NEWS FROMSCHOOL

Rotary Club receives Head Start grant

The Upper Kanawha Valley Rotary Club has been awarded anational grant of $9,000 to fund a preschool reading awarenessprogram for Kanawha County Schools Head Start.

The program will provide 450 "readiness backpacks" to be used at16 Head Start schools.The backpacks consists of a toy, a book and a family literacy-promoting activity.The program will be available to families beginning Aug. 26, thefirst day of the 1999-2000 school year.Asthma group offering scholarshipsThe 1999 "Will to Win" Asthma Athlete Scholarship Program isaccepting applications for 10 scholarships, one of which is a$10,000award.The programs aim to honor high …