Glynn Co Schools Awarded Over $10,000 in Opportunity Grants from Ga Dept of Education

The Georgia Department of Education is awarding a third series of Opportunity Grants to help districts expand options and opportunities for their students. The grants total $6,123,948 to support advanced learning; digital media and literacy; health and physical education; world languages; and mathematics, science, and social studies instruction. Glynn County School District will receive Digital Media & Library(DML), Mathematics, Science, and Social Studies grants, for a total of $10,880.

“We are committed to expanding opportunities and broadening horizons for our students,” State School Superintendent Richard Woods said. “This is a continued investment in our children, ensuring they have access to an engaging education that prepares them for life.”

Categories of Opportunity Grants awarded today include:

• Advanced Placement (AP) Teacher Mentoring: Grants of up to $2,500 per district to design and implement mentoring programs for new or novice AP teachers.
• Digital Media and Literacy: Grants of up to $2,000 per school to offer technology courses during the regular school day.
• Health and Physical Education: Grants of up to $50,000 per school to create and/or support whole child wellness initiatives specifically for outdoor equipment structures.
• Mathematics: Grants of up to $4,000 per school to acquire mathematics manipulatives and materials to support mathematics instruction.
• Science: Grants of up to $3,000 per school to acquire science consumables and/or equipment to support science instruction.
• Social Studies: Grants of up to $2,000 per school to acquire social studies consumables and/or equipment to support social studies instruction.
• World Languages: Grants of up to $10,000 per school as start-up funds to develop new Dual Language Immersion (DLI) programs and up to $5,000 per school to acquire resources to support current DLI programs.

The Opportunity Grants are made possible through federal stimulus funds under the American Rescue Plan (ARP – ESSER).​