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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