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Applicant Organization: Ka'u Learning Center for Hawaii Count RFP Number: Date Prepared: December 30. 1997 IV. PROJECT DESIGN/SERVICE DELIVERY The funds for this grant proposal are to be used for a three-point program. This will allow us to provide experiences which are appropriate to the young people's aspirations, spanning agricultural processing to computer technology. The three programs that will cover the range of interests cur- rently existing in the youth of Ka' u are: • In Ocean View, the art of film-making will be taught to the youth participants. The skills learned in this project will be useful in any kind of marketing or media enterprise. • In Pahala, poi-making, packaging distribution and marketing will be taught to agriculturally oriented youth. • In Na' alehu, we will raise the literacy and computer skills of youth, and in turn raise the skills of their parents through the process of reverse mentoring. This is a process that raises the self-confi- dence of the young people by providing them with skits that they can teach their parents or older family members. s-r R ,t•f,,., flint the ntiority risk factors for delinquency prevention in the district of Ka'u are extreme economic deprivation and academic failure beginning in late elementary school, the community Council of Ka'u has determined to implement these three community-based programs. In Phase I, ten P166/64MB/3.5G computers and 1 NT dual processor server 128MG/7.0G/ modem/24xCD-ROM/floppy/monitor/videocard/keyboard/mouse will be networked via 12-port hub at Na' alehu School. These computers will be built with Windows 95, Office 97, and Publisher 97 software. Hilo Community School will buy the educational software, expected at this time to be SkillsBank4 and LcarningPlus, the top-rated programs for building basic skills in Grades 7-12. The project is an after-school and summertime tutoring program to build basic reading, writing, and math skills. The project will employ PCs in order for the students to become familiar with the computers of the real work world (not to be confused with the Macintoshes of the school system). The labor to build and setup the system is being donated by Pahntree Computer Solutions in Ocean View. The administration of the project by the County will be coordinated by the Ka' u Council liaison. Computer technology provides a compelling advantage in an educational setting. Ten students can be tutored with just one teacher in attendance, as oppoged to needing ten individual tutors. While we are targeting Grades 7-12, the Principal hopes that this program will also serve as a reward for those younger students in the OHA-funded after-school tutoring program. Volunteer computer-literate teachers from Na alehu School will be hired through an outside "temp" service at $10 per hour to supervise the students. The Principal has assigned us the use of a new portable classroom. Security grillwork will need to be installed. The system will run independently of the school's system to avoid problems. A separate phone line will be installed to allow remote troubleshooting. A fifty-percent mortality rate on mice, keyboards and floppy drives have been figured into the budget. A specialh - designed work station will be built to prevent tampering with the CPUs, as well as prevent spillage of soft drinks onto the equipment. 10