Schools

Young Middle School scores Dollar General grant

About a week ago we cited a report by the AJC about The New Schools at Carver getting a $3,000 Youth Literacy Grant from Dollar General Stores. What the AJC, and we, failed to add was that Jean Childs Young Middle School also got in on the money in the form of a $5,000 Back-to-School […]

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Fain Elementary gets book grant

Fain Elementary today recently received a $500 book grant from Target. The school will host an Open House/Target Book Donation celebration at 4 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 9, with a brief celebration in the school’s media center. Fain used the money to purchase textbooks from First Books. Hat tip to Fain Media Specialist and Communications Ambassador […]

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Noted author Dr. Afua Cooper to speak at Parks Middle School

The visit by Parks Middle School students and faculty to Canada is the gift that keeps on giving. The school will welcome author, educator and poet Dr. Afua Cooper (right), who will visit on Sept. 14. Dr. Cooper will appear at visual-arts classroom from 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Cooper is a noted historian and is the author […]

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