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🌱 How a new $80K grant could help Chester County students

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In today's newsletter:

  • How a new $80K grant could help Chester County students

Also on today's calendar: Richard Winn Academy Girls Varsity Volleyball @ Lewisville and 3 more events.

Today's riddle: What did one wall say to the other? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Tuesday: Humid; an afternoon t-storm, with a high of 85 and low of 67 degrees.
  • Wednesday: A shower and t-storm; cooler, temps: high: 70, low: 60.
  • Thursday: A t-storm around in the p.m., with a high of 68 and low of 52 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Able SC gets $80K grant to expand youth transition program (scbiz.com) — Students with disabilities in rural Chester County could soon benefit from an expanded Able SC Youth-to-Adult Transition Program, funded by an $80,000 Power:Ed grant. The initiative will bring peer-led lessons on self-advocacy, job readiness, and college planning to underserved schools across South Carolina, aiming to better prepare young people for work and independent adulthood.
   

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Rock Hill

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York

  • University of Phoenix and York Technical College Establish Transfer Pathway for Students Pursuing Bachelor's Degrees (wrhi.com)

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