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SHAKE to receive $1 million for new afterschool program
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Published: October 14, 2009
The Success Helps All Kids Excel (SHAKE) program recently got a boost in its effort to enrich the education of area students.
SHAKE provides after-school and summer educational opportunities for sixth- through 10th-graders graders at Statesville Middle School and North Iredell Middle School.
SHAKE will receive $1 million over four years from the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction to fund a new program called Youth Exploring Success (YES).
The YES program will target 235 students at Success Charter Institute, Christian Outreach, East Elementary and Statesville Middle.
"YES has a much stronger emphasis on technology and service," said 21st Century Community Learning Center Programs Director Bricca Sweet.
The four schools were chosen based on the need for technology-focused programs, Sweet said.
The students will use the technology for service-learning projects in the community. They will be able to assist local businesses with designing newsletters, stationery, calendars and business cards.
"We want to cross (the) digital divide for our lower income students," she said.
YES, which, like SHAKE, will be an after-school and summer program, will provide homework assistance, tutorials and service-learning opportunities.
The program will focus on academically at-risk students and could start as early as November.
Sweet said the program aligns academic skills with community service, and the technology in the program will increase self-esteem, motivation and school learning.
The grant funding this endeavour will be done over a four-year period. The first installment this year will be $300,000.
"We hope every child that participates will pass end-of-grade tests and develop a goal to complete high school," Sweet said.
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