Ashe 4-H Receives Trac Expansion Funds for After School Program

North Carolina Cooperative Extension, Ashe County 4-H received a N.C. Dept. of Public Instruction grant. The funds will be used to continue the Twenty-First Century Community Learning Center 4-H Teach-Reach Academic Challenges (4-H TRAC) program which is a 4-H after school program.

This initiative targets students with Limited Proficiency or those who scored a Level 1 or 2 in Reading, Math or Writing on end of grade test scores at Blue Ridge, Mountain View and Westwood Elementary Schools, as well as Ashe County Middle School.

The continuation of the 4-H TRAC program will ensure that students will continue to receive services that will assist them in achieving their academic goals which might not be realized otherwise due to economic restraints and social pressures. Tutoring by school personnel will be available in the 4-H TRAC program. Transportation from the 4-H TRAC after school sites will be available back to local communities Monday through Thursday after 5 p.m. Scholarships are available to families whose children are eligible to participate in the 4-H TRAC program.

Parents interested in additional information or who are interested in enrolling their child may contact the 4-H after school site coordinator at the school their child attends: Blue Ridge Afterschool Program at (336) 877-7077; Mountain View Afterschool Program at (336) 982-8441; Westwood Afterschool Program at (336) 877-2968; Bulldog Alert, SOS Ashe County Middle School at (336) 384-1559

Information is also available by calling the North Carolina Cooperative Extension, Ashe County 4-H Center at (336) 846-5850.