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Reading education efforts at Elizabethtown Independent Schools are receiving some additional support.
Panther Academy, Helmwood Heights Elementary School, and Morningside Elementary School have each been selected as recipients of the state’s Read to Achieve Grant.
According to a release from EIS, the Read to Achieve Grant is “a competitive state award that recognizes schools doing transformative work in early literacy.” The grants are awarded by the Kentucky Department of Education to schools that have demonstrated “a commitment to evidence-based reading instruction and meaningful intervention for students.”
Each school will receive $70,000 each of the next two years. EIS says the grants will elevate schoolwide multi-tiered systems of support to help ensure students from kindergarten through third grade receive timely, data-informed reading instruction. Each school has also committed matching funds and long-term sustainability beyond the grant period as an investment in long-term change over short-term success.
About 150 schools across the commonwealth are selected each Read to Achieve grant cycle. Visit the Kentucky Department of Education’s website for more information.
Much of the snow and ice from the January winter storms has melted off, but in its wake the winter weather left an additional hazard. “Potholes, of course, are a year-round thing, but it becomes even more evident after a winter storm, especially one with the extreme amount of cold temperatures we’ve had and the amount of moisture that fell,” said Hardin County Government Communications Officer Brian Walker. “Snow removal […]
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