<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" >

<channel><title><![CDATA[StudentsBuild - Newsletters]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.studentsbuild.org/newsletters]]></link><description><![CDATA[Newsletters]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2026 14:28:46 -0800</pubDate><generator>Weebly</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Year 8; Timeline Table]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.studentsbuild.org/newsletters/year-8-timeline-table]]></link><comments><![CDATA[http://www.studentsbuild.org/newsletters/year-8-timeline-table#comments]]></comments><pubDate>Wed, 31 Aug 2022 18:38:39 GMT</pubDate><category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.studentsbuild.org/newsletters/year-8-timeline-table</guid><description><![CDATA[&nbsp;Hello GirlsBuild Community,&nbsp;&nbsp;Our Submittable Form is now open for you as a Reconfirmed and Returning team as well as for Prospective New GirlsBuild teams.&nbsp;&nbsp;You&rsquo;ll notice old deadline timetable because we first want to focus on having all new&nbsp;teams or former teams first confirm and then we&rsquo;ll set time frames for the remainder of the paperwork needed as it fits with your own timeline/project development. But historically the timeline is as follows:&nbsp;& [...] ]]></description><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="paragraph"><span>&nbsp;</span><br /><span><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">Hello GirlsBuild Community,&nbsp;</span></span><br /><span>&nbsp;</span><br /><span><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">Our </span><a href="https://lafund.submittable.com/submit/233867/year-8-girlsbuild-project"><span style="color:rgb(17, 85, 204); font-weight:400">Submittable Form i</span></a><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">s now open for you as a Reconfirmed and Returning team as well as for Prospective New GirlsBuild teams.&nbsp;</span></span><br /><span>&nbsp;</span><br /><span><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">You&rsquo;ll notice old deadline timetable because we first want to focus on having all new&nbsp;</span></span><br /><span><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">teams or former teams first confirm and then we&rsquo;ll set time frames for the remainder of the paperwork needed as it fits with </span><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">your own timeline/project development.</span><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0)"> But historically the timeline is as follows:&nbsp;</span></span><br /><span><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span><ol><li style="color:rgb(152, 0, 0)"><span><span style="font-weight:700">Once you submit the</span><a href="https://lafund.submittable.com/submit/233867/year-8-girlsbuild-project"><span style="color:rgb(152, 0, 0)"> Submittable</span><span style="color:rgb(152, 0, 0); font-weight:400">,</span></a><span> I can follow up with deadlines based on where your team is at but historically it follows as:</span></span></li><li style="color:rgb(152, 0, 0)"><span><span style="font-weight:700">Contract Agreements will be </span><span>due asap</span><span> once we onboard you from the Submittable Form received. </span><span>(Applications will close out once we&rsquo;ve reached 65 teams or once we get to October 11th, the day of our GirlsBuild Summit).&nbsp;</span></span></li><li style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span><span style="color:rgb(152, 0, 0)">*</span><a href="https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/97MHT73"><span style="color:rgb(17, 85, 204)">Student Pre-Surveys </span></a><span>should be collected from </span><span>mid-Sept thru October </span><span>once you have a full team roster (minimum of&nbsp; 6).&nbsp;</span></span></li><li style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span><span>*</span><a href="https://www.girls-build.orghttp://www.studentsbuild.org/uploads/1/2/0/8/120830380/lapf_media_authorization_and_release_form_-_english.pdf"><span style="color:rgb(17, 85, 204)">Media Release Forms </span></a><span>should also be collected in </span><span>mid-Sept thru October</span><span> once you have a full team roster so you don&rsquo;t have to send these back and forth.&nbsp;</span></span></li><li style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span><span style="font-weight:700">*Budget Sheets and Mid-Year Plans</span><span> are simultaneously prepared together, and I&rsquo;ll be checking for them around </span><span>December/January </span><span>once all teams have been able to host a team retreat to finalize a project implementation plan for the Spring.</span></span></li><li style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span><span style="font-weight:700">Final Projects</span><span> are due </span><span>May 7</span><span><span>th</span></span><span> with our </span><span style="font-weight:700">Virtual End-of-the Project Year Celebration</span><span> on </span><span>May 18</span></span></li></ol> <strong><em><span><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">&nbsp;*all of the following links to documents and surveys or forms can be found on our Curriculm sub-webpage on Girls-Build.org called our </span><a href="https://www.girls-build.org/curriculum.html"><span style="color:rgb(17, 85, 204); font-weight:400">Year 8; GirlsBuild Project Kit&nbsp;</span></a></span></em></strong><br /><span>&nbsp;</span><br /><span><a href="https://lafund.submittable.com/submit/233867/year-8-girlsbuild-project"><span style="color:rgb(17, 85, 204); font-weight:400">Submittable Reminder:&nbsp;</span></a></span><ul><li style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span><span>If