Roberta Diaz Brinton , director of the STAR
Program.
Since 1953, Keep America Beautiful has been engaging individuals to take
greater responsibility for improving their local community environment.

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Academies(TM), Inc. This approach will
provide students with a foundation of basic skills with which they can
go on to read great literature, solve complex problems, and make
important life decisions.
The school will work with a number of vibrant and diverse arts
groups including The American Pianists Association, Butler University
and the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra.

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learns to speak a second language.

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impact on communities today and for generations to come.

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The poster, which will contain classroom science
activities, will also introduce teachers to the new web site. In
this five-year-old program, over 2. Ronan, president and CEO of Lighthouse
Academies.

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"This dynamic and innovative program incorporates science and
engineering principles into the entire elementary school curriculum. Several unique features of the
academy include:

Students will remain with the same teacher for two years

Class sizes are not to exceed 25 students

The school will provide 190 days of instruction each year with
an extended day of eight hours, which allows for additional
instruction time and support students may need to master the
Lighthouse Academies curriculum

A significant differentiating factor that truly sets ILCS apart is
the infusion of arts with research-based programs.

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For additional information about the Toyota USA Foundation, visit
http://www.3 million volunteers in 14,000 communities
in all 50 states take part in community improvement activities.

Indianapolis Lighthouse Charter School to Open August 2005 Creates Public School Choice and New Opportunities for Underserved Children; Academy Open Houses Sc

"It's simple," Ronan states. "Students working under clear rules
and in a school culture that stresses respect and safety, get more
done. ILCS will also participate in the state assessment
program and issue an annual school report card to parents and the
community.

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In the STAR program, gifted high school students and USC scientists work
side by side, conducting research in the School of Pharmacy laboratories.
The Toyota USA Foundation is a $40 million charitable endowment created to
support innovative education programs serving kindergarten through 12th grade
in the United States, with special emphasis in the areas of mathematics and
science., Keep America Beautiful,
Inc. This program will support Keep America
Beautiful's new Clean Sweep U. Raymond Empson, president of Keep
America Beautiful.

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USC School of Pharmacy Receives Toyota USA Foundation Grant to Expand Successful STAR Program

The Toyota grant will provide funding to implement the first two years of
a projected nine-year K-9 innovative and reproducible science, math and
engineering curriculum being created by USC scientists, engineers and their
research laboratories initially for Murchison students., America's leading community improvement organization, has been awarded
$100 ,000 from the Toyota USA Foundation to launch the Clean Sweep U.A. On the web and in the classroom, students will become
better informed about such things as garbage, source reduction, composting,
recycling , waste to energy and landfills," he added.

Sites included in this category are designed specifically for the classroom teacher.

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The award was one of four awards that the board of
directors voted to fund during the Foundation's semiannual meeting in
Washington, DC recently.
"Toyota is committed to the communities in which we do business and
education is an important part of this. "We
are extremely grateful for this opportunity to fulfill, at Murchison
Elementary School, the Toyota USA Foundation's mission of providing a science
and math enrichment education to children whose desire to learn is only
limited by the investment in their schools. STAMFORD, Conn., in receiving Toyota USA Foundation
awards were the University of Southern California School of Pharmacy, Los
Angles , CA; the University of Michigan College of Engineering, Ann Arbor, MI;
and Earth's Birthday Project , Santa, Fe, NM.org or call
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"The Toyota USA Foundation grant will bring world renowned University of
Southern California scientists and engineers and their graduate students to
the classrooms of one of this nation's poorest and lowest performing
elementary schools," said Dr.

6th - 9th Grade Science Students to Benefit From Toyota USA Foundation + Keep America Beautiful Partnership

Environmental Education Program. science education website.
"We are thrilled that the Toyota USA Foundation is supporting Keep America
Beautiful's educational programs," said G."
A portion of the Toyota funds will go to design, create and produce an
environmental education poster that will be mailed to over 50,000 teachers to
coincide with Earth Day 2005.com/foundation . "We expect every student enrolled in our schools to
graduate from high school and begin further study, military
enrollment, or employment within ninety days.

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Its signature event is The
Great American Cleanup, a 12-week program that takes place each spring.
Lighthouse Academies offers a rigorous academic program for all
grade levels in the core subject areas of history, geography, English,
mathematics , science, and fine arts, with the integration of study
skills and technology throughout all courses . is a results-driven, nonprofit
charter school management organization that works with local
communities to create new, high-quality educational choices for
students. The organization creates new opportunities for public school
choice for underserved children, provides opportunities for education
professionals to learn together, and gives principals and teachers the
autonomy to make important decisions on educating children.

