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HTRS School summer program receives grant

By John Nixon

06/13/2023

(KLZA)-- The Humboldt-Table Rock- Steinauer School District has been selected to receive a Summer of Youth Grant which will allow students in the HTRS District to participate in four themed camps this summer.

Beyond School Bells, an initiative of Nebraska Children and Families Foundation, in partnership with the Nebraska Department of Educaiton, selected the HTRS Summer STEAM Camps 2023, as one of the Nebraska communities to receive a Summer of Youth grant to support summer learning opportunities.

The funds have been made available through Federal dollars as well as private funds and are aimed at increasing high quality summer learning programs in communities where there simply aren't enough spots for the children who need them.

The program was launched utilizing $720 thousand from the Federal government's COVID relief funding, termed ESSER III.

The funds will allow HTRS to provide programs based on student interest and will include a cooking camp; a nature camp a theater camp along with the STEAM based jumpstart week.

HTRS Superintendent Dr. George Griffith said in a news release the grant will directly support the school district- goals for helping all students succeed. 64 HTRS students are signed up for the program.

The Theater Camp will culminate in a performance on August 5 and parents, family members and the community are welcome to attend. Performances will be at 3:00 and 5:30 p.m. in the HTRS Old Gym.

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