$7.5 Million 21st Century After-School Grant!

KPS and Kalamazoo Communities In Schools (KCIS) were awarded two 21st Century After-School Grants in the spring of 2009. These grants, totaling $7.5 million, will serve approximately 1,000 students annually in ten schools over the next five years. These schools are:

1. Maple Street Magnet School for the Arts
2. Milwood Magnet School: Center for Math, Science and Technology
3. Linden Grove Middle School
4. Hillside Middle School
5. Loy Norrix High School
6. Edison Environmental Science Academy
7. Washington Writers’ Academy
8. Lincoln International Studies School
9. Milwood Elementary School
10. Woods Lake Elementary: A Magnet Center for the Arts

 
A portion of the activity in the after-school programs will revolve around literacy: the development of language, reading, and writing.