Gwinnett school opens homework center
Some Graves Elementary School students will get extra homework help, thanks to a program funded by SCANA Energy.
SCANA Energy is spending $15,000 this school year on the homework center at the Gwinnett County school. The company held a celebration with students and school officials at the school Monday afternoon.
Two Graves teachers will stay after school on Mondays and Wednesday to work with about 45 third- and fifth-graders. Students will stay after school based on their academic needs.
SCANA Energy chose Graves Elementary because of the student needs in math and English, and because it is a Title I school in Gwinnett, said Simone McKinney, a company spokeswoman. Title I is a designation given to schools with high percentages of low-income students. SCANA Energy also funds another homework center at Hopkins Elementary in Lilburn.
Graves, near I-85 and Jimmy Carter Boulevard, opened this school year to ease overcrowding of other elementary schools in the Norcross area.
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Eric Stirgus joined The Atlanta Journal-Constitution in 2001. He is the newsroom's education editor. Born and raised in Brooklyn, N.Y., Eric is active in the Atlanta Association of Black Journalists and the Education Writers Association and enjoys mentoring aspiring journalists.
