Newton County School System will now be receiving good news toward this week during the time that officials have learned that they will be awarding their 21st Century Community Learning Centers that will provide an educational grant from this Georgia Department of Education. With that, this federal funded educational grants will now be netting this NCSS about more than $1 million which is already been over the next three years and will entirely be included for about $350,000 to its current academic year. With this system will now be eligible towards renewing this educational grant for about 2010 to 2011 and 2011 until 2012 academic years that is already been based of its availability of funds and annual evaluations of programs in Newton County. According to its press release from this NCSS, this educational grant monies will now be use in order to expand their system after school academic programs or considered as (ASAP) that will entirely be targeting children’s need after their school services and remediation and to those parents who are already unable of affording their tuition based after this school programs that already been currently available to this learners. With that, these parents whose learners that will be qualifying this notified through their program coordinator.

With that, this funds that will be made available to this NCSS through this educational grant will now be allowing towards a 250 additional learners in order to benefit from this tuition free educational program that is now currently available in Porterdale and Middle Ridge Elementary, Challenge Charter Academy, Liberty Middle, and community based educational program in Washington Street Community Center. If it entirely goes as it’s been planned then the program will now be starting on these five sites in this Oct.26. With that, this program is now currently being offered on its tuition that will entirely be basing in Ficquett, Live Oak, Porterdale, West Newton and Rocky Plains elementary schools, Clements theme schools, and Fairview. They are pleased that this grant educational writing efforts of team are now enabling school system in order to offer their ASAP towards their learners. Aside of that, this program will serve as an additional source of support towards their learners of academic need. Aside of that, this program will also be providing funding towards several children that are in need of this remediation and after their school supervision.

They are very supportive that this opportunity will now serve as tremendous asset in order to support towards academic study grant achievement of success. As a result, the learners will now be using daily in this computer labs in order to perform internet researching, playing educational games, working in software that will be allowing towards online practices for math and reading skills. In addition, the homework assistance and tutoring will now be providing daily and lessons in order to plan of meeting not only its need of individual learners but as well towards smaller groups as well. Some other activities that will be offered include language of arts, Spanish, English, arts, and recreation. Aside of that, field trips will also be taken and learners be able to participate over this discussions and lessons of its decision making, proper behavior, and study skills. So, parents will now be participating to these parent educational classes and for those who are in need of this literacy or GED preparation classes that had some assistance through this Newton County Reads. With that, the objectives of this ASAP program are towards development of academic performance to its core areas, entirely emphasizing of reading, math, developing homework completion, increasing classroom participation, allowing towards opportunities to learners of becoming involve in the field of art, recreation, address to behavioral issues, and increase involvement of parents. The ASAP is now collaborating an effort that will entirely be involving various organizations throughout this nation. The NCSS had also partnered to this Newton County Recreation Department, Newton County Reads, Covington Police Department, and The Arts Association of Newton County. Aside of that, this NCSS had also a longer standing of relationship with their community partnership that includes representatives from this number of organizational that includes KidsNet, Gwinnett/Rockdale/Newton Mental Health, Literacy Coalition, Juvenile Courts, Health Department, and Juvenile Justice that together of this school district will now be continuing of seeking ways towards developing lives of this young people. Aside of that also, this program will also be offering learners and their families in order to support through after this school and parent services in order to develop their learning especially during this regular school days. With that, this 21st Century ASAP will now be featuring activities that will support learners who will not be enjoying but will also be learning simultaneously. So, they are now extremely excited in order to have this program of Newton County.