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District to receive close to $1 million in grants
Nearly a million dollars in state funding will be awarded to the Douglas County School District for its Read to Achieve programs.
The money will be used for research-based programs that help second- and third-grade students learn to read.
By By: Tom Herman
Nearly a million dollars in state funding will be awarded to the Douglas County School District for its Read to Achieve programs.
The money will be used for research-based programs that help second- and third-grade students learn to read.
Colorado accepted detailed grant applications from elementary schools across the state. In Douglas County, elementary school principals led the grant-writing effort for their individual schools.
Pending adequate student achievement gains, 25 schools will receive Read To Achieve grants for up to two additional years.
Students in second and third grades will be on an individual learning plan to receive the resources that provide intensive instruction for struggling students and related professional development of staff members.
"One of the greatest benefits of this funding is that teachers will have a chance to increase their expertise in reading strategies," said Literacy Coordinator Karen Durica. "This will help students in classrooms across the county."
Examples of programs that will receive funding are literacy coaches during school hours, after-school literacy programs, summer school/intersession classes and one-on-one or small group tutoring. The summer sessions would include third-graders who will be in fourth grade for the fall sessions.
"This grant money will provide significant opportunity for our schools to move their literacy efforts forward," said grants coordinator Barb Kimball, who assisted schools in putting together the applications.
Final grant dollar figures for each school will be known in a few weeks when the state finishes evaluating the grant requests, Durica said.
By By: Tom Herman
Nearly a million dollars in state funding will be awarded to the Douglas County School District for its Read to Achieve programs.
The money will be used for research-based programs that help second- and third-grade students learn to read.
Colorado accepted detailed grant applications from elementary schools across the state. In Douglas County, elementary school principals led the grant-writing effort for their individual schools.
Pending adequate student achievement gains, 25 schools will receive Read To Achieve grants for up to two additional years.
Students in second and third grades will be on an individual learning plan to receive the resources that provide intensive instruction for struggling students and related professional development of staff members.
"One of the greatest benefits of this funding is that teachers will have a chance to increase their expertise in reading strategies," said Literacy Coordinator Karen Durica. "This will help students in classrooms across the county."
Examples of programs that will receive funding are literacy coaches during school hours, after-school literacy programs, summer school/intersession classes and one-on-one or small group tutoring. The summer sessions would include third-graders who will be in fourth grade for the fall sessions.
"This grant money will provide significant opportunity for our schools to move their literacy efforts forward," said grants coordinator Barb Kimball, who assisted schools in putting together the applications.
Final grant dollar figures for each school will be known in a few weeks when the state finishes evaluating the grant requests, Durica said.
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