State Superintendent of Education Molly M. Spearman announced that 20 school districts and community organizations will receive $1,136,084 through the Summer Reading Camp Community Partnership Grant.
“A student’s reading ability is one of the most important indicators of future success,” said Superintendent Spearman. “Summer reading camps provide students with extended time and support to help them become stronger readers while combating summer reading loss in a fun, active environment,” concluded Spearman.
The purpose of the Summer Reading Camp Community Partnership Grant is to expand the existing summer reading camps, which provide elementary school students who are working toward grade level reading proficiency with the opportunity to receive quality, intensive instructional services.
For students to benefit from the summer program, they must attend regularly and be engaged in instructional and hands-on learning experiences. Grant sites strategize ways to increase consistent student attendance through collaborative partnerships between local community organizations and school districts.
2017 Summer Reading Camp Community Partnership Grant Recipients
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School District/Organization
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Award
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Community Partner(s)
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Aiken
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$43,025.00
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The Salvation Army Nancy Moore Thurmond Boys and Girls Club of Aiken
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Allendale
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$70,686.00
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Christian Graduates of the Low Country; Tiny Techz, LLC; Bright Path; Allendale County Parks and Recreation Department; Allendale County Library
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Anderson Two
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$75,000.00
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Clemson University; Belton First Baptist Church; Anderson County Library; United Way of Anderson; Bi-Lo; Burton Entertainment Center; Honea Path Recreation Department; Belton Fire Department; Belton Second Baptist Church
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Berkeley
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$16,700.00
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Santee Cooper; Freedom Church
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Charleston Promise Neighborhood
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$39,655.00
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Charleston County School District (CCSD)
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Colleton
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$57,183.00
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Clemson University Extension; Colleton County Memorial Library
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Darlington
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$75,000.00
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Coker College; YMCA of Upper Pee Dee; TEACH Foundation
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Dorchester Two
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$31,486.00
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Charleston Southern University
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Florence Three
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$100,000.00
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Lake City Boys and Girls Club; Savannah Grove Freewill Baptist Church; Olanta Public Library
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Greenwood 51
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$69,000.00
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Greenwood YMCA; Greenwood Library System; Lander University
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Kershaw
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$56,305.00
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United Way of Kershaw County; Recreation Department of Kershaw County; Kershaw County Library Bookmobile
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Laurens 55
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$45,000.00
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The Greater Laurens Family YMCA; Laurens County Public Library; Joe R. Adair Outdoor Education Center
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Legacy Charter School
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$49,510.00
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County of Greenville
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Lexington One
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$49,600.00
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Lexington County Public Library-Pelion Branch; Pelion Family Practice: Eau Claire Cooperative Health; Pelion High School Athletics; Florence Baptist Church
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McCormick
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$70,000.00
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McCormick Arts Council at the Keturah (MACK); McCormick County Library; Tiny Techz iSTEAM
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Richland One
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$115,727.00
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Benedict College; EdVenture; United Way of the Midlands; Reading Matters Faith Based Literacy Coalition; Richland County Public Library
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Saluda
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$39,910.00
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Save the Children; Clemson Cooperative Extension Office/Saluda County 4H
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Spartanburg 7
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$20,400.00
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First Tee of Spartanburg; Altrusa of Spartanburg; Spartanburg Academic Movement, SAM
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United Way of Pickens County
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$70,000.00
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Pickens County YMCA; School District of Pickens
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York One
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$41,897.00
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York County Culture and Heritage Museums; Kings Mountain National Military Park; ARTS ACCESS South Carolina; Bricks4Kidz; York County Library
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1.63. $700,000 allocated to the department to provide grants to support community partnerships whereby community organizations shall partner with local school districts to provide enrichment activities as part of after school programs or summer reading camps that utilize volunteers, mentors or tutors to provide instructional support to struggling readers in elementary schools that have a poverty index of forty percent or greater based on the poverty index utilized the prior fiscal year that was student eligibility for the free or reduced price lunch program and Medicaid….(Act No. 284, 2016 S.C. Acts, Proviso 1.63). The South Carolina General Assembly passed Proviso 1.63 of the Appropriations Act of 2016-2017 in support of “Summer Reading Camps.” Subsection (2) of the proviso states:
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