Welcome to Fraction Ball on ChangeX, brought to you by the Playful Learning Landscapes Action Network! It’s time to reimagine everyday spaces as playful learning opportunities for children and families - and that includes the neighborhood basketball court where children can build math skills while having fun. Find out here how you can bring Fraction Ball to your community.
Welcome to Fraction Ball on ChangeX, brought to you by the Playful Learning Landscapes Action Network! It’s time to reimagine everyday spaces as playful learning opportunities for children and families - and that includes the neighborhood basketball court where children can build math skills while having fun. Find out here how you can bring Fraction Ball to your community.
The Good Hope Foundation's style is always to begin with an end in mind. I will go back to our original mission an update this audience accordingly:
Good Hope's Fraction Ball Team Action Plan was as follows:
Timeline: The Good Hope Foundation will start the Fraction Ball project on July 23, 2023. The Good Hope Fraction Ball Team will meet weekly starting July 10, 2023. The milestones for the project are as follows: July 23, commence project planning and partner selection: July 30, 2023, partner selected, and work scoped: August 13, 2023, targeted Fraction Ball project completion. - The Good Hope team's mission was completed the last week of September with an October 2023 launch.
Budget: The anticipated large cost includes the sealcoating of the parking lot surface and the cost of the painting/application of the Fraction Ball logo/surface, along with the fraction and mathematics weatherproof placard boards, we anticipated the cost to range from $2,500- $3,500, which we were in line.
Impact: The Chicago-Englewood community will benefit from a safe venue that youth can play and learn at the same time, a much-needed safe space in an underserved area. As anticipated, the Chicago-Englewood community was excited to participate in this endeavor in an overwhelming fashion (i.e., 100-150+), prior to the winter of 2023. The Good Hope Foundation Fraction Ball Team had every intention of increasing the awareness of STEM, especially fractions, including mathematics) in the Chicago-Englewood community - A Hugh success!
Location: The Good Hope Fraction Ball project is hosted on the spacious Good Hope Foundation, Inc. private parking lot, located at 7101 South Union Avenue.
The Good Hope Fraction Ball Team selected, Lamaria Wright (on the far right), 9 years old, a long-time participant in the Good Hope After School program, who loves math and was excited to be a part of the leadership team planning and designing Fraction Ball for the Chicago-Englewood Community. Also included is Good Hope Foundation Fraction Ball's logo.
Call with Ellen Oatis and others was completed on 6/23/23. The actual appointment and follow-up from that meeting is included below (please, mark complete):
-----Original Appointment-----
From: [email protected]
Sent: Tuesday, July 4, 2023 5:42 PM
To: [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]
Subject: Edward Clark and Ellen Oatis
When: Friday, June 23, 2023 4:00 PM-4:30 PM America/New_York.
Where:
Event Name: 30 Minute Meeting
From: Sarah Lytle
Sent: Friday, June 23, 2023 12:23 PM
To: [email protected]; Oviedo, Jesus
Cc: Ellen Oatis
Subject: Connecting Chicago partners
Hi Jesus,
I hope you are well!
Please allow me to connect you to Ed Clark, with the Good Hope Foundation in Chicago. Ed is planning to put a Fraction Ball court on his site as part of PLLAN's partnership with ChangeX. We just had a call and Ed is wondering if you have any recommendations for contractors who might paint the Fraction Ball court for him. I know the Chicago Playful Learning team has done some installations with paint on concrete, so I thought you might have some ideas for him.
I'll let you take it from here!
Take care,
Sarah
Sarah R. Lytle, Ph.D.
Executive Director
Playful Learning Landscapes Action Network (PLLAN)
playfullearninglandscapes.com
Pronouns: she/her/hers
Good Hope Fraction Ball Team Action Plan:
Timeline: The Good Hope Foundation will start the Fracton Ball project on July 23, 2023. The Good Hope Fraction Ball Team will meet weekly starting July 10, 2023. The miestones for the project are as follows: July 23, commence project planning and partner selection: July 30, 2023, partner selected and work scoped: August 13, 2023, targeted Fraction Ball project completion.
Budget: The anticipated large cost include the sealcoating of the parking lot surface and the cost of the painting/application of the Fraction Ball logo/surface. We anticipate these cost to range from $2,500- $3,500.
Impact: The Chicago-Englewood community will benefit from a safe venue that youth can play and learn at the same time, a much needed safe space in an underserved area. We believe the Chicago-Englewood community willbe excited to participate in this endeavor in an overwhelming fashion (i.e., 100-150+) youth participating we think, prior to the fall of 2023. The Good Hope Foundation Fraction Ball Team has every intention on increasing the awareness of STEM 9especially mathamatics) in the Chicago-Englewood community.
Location: The Good Hope Fraction Ball project will be hosted on the spacious Good Hope Foundation, Inc. private parking lot, located at 7101 South Union Avenue.
The Good Hope Fraction Ball Team has selected, Lamaria Wright, 9 years old, a long time participant in the Good Hope After School program, who loves math and is excited to be a part of the leadership team planning and designing Fraction Ball for the Chicago-Englewood Community.