North Carolina
WAYNE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS, GOLDSBORO $399,615
The Wayne County Extended Schools Program
will link students, their parents and the extended community with the resources
and education they need to achieve academic success, move out of poverty and
become self-sufficient. In addition to tutoring, homework help, computer classes,
and End of Grade test preparation workshops, the program will offer job training/placement
programs, adult education, resource and referral services, and basic health
care services to all middle school participants and their families.
BERTIE COUNTY SCHOOL SYSTEM, WINDSOR $500,000
The Roanoke River Valley Consortium will
provide an array of services that will b e exciting, involving, inviting and
unified to meet the educational, health, social services, cultural, and recreational
needs of students, educators, parents and community. The centers will be open
after school, weekends, and summer providing integrated reading, math, writing,
technology, health, recreation, nutrition, literacy education, telecommunications,
and access to social services.
SALLIE B. HOWARD SCHOOL, WILSON $235,400
The Sallie B. Howard Charter School Community
Learning Center will offer after school enrichment programs that include
specialized remediation in reading, writing, and math, along with homework supervision,
computer literacy, life skills training, recreation and the arts, Saturday school
mentoring, summer camp, parent education and life skills training, health and
recreation.
CASWELL COUNTY SCHOOLS, YANCEYVILLE $100,000
"Highest Potential" will increase
academic performance of at-risk seventh and eighth grade students in math, science,
reading through an intensive after-school program focused on student success;
will decrease the dropout rate through its intensive after-school program including
tutoring, mentoring, computer activities, technology integration, wrap-around
services for students, families and community; and will decrease incidences
of violence and illegal drug, alcohol and tobacco use by youth.