School receives over $100,000 dollar grant to improve literacy The Wynne Primary and Intermediate Schools have received a Successful Outcomes for Arkansas Readers, or SOAR grant, for over $100,000 (Source: KAIT) By Hannah Campbell | December 21, 2020 at 7:12 PM CST - Updated December 21 at 7:12 PM
WYNNE, Ark. (KAIT) - The Wynne Primary and Intermediate Schools have received a Successful Outcomes for Arkansas Readers, or SOAR grant, for over $100,000 to improve their reading and writing programs.
They plan to use the grant to improve the literary curriculum by purchasing new materials and training teachers on new skills.
The new curriculum is “Phonics First,” a multisensory foundational curriculum.