In this week's newsletter, Bethel Superintendent of Schools Christine Carver announced that the District applied for and received a number of grants to support the district's work.
Please see the list below and check out the latest newsletter for additional information.
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FAFSA Challenge Update - Connecticut State Department of Education (CSDE) grant for $7,445. This award includes the $1,000 prize for any school that achieves its 2022-23 FAFSA Challenge goal. This award will support helping families complete the FAFSA to support post-secondary opportunities.
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High Dosage Tutoring - Dr. Brooks and the Bethel Middle School Team wrote a grant for High Dosage Tutoring. This grant, specifically focused on tutoring in the area of mathematics, is to provide small group tutoring, with the outside provider, Smart Start Education. The grant total is $286,000. This will provide much-needed support in mathematics for our middle school students. The funds need to be expended by 2025.
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Primary Mental Health Grant, $20,000. The primary objective of the project is to provide supportive and child-centered behavioral interventions and increased communication and collaboration with parents/guardians, for students in grades K-2.
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Donation of Literacy Libraries (K-3) - Due to the fact that we were part of the initial pilot for the Science of Reading Masterclass, the Connecticut State Department of Education will be providing literacy libraries for all K-3 classrooms. This will expand resources for teachers for literacy instruction.