DOVER HIGH SCHOOL

Jefferson Awards

Students in Action

Our Team

Ciara Wilkerson 12th

Tasheeka Stroud 12th

Ivy Viray 12th

Keyla Andrews 12th

Ja’Kim Cohen 12th

Fantasia May 12th

Chidinma Eminike 11th

Justin Alexander 11th

Shay Foreman 10th

Tierra Evans 12th

Engaging Our School

Avid about receiving support from our Principal,

Mr. Montano Our faculty coordinators were involved in every

aspect of our goals and objectives. Largely we wanted to involve the student body by

building awareness and excitement about the Jefferson Awards.

Dover High School does not have a service requirement and so hours are tracked by using numerous volunteer organizations that are housed within our student body.

One Team, BIG Dreams

Our vision for the school and community:

– Create a growing interest in the prestigious award

– Encourage service– Continue the success

of our program after our seven seniors have graduated

Expanding Volunteer Capacity

Winners Recognized! Live televised morning

announcements presenting them with a Jefferson Awards pin and certificate.

Picture and citation on our bulletin board in the main office hallway

Press releases and district website Awardees: Joshua Guessford, Katie

Davison, Celsi Illiano, and our most recent winner for March, Josh Stein.

Making the Money

We chose the Auntie Anne’s fundraiser

which has been successful in our school in the past A good way to involve people in the Jefferson

Awards program and make them aware of how the proceeds will be used towards field trips, increasing our account, etc.

Fashion Show Sock Hop for Haiti

Telling the Story

Engaged our student body and community in the Jefferson Awards program and publicly awarded our recipients,

Multiple visual displays throughout the halls of our school

As a team we have created display cases to compliment the program as well as our district website.

Jefferson Awards HYPE!! Our winners had press

releases sent out to WBOC, The News Journal, and our district website

Growth and Expansion

We plan on partnering with Salesianum School to collaborate and help make strong ties

– Mrs. Ballintyn, Jefferson Awards advisor to Salesianum

Actively Recruiting McKean High School through Katie Kravitz, CIS Prog. Director

– Established a connection at a mentoring summit and contacted Ms. Kravitz to add them to the Delaware Jefferson Awards schools

Innovative Improvements

We have made many exciting improvements from last year.

– The size of our student leader team: 3 to 11 – Nomination and awarding process – We require resumes with documented hours and span

over more diverse types of service. – Tracking hours: A New and Improved System = U-Give!– Larger interest in the school.– New Partners! Communities in School, Interact and the

Colonial Rotary club, and the National Honor Society to reach out to more prospective students who are interested in Jefferson Awards and what it entails.

Success!

1460 students 2356.65 hours 1.61 hours per student

$47,772.16Giving back to the

community!