Grants

Outdoor fitness center and community mural project

External makeover of school.

Evaluate and refine a 19-session, full semester S.T.E.A.M.-based, Port education class in Spring 2015 as part of a Year-Round YDA. The program will introduce students to Port activities and the Port’s place in the Wilmington community. Through a series of hands-on exercises, field trips, and guest speakers, this course will immerse students in Port functioning, environmental mitigation, teamwork, and Port careers with a focus on developing S.T.E.A.M. based principles and skills. The first part of the course will engage students through a series of hand-on exercises designed to familiarize them with various aspects of Port operations. Students will work in teams to construct a model bridge (which they will test for strength), a model crane (including cantilever), and finally a 3 ft. by 2 ft. model of the Port. Students will present their model Ports at a Port commissioners meeting to showcase skills acquired and knowledge gained through this course.Students will take a field trip to the Port to see how the S.T.E.A.M. principles they examined in the classroom apply in a real-world setting. They will speak directly with a crane operator to see how the crane functions, comparing the knowledge with lessons learned in the completion of their models. Students will also speak with Port engineers about the Port’s environmental impact on the ocean and Wilmington community and ways that the Port works to mitigate its effect. Avalon High School sits directly on a trucking route, so this is a particularly relevant topic as students are exposed to this aspect of Port functioning on a daily basis.

External makeover of school.

Landscape project focused on 60,000 sqft parcel that could mitigate port impacts. Planting trees and shrubs and installing a self monitoring irrigation system

Port-focused Service-Learning course for youth from continuation high school.

Through the Respiratory Rescue Program, the St. Mary Medical Center (SMMC) Mobile Care Unit will address the risks associated with asthma and other cardiopulmonary issues among adults and seniors. Over a span of 18 months, the Mobile Care Unit team will provide respiratory health screenings, diagnostics, and pulmonary health education services, providing access to much needed medical care resources to adults and seniors in the medically underserved communities of Wilmington and San Pedro.

Provide a minimum of 1050 patient visits with the Mobile Care Clinic, provide screenings, and patient navigation to services

Obtain more patients for the Mobile Care Clinic, offer primary care and service care visits at community focused locations

Mobile Care Unit will provide a full year of medical care to underserved populations

Education in gardening and sustainability of natural resources. Construction of composting bin and installation of miniature drip sprinkler system.

Students will look at the local community and its resources to study about environmental science, coastal ecosystems and marine animal habitats, simple and complex machinery, structures and architecture, port and marina designs, and port of Los Angeles Resource. Student will engage in learning at the school site and in the community through field studies and field resources.Taper Ave Technology Magnet aims to bring STEAM education as a way to bridge student learning to the real world. Teachers will teach academic and life skills in standards based, reality based, exploratory learning environment. The innovation and creativity in STEAM will help to bridge elementary education to the real world issues of our coastal communities and global awareness of our international Port of Los Angeles.

Implement 20 regular volunteers who come to help weekly with animals, weed gardens and help with student groups. Replanting with the orchard, rose garden and demonstration gardens to show students what sustainability gardens look like and how they operate. Renovate the chicken, duck, goat and pony yards so that youth can learn to appreciate taking care of other livingthings. Purchase 20-five person Earthquake kits to store in the container.

Chronic Care Management Program and emphasis on ensuring health care for the uninsured or underinsured

Provide chronic pain management education and support, ensure health access to the uninsured and underinsured