Smith High gets grant to promote reading, innovative curriculum
GREENSBORO -- Smith High School has received a Smaller Learning Communities grant from the U.S. Department of Education, according to a Guilford County Schools news release.
The grant will allow the school to hire two curriculum coaches in science and social studies, purchase computers and other equipment for curriculum changes and new course offerings and purchase supplies that will assist in linking career-related themes into the classroom. Smith will also implement Read 180, a proven reading intervention program.
For the first three years, Smith will receive $636,288 with the potential to receive more than $1 million over five years.
Last year, Smith opened a ninth-grade academy to focus on meeting the needs of incoming students. The grant will support this academy, as well as allow the school to offer smaller, more focused career academies for all students.
Smith was one of 43 schools nationwide to receive the grant.
