SCHOOLS THAT SHINE

Schools That Shine is a grant program designed to reward your school for innovation and creativity. Beginning February 2008, one school will be selected each month during the academic year to receive this grant.

Your school will be profiled in a public
service announcement that will be broadcast
on WCSH 6 for a month. Each school selected will receive a $1,000 cash grant from Dunkin' Donuts; school decides how grant money is used.

Schools That Shine is a program that was developed in partnership with WCSH 6 and your neighborhood Dunkin' Donuts locations. Any school (public, charter, parochial, or independent) serving students in grades Pre-K
through 12 may submit an application.

WCSH 6 will work with your school to
develop the public service message. The
PSA will profile a creative, innovative
program currently in your school. This
program can be in any discipline: music,
art, math, science, physical activity or an
online program. It can involve the entire
school or a single classroom.

At Sherwood Heights Elementary School in Auburn students are learning about community and communication through a school television program.

At South Portland High School a grass roots honor code is teaching students about respect and responsibility.

At Sebago Elementary School students are learning about community and hard work through a school garden project.

At the Chebeague Island school students get up close and personal with their surroundings as they interact with a salt water touch tank.

At Morse High School in Bath the "Freshman Awareness" Program is preparing freshmen students to handle the important decisions that lie ahead of them in life.

Thornton Academy Middle School students go world wide as they interview local imigrant workers at Barber Foods.

At Farrington School in Augusta principal Carolyn Neighoff uses a service learning program to teach students about giving back to their community at an early age.

The Westbrook Alternative Learning Program seeks to prevent at risk high school students from dropping out through a non traditional curriculum.

Portland becomes the first city in the nation to implement the new Expeditionary Learning model K-12.

The Lebanon Elementary Schools have teamed up with the Ferry Beach Ecology School to make science fun for students!

PORTLAND (NEWS CENTER) -- Finding ways to save money on energy costs is a job kids at Lincoln Middle School have embraced.

At the Lincoln Middle School in Portland students built a geodesic dome in order to learn more about environmental sustainability.

Science comes alive to local area students at the Auburn Land Lab!

A language arts program goes on a trip down the Oregon Trail!

The culture and society of Japan is brought to a Maine school through technology and hands on learning!

This is the first school to be highlighted in the "Schools That Shine" program.