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Most importantly, children come to
feel at ease when applying science and engineering principles to the every day
facets of their lives, both inside and outside the classroom," she added ."
As with each new Lighthouse Academies charter school, ILCS will
begin with elementary grades , K-Grade 5, and expand one grade level
annually until it includes grades K-12."
The school will develop an accountability plan, including multiple
internal and external measurements to ascertain progress toward
agreed-upon goals.lighthouse-academies.

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The Toyota funding coupled, with a National Science Foundation award, is
allowing the school's Pharmaceutical Sciences Center to bring its Science,
Technology and Research (STAR) program, a collaboration between the University
and Francisco Bravo Medical Magnet High School, to elementary school children
and their teachers. To better engage
students in instruction, art and classroom teachers will collaborate
to incorporate art techniques in all subjects. For more
information, visit http://www.

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ILCS will offer a safe, secure learning environment where all
participants including administrators, teachers, and students, assume
a high degree of civility and responsibility for one another.

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To date, three modules have been developed into
science curricula for 3rd - 5th grade classes .

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LOS ANGELES, The University of Southern
California School of Pharmacy has been named the recipient of a $145,836 grant
from the Toyota USA Foundation. In
the expanded program, USC experts in elementary and science education, with
Murchison educators, USC scientists and community experts, are designing
grade-appropriate science, math and engineering modules that fit within the
elementary science curriculum.A. For additional information about the Toyota USA Foundation, visit
http://www.
"Students that attend our Indianapolis Lighthouse Charter School
will acquire the knowledge, skills, values , and attitudes to become
responsible citizens and effective workers in their local and global
communities ," says Michael B.

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This award will allow those
experts to bring this education initiative to an often overlooked audience
when it comes to learning math and science -- inner city elementary grade
students .2 million students.org

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"We are delighted to join in this science education outreach program with
such an illustrious higher education institution as the University of Southern
California School of Pharmacy," said Atsushi "Art" Niimi, president of the
Toyota USA Foundation. The STAR program has already
successfully demonstrated that inner city high school students, when presented
with relevant, hands-on experiences under the mentoring of professionals,
scientists and engineers, can excel in science.
In addition to the USC School of Pharmacy, other organizations receiving a
Foundation award were the University of Michigan College of Engineering, Ann
Arbor, MI; Keep America Beautiful, Stamford, CT; and The Earth's Birthday
Project, Santa Fe, NM.
The Toyota USA Foundation is a $40 million charitable endowment created to
support innovative education programs serving kindergarten through 12th grade
in the United States, with special emphasis in the areas of mathematics and
science .

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"We're very excited about partnering with such an outstanding organization
as Keep America Beautiful," said Atsushi "Art" Niimi, president, Toyota USA
Foundation, in announcing the award.

In fact,
beginning in kindergarten, students learn vocabulary and read
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com/foundation . The grant will
provide a means for promoting use of the newly established web site among
teachers, the development of math and science classroom materials and a
teacher training initiative that will reach 50,000 6th - 9th grade teachers
and 1.m. We look forward to
meeting with parents and guardians interested in having their children
attend ILCS.
For more information , visit www.

About Lighthouse Academies

Lighthouse Academies(TM), Inc.

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Today,
it has more than 550 certified town, city and county affiliates in 41 states,
22 statewide programs and 400 local organizations.

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Through
this intensive immersion experience, young minds come to an in-depth
understanding of science and engineering. "This innovative website and education
program are being developed to help both students and their families
understand about the enormous waste problems facing not only the United States
but the entire world. program is all about
building knowledge and critical thinking skills regarding environmental
responsibility .toyota., a results-driven, nonprofit charter school
management organization that works with local communities to create
high-quality educational choices for students, today announces it will
open the Indianapolis Lighthouse Charter School (ILCS) on August 15th
of this year. Located at 1780 Sloan Avenue, open houses for the school
are scheduled for Tuesday, March 1st and Wednesday, March 2nd , at 6:30
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The award will allow for expansion of a
successful science discovery outreach program to elementary grade students at
Murchison Elementary School in East Los Angeles.
The award is one of four that the Toyota USA Foundation board of directors
announced recently at its semiannual meeting in Washington, DC. "This generous donation reflects Toyota's commitment to
environmental education, and it will help us continue to provide internet
resources to students, teachers and families about how to reduce and manage
waste in America's communities. The Clean Sweep U.

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