Commendations & Awards

Dr. McKinley Delivers Heritage University’s 2013 Leadership Academy Keynote Address
Cultural Awareness: Leading From the Inside Out
Wednesday, August 7 2013 – Friday, August 9 2013

JMA Group develops bid that wins their client a $20,000 grant for Healthy Youth Programming

JMA Group develops bid that wins their client a $207,508 contract for Seattle STEP AHEAD Program

JMA Group develops bid that wins their client a $354,863 contract for Seattle Schools Community Alignment Partnership Program

From: Taguba, Diane G [mailto:dgtaguba@seattleschools.org]
Sent: Friday, June 01, 2012 5:05 PM
To: ‘cslcenter@qwestoffice.net
Cc: Hall, Susan; ‘Kinsey, Debra’; Bogan, Angela S
Subject: Dearborn Park – Child Care RFP

Hi Ruth,
Congratulations! You have been selected as the child care provider for Dearborn Park. Attached is your confirmation letter. A hard copy will also be mailed to you.
Diane

Diane Taguba
Leasing Operations Coordinator | Property Management
Seattle Public Schools | M/S 32-151 | PO Box 34165 | Seattle, WA 98124
Direct: 206.252.0633 | Fax: 206.252.0111 | dgtaguba@seattleschools.org

JMA Group writes bid for client winning $350,000 federal contract

JMA Group writes bid qualifying client for $200,000 – $300,000 contract for the City of Seattle Office for Education’s Expanded Learning Opportunities

FROM: Tsegaye Gebru
TO: docjay05@yahoo.com
Date: Monday, March 12, 2012 8:00 PM
SUBJECT: Here is a great work you did again.

Hello Johnnie,

Here is a great work you did again.

Thank you very much for hard working.

Thanks again!!

Tsegaye

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From: Miller, Holly
Date: Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 1:37 PM
Subject: HOAS – Expanded Learning Opportunities RFQ Notification
To: “tsegayeg@hoas.org”
Cc: “Miller, Holly” , “Rust, Sue”

Thank you for your recent Expanded Learning Opportunities Request for Qualification (RFQ) submittal to the Office for Education for the Families and Education Levy. Submittals were initially reviewed for technical compliance and then further reviewed to determine how well the application addressed the Key People, Previous Experience, and Tracking to Success questions included in the RFQ. We are pleased to inform you that your organization has been qualified!

The Office for Education (OFE) will post a list of all qualified RFQ providers by end-of-day March 7 on the Office for Education’s Web site: http://www.seattle.gov/neighborhoods/education/rfq.htm. In addition, if your organization provided a Request for Program Information (RFPI) along with your RFQ submittal, OFE will post this document also.

The Request for Investments that are being completed by Seattle Public Schools (Elementary Innovation, Middle School Innovation, Middle School Linkage, and High School Innovation) were issued on March 2. Schools will be submitting to OFE completed Middle School Innovation, Middle School Linkage, and/or High School Innovation RFIs on April 13 and completed Elementary Innovation RFIs on April 27.

Your organization is invited to attend the following upcoming meeting(s) to network with school principals:

Elementary School RFQ-Approved Providers and Principals Networking Meeting:
Tuesday, March 20, 2012, 4:00-6:00 p.m.
John Stanford Center for Educational Excellence
2445 3rd Ave. S., Seattle, WA 98138
NOTE: Room # will be posted on flyers at the entrance doors at the John Stanford Center for Educational Excellence.

Middle and High School RFQ-Approved Providers and Principals Networking Meeting:
Thursday, March 22, 2012, 4:00-6:00 p.m.
John Stanford Center for Educational Excellence
2445 3rd Ave. S., Seattle, WA 98138
NOTE: Room # will be posted on flyers at the entrance doors at the John Stanford Center for Educational Excellence
NOTE: If you applied for more than one RFQ, you will receive separate email notifications for each.
Thank you for your interest in the Families and Education Levy programs.

Tsegaye Gebru
HOAS I Executive Director
4714 Rainier Ave South # 105

Seattle, Wa 98118
Phone (206)760-0550 I Direct (206) 760-5071
Fax (206) 760-0098 www.hoas.org

JMA Group writes bid winning their client a $40,000 contract.
McKinley awarded $17,000 to write two Toxicology curriculum’s.

On Wed, Jul 6, 2011 at 3:35 PM, Betts, Cathy wrote:
July 6, 2011

Tsegaye Gebru
Horn of Africa Services
4714 Rainer Avenue South, Suite 105
Seattle, WA 98118

RE: King County RFP 1170-11CMB
East African Child Care Facility Education Project
Seattle-King County Department of Public Health

Dear Ms. Gebru:

Thank you for submitting a proposal for the above referenced King County Project and participating in the corresponding interview. This is notice your firm has been selected as the apparent successful proposer by the technical evaluation team.

