Promise Councils Nancy Brokaw Writer Longtime Contributor to The Pantagraph Normal Rotary Club

2. Promise Councils Nancy Brokaw Writer Longtime Contributor to The Pantagraph Normal Rotary Club WGLT Advisory Board Member Associates Board, Illinois Wesleyan Univ. Former Board Member, Friends of the Arts - ISU

3. Promise Councils Kathy Havens Payne Director, Education Leadership State Farm Insurance

4. Promise Councils Business Support for Education How Promise Councils Connect

5. Promise Councils America's Promise grew out of the Presidents’ Summit for America’s Future in 1997. Presidents Clinton, Bush, Carter and Ford, along with Nancy Reagan, challenged America to make youth a national priority.

6. Promise Councils • First launched in 2009 • Re-launched with State Farm in June 2011 A Promise Place is a school, church, community organization, business or any other place that provides all Five Promises

7. Promise Councils • Five Promises: • Caring Adult • Safe Places • Healthy Start • Effective Education • Opportunity to help others

8. Promise Councils Tom Laxton Former Teacher Member, Achievement Gap Task Force Helped establish 1st Promise Council Co-chair, Oakdale Promise Council

9. Promise Councils Tom Laxton Co-chair, Oakdale Promise Council

10. Promise Councils Tom Laxton Co-chair, Oakdale Promise Council

11. Promise Councils Tom Laxton Co-chair, Oakdale Promise Council

12. Promise Councils Tom Laxton Co-chair, Oakdale Promise Council

13. Promise Councils Tom Laxton Co-chair, Oakdale Promise Council

14. Promise Councils Tom Laxton Co-chair, Oakdale Promise Council

15. Promise Councils Tom Laxton Co-chair, Oakdale Promise Council

16. Promise Councils Tom Laxton Co-chair, Oakdale Promise Council

17. Promise Councils Tom Laxton Co-chair, Oakdale Promise Council

18. Promise Councils Tom Laxton Co-chair, Oakdale Promise Council

19. Promise Councils Tom Laxton Co-chair, Oakdale Promise Council

20. Promise Councils Tom Laxton Co-chair, Oakdale Promise Council

21. Promise Councils Tom Laxton Co-chair, Oakdale Promise Council

22. Promise Councils Tom Laxton Co-chair, Oakdale Promise Council

23. Promise Council How to Start a Promi5e Council 1 4 3 2

24. Promise Councils Tom Laxton Co-chair, Oakdale Promise Council

25. Promise Councils Tom Laxton Co-chair, Oakdale Promise Council

26. Promise Councils Tom Laxton Co-chair, Oakdale Promise Council

27. Promise Councils Tom Laxton Co-chair, Oakdale Promise Council

28. Promise Councils Promise Councils Lessons Learned

29. Not Reinventing the Wheel

30. Pepper Ridge Effective Education Academic Success

31. Pepper Ridge Opportunities to Help Others • Mentoring Requests Fulfilled • 2009 – 2010: 18 • 2010 – 2011: 12 • 2011 – 2012: 11 • 2012 – 2013: 6 (an additional 6 are waiting) • Physical Needs Requests Fulfilled • 2009 – 2010: 9 • 2010 – 2011: 10 • 2011 – 2012: 9 • 2012 – 2013: 6

32. Cedar Ridge Elementary

33. Cedar Ridge Elementary

34. Cedar Ridge Elementary • Back Pack program • Resource Fair • PBIS - Start Strong, Stay Strong, Finish Strong • Adopt-a-Family program • Opening Doors program • Support of teachers and staff • Assist with physical needs • Mentors for Tech Wizards

35. Promise Councils Organizational Structure Board of Directors Big Table Bent Promi5e Council Where do we go next and how? Bloomington Jr. High Promi5e Council Cedar Ridge Promi5e Council Pepper Ridge Promi5e Council Oakdale Promi5e Council

36. Promise Council How to Start a Promi5e Council 1 4 3 2

37. Partnership in Action

38. Promise Councils Promise Councils Call to Action

39. Promise Councils Promise Councils Questions?