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Moonshot Academy/IRC Stormwater Division Summer Program <br />Memorandum of Understanding <br />This Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) is entered into by and between the following <br />entities: The Learning Alliance ("TLA") and the Indian River County Stormwater Division <br />("IRCSWD"). <br />These entities are working together to provide summer programming for selected School District <br />of Indian River County ("SDIRC") students through a curriculum called STEAM Into Literacy <br />("SIL") as part of the Moonshot Academy ("MSA") Summer Program. The purpose of this <br />MOU is to establish the framework through which the group will collaborate and to articulate the <br />specific roles and responsibilities of each entity in implementing the program. <br />I. Scope of Program <br />Each entity agrees to participate in the proposed program that is set forth in this MOU for <br />Summer 2023 and conduct activities and carry out responsibilities as may be identified herein. <br />II. Program Objectives <br />1) The programs' explicit goals are as follows: <br />a) To stop summer learning loss and close gaps in literacy skills for struggling <br />readers <br />b) To provide students with real world problem solving and authentic opportunities <br />to apply their learning in their community <br />i) To cultivate scientific curiosity and increase science content knowledge <br />ii) To engender a sense of environmental stewardship such that students take <br />action to care for the local lagoon ecosystem <br />c) To develop students' social and emotional skills, including self regulation, <br />positive relationship skills, self awareness, empathy, and confidence. <br />2) The group will design and utilize common assessments to measure progress and results <br />relative to these objectives. Data will be provided to TLA for reporting purposes as soon <br />as possible after completion of the program. <br />III. Program Design <br />1) Each participating entity agrees to implement the program as designed. This includes: <br />a) An interdisciplinary, integrated literacy and arts curriculum that takes place in <br />both classrooms and with the community partner (2 days per week) over 4 weeks <br />in the summer at two sites. (schedule HERE) <br />132 <br />