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Troup County School System is asking for volunteers in the Troup County School System’s READ-LEARN-GROW program.

The READ-LEARN GROW program is beginning its fifth year in 1st-grade classrooms in nine of the Troup County School System elementary schools. The schools are Berta Weathersbee Elementary, Callaway Elementary, Clearview Elementary, Ethel W. Kight Elementary, Franklin Forest Elementary, Hogansville Elementary, Hollis Hand Elementary, Long Cane Elementary, and West Point Elementary.

The program focuses on early literacy interventions for 1st graders.

Volunteers commit to an hour a week in a classroom working with a small group of students. Background checks are conducted by the Troup County Sheriff’s Department, and training is led by Troup County School System Community Coordinator, Nicole Kennedy.

The Troup County School System and Get Troup Reading work together to recruit, train, and place volunteers in the READ-LEARN-GROW program.

The goal for the 2024-25 school year is to have 150 community volunteers.

Reading on grade level by the end of 3rd grade is critical for a child’s success in the future. The READ-LEARN-GROW program focuses on early interventions before 3rd grade in hopes that by the end of 3rd grade, each child in Troup County will be reading on grade level.

The READ-LEARN-GROW program is one way you can get involved and make a difference. Please email Nicole Kennedy at kennedysn@troup.org or call 706-812-7900 extension 1138 for more information about the training dates at the end of August.

Troup County School System is an accredited educational system with over 12,200 students in grades K-12.

TCSS does offer a free Pre-K program at each elementary school. The system has eleven elementary schools, three middle schools, three high schools, one college and career academy, and one alternative learning center.

Students within the school system are taught a rigorous and relevant curriculum that helps them make college and career choices beyond graduation.

The system 2023 graduation rate is 86.03 percent.