting on Smaller Learning Communities Grant

NEWS RELEASE

Contact: Estella Zavala, 225-6437 
Posted on: January 6, 2006

Information regarding a Smaller Learning Communities grant and its effect on Pueblo High Magnet School’s curriculum will be provided to parents from noon to 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 8 in the school’s auditorium, 3500 S. 12th Ave. 

Pueblo was among four TUSD high schools, including Catalina Magnet High School and Rincon and Santa Rita high schools, to benefit from the $3.1 million federal grant which was awarded last summer. Parents will be advised how Pueblo will use $775,000 of the grant over five years to fund a variety of methods to develop a smaller learning community including schedule changes, personalized instruction and courses on Character Counts and career information. 

The Smaller Learning Communities Program is a $142 million competitive federal grant program to plan, implement or expand smaller learning communities in large high schools. For more information, please visit: http://www.ed.gov/programs/slcp/index.html 

Pueblo High Magnet School specializes in communication arts and technology. In addition, the school boasts excellent special education services including community-based instruction and on-the-job training; comprehensive curriculum with strong media, photography, and art programs; Math, Engineering, Science Achievement (MESA); Academic Preparation for Excellence (APEX); advanced placement; gifted education; and honors classes. For more information on the school, please visit: http://www.pueblowarriors.com/ 

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