PROJECTS

Dual Language Immersion Program

In 2020, EAEF (now EEF) made a seven-year financial commitment ($50,000/annually) to the Dual Language Immersion (DLI) program taught at the Elkin Elementary School (EES). All classes are taught by native Spanish speaking teachers. A Dual Language program provides instruction through two or more languages with the goals of:

• • Biliteracy [reading and writing in more than one language]
  • Bilingualism [speaking in more than one language]
  • High academic achievement
  • Exposure to other cultures

This video was recorded in October 2023 in the classroom of Mr. Ramos.

Teacher Grants

All ECS teachers are eligible to apply for teacher grants to fund projects not covered by public funding or through other designated funds. Grant applications are reviewed by a committee of EEF board members, and the winners are selected. Over $88,604.55 in teacher grants have been awarded since they were started in 2018 -2019. Some of the items purchased by teachers with their 2023 grants are library books, microscopes, VR headset and software, gym equipment, Teen gratitude journals, Canon camera, art supplies, decodable books for the Exceptional Children’s department, board games for brain breaks, and a Van de Graaff machine.

This science teacher requested a grant to buy parachutes of different sizes and stop watches to show how outside objects affect motion. During class, the students tied the parachutes around their waists and raced each other while other students timed the races with and without the parachutes.

Soccer Camp

EEF, in conjunction with the ECS, the Elkin Recreation Dept., and the Elkin Athletics Dept., has sponsored a free soccer camp for 108 boys and girls, ages kindergarten through 12th grade, for the past two summers. Sixty-eight youth participated in the 2023 summer camp that was once again led by Ariel and Luciano Oliveri, sons of Dr. Nestor Oliveri. Nestor Oliveri, an EHS foreign exchange student in 1963-64, became a famous doctor in Argentina, renowned for his work among the poor and for pioneering “Social Medicine.”

Scholarship

The Blue and Gold Alumni Scholarship was established by the alumni of Elkin High School in November 2020. The mission of the need-based scholarship is to assist students and recent graduates (5 years from graduation) of Elkin High School to pursue a degree/certification in a vocational-technical field that research indicates is critically needed in the larger Elkin/Tri-County Community.   So far in our three-year history, we have awarded 26 scholarships to students studying in the following vocational-technical fields:  Computerized Machining, Electrical Systems, Electronics, Nursing, Medical Technology, Law Enforcement, Commercial Art, Welding, IT/Networking and Business. Scholarship applications are accepted beginning January 1 and must be received by April 1. Scholarships are awarded in May of each year. To apply, see Kerri Mullis, Guidance Counselor at Elkin High School or download the scholarship application at the link below.