Public+Relations+Goal

==Public Relations Goal: Promote the school in order to revitalize and enhance growth, create strong community relationships, and attract families to the community. == Business || Mrs. Adamson, Mrs. Ford, Mr. Johnson || Spring 2009 ||  ||   ||   || Mrs. Milton, Ms. Richie || Spring 2009 ||  ||   ||   || Mrs. Fullerton, Mr. Nollette || 2007-2008 ||  ||   ||   || =**__Public Relations__**=
 * How we will know when this goal has been met:** This will be measured by enrollment figures and/or new families moving to town. Grocery store financials will show us the success of the grocery store project.
 * Support Data (Three sources used to select the goal)
 * 1) Enrollment trends
 * 2) School Board Directed
 * 3) School and Community Connection |||||| Standardized Assessments: |||| Local Assessments: ||
 * Strategy/Intervention:
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Get the word out by Newsletter, Midland News, Past graduates Alumni letter, Podcast
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Learning Lab House: Learning with a purpose, hands on life skills (entertain).
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> 10-member Student Steering Commettee, Presented to the Valentine City Council, Student Run community meeting, Group of students presented material to Cody Village Board S.I.F.E., (UNK Students In Free Enterprise),
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Bus to Crookston, School Reach program to connect parents and patrons in a quick and timely manner on school related issues.(Weather, Crisis related events) |||| <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Research Supporting This Intervention: ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Activities to Implement the Intervention || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Person(s) Accountable |||| <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Timeline || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Resources || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Staff Development Outcome ||
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 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Grocery Store, Entrepreneurship Center, Incubator
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Signs, Billboards, Radio spots, Newspaper articles. Podcast KVSH, Multimedia projects, CK Beat (Newsletter), Village Of Cody Website || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Mrs. Adamson, Mr. Arnold.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Integrate Special Ed, Gifted, FFA || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Mrs. Shelbourn, Mrs Noteboom,
 * Technology**
 * The CK Beat is a student run cross-curricular publication that represents the combined communities of the Cody-Kilgore School District. Students and staff work collectively using professional design programs to create visually-stimulating media with the goal of promoting Cody-Kilgore. Circulation is approximately 300 issues that blanket Nebraska, South Dakota, and various localities throughout the United States. In addition, the CK Beat is available online at the Cody-Kilgore website in full color. Work generated from the publication is then linked to the Midland News out of Valentine, Nebraska to keep Cherry County and north-central Nebraska abreast of the happenings in our small school district. Ultimately, our goal is to provide students with the skills necessary to communicate and contribute to society in a highly technical and professional way. In the future, we hope to turn the newsletter into a full newspaper publication.
 * Cody-Kilgore has the unique opportunity to provide students with the ability to record, edit, and submit material for broadcast on the internet and local radio stations representing the area serviced by the school district. Each week 7th-12th grade students compile and present recent and upcoming events to keep listeners informed on the happenings of the school. Our goal is to expand our radio personalities to include elementary students. This has not yet been accomplished due to the 15 mile distance between the elementary and secondary schools. Thanks to technology we will soon be able to include more students.
 * In an effort to totally saturate the market, Cody-Kilgore is cultivating a broad online viewership by employing web streaming services to broadcast various school events and activities. The ultimate goal is to virtually unify our sparsely populated area by connecting it to the World Wide Web. In this way, Cody-Kilgore is an innovator by employing technology and services in an effort to serve our virtual community. It is our hope that other school districts will follow our lead to enable online viewing of all activities of interest to our viewers. Eventually, we foresee the opportunity to provide our students with another 21st century skill. We plan to purchase the equipment and provide training to enable students to broadcast play-by-play commentaries and emcee school events.
 * Updated and maintained by students in advance computer applications classes, the Cody-Kilgore website offers links to online streaming, the CK Beat, Power School, archived photos, school calendars, student resources, and the podcast among other various sources of information.
 * Entrepreneurship**
 * In the Spring 2009 Public Relations committee met to see what could be done to attract new families to our area and school system.
 * After an intense yet short application process, Cody became the recipient of a $75,000 Rural Business Enterprise grant. The grant was funded by the USDA Rural Development, but was written by the Center for Rural Affairs. The $75,000 grant was specifically meant for providing student education. Students will be trained in the many aspects of business and hopefully will then start their own businesses. The primary business stemming from this grant will be our student run grocery store. This store will provide a much needed service to the community and serve as a hands-on learning lab for students. As required by federal law, schools are responsible to provide services to special education students until the age of 21. This grocery store will provide a set of job skills which will prepare our special education students for their future. By providing this service and this unique learning opportunity, we hope to attract new families to our area.
 * In conjunction with the grant and grocery store, CKUS is now offering an entrepreneurship class and training. The class is taught by the business teacher, Terri Nollette. The business training is coming from a variety of sources for those students expressing an interest in this process.
 * Students applied and were interviewed by outside judges to become a member of the G.R.I.T. Steering Committee. G.R.I.T stands for Growing, Revitalizing, Investing, Teamwork. These students have helped choose curriculum, worked with business students from the University of Nebraska at Kearney, provided and presented information to local communities, and attended the Governor's Conference on Rural Economic Development.