CROW Reservation

Mona Foundation Collaborates with
Schoolkit International

In April 2001, four Crow junior high school students, inspired by the Red Feather/University of Washington straw bale housing project on the Crow Reservation in Montana, entered the Bayer/National Science Foundation (NSF) National Championship Award. The four girls, appropriately called the “Rez Protectors,” were awarded the top prize of $25,000, to construct a straw bale Community Study Center on their reservation.

The Red Feather Development Group was asked by the Bayer/NSF Award Committee to provide technical support, project management and volunteer participation in the construction of this study center, which was completed on July 31, 2002. Crow children and adults alike will use the completed study center to enhance academic achievement, adult literacy and informational technology and communication skills.

SchoolKiT International was selected as the Educational Curriculum Partner of the Red Feather Development Group in February 2002. SchoolKiT has donated subscriptions to the SchoolKiT Enactz K-12 integrated curriculum software and content, the SchoolKiT PDpoint online professional development workshops for K-12 teachers and in-person training for the Rez Protectors and their teachers.

In addition to this donation, SchoolKiT Education Manager, Sonny Magana, participated in the construction of the study center and will conduct the technology integration training at the Crow Reservation.

Mona Foundation Support

SchoolKiT International and Mona Foundation partner

This partnership provided a fully equipped computer lab and K-12 online curriculum to the “Rez Protectors” on the Crow Reservation in Montana.

Mona Foundation has provided 7 computer systems and the software license to be used at the Crow Community Study Center. SchoolKiT will ensure the delivery and setup of these computers at the Crow Community Study Hall and will train the students and teachers how to use SchoolKiT's innovate resources and methods to integrate technology to enhance learning. These key leaders will then train their peers on the use of these instructional tools in order to broaden the outreach into the Crow Community.