R 161900Z OCT 09

ALCOAST 600/09
COMDNOTE 5350
SUBJ: COAST GUARD PARTNERSHIP IN EDUCATION (CGPIE) PROGRAM AWARDS
A. COAST GUARD PARTNERSHIP IN EDUCATION, COMDTINST 5350.22
(SERIES)
1. PER REF A, EACH YEAR, THE COAST GUARD RECOGNIZES UNITS FOR THEIR
COMMITMENT, DEDICATION, AND SUPPORT OF PARTNERSHIP IN EDUCATION
PROGRAMS. THE COMMANDANTS PARTNERSHIP IN EDUCATION AWARDS ARE
PRESENTED IN TWO CATEGORIES:
 A. BEST UNIT PARTNERSHIP. THIS AWARD IS PRESENTED FOR THE
BEST COOPERATIVE EFFORTS BETWEEN A CG UNIT AND A SCHOOL.
 B. BEST COLLABORATIVE PARTNERSHIP. THIS AWARD IS PRESENTED
FOR COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS BETWEEN ONE OR MORE CG UNITS WITH ONE OR
MORE COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS THAT JOINED EFFORTS TO SUPPORT ONE OR
MORE SCHOOLS.
2. I AM PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THE RECIPIENTS OF THE ANNUAL
COMMANDANTS PIE AWARDS FOR 2009. THE BEST UNIT PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM
AWARD GOES TO USCG CUTTER KNIGHT ISLAND (PORT CREW). THE CREW WAS
RELENTLESS IN THEIR DEDICATION TO MENTOR AND OFFER ACADEMIC
PREPARATION AND ASSISTANCE AT THEIR PARTNER SCHOOL DESPITE A
RIGOROUS OPERATIONAL PATROL SCHEDULE. A VARIETY OF COLLABORATIVE
AND TEAM BUILDING ACTIVITIES WERE INITIATED TO ENGAGE STUDENTS IN
FUN, YET CHALLENGING TASKS, RESULTING IN ENHANCED ACADEMIC
ACHIEVEMENTS AND IMPROVED TEST SCORES.
3. THE BEST COLLABORATIVE PARTNERSHIP AWARD RECIPIENT IS THE COAST
GUARD PACIFIC STRIKE TEAM. THROUGHOUT THE 2008/2009 SCHOOL YEAR,
MEMBERS OF THE STRIKE TEAM FOCUSED THEIR EFFORTS ON CREATING EVENTS
AND PARTNERSHIPS THAT SUPPORTED AND ENRICHED EDUCATIONAL
EXPERIENCES. THE UNITS COOPERATIVE INITIATIVES WITH OTHER
COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS EXPOSED STUDENTS TO REAL-WORLD APPLICATIONS
OF SCIENCE AND MATH AND CONSIDERABLY INCREASED COAST GUARDS
VISIBILITY IN THE COMMUNITY. THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL YEAR, THE STRIKE
TEAM FOCUSED PRIMARILY ON QUALITY ACHIEVEMENT THROUGH ROLE MODEL
IDENTIFICATION AND IMPROVED EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES THROUGH
PRESENTATION OF VARIOUS EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES, INCLUDING
SCIENTIFIC, TECHNICAL, AND HANDS-ON LEARNING EXPERIENCES.
4. WHILE THESE WINNERS WERE JUDGED TO HAVE THE MOST OUTSTANDING
PROGRAMS, MANY OF THE SUBMISSIONS HAD EXEMPLARY ELEMENTS WITHIN
THEIR RESPECTIVE PROGRAMS. AMONG THOSE SUBMISSIONS WITH EXEMPLARY
ELEMENTS, CEU MIAMI AND MSU MORGAN CITY ARE HONORABLY MENTIONED.
5. THE FOLLOWING UNITS WERE NOMINATED AND ARE COMMENDED FOR THEIR
OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTIONS AND SIGNIFICANT COMMITMENT TO THEIR
COMMUNITIES AND THE CGPIE PROGRAM:
 A. SUPRTCEN ELIZABETH CITY
 B. STATION HATTERAS INLET
 C. AIR STATION SAVANNAH
 D. USCG TISCOM
 E. CG CAMSLANT
 F. D5,ATLANTIC AREA
 G. STATION FREEPORT
 H. TRACEN PETALUMA
 I. USCG PAY AND PERSONNEL CENTER
 J. AIR STATION MIAMI
 K. MSU MORGAN CITY
6. THE AWARD WINNERS WILL BE FORMALLY RECOGNIZED AT SPECIAL
CEREMONIES TO BE HELD LATER THIS YEAR.
7. CAPT E.G. FAUX, DEPUTY DIRECTOR,CIVIL RIGHTS DIRECTORATE, SENDS.
8. INTERNET RELEASE AUTHORIZED.