OUR PROJECTS
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SC Summer Reading Camps
In 2022, TCOM was selected for a Summer Reading Camp Community Partnership Grant by the SC Department of Education. In partnership with The Family Learning Company, we delivered over 80 Mary McLeod Bethune Family Literacy Tablets to the Dillon 4 school district, trained parents and teachers on their use, and watched their children learn. In only three weeks, 57 children and adults in their families mastered over 1,600 learning activities in social-emotional learning, vocabulary, phonemic awareness, reading fluency and writing. They then took the tablets home, and continue to use them to build reading and writing skills to this day.
In 2023, TCOM was again selected for a Summer Reading Camp Community Partnership Grant by the SC Department of Education. In partnership with The Family Learning Company, we delivered over 100 Bethune Family Literacy software licenses and 20 Bethune Family Literacy Tablets to the Florence 3 school district, trained parents and teachers on their use, and watched their children learn. Over three weeks, 42 children mastered over 1,500 learning activities in vocabulary, reading fluency, phonics and writing. The district then launched the software in its Pre-K program where 24 children and their parents have learned over 200 reading skills. The district continues to expand its use of the software licenses.
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In 2024, TCOM was again selected for a Summer Reading Camp Community Partnership Grant by the SC Department of Education.
SC Innovation Grant
In 2023, the South Carolina Department of Education selected Twin City Outreach Mission for an innovation grant. The grant provides funds to share family learning software with middle school students across the state. The goal is to determine an effective method of helping middle school students catch up to, and surpass, their grade level in reading and writing. During 2024 we will be working with school districts and charter schools across the state to implement the software. Researchers from the National Science and Engineering Alliance will evaluate its efficacy.
Mary McLeod Bethune License Plates
Mary McLeod Bethune is the first African American to be featured on a South Carolina license plate. Her story is described under the license plate link below.
You can honor her legacy by selecting your own plate from the RMV. Click Here below and scroll down to Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune.
