Calloway County Schools receive $120,000 grant

CALLOWAY COUNTY, Ky. (KBSI) – Calloway County Schools received $120,000.

It is part of a grant from the Kentucky Department of Education.

All three Calloway elementary schools received $40,000 for the 24-25 fiscal year from the Reading Diagnostic and Intervention Fund Grant.

The purpose of the grant is to encourage schools to use high-quality instructional resources for literacy in grades K-3.

Calloway is one of three schools west of Kentucky Lake to receive the award.

Ninety-six elementary schools received funds from the competitive grant.

Each Calloway elementary school used their grant funds to purchase Lexia Core 5 for all students in grades K-2 for the next five school years.

Lexia Core 5 is an online, adaptive and self-paced program for students to learn, practice and improve their foundational literacy skills. The program will be used as a supplement to regular in-person teacher-led instruction.

“We really value early literacy in our district, and this program will be a great boost for our students and teachers,” said Ryan Marchetti, the district’s director of professional development.

He was the grant writer for all three schools and believes the program will boost the district’s reading achievement.

“It is a real challenge to continually provide students with differentiated and individualized instruction, and this program makes that possible,” he said. “I am truly excited to see how this will boost our early literacy achievement.”