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Davenport Schools partners on Pilot Project
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Press release submitted by Davenport Community School District Davenport Community Schools participates in National FAFSA Completion Pilot Project. Davenport, Iowa- Tammy Conrad, Associate Principal, Josh Sun, Data Analyst and Ellen Reilly, Learning Support Specialist of Davenport Community Schools attended a convening sponsored by Lumina Foundation, Kresge Foundation, and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in Indianapolis on Oct. 9-10. This convening brought together representatives of 87 school districts from across the nation focusing on the kick-off of the US Department of Education FAFSA Completion Pilot Project. The Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) is a form that provides access to all types of federal financial aid, including Pell Grants and federal student loans. The FAFSA also acts as an application for state and institutional aid in many cases. The FAFSA Completion Pilot Project will enable participating districts to track student completion of the form, and target efforts to ensure that many more students take that step. "Students do not realize the amount of money available and additional opportunities that are out there if they complete a FAFSA" says Lou Means, a school counselor at Davenport West. Davenport Schools will focus on getting high school seniors and their parents to a computer to complete the FAFSA application by offering various FAFSA completion events between February and April 2013. This work is critically important as research shows that 90% of students who complete the FAFSA will enroll in postsecondary education within 12 months of high school graduation. Davenport Community Schools, in partnership with local colleges, community agencies and the City of Davenport are working together to increase student understanding and access to financial aid available to them. The goal is to increase the number of student's higher college participation and success. Davenport Community Schools is organizing additional community support to sponsor FAFSA completion events at the high school, district and community level. Davenport High School websites will be posting information regarding FAFSA completion events starting in December. 
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Today is Tuesday, May 21, the 141st day of 2013. There are 224 days left in the year.
1863 -- 150 years ago: On Monday the 11th inst. on Center Ridge in Mercer County,some citizens got out their cannon to celebrate the taking of Richmond. The gun wasoverloaded and burst. No one was injured, but one 30-pound piece went though thesecond story of a house.
1888 -- 125 years ago: The old folks concert at the Harper Theater last night to benefit St.Luke's Cottage Hospital, attracted a large audience.
1913 -- 100 years ago: Unless depredation by vandals in Rock Island parks is halted,special policemen will be assigned to night duty to protect the flowers and other property.
1938 -- 75 years ago: Station WHBF has received a special citation from Washington forits participation in Air Mail Week, which was observed this week throughout the nation.
1963 -- 50 years ago: A 10-year high in employment in the Quad-City area was reachedat the end of the last quarter, according to an industrial employment barometer releasedtoday.
1988 -- 25 years ago: Pee Wee teams will be able to play baseball and softball as usualon Diamond Three at Dorrance Park this summer, but after that, the ball field is doomed.County crews have put the diamond back in shape after heavy trucks marred the playingfield earlier this spring. Illinois Department of Transportation crews drove onto it to makeborings for the relocation of the junction of Illinois 84 and the Port Byron-Hillsdale road.
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