My grant allowed me to introduce my students to a critical thinking and problem solving concept that I could never have achieved otherwise. Incorporating the Break Out boxes into my math class has taught my students about persistence, communication, team work and other skills that will carry them not only into my math class next year, but into…Read More

Middlesboro Middle School 6th graders had a successful year participating in the Entrepreneur Project. We had two teams to make it to the KVEC Regional Competition in November.
The first team provided a service to the tourist of Middlesboro. This team was called , ‘A Ghost Walk”, and took visitors through the town of Middlesboro addressing the…Read More

The Paintsville Middle School Entrepreneur project was a great success. Four of our entrepreneurs/teams won at regionals. Several businesses are still taking orders and producing goods to sell. The ARI Fire Summit was a great way for these students to showcase their hard-work and talent. The students are already brainstorming ideas for next year!

The data that was collected shows that the intervention was successful. The intervention was used on a 2nd grade special education class. This class is in the resource classroom each day from 10:00-11:00. The baseline data shows that the average number of student interruptions during four different days was approximately 19.5 times per day. Once…Read More