After School Programs Recognized

WINGS gets big vote of confidence

Jul 23, 2009
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Submitted by: Paula Schwed

 WINGS got a big vote of confidence and a four-year $677,490 federal grant that will help support the new after school program we’re launching at North Charleston Elementary School. This is the 4th time that WINGS has won a 21st Century Community Learning Center, or CCLC, grant! These highly competitive grants are awarded to help spread and support the best after school programs across the country. Announcing this year's recipients, South Carolina Superintendent of Education Jim Rex said "students who are struggling in class can get  a real academic boost in a well-run after school setting." In our effort to prepare and share a model based on sound theory and scientific evidence, the 21st CCLC is another strong step forward.

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Way to go WINGS!

On July 29th, 2009 Liz Mester says:
A grant from the US Department of Education means that WINGS is an effective after school program - one that delivers results and is worth imitating. What WINGS teaches isn't just for schools - it's for home, too. Pick up some of our free social and emotional skills for kids and start using them today! We all want to be like WINGS.