{"id":45127,"date":"2021-08-19T16:08:00","date_gmt":"2021-08-19T22:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/21st-century-grants-benefit-cortez-mancos-schools\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T03:23:40","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T09:23:40","slug":"21st-century-grants-benefit-cortez-mancos-schools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/21st-century-grants-benefit-cortez-mancos-schools\/","title":{"rendered":"21st Century grants benefit Cortez, Mancos schools"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The School Community Youth Collaborative was awarded two 21st Century Community Learning Centers grants in July. Above, a Youth Collaborative health fairs for teens. (The Journal file)<\/span>The Journal file<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n

School Community Youth Collaborative, a nonprofit striving to provide development opportunities for local youths, was granted two 21st Century Community Learning Centers<\/a> grants that began disbursing monthly funds July 1.<\/p>\n

The grants will fund programs at Mancos RE-6 and Montezuma-Cortez Middle School.<\/p>\n

Montezuma-Cortez High School and Southwest Open High School have both received the grants in the past.<\/p>\n

The stipends are federally funded and are disbursed by state education departments.<\/p>\n

The grant cycles are competitive, said Mary Jo Standard, Youth Collaborative director. They sponsor tutoring, credit recovery, summer school programs, clubs and trips.<\/p>\n

Other programs, including an art club and an Indigenous club at M-CHS, are being backed as well, she said.<\/p>\n

Mancos may use the grants to support extracurricular activities on the district\u2019s free Fridays.<\/p>\n

\u201cSomebody like Mancos really has only had sports for years, and they haven\u2019t had the opportunity or funding to offer outside-of-schooltime programming,\u201d she said. \u201cSo for them, this is all new.\u201d<\/p>\n

The grants will enable the Mancos\u2019 National Art Society to visit Denver museums, she said.<\/p>\n

Because a trip like that is outside school operations, the organization can use 21st Century funds to pay for teacher wages, transportation, hotel rooms and museum passes, she said.<\/p>\n

The Cortez middle school will be able to host morning gym sessions before school, Standard said. The school also will have science, music and sewing clubs as well as a Sources of Strength campaign, which is a suicide prevention program.<\/p>\n

In the 2018-2019 school year, 462 students at the Montezuma-Cortez High School and 76 students at Montezuma-Cortez Middle School participated in events sponsored by 21st Century Community Learning Center grants, according to the SCYC website.<\/p>\n

Overall, 207 students took advantage of tutoring services that year, and 160 students participated in summer activities.<\/p>\n

This year, about 500 of the 650 students at M-CHS participated in at least one program outside school, Standard said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe goal is to continue to grow,\u201d Standard said.<\/p>\n

The organization has reported an increase in attendance and GPA in students who have participated in a 21st Century program, she said.<\/p>\n

The grants supply funds for three years and can be renewed every two years as long as the learning centers achieve outlined standards.<\/p>\n

The Colorado Department of Education monitors compliance with grant standards and visits each learning center site at least twice in a three-year grant period.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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