21^st CENTURY SKILLS

The goal of DEF's 21^st Century Skills Initiative is to help our schools transform into 21st Century Schools developing 21st Century Students!  DEF is helping by awarding Grants and recognizing 21st Century Star Students.

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2009-2010 Grant News

Pictured Above:  Samantha Lowe, Shelby Lanier, Mark Zafra and Avery Stone and twenty-one other Manteo High School (MHS) students learn how to program calculators to solve complex math problems during Empower Hour at MHS.  The programmable calculators were purchased by a 21^st Century Skills Grant awarded to MHS by the Dare Education Foundation.  Click here to download the full article.

More 2009-2010 Grant News...

 Research and Writing Skills at MMS 5.10
 Bring Us The Stars at FFES 5.10
 Drama Kings and Queens at CHES 5.10
 Pedometers Make 'Em Move at MMS 1.10
 Pirates Invade MES 1.10
 First Flight Furniture Built at FFHS 1.10
 
2008-2009 Grant News

 Rooted In Learning at FFES 4.09
 Fabulous Flutes Now Playing at First Flight Middle School 3.09
 Teamwork and Technology Now Playing at MMS 2.09
 DEF Announces New Grants for the 2008-2009 School Year 8.08

Summer 2010 Stars
DCAS, FFES, MHS

Spring 2010 Stars
CHES, MES, MMS

Winter 2010 Stars
CHHS, KHES, FFMS

Fall 2009 Stars
CHSS, FFHS, NHES

 Spring 2009 Stars 
   DCAS, FFES, NHES

 Winter 2009 Stars
   CHHS, KHES, MMS

 November 2008 Stars 
   FFMS, CHES, MHS

 October 2008 Stars 
   FFHS, CHMS, MES

 May 2008 Stars

 April 2008 Stars

Students need a new set of skills for their future - 21st Century Skills.  Rote memorization is OUT.  Thinking, planning, collaborating, communicating and being creative are IN.  Schools are becoming "real world" where real life skills are developed daily.  Knowledge is power, but it's how knowledge is used that really makes the difference.

Related Links

http://www.daggett.com

http://www.21stCenturySkills.org