LEAN Frog and The Alabama Association of School Boards present the 2015 winning school entries for Best Practices. This year's winners feature a wide range of best practices: 1. A unique recycling program benefit children unable to pay for the lunch; 2. K-12 vertical aligned curricula that let's students begin to explore careers starting in kindergarten ; and 3. Agricultural/Outdoor Project Based Learning on steroids.

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2015 Alabama’s Best Award Presentation
AASB Annual Conference
“Kids Count on Us”
December 4, 2015

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2015 Alabama’s Best Award
• Open to all Alabama public school districts
• Expanded to include Best Practices in both
instructional and non-instructional departments
• Judged on creativity, sustainability, and impact
on students

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Runner Up - $1,000 Prize Winner

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Journey to College & Career Readiness
– K-12 vertically aligned curricula and real world learning experiences
– Opportunities to explore, identify and narrow college and career
interests throughout school career
– Collaborative effort involving various school departments and high
school College and Career Advisory Boards
– Vertical alignment of opportunities aligned with workforce
development data, business partners’ feedback & student interests.
– Annual review by the various entities

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Runner Up - $1,000 Prize Winner

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Indian Valley CNP
CNP Recycling and Repurposing for Customer Service
– Collect and clean Lunchables plastic trays and Capri Sun pouches
– Recycle
– Revenue is used to fund students needing lunch
Results
– 43,788 items recycled
– $847.69 in revenue
– 771 students helped

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First Place
$3,000 Grand Prize Winner

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RCS Handley
High School
Agricultural/Outdoor Project
Based Learning
• Garden
• Two pine forests
• Three fish ponds
– Students sell tilapia and catfish
• Fruit orchard
• Blueberry Bushes
• Bee Hives
• Chicken Coop
– Students sell fresh eggs for $3.00/dozen
• Hydroponic Greenhouse
Cross Disciplinary
 Biology
 Dendrology
 Ichthyology
 Zoology
 Apiology
 Ornithology
 Agriscience

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A Creative, Impactful, Sustainable
Best Practice
Future Plans
• Storefront in downtown
Roanoke for selling eggs,
fish, vegetables, honey,
and jam.
Collaboration
• Auburn University
• Alabama Forestry
Commission
31% of Handley High School
Students participate in this
hands-on project
• Critical thinking
• Collaboration
• Communication
• Creativity

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