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Mackenzie,

Your question is timely. The January/February 2004 issue of ASTC Dimensions
will be devoted to museum schools. While you're waiting for it to arrive,
here are some museum-school partnerships we know about:

Charles R. Drew Science Magnet School/Buffalo Museum of Science, Buffalo,
New York
PreK-8

Chrysalis Charter School/Turtle Bay Museum and Arboretum, Redding,
California
K-8

Community High School at the Jefferson Center/Science Museum of Western
Virginia, Roanoke, Virginia
9-12

Compton Drew Investigative Learning Center/St. Louis Science Center, St.
Louis, Missouri
6-8

Exploris Middle School/Exploris, Raleigh, North Carolina
6-8

Henry Ford Academy/Henry Ford Museum & Greenfield Village, Dearborn,
Michigan
9-12

Museum School/Fort Worth Museum of History and Science, Fort Worth, Texas
PreK-6

Museum Magnet Elementary School/Science Museum of Minnesota, St. Paul,
Minnesota
K-6

New York City Museum School/American Museum of Natural History, New York,
New York
6-12

Normal Park Magnet School/Creative Discovery Museum, Chattanooga, Tennessee
K-5

Ontario Science Centre Science School/Ontario Science Centre, Toronto,
Canada
Grade 12

Science Center School/California Science Center, Los Angeles, California  
K-5 (opening fall 2004)

For information on charter and magnet schools (and funding), search on the
DOE site, www.ed.gov.


All best,
Carolyn

Carolyn Sutterfield, Editor
Association of Science-Technology Centers
1025 Vermont Avenue NW, Suite 500
Washington, DC 20005-6310
202/783-7200 x130   fax 202/783-7207
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A new elementary school will be opening within a 5-minute walk of our
science center. We are interested in formalizing a relationship with the
school.

I am wondering what sorts of models already exist for science center-school
partnerships? How can we design the partnership so that it's a win-win
situation for all involved? What funding opportunities are out there to
sustain the partnership?

Any ideas or contact would be greatly appreciated.
--
Mackenzie Tysell
Program Director

Explorit Science Center
3141 5th Street
P.O. Box 1288
Davis, CA 95617
530.756.0191
fax 530.756.1227
http://www.explorit.org

Explorit engages children and adults throughout the greater Sacramento area
in hands-on science discovery.  Programs travel to schools and community
sites in the region and are offered at the family-friendly center in Davis,
where you can "Think it ... Try it ... Explorit."

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