THANKS TO MORE THAN 250 INDIVIDUALS, COMMUNITY GROUPS, COMPANIES, AND FOUNDATIONS, THE ACCESS TO LEARNING FUND HAS RAISED MORE THAN $100,000 TO SUPPORT REMOTE LEARNING, INCLUDING A $52,000 GRANT FROM THE KAHLERT FOUNDATION. MOST RECENTLY, BRIGHT MINDS AND HCPSS ESTABLISHED THE ACCESS TO LEARNING FUND TO RAISE MONEY FOR CRITICAL LEARNING RESOURCES NEEDED TO SUPPORT STUDENTS DURING THE EXTENDED CORONAVIRUS SCHOOL CLOSURE. EMERGENCY STUDENT SUPPORTBRIGHT MINDS WORKS CLOSELY WITH HCPSS AND OUR COMMUNITY TO RESPOND TO STUDENT NEEDS DURING TIMES OF CRISIS. WE HELP LEVEL THE PLAYING FIELD SO ALL CHILDREN HAVE A CHANCE TO SUCCEED.PROGRAMS1. NEARLY 6 PERCENT ARE ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS REPRESENTING MORE THAN 80 LANGUAGES AND 100 COUNTRIES. NEARLY 10 PERCENT RECEIVE SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES. OF THE OVER 59,000 STUDENTS ENROLLED IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM, NEARLY 1 IN 4 STUDENTS QUALIFY FOR FREE AND REDUCED COST MEALS, AN INDICATOR OF POVERTY. BRIGHT MINDS PROVIDES SUPPORT FOR PROGRAMS AND SERVICES - BENEFITING STUDENTS, EDUCATORS, FAMILIES, AND THE COMMUNITY - THAT RESPOND TO URGENT COMMUNITY NEEDS AND WOULD OTHERWISE NOT BE AVAILABLE IN THE SCHOOL SYSTEM BUDGET. THE ORGANIZATION ENHANCES THE EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCES OF HOWARD COUNTY STUDENTS BY BRINGING TOGETHER PRIVATE AND COMMUNITY SUPPORT FOR ACADEMIC INITIATIVES AND OPPORTUNITIES.īRIGHT MINDS, THE HOWARD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS EDUCATION FOUNDATION, IS AN INDEPENDENT NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION CREATED IN 2006 BY THE HCPSS BOARD OF EDUCATION AND GOVERNED BY AN INDEPENDENT BOARD OF VOLUNTEERS REPRESENTING COMMUNITY LEADERS.
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