<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <!-- saved from url=(0053)http://intranet/newsclips/10-10-2006/article-9938.htm --> <HTML><HEAD><TITLE>District to Receive Second $2 Million Gift Tuesday</TITLE> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=unicode"> <META content=In+a+ceremony+held+today+at+Crystal+Cove+State+Park%2c+National+Parks+Service+Director+Fran+Mainella+designated+37%2c000+acres+of+the+Irvine+Ranch+as+a+National+Natural+Landmark%2c+the+first+for+California+since+1987. name=description> <META content="ORANGE+COUNTY+REGISTER News Article" name=Subject> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2802" name=GENERATOR> <style type="text/css"> <!-- .style1 { font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Tahoma, Arial; } .style3 {font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Tahoma, Arial} .style5 {font-size: 26px} .style6 {font-family: "Trebuchet MS"} --> </style> </HEAD> <BODY> <P align=left style="margin-bottom: 0"><IMG height=95 alt="Orange County Register" src="logos/orange-county-register.jpg" width=254 border=0></P> <TABLE cellSpacing=0 width=642 border=0 cellpadding?0?> <TBODY> <TR> <TD height="1125"><P><span style="font-family: &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;, Tahoma, Arial"><STRONG style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt"><span class="style5">District to Receive Second $2 Million Gift Tuesday</span><BR> </STRONG>School Board to get another installment of Donald Bren's $20 million gift that funds science, music and art in grades 4 through 6 for 10 years.</span></P> <P class="style1">Jorge Barrientos<BR> Orange County Register</P> <P class="style3">October 8, 2007</P> <p class="style3">The School Board on Tuesday will receive the second installment -- $2 million -- of a $20 million donation from Donald Bren and the Irvine Co. that funds science, music and art in grades four through six for 10 years.</p> <p class="style3">The Irvine Company pledged the $20 million in April 2006 for programs that typically are in danger of elimination when revenue is tight. The gift is intended to ensure the programs' continuity regardless of budget demands.</p> <p class="style3">The company gave its first installment of $2 million last October. The district will receive $2 million every year at the first school board meeting in October for Irvine's Educational Enrichment Program.</p> <p class="style3">A science demonstration and music performance by students will take place during a presentation at Tuesday's board meeting. The district's Education Services team will present a report<span class="style6"> on the program's first year that will service as a baseline for performance growth in years that follow. Among some of the report's numbers:</span></p> <ul> <li class="style6">&nbsp;Students in 194 classrooms in grades four through six at all 22 district elementary school receive instruction through the program.</li> </ul> <ul> <li class="style6">Students in grades four, five and six receive two 60-minute lessons per week taught by a science specialist. More than 220 sixth-graders enter their projects in the district science fair.</li> </ul> <ul> <li class="style6"> More than $3 million was used to pay for teachers in science, music and art in 2006-07.</li> </ul> <ul> <li class="style6"> A survey of 579 students in grades four through six last year found that 86 percent think learning science now will help them as an adult; 73 percent consider art one of their favorite subjects; but 48 percent feel that what they learn in music helps with other subjects in school.</li> </ul> <ul> <li class="style6">An end-of-the year evaluation found that 89 percent (about 5,000 students) received outstanding or satisfactory grades in art; and 87 percent (nearly 5,000) received an A or B in music;</li> </ul><p class="style3">A brief reception with food and music will be held before the meeting at 6:30 p.m. in the district administration center, 5050 Barranca Parkway. The meeting will begin at 7 p.m. in the board room.</p> <p class="style3" style="margin-bottom: 0;">For a full agenda, go to www.iusd.org and click on the "agenda for current board meeting" under the "board of education" tab.</p> </TD> </TR> </TBODY></TABLE> </BODY></HTML>