Forsyth Education Foundation awards $60K in grants

Liberty Middle School students celebrate receiving a Forsyth County Education Foundation grant for “Liberty’s Literacy Lab” in the 2018 grant awards. Recipients of 2019 grants totaling $60,000 were recently announced. FORSYTH COUNTY EDUCATION FOUNDATION

Liberty Middle School students celebrate receiving a Forsyth County Education Foundation grant for “Liberty’s Literacy Lab” in the 2018 grant awards. Recipients of 2019 grants totaling $60,000 were recently announced. FORSYTH COUNTY EDUCATION FOUNDATION

Funding for programs that have older students helping their younger peers with reading, teach essential social skills to be successful and encourage scientific experimentation were among 19 grants totaling $60,000 awarded recently by the Forsyth County Education Foundation.

The 2019 grants, funded by the Duck Dive for Education, included $5,000 for “Mountain Movers: Building a Love of Reading Through Personalized Partnerships and Student Agency” at Coal Mountain Elementary School. The program pairs upper-level student volunteers with lower-elementary students to help the latter with reading skills.

“Second Step” at Cumming Elementary School, a social skills program that teaches children how to make friends, manage their emotions, solve problems and deal with peer pressure, received $4,700.

“Seeds of Science” at Johns Creek Elementary School, providing students with “a month-long, hands-on science experience” growing live plants in their classrooms and an herb and spice garden in the cafeteria, got $3,080.

Information, and a complete list of grant recipients: https://bit.ly/2n1rUkw