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Current RFPs:
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Schools/Healthy Students Project.
District News Articles on
SS/HS Programs:
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KCSD to be first SC school district to use cell
phone technology to keep students in school with
“Right Back on Track” mentoring program
March 21, 2011 - It’s 2:30 p.m. on a Thursday.
Do you know where your high school student is?
For the families of 25 Kershaw County School
District (KCSD) high school students, that
question will be answered more easily over the
next few months as they participate in a
voluntary mentoring and dropout prevention
program where the youth will carry cell phones
with GPS tracking devices. |
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Kershaw County receives $300,000 mentoring
grant; volunteers needed to work with local
youth
January 4, 2011 - Ask anyone who
works with children what the greatest factor is
for success in a young person’s life, and you
will hear the same answer over and over—the
presence and involvement of a caring adult. |
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JEEP provides youth with employment internships;
local employers sought for participation
October 12, 2010 - Wanted: local employers with
internships for youth. Benefits: 80 hours of
on-the-job and life skills training for
employees and the opportunity to positively
impact the future of our community. To apply:
contact Jeremy Lane, JEEP Coordinator. |
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KCSD receives new SS/HS federal grant to expand
mentoring efforts
September 21, 2010 - A
little more than a year after receiving a $5.7
million four-year federal grant to support local
safe school efforts, the Kershaw County School
District has received an additional $300,000
specifically targeted for mentoring. |
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Rhodes hired to oversee community’s gang prevention
grant
October 7,
2009 - At its meeting Tuesday night, the Kershaw
County School Board voted to hire Kevin Rhodes to
oversee the administration of the federal four-year
$5.7 million gang prevention grant. |
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KCSD to receive four-year $5.7 million gang
prevention grant
July 9, 2009 - Kershaw
County School District officials and other community
leaders today announced the receipt of a federal
four-year $5.7 million gang prevention grant, the
result of a collaborative effort among hundreds of
community leaders after a local teen was killed in a
gang-related shooting in Dec. of 2007. |
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