Lighted School House LLC was established in 2000 in Oshkosh, Wisconsin to provide after-school programs that empower students socially and academically, especially those from low-income families. It currently operates programs in 8 schools serving over 500 students. The organization seeks funding to expand staffing and better serve students, with the goal of improving academic performance as measured by test scores and grades.

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I. ORGANIZATION INFORMATION
Lighted School House LLC was implemented in Oshkosh, Wiscosnin during Fall of 2000. The
first and only program site was located in an elementary school with high numbers of students and
families that were living below the poverty level. The corrlation between the high levels poverty and the
low test scores was the primary reason for creating the Lighted School House programs.
The mission of Lighted School House is to empower students socially and academically by
providing unique extended day learning opportunities in partnership with families, school and the
community. The programs of Lighted School House are student-orientated that have objectives and
goals focusing on academic, social and behavior improvements. After school programs use unique and
hands on learning experiences which will develop and enhance the students problem solving abilities.
An overall goal of the program is motivating school aged children, specifically students enrolled in a
school that has a high poverty level, about school and academics.
Since September 2015, there are a total of eight after school programs that have stemmed from
Lighted School House LLC. There are five elementary programs that are active right after school hours
from 2:35-6:00pm that focus on improving and developing skills in literacy, mathematics, social
situations and as well, STEM or enrichment areas of learning. Each elementary school site attends
montly field trips and have weekly community partner visits, such as Growing Oshkosh, Oshkosh
YMCA, University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh STEM Program and many more. These opportunities allow
the students to apply their knowledge, as well as learn new information in a fun and stimulating
environment.
As of 2015 there have been three new programs that have been added to the Lighted School
House LLC organization, those include after school programs in two middle schools and one high
school in Oshkosh. The middle school programs are directed toward tutoring and having one-on-one
learning or help sessions to provide students supplemental tools to succeed academically. The high
school program provides homework sessions, tutoring and college preparation for students. Both middle
and high school programs also attend fields trips, especially to the campus of University of Wisconsin-
Oshkosh. Aside from field trips and academic support, these programs also have a variety of community
partners such as small business yoga instructors and Growing Oshkosh.
The services that Lighted School House programs provide have been proven to be academically
and behavorally beneficial for students enrolled. For an example, the grades from the students serve as a
platform of data that is used to compare any academic changes that may have been influenced by
Lighted School House. In the school year of 2012-2013, 23% of elementary students that were enrolled
into Lighted School House programs increased their mathematics grade. Teachers of the students also
are involved in the process of collecting data during the school day so inferences can be made. During
2012-2013, 28% of students that were in enrolled in Lighted School House moderately improved their
academic performance in their teacher’s classroom and 33% of students slightly improved academic
performance. Overall, the data and trends that have been professionally collected seem to be meeting the
academic needs of the students enrolled and have accomplished the mission and vision of the
organization.
Lighted School House is similar to Oshkosh’s Boys and Girls Club as their mission is “to enable
all young people, especially those who need us most, to reach their full potenial as productive, caring,
responsible citizens.” As of 2015 the relationship between both organizations has grown into a
partnership; Lighted School House attends field trips to the facility and the Boys and Girls Club gives
each enrolled student a free membership card to attend the club and participate in activities, especially
when Lighted School House and school is finished for summer break.
As of 2015, there are currently ten board members for Lighted School House. For employed staff
members, there are eight program directors that are full time, 78 part time staff members and nearly 150
volunteers annually.

