IP Presents Ernest Ward With Grant Check For Advanced Readers

October 7, 2008

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International Paper presented Ernest Ward Middle School with a $1,462 grant Monday afternoon to purchase Interactive Readers for mid-level and advanced reading students.

“One of the main focus areas for IP is literacy,” said Jessica Morris, IP’s Pensacola Mill communications director. “It feels good to be able to support you in the central and north part of the county because that is where IP is, and that is where were are shifting our focus a bit.”

About 60 community groups attended a workshop at International Paper to learn how to submit lengthy grant applications for a share of $50,000 in grant money. Of those, 34 actually applied and 15 groups were chosen by a selection committee to have their project funded.

The mid-level and advanced readers at Ernest Ward did not have new materials and were the focus of Ernest Ward’s grant application, according to Carolyn Findley, reading coach.

“That’s what we thought was special about this application,” Morris said. “This was different because it takes these mid-level readers and bumps them to the next level. Usually these projects are for lower level readers.”

“We were very fortunate and very blessed that IP did choose us,” Findley said.

“We are so appreciative of IP for helping us,” EWMS Principal Nancy Gindl-Perry said. “They are helping our middle to higher readers. A lot of the time, the focus is on the lower level readers and the upper level kids are left behind.”

For a complete list of grant recipients, click here for an August 21 NorthEscambia.com story.

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Written by William Reynolds · Filed Under Education, Features, News