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READY, SET, GROW!
Program gives proinderoirtners early boost
By BEN LEDBETTER
Staff Writer
With the funding found, the Ready, Set,
GROW! Program in Kings Mountain District
Schools has been found.
And with that, teachers at Grover
Elementary School were happy the program
was able to be held this year.
At the June school board meeting, KMDS
Director of Curriculum and Instruction John
Goforth said the money for the program has
been found.
At Grover last week, children were play-
ing, receiving quizzes before they ate lunch.
With the program starting later, the only
reduction has been school buses providing
transportation.
“We were told we weren't going to get to
have it,” Grover teacher Jada Hardin said.
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The Kings Mountain Herald
July 25, 2002
based on results of a diagnostic test and
other criteria.
The diagnostic test is given again at the
end of the year and the results tend to be
higher, Hardin said.
Getting ahead in school is one of the ben-
efits of the program, teacher Mary Ann
Gibson said. Most of the children have not
been involved with other preschool pro-
grams, she said.
“So it’s kind of hard for them to walk
into school the first day,” she said. “This
way, they’ve been here and they know pret-
ty much the rules and the routine.”
The day, which goes from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.,
and includes coloring, learning through
playing, writing, outside recess, a snack and
singing.
With the variety of activities, students
may find something they like over the oth-
The program is for students starting ers.
kindergarten during the next school year
and is done at East, Bethware and Grover draw.
schools.
Students in the program are selected
“It’s a great program and I really enjoy
it,” Hardin said.
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EVENTS
Thursday, August 1
4 p.m.
Saturday, August 3
10:30 a.m.
Sunday, August 4
2-4 p.m.
Formal Dedication Ceremony
with Special Guest Speaker
Ann Jillian
light refreshments and tours of
the new Women’s Life Center
Mother/Child Fashion Show
presented by Two Doors Down
and Kiddos Kloset
Community Birthday Party
And Open House
if you were born at Cleveland
Regional (and even if you were
not) bring your family and join
us for tours, refreshments and
entertainment.
Ann Jillian
A three-time Emmy and Golden
Globe Award-Winning actress and
singer, Ann Jillian has appeared in
feature films, on television, and on
the Broadway stage. She is also a
breast cancer survivor.
Cleveland Regional Medical Center
Carolinas HealthCare System
Women's Life Center
Health and Education
www.clevelandregional.org
Student Chase Mayberry said he liked to
BEN LEDBETTER / THE HERALD
Austin Willis, left, looks toward teacher Mary Ann Gibson during class at Ready, Set
GROW! program at Grover Elementary. Holding up the numbers beside Willis is Katelyn
Hall.
Bethware School sets orientation
Bethware Elementary School will host student orientation
August 9 from 5:30-6:30 p.m.
Parents are encouraged to take their children to school
and meet their teacher before the first day of school, which
is Monday, August 12.
Class assignments will be posted the week of July 29.
For more information call the school at 734-5623.
Registration set for KM Kids Etc.
Registration for the Kings Mountain District Schools Kids
Etc. program will be August 1 from 3-5:30 p.m. at West
School.
For more information call 739-8622.
Volleyball tryouts begin Monday
Kings Mountain High School women’s volleyball tryouts
will begin Monday in Donald L. Parker Gymnasium.
Tryouts for ninth and 10th grade students will be from 3-5
p.m. fi
Tryouts for 11th and 12th grade students will be from 3-7 }
p.m. }
For more information, call head coach Suzanne Grayson |
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BEN LEDBETTER / THE HERALD
Ronnie Costner, foreground, and Austin Broadway were
among the group participating in the Junior Golf Academy
at Kings Mountain Country Club.
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