2. Minnesota Common Grant Application Form
II. PURPOSE OF GRANT
General operating proposals: Complete Section A below and move to Part III - Evaluation.
All other proposal types: Complete Section B below and move to Part III - Evaluation.
B. All Other Proposal Types
The opporunity that Lighted School House would like to challenge is the social issue of poverty
and the downward trend of student’s academic achievement. The programs of the organization are
designed to prevent declining academics or improve and enhance the learning opportunities, as well as
aid students with their education in a safe and positive environment.
This general focus on low income schools and the low academics was chosen by Coree Van
Thiel, creater and grant writer of Lighted School House. The trends were showing a great decrease in
academics and an increase in poverty in the schools selected for the implementation of the after school
programs. To get more feeback, Van Thiel aso received opinion from educators, superintedents and the
school boards to see if the programs were a good fit for the community.
The overall goal of the Lighted School House organization is to raise test scores, grades and
reading levels in Oshkosh schools, especially those with high levels of low income families.
To meet the goals of Lighted School House, programs include daily one-on-one tutoring sessions, a
homework peirod, as well as an enrichment activity to enhance student’s ongoing learning. Specific
activities for which you seek funding.
At Lighted School House there are various activities that will supplement the programs. Each
classroom has a Lead Facilitator who plans and implements daily lessons. Supporting Facilitators in
classrooms aid students with homework questions and practices literacy and mathmatic skills with the
students. Learning Lab tutors assist students with one-on-one tutoring in subjects that they are currently
struggling with, such as math or literacy.
Lighted School House programs follow the Oshkosh Area School Distict’s year, running from
September 1, 2016 to June 9, 2017. The after school programs are in effect from 2:35-6:00pm Monday
through Friday, with exceptions to holiday breaks. The activites of Lighted School House will positively
effect the community by helping educate the future generations of Oshkosh’s community members. By
creating life long learning strategies and aiding students with their academic work, they can reach their
full potenital which can lead to successful futures. As well, having community partners with the
surrounding business owners is creating this positive environment and interaction between the students,
families and the general public.
As far as funding, a long term source is becoming a challenge for the Lighted School House
organization but is currently being researched until there is a promising solution. As of Fall of 2016 a
long term funding opportunity has been available for one school site and that is to use Fund 80, or tax
payer money for the Oshkosh Park and Recreation Department, to sustain the implemented program.
III. Evaluation
Ideally success for Lighted School House would include every student enrolled earning a ‘3’ or
“proficent” in both mathematics and litearcy by the end of the school year. The increase in grades and
scores would have strong indication that Lighted School House assisted the student with their academic
success and improvement. There are many opportunities in the after school programs designed to help
young students achieve their academic goals. The goal of Lighted School House is to see those goals of
students become achievements and reality.

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Overtime, the ideal goal of the organization is to also implement more programs in other schools
in the Oshkosh Area School District. As well as new programs, there is a want to improve the current
school programs by adding more staff members, creating more classes with a ratio of 10 students to one
facilitator creating a less intimating, more productive environment. Additionally, another goal of the
Lighted School House organization would to incorporate more community partners or include more
public figures into the program atmoshphere.
The most important aspect of the organization is comparing, contrasting and calculating the
influence the program and it’s services had on the impact of the student’s academics. To observe any
positive or negative changes data is collected. The data that is used for comparing and calculating the
statistics is collected by students’ teachers and then given to the program director. The director uses
grades, test scores, reading levels and also charted behavioral differences to observe any trends within
the site population and then overall Lighted School House population. Comparing the Lighted School
House student’s grades to those who are not enrolled into the program is a very important aspect of the
evaluation. As well, analyzing the enrolled Lighted School House student’s Fall semester and Spring
semster grades, test scores and reading levels is exceptionally critical. Noticing any academic or
behavioral improvement, great or small, between the beginnning and the end of the school year is may
impact the correlation. Since implementation of the first after school program in 2000, there has been an
overall trend of an improvement of grades, especially in mathematics and literacy, in students who are
enrolled in Lighted School House.
Once the data is organizaed and graphed it will be initally evaluated by the organization program
director, as well by the school board, teachers and the students parents. Evalution of the program and
services of Lighted School House by individuals other than staff members is essentially for productivity
and improvement. While analyzing the data and results, feedback is certainly encouraged from the
individuals. The feedback is then taken into account by the program director who will make changes to
the programs when it is seen fit to do so.
If our organization’s request for the additional funding, we would be able to incorporate more
staff members which would ensure more students enrolling into the programs to access the academic
services they would use to accomplish their educational achievements.

