G.W. Carver Academy receives $500 grant to support youth lit

g.w. carver academy in frankford a five hundred dollar grant to support youth literacy. this local grant is part of a four point five million in youth literacy grants across the u-s that dollar general serves. this grant will go towards a school project, which includes a collaborative effort from the the teachers to the students to create a school-wide newspaper. the g-w-c school counselor, whitney price, submitted carver academy’s application in hopes to receive this grant and she said any dollar would have been helpful. price further explains how this project and type of learning will help students get involved. students are going to own this project, they are going to read, research, collaborate, design and create the school wide newspaper as apart of our positive behavior support initiative. this initiative is a research based approach to support certain types of behaviors. price says they are excited to see the students embrace this new project and they are extremely thankful for this grant. a heat