OF INTENT TO FILE AN APPLICATION
WITH THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
SEEKING 21ST CENTURY HIGH SCHOOL AFTER SCHOOL SAFETY AND
ENRICHMENT FOR TEENS (ASSETS) PROGRAM FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS

Public Notice is hereby given that Saint Elizabeth High School in partnership with the University of California, Berkeley Graduate School of Education intends to file an application with the California Department of Education seeking 21st Century After School Safety and Enrichment for Teens (ASSETs) Program for High School Students.

The general purpose of the 21st Century High School ASSETs Program is to establish or expand community learning centers that provide students with academic enrichment opportunitites along with activities designed to complement the students' regular academic program. The 21st Century High School ASSETs Program must also offer families of the pupils' literary and related educational development services. Also the Centers, concurrently, help working parents by providing a safe environment for students during non-school hours or periods when school is not in session. The 21st Century High School ASSETs Program general purposes are:

- To establish or expand community learning centers that provide students with academic enrichment opportunities along with activities designed to complement the students' regular academic program.

- To offer families of students served by community learning centers opportunities for literacy and related educational development.

- To help working parents by providing a safe environment for students during nonschool hours or periods when school is not in session.

- To create incentives for establishing locally driven after school enrichment programs that partner schools and communities to provide academic support and safe, constructive alternatives for high school pupils in the hours after the regular school day, and assist pupils in passing the high school exit examination for public school programs.

Additional information about the 21st Century High School ASSETs Program for High Schol Students is also available on the California Department of Education web site at http://www.cde.ca.gov/fg/fo/r8/cclcassets12rfa.asp. The public is invited to provide input and to collaborate with UC Berkeley and OMICPA in the development of its application to be submitted to the California Department of Education. The application due date is January 11, 2012. For additional information, please contact Adrienne Herd at UC Berkeley Graduate School of Education at 510-919-4348 or a herd@berkeley.edu.