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ORGANIZATION BUDGET
This format is optional and can serve as a guide to budgeting. If you already prepare an organization
budget that contains this information, please feelfree to submit it in its original form. Feel free to attach a
budget narrative explaining your numbers if necessary.
INCOME
Source Amount
Support
Government grants $500,000
Foundations $0
Corporations $0
United Way or other federated campaigns $0
Individual contributions $0
Fundraising events and products $3,200
Membership income $0
In-kind support $3,000
Investment income $0
Revenue
Government contracts $0
Earned income $72,500
Other- Fund 80 $75,000
Total Income $653,700
EXPENSES
Item Amount
Salaries and wages $790,720
Insurance,benefits and other related taxes $41,432
Consultants and professional fees $7,973
Travel $8,000
Equipment $4,000
Supplies $8,000
Printing and copying $0
Telephone and fax $0
Postage and delivery $287
Rent and utilities $0
In-kind expenses $0
Other (specify) $
$
$
Total Expense $860,412
Difference (Income less Expense) $-206712

5. Minnesota Common Grant Application Form
PROJECT BUDGET
This format is optional and can serve as a guide to budgeting. If you already prepare project budgets that
contain this information, please feelfree to submit them in their original forms. Feel free to attach a
budget narrative explaining your numbers if necessary.
INCOME
Source Amount
Support
Government grants $500,000
Foundations $0
Corporations $0
United Way or other federated campaigns $0
Individual contributions $0
Fundraising events and products $3,200
Membership income $0
In-kind support $3,000
Investment income $0
Revenue
Government contracts $0
Earned income $72,500
Other-Fund 80 $75,000
Total Income $653,700
EXPENSES
Item Amount %FT/PT
Salaries and wages (breakdown by individual
position and indicate full- or part-time.)
Corrine Carpenter- Full Time $30,000
Danielle Buss-Full Time $30,000
Brock Blum- Full Time $30,000
Sarah Nielson –Full Time $30,000
Sandra Tierney –Full Time $30,000
Kelly Masterson-Full Time $30,000
Pam Bouche-Full Time $30,000
Cindy Smith-Full Time $30,000
5 Part time Lead Facilitators Site A $37,500
5 Part time Lead Facilitators Site B $37,500
5 Part time Lead Facilitators Site C $37,500
5 Part time Lead Facilitators Site D $37,500
5 Part time Lead Facilitators Site E $37,500
2 Part time Lead Facilitators Site F $15,000
2 Part time Lead Facilitators Site G $15,000
2 Part time Lead Facilitators Site H $15,000
5 Part time Support Facilitators Site A $26,850
5 Part time Support Facilitators Site B $26,850
5 Part time Support Facilitators Site C $26,850
5 Part time Support Facilitators Site D $26,850
5 Part time Support Facilitators Site E $26,850

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2 Part time Support Facilitators Site F $10,740
2 Part time Support Facilitators Site G $10,740
2 Part time Support Facilitators Site H $10,740
2 Academic Tutors Site A $8,900
2 Academic Tutors Site B $8,900
2 Academic Tutors Site C $8,900
2 Academic Tutors Site D $8,900
2 Academic Tutors Site E $8,900
2 Academic Tutors Site F $8,900
2 Academic Tutors Site G $8,900
2 Academic Tutors Site H $8,900
SUBTOTAL $790,720
Insurance,benefits and other related taxes $41,432
Consultants and professional fees $7,973
Travel $8,000
Equipment $4,000
Supplies $8,000
Printing and copying $0
Telephone and fax $0
Postage and delivery $287
Rent and utilities $0
In-kind expenses $0
Depreciation $0
Other (specify) $
$
Total Expense $860,412
Difference (Income less Expense) $-206,712