Established as a donor-advised fund with Central Carolina Community Foundation in 2001, the Academy of Columbia Foundation has identified a list of potential partners to enhance and improve the educational opportunities that target children and families in Richland School District One. The grants from this fund are awarded to those partner organizations who are invited to participate in the proposal process.
Letters announcing available grants are sent to potential partners in January each year. If you have any questions contact Veronica L. Pinkett-Barber, Program Officer, at 803.254.5601 x331 or veronica@yourfoundation.org.
Hyatt Park Elementary - $8,000 Hyatt Park Elementary School will offer Project READ training to supplement the existing core reading instructional program at the school. Project Read is a comprehensive language arts program designed to provide explicit instruction in a structured reading curriculum. The goal of the program is to help all students become thoughtful, purposeful and independent readers. The training will be offered to selected teachers and interventionists in grades two through five. The funding will be used to purchase supplemental material specifically designed to enhance Project READ implementation. Private Schools Serving Richland School District One area - $5,247 Project Read is a comprehensive language arts program designed to provide explicit instruction in a structured reading curriculum. The goal of the program is to help all students become thoughtful, purposeful and independent readers. The training will be offered to selected teachers at Columbia Jewish Day School, Hammond School, Heathwood Hall Episcopal School, Sandhills School and Timmerman School. Rolling Readers - $15,000 Rolling Readers and Tutor Eau Claire will expand their successful ten year partnership by joining forces with the North Main Branch of Richland County Library. Rolling Readers' approach to foster reading success will be adapted to empower and motivate parents/caregivers of school-age children served by that library (Arden, Hyatt Park and J.P. Thomas Elementary Schools.) Throughout the year, parents will be invited to a minimum of six workshops tailored to meet the specific needs of their children's grade levels in a non-threatening environment. This funding will be used specifically for the one-on-one tutoring portion of the program. Sandhills School - $13,021 Sandhills School is partnering with Richland One School District to provide Orton-Gillingham training to a group of teachers at Hyatt Park Elementary. Funding will provide scholarships for ten teachers to attend the summer training. These ten teachers will be trained in the Associate Level of Orton-Gillingham, learning the basics of the Orton-Gillingham approach. The 60-hour course will cover teaching techniques that are language-based, multisensory, structured, sequential, cognitive and flexible. In addition, funding is provided to bring Dr. Russell A. Barkley, Ph.D., an expert on ADHD in children and adults, to speak in Columbia. Dr. Barkley is a world renowned author, practitioner and educator who has traveled the world to speak to audiences on ADHD. He will engage teachers, parents, administrators, and doctors in a presentation on attention deficit hyperactive disorder and the effect it has on the child, how it can be treated, and what educators, medical professionals and parents can do to help.
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