Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools has won a 21st Century Community Learning Center Grant that will bring $1.4 million over four years to pay for expanded tutoring and after-school activities at three schools.
The State Board of Education approved the grant, which will help students at Ashley, Ibraham and Old Town elementary schools.
The district had to compete for the grants, which asked groups to create community-learning centers to provide academic enrichment opportunities for children. In Forsyth County, that means the three schools will offer an array of after-school tutoring, Saturday activities and summer activities.
“This grant will help us work toward one of our top goals – increasing the number of children who can read on grade level in elementary school,” Superintendent Beverly Emory said.
“The big thing for us is that we can serve more students,” Ibraham Principal Lee Koch said. “Before we had limited funds.”
“It’s going to allow us to provide that additional support to students after school,” Ashley Principal Mark Hairston said. “It’s going to allow us to provide that safety net.”
“As we work to make sure our students meet all the goals we set for them, this essentially gives us more hours in our day to provide support for these students,” Old Town Principal Rusty Hall said. “We cannot do this alone and having community partners who are on the front lines with us, working with our students and their families, will help us see the success we work towards each and every day.”
