Program Spotlight

SYSTEM is an afterschool program that offers support for students in grades 3 - 8 in Scotland County. We serve 160 plus students each year. We provide transportation, a meal, and snacks for all students. We also provide assistance with homework, Math, and ELA. Our...

At CITIZEN SCHOOLS, adolescents work side by side with experts to explore new fields, learn new skills, and build a foundation for their future. We serve adolescents in low-income communities at a critical point in their development - as they search for their pathway...

High Point LEAP (Literacy Empowers All People) is a non-profit, grassroots, multicultural dropout intervention program focused on uplifting children and families through literacy. We believe that education is a ladder out of poverty and we seek to hold up the ladder...

Mangum Elementary After School Care is a program for K-5th graders. They started a cooking class that they do twice a week. All children are involved in the program, where they cook, prepare, and are taught about new foods that they have never had before. The children...

The Bridge Downeast has been in operation since 2011. They started out as a place for teens to come on Friday and Saturday nights and have expanded to a 21st Century Learning Center afterschool program and summer camp. They provide a safe place for kids to come after...

Dropping Seeds for Science is a division of Dropping Seeds in Motion which offers customized, interactive science based workshops which integrate learning through movement. Highly interactive, movement workshops help students retain scientific concepts. Workshops also...

Everything starts with a vision and a dream. As a child, we begin to color the canvas of our life and everything we do has a color and it affects us in ways we don't even realize. Str8t Progress was a vision and a dream, because we thought back to when we were...

CMAST Youth Programs provides a variety of programs for young people who are interested in Marine and Environmental Sciences and Technology. Some of their Programs include: Sea Wolf 4H Club for youth age 13-18 within the club we have a Science Communications Team, ROV...

The mission of Wade Edwards Foundation & Learning Lab (WELL) is to provide the student community with opportunities for achievement, enrichment and service in preparation for personal and academic success. The WELL opened in 1996 as a memorial to a student who died in...

This past summer, 27 educators from across the region, including Alexander, Burke, Caldwell, Catawba, and Lincoln counties spent the week training to become GEMS coaches and create GEMS Clubs. GEMS (Girls Excelling in Math and Science) clubs will enhance self-efficacy...