The Spartanburg County Foundation is dedicated to improving the lives of Spartanburg County residents by promoting philanthropy, encouraging community engagement and responding to community needs. For ways to give, visit the Foundation’s website at # Anyone interested in supporting classroom libraries at Whitlock Flexible Learning Center may designate funds to The Spartanburg County Foundation. Several individuals have expressed an eagerness to contribute to the fund because they see what a transformative experience reading can be, especially in the life of a young person. Kidd-Robinson hopes that other groups will support this project, help grow the fund, and continue to provide resources for Whitlock students. It is wonderful to work with various community partners to promote reading for school children in our community,” said Rodak. The Spartanburg County Foundation has helped us establish a Designated Fund to support library books for Whitlock in the coming years and the Spartanburg County Public Library has supported the project by ordering books for us. “It has been a fun and rewarding project to work with Leadership Spartanburg Class of 2018 to provide library books for the students at Whitlock Flexible Leaning Center. Tracie Rodak, a member of the Leadership Spartanburg Class of 2018, helped set up the Whitlock Flexible Learning Center Fund at The Spartanburg County Foundation in order to build classroom libraries for Whitlock and include supporting items for their reading projects. Our hope is that students will develop a love for reading while learning behavior enhancement strategies to help them grow into young people who make an impact in their communities.” “The books chosen for the project leads back to our mission and will help teach essential reading components and amazing character development strategies. “We will be reading together for three days a week for 45 minutes and participating in literature circles,” said Kidd-Robinson. Whitlock is launching the “One Book, One School” project, which will engage teachers, administrators, and students in together featuring the titles purchased from Leadership Spartanburg.
We are excited and honored to participate in this life-changing project.” “Reading leads to lifelong learning and improved communities. Todd Stephens, County Librarian with Spartanburg County Public Libraries. The Spartanburg County Public Libraries is pleased to partner with the Leadership Spartanburg class and their partners to bring interesting, fun, and engaging books to the classroom,” said R. Leadership Spartanburg understands this importance.
“Offering a teen an opportunity to read for pleasure is critical in today’s hyper-connected world. The Spartanburg County Public Library helped the team purchase 100 copies each of 3 popular teen books, chosen by the teachers at Whitlock, at a reduced cost. The Spartanburg County Foundation, along with an anonymous donor, provided a $5,000 challenge grant to the class participants, and the group raised more than $6,000 to purchase the books as well as establish the Whitlock Flexible Learning Center Fund held at the Foundation. The group had an idea to create classroom libraries for every teacher at Whitlock and sought several community partnerships to launch the project.
However, the school did not have a library. Some English teachers also had small baskets of books for the students in their classrooms. The goal for faculty and staff at Whitlock is to reach students and help them achieve a successful integration back into their school environment.ĭuring a site visit to Whitlock, a small group of Leadership Spartanburg class members learned that the facility had textbooks and required reading novel sets that align with each grade level standards. Whitlock Flexible Learning Center serves middle and high school students from all seven districts throughout Spartanburg County and offers students a “fresh start,” according to Principal Jada Kidd-Robinson, to improve their behavior and academic habits. Whitlock Flexible Learning Center received 300 books at a student-led assembly today as a result of a Leadership Spartanburg class project.
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