Guilford County Schools, in partnership with the business community and private foundations, initiated Commitment to Excellence as a way to encourage excellence by recognizing and rewarding outstanding achievement by students, teachers, and schools; to address student performance issues through training of teachers and administrators; and to reward candidates who are willing to work in schools highly impacted by poverty. The News and Record has pledged $75,000.
News
& Record Technology Center
Located at Greensboro College, this center houses a literacy program
to train tutors who work with adults with poor reading skills. Initially
the program focused on support for Reading Connections but has now expanded to other community programs. Besides state-of-the-art computers for the lab, funding also provided laptops that can be checked
out and used by tutors with their students. This is a collaborative
effort of the News & Record, and Greensboro
College to address the educational challenges in Guilford County.
Literacy
2000
The
News & Record sponsored a year-long literacy initiative in collaboration
with the Greensboro Public Library, Reading Connections, GTCC, and
Guilford County Schools. A summit in January 2000 brought together
community leaders and literacy professionals to lay the foundation
for a comprehensive strategic plan.
Greensboro
Public Library
No institution caters to the community at large more than the
library. The new main branch, in the emerging cultural district downtown,
can be a hub for community gathering. The News & Record is a major
supporter.
N&R
Leadership Endowment at UNCG
This
endowment funds a leadership program for selected students at UNCG,
with each year of their college career focusing on a different aspect
of leadership.
And
there are others:
Bennett
College
Black Child Development Institute
Communities in Schools of Greater Greensboro
Communities in Schools of High Point
Elon College School of Communication
Enrichment Fund for Guilford County Schools
Greensboro College
Guilford College
High Point University
Independent College Fund
Inroads
Learning Place of Rockingham County
North Carolina A & T State University
North Carolina Center for Public Policy Research
Reading Connections
Rockingham County Schools
Uplift
Washington Drive Resource & Enrichment Center
Youth Focus
For more
information about the News & Record's community programs, please call
Judy Wicker at (336) 412-5938. Or you can email her at jwicker@news-record.com.
If you are interested in volunteering with any of the projects supported
by the News & Record, you may call Judy or contact the Volunteer Center
at (336) 373-1633.
