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The grants will support projects in the Winona area like virtual support groups for seniors and placing Reading Corps tutors in local schools.

The foundation received 20 applications for a cumulative $166,230 in community grant requests. In all, ten applications were accepted for a total of $73,579 awarded in their second grant cycle of 2022.

St. Cloud Times letters to the editor for Sept. 4.

For the last two years, COVID-19 forced many students across the state out of schools and onto Zoom for virtual learning. That time out of the classroom can be seen in the results from statewide tests released Thursday.

Tutors are still needed for the coming school year. The tutors would work for education divisions of the federal AmeriCorps program.

Ampact wants to hire around 350 tutors before Aug. 10 to fill the need for academic and emotional support in Twin Cities schools.

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Wisconsin Reading Corps is seeking to expand into more than twice as many schools this school year with 300 tutors sought to serve across 149 Wisconsin schools in 2022-2023.

Moorhead Area Schools is searching for 18 new tutors before the start of the school year

Area school districts have openings for tutors who are needed to help students get back on track after the upheaval of the pandemic.