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Ross McGinnis video
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Memorial Service Award Endowment Fund

Service Award Applications are ongoing. Click here to download application.

Deadline for the 2009 application is November 9th.

To view official PFC Ross McGinnis Medal of Honor Site, Click here

 


On May 13, 2008, Keystone SMILES proudly established the Michael Andrew Renfrew Memorial Preschool Scholarship. 
 Michael was the 4-year old son of Randall and Lisa Renfrew, a Keystone SMILES AmeriCorps Alumni. Michael was killed in a tragic accident on the family farm on April 1, 2001. The fund will be used to annually award scholarships to preschool students who might not otherwise have the opportunity to attend a preschool program. Click here for more information.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


2010-2011 AmeriCorps Pre-Service
         Orientation Information  9-2-10 and 9-3-10 

 

-Orientation Schedule

 

-Directions to SMILES

 

-What to Bring to Training

 

Please contact Amy Anderson at 814-797-2127 ext 227 with any questions or concerns

 


 

Keystone SMILES AmeriCorps
Keystone SMILES AmeriCorps serves 17 school districts and 15 community organizations throughout 9 counties and provides technical assistance, training, welfare to work and educational support programs throughout Western Pennsylvania. Keystone SMILES is dedicated to strengthening communities and sharing resources to provide people of all ages opportunity to put "learning into action" through service experiences. It represents making a difference while promoting the values of community, responsibility, and opportunity. Other programs and services offered through the Keystone SMILES Community Learning center include: 

Keystone SMILES Alternative Education Program / Crossroads
Keystone SMILES Pre-K Program


Keystone SMILES AmeriCorps places members in agencies and school across Pennsylvania. In doing so, it strives to "empower and strengthen people of all ages to enhance the quality of their lives through learning and service."  Members do so with the following objectives:

 

Host Site Application
 

  • Academic Support - Members will provide tutoring to students, primarily in grade K-8, who have been identified by teachers, parents, or school administrators as academically deficient in a target subject area.  Services will be provided in a  one-on-one or small group setting, at least 3 times a week for 20 minutes in before, during and after school session hosted by school districts and community agencies. 
     
  • Social / Behavioral Support - Members will provided social and behavioral enrichment activities such as teambuilding, mentoring, and study skills instruction to students, primarily for grades 4 through 10, who have been identified by teachers, parents, school administrators and / or the juvenile justice system as being in danger of failing, or being suspended, expelled or adjudicated.  Services will be provided 2-5 times a week for at least 30 minutes in before, during and after school sessions hosted by school districts and community agencies.
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  •  Volunteer Recruitment - Over the course of the program year, AmeriCorps member will recruit, train, utilize volunteers and service-learning participant to support  and sustain Keystone SMILES programming.
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