Youth Service America is accepting applications for the second year of the STEMester of Service program.
Funded by Learn and Serve America, a program of the Corporation for National and Community Service, STEMester of Service incorporates YSA's semester-long service-learning framework to engage educators and students in addressing critical environmental needs and connecting them to STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) curricula.
YSA is seeking ten middle schools with large populations of disadvantaged youth to join twenty returning STEMester of Service grantees. STEM schools must be located in one of the twelve states with highest dropout rates: Alaska, Arizona, Colorado, Delaware, Georgia, Illinois, Louisiana, Nevada, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, and Washington.
The $5,000 grant (which includes travel and training at YSA's Youth Service Institute in Detroit in October) supports teachers as they engage local partners and guide students in addressing local needs through planning and implementing sustainable service projects that will launch on the Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service (January 17, 2011) and culminate on Global Youth Service Day, (April 15-17, 2011).
A nonprofit 501(c)3 organization, the RCWE’s mission is to connect people with jobs through collaborative workforce development efforts and strong partnerships with economic development, business, education, and government sectors in the Northwest Pennsylvania region.
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