Nearly $6,000 Awarded To Arbor Elementary For Mentoring Club

DOUGLASVILLE, GA — Arbor Station Elementary School has been awarded a $5,948.50 grant for the "Mr. Bruno's Crew of Readers" project as part of the Early Language and Literacy Mini Grant Program, a joint effort between the Governor'sOffice of Student Achievement and the Sandra Dunagan Deal Center for Early Language and Literacy at Georgia College.

Under the project, Arbor Station Elementary School and volunteers from the Central Baptist Church will create a morning mentoring club to work with kindergarten through third grade students experiencing academic or behavioral challenges.

The Early Language and Literacy Mini Grant Program, a joint effort between the Governor's Office of Student Achievement and the Sandra Dunagan Deal Center for Early Language and Literacy at Georgia College, supports partnerships in projects targeting the language and literacy development needs of children ages zero to eight. For this grant round, traditional public schools, charter schools, school districts, nonprofit organizations, and community organizations could apply for grant funds. Eligible organizations could apply as a single entity and receive between $5,000 and $20,000. Alternatively, they could apply as multiple entities – allowing them to maximize the scope of their projects and receive between $5,000 and $20,000 for each entity included in the application. Therefore, some projects received more than $20,000. However, the funding will support multiple agencies. The summaries below include the applicant(s) involved in each project as well as a description of each project's goals.

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