you&rsquo;re a former coordinator with a whole brand new school, please complete the Submittable as &ldquo;A New GirlsBuild Team&rdquo;&nbsp;</span></span></li><li style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span><span>If you&rsquo;re a new coordinator with a reconfirmed/already formerly selected GirlsBuild team, please complete the Submittable as a &ldquo;Reconfirmed GirlsBuild Team&rdquo; </span></span></li></ul></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Year 8; Reconfirmation Letter]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.studentsbuild.org/newsletters/year-8-reconfirmation-letter]]></link><comments><![CDATA[http://www.studentsbuild.org/newsletters/year-8-reconfirmation-letter#comments]]></comments><pubDate>Wed, 31 Aug 2022 18:18:05 GMT</pubDate><category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.studentsbuild.org/newsletters/year-8-reconfirmation-letter</guid><description><![CDATA[&#8203;It is my pleasure to announce that your team has been reconfirmed to be funded for the 2022-2023 GirlsBuild Project; Year 8 an initiative of LA Promise Fund.&nbsp;I&rsquo;ll be following up in the coming weeks to space out reconfirmation forms from your team like contract agreements for stipend dispersals, updated media release forms, and pre-surveys.&nbsp; I&rsquo;m excited to share that with this new year&rsquo;s timeline, we&rsquo;ll be able to distribute your team and coordinator gran [...] ]]></description><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="paragraph"><span><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0)"><br />&#8203;It is my pleasure to announce that</span><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight:700"> </span><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">your team has been reconfirmed to be funded for the 2022-2023</span><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1OeRi2uXrwfDdv77vpGs45szgQqzyX6dKv91vo0dQ_hs/edit?usp=sharing"><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight:400"> </span><span style="color:rgb(5, 99, 193); font-weight:400">GirlsBuild Project; Year 8</span></a><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0)"> an initiative of LA Promise Fund.</span></span><br /><span><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">&nbsp;</span></span><span><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">I&rsquo;ll be following up in the coming weeks to space out reconfirmation forms from your team like contract agreements for stipend dispersals, updated media release forms, and pre-surveys.&nbsp; I&rsquo;m excited to share that with this new year&rsquo;s timeline, we&rsquo;ll be able to distribute your team and coordinator grants come October/November.</span></span><br /><span><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">&nbsp;</span></span><span><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">If you foresee any issues in working with your principal or district in receiving your funds, let me know so I can help advocate for you.</span></span><br /><br /><span><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">This year, I want to be mindful of all the responsibilities you all have when you make the time to show up as a GirlsBuild Coordinator.</span></span><br /><span><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">For that reason, I&rsquo;m working on</span></span><ul><li style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span><span>revamping our</span><a href="https://www.girls-build.org/curriculum.html"><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight:400"> </span><span style="color:rgb(5, 99, 193); font-weight:400">GirlsBuild Curriculum Webpage</span></a><span> with the resources we&rsquo;ll be utilizing throughout the year</span></span></li><li style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span><span>adding updated deadlines to our timeline for collection</span></span></li><li style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span><span>creating an online database to submit all of this upcoming year&rsquo;s forms so they all live in one place and you don&rsquo;t need to worry about emailing me files or sharing links as much.</span></span></li></ul> <span><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">If you have any educator friends at nation-wide public middle or high schools that are interested in joining as a GirlsBuild team, send them my way as</span><a href="https://www.girls-build.org/apply-for-the-year-round-project.html"><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight:400"> </span><span style="color:rgb(5, 99, 193); font-weight:400">the application for new times is wide open</span></a><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">.</span></span><br /><span><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">&nbsp;</span></span><span><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">Our GirlsBuild Summit planning is underway as well per my signature graphic,</span><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeiwsHygzgTJ_afbk60WnJmySgcn1lHV77g_J_wszjWOJ4H_A/viewform?usp=sf_link"><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight:400"> </span><span style="color:rgb(5, 99, 193); font-weight:400">RSVP here</span></a><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">!</span></span><br /><br /><span><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight:700">*if you have changed coordinators at your campus or want to add on another educator to split duties, please let me know so we can help you adjust.</span></span><br /><br /><span><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">Thank you for your patience and continued support!</span></span><br /><br /></div>]]></content:encoded></item></channel></rss>