Cedar Hill Independent School District
Cedar Hill Acts Now (Project CAN)

Contact Information: Allena Anderson, Project Director
Cedar Hill Independent School District
1515 W. Beltline
Cedar Hill, TX 75104-2748
Web site: www.chisd.com
Grant Period: 2006-2010
Amount Requested: $1,574,400 for a four-year project

Program Description
Project CAN will implement the CHARACTER COUNTS!™ curriculum in all classrooms and will collaborate with community partners to provide mentoring, after-school services, drug and violence prevention programming, and parenting skills training. CHARACTER COUNTS!™ consultants and site coordinators at each school will provide training to teachers and athletics coaches. The project will serve approximately 7,768 students in grades K-12 and approximately 500 teachers and staff in 13 schools.

Goals and Objectives

• To improve student behavior and student achievement
• To increase enrollment in extra-curricular activities
• To increase parental involvement in schools
• To improve faculty and student morale
• To increase involvement in character development

Evaluation Design
Project CAN will conduct a quasi-experimental research study using a comparison group. The school district will collect quantitative data through the Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (TAKS) to compare pre-post academic performance measures, and will use discipline referrals and police calls for school service for disciplinary problems to compare pre-post.