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GSK supports student achievement at Chewning

GlaxoSmithKline U.S. Community Partnerships has awarded a $100,000 grant to improve student achievement at Chewning Middle School in Durham, North Carolina through the use of student assessments, technology, professional development and additional support.

Bill Shore, Director of U.S. Community Partnerships for GSK and Chairman of Superintendent Carl Harris’ Business Advisory Council, presented a check to Chewning Principal Everette Johnson at the January 28 Board of Education meeting.  Pictured here are Johnson, left, Shore, back center, Chewning PTA President Steve Bumgardner, and several Chewning students.

The GSK grant aims to increase student achievement in four major areas: reading, mathematics, science, and computer skills.  The grant will achieve this overarching objective through:

• Providing ClassScapes software for teachers to conduct formative assessments of student performance;
  Expanding computer labs at the school, with the addition of “smart boards,” to bolster computer and technological competency among students;
• Offering teachers more professional development, specifically around enhancing their capacity to teach technology; and,
• Recruiting tutors, particularly from local colleges and universities, to work one-on-one with Chewning students.
   

GSK has long been one of DPS’ most ardent business supporters, having donated millions of dollars in monetary, in-kind and human resources to DPS schools and initiatives over the last two decades.  DPS welcomes and encourages business and community partnerships in support of increased student achievement.