You may contact Tracee Mayfield, Project Manager, at 206-263-8438 to arrange a mutually acceptable meeting time to begin contract negotiations. This selection and final award is conditioned upon your compliance with applicable State and County laws, the terms and conditions specified in the RFP document, and your proposal response. . . . .

Again, thank you for your participation in this solicitation.

Sincerely,
Cathy Betts
Buyer – Technical Services
CHK-ES-0340
Phone: (206) 263-9291
cathy.betts@kingcounty.gov

Tsegaye Gebru
HOAS I Executive Director
4714 Rainier Ave South # 105
Seattle, Wa 98118
Phone (206)760-0550 I Direct (206) 760-5071
Fax (206) 760-0098 www.hoas.org

JMA Group writes bid for client winning $390,310 contract for Seattle Schools Community Alignment Partnership Program

RE: Information on Causey’s selection for Early Learning and School-Age program
FROM: Ruth Brown
TO: eturner@seattleschools.org

Wednesday, June 22, 2011 11:03 AM

Hello Ms. Turner:
CLC Board, Staff and Families want to extend a warm “Thank you” to you and VA staff for selecting Causey’s Learning Center. We look forward in collaborating with you and your staff soon! I will be sending you an updated schedule periodically to keep you abreast of CLC’s schedule as it also may be applicable to VA.

· 6/21 Principal- Ms. Turner – notified CLC Director (Ruth) that VA was awarded to CLC to be the Early Learning and School-Age provider!!! Yea!!! . . .

· 6/25 Seattle Early Reading First End of Contract Celebration! 3:00 to 5:00 for all CLC Families “Food, Fandango Band, City SERF Project Manager, City Council, Pat Wells (City of Seattle SERF Project Director)” Everyone is welcome to join!

Again, thank you Ms. Turner we are looking forward to a GREAT 2011-2012 School Year! Thank you for giving Causey’s the OPPORTUNITY to serve VA, our aim is to strive EXCELLENCE in early learning and providing you with an enrichment school-age program. You have CLC support and encouragement.

Warm regards,
Ruth Brown, M.Ed.
Director
Causey’s Learning Center
206-322-9929
206-323-1805 (Fax)
cslcenter@qwestoffice.net
“Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere.”

COMMENDATION FOR BIAS AND SENSITIVITY FACILITATION

Wed, June 8, 2011 4:04:23 PM
RE: Bias and Sensitivity Recommendation Committee
From: Alan Burke
To: Greta Bornemann ; Porsche Everson ; Jessica Vavrus ; Johnnie McKinley
Cc: Julie Wagner ; Luisa Sanchez-Nilsen

All–High praise! Nice work over the past two or three days, and kudos to all. Alan


From: “Greta Bornemann”
Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2011 3:35 PM
To: Porsche Everson; Jessica Vavrus; ‘Johnnie McKinley’
Cc: Alan Burke; Julie Wagner; Luisa Sanchez-Nilsen
Subject: FW: Bias and Sensitivity Recommendation Committee

FYI- thanks for everyone’s hard work to make this a success.
Greta

From: Stalder, Louann [mailto:LStalder@steilacoom.k12.wa.us]
Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2011 3:26 PM
To: Weight, Kathi
Cc: Fritz, Bill; Yoho, Gary; Bettinger, Janet; Greta Bornemann
Subject: Bias and Sensitivity Recommendation Committee

Kathi-
I wanted you to know that the Wa. State Bias and Sensitivity Review/Recommendation Committee that I was selected to serve on this past Monday and yesterday was fantastic! It was well organized, brilliantly facilitated, and the work was incredibly meaningful.

The first part was spent understanding Bias and Sensitivity issues that should be considered when looking at the Common Core State Standards. We read research, reviewed how bias was often used in different categories and then applied this new “viewing lens” to review a piece of fiction and a few math word problems.

The rest of the first day and all day on Tuesday we worked on applying a bias free and sensitive approach to creating recommendations for implementing the new CCSS. I worked on the 3-5 Math ad hoc and with the other math band groups to create a document with broad recommendations as well as specific recommendations for certain standards.

​The document will be submitted and reviewed by the legislature before Sup. Dorn signs the final adoption of the CCSS. I recommended to Greta Bornemann, Mathematics Director for OSPI, that this work also be shared with the two companies creating the CCSS assessments.

I learned so much and was connected to many different educational professionals from around the state. I hope to team with Janet Bettinger this fall and team- teach a prof. development session related to B&S issues and the CCSSs. I hope to talk with you soon about getting on the calendar.

Louann Stalder
NBCT, PBS Coordinator

Chloe Clark Elementary
Steilacoom School Dist.

Wed, June 8, 2011 3:55:07 PM
Re: Bias and Sensitivity Recommendation Committee
From: Jessica Vavrus
To: Greta Bornemann
Cc: Porsche Everson ; Johnnie McKinley ; Alan Burke ; Julie Wagner ; Luisa Sanchez-Nilsen

Awesome! Greta, Luisa, Porsche and Johnnie deserve all of this credit…what a good feeling to get this note.

Jessica
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