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Burke County Middle School wins five-year 21st Century grant; program outlines enrichment and academic recovery
Summary
Site coordinator Darcy Kelly told the board Burke County Middle School earned another five-year 21st Century grant and outlined program services including before/after-school slots, Saturday and summer programming, STEM, social-emotional learning and academic recovery.
Burke County Middle School has been awarded a five-year 21st Century Community Learning Centers grant, the school's site coordinator, Darcy Kelly, told the Burke County Board of Education during a presentation.
Kelly said the program provides before-school, after-school, Saturday and summer enrichment and academic-recovery services. She described the program's structure: a before-school slot for about 60 students, after-school services up to 130 students Monday–Thursday from 3 to 6 p.m., seven Saturday sessions per year, and an enrichment-focused summer program. The program mixes homework/study time, content blocks for ELA and math, STEM and career-connections components, social-emotional learning, and hands-on project-based activities.
Kelly told the board the grant is competitive and that Burke County Middle School’s 21st Century program met all objectives in the prior grant cycle, exceeding some. The program uses weekly grade pulls to target academic recovery needs, designs quarterly professional learning tied to student data, and maintains safeguards for fiduciary compliance; Kelly noted the program has not been required to repay funds because it has remained in compliance.
Kelly highlighted practical supports offered through the program — a staffed office for parent resources (resume help and computer access), a data clerk who ensures documentation is uploaded timely for state monitoring, and incentives for students, including a “hope chest” of items students choose when they meet behavior and academic goals.
“Burke County Middle School to be awarded another five years is an honor and a privilege and speaks to the integrity of that program,” Kelly said. She described academic recovery as a focus after recent instructional time lost to storms and explained the program’s weekly progress monitoring and differentiated interventions for students with individualized needs.
Kelly introduced key staff present at the meeting: Dr. Willie Atkinson (principal), Dr. Jackson (program coordinator), the job coach, and the data clerk, and asked the board to support the program’s continued operation.
