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Jennings Public Schools

Lead to Read

Forty half time AmeriCorps members will provide one on one and small group literacy instruction in 17 elementary schools in 17 school districts located in eight rural and remote counties. The districts are: Allen Bowden, Anderson, Barnsdall, Cleveland, Crescent, Depew, Drumright, Hominy, Jennings, Lonestar, Mannford, Mason, Morrison, Pawnee, Prettywater, Ripley and Wilson. Members will use evidence based reading strategies to improve academic performance in literacy to underachieving students in poverty, grades pk-3^rd.

For information, contact:

Susan Cargill

Jennings Public Schools

600 North Main

Jennings, OK 74038

(918) 757-2536

scargill@jennings.k12.ok.us

AmeriCorps members may serve a term of service during a 10-12 month period. After successful completion of their service, members who are enrolled on or after September 1, 2010 will receive the following education award amounts for their respective term of service:

Full-time 1,700 hrs. $5,550

Half-time 900 hrs. $2,775

Quarter-time 450 hrs. $1,468

Minimum-time 300 hrs. $1,175

Education awards may be used to pay off qualified student loans or may be used at any Title IV school. Members have seven years to use their education award.

For more information, please contact:

Melinda Points

(405) 858-7278

The Oklahoma Community Service Commission is a non-profit state commission whose primary purposes are to integrate, expand and sustain volunteer service initiatives across the state of Oklahoma as well as fund and administer AmeriCorps programs in Oklahoma.

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