Boys & Girls Club Grant Means Academic Success

Boys & Girls Club of Vermillion will receive $1.1 million in grant funding over the next five years from 21st Century Community Learning Centers for a partnership with area schools. The Club will work with the Vermillion School District to provide enhanced afterschool tutoring and academic success programming. Students will be referred by their teachers to join this free, afterschool tutoring program, ran by a full-time Boys & Girls Club of Vermillion Education Director. Pilot programming began in the Fall of 2022, first serving students in the Vermillion Middle School.

As the Boys & Girls Club of Vermillion opened as a licensed, fee-based site for only elementary aged students, this five-year grant program provides an exciting opportunity to middle and high school students in Vermillion to increase their academic success. The Club and Vermillion School District will be in close communication as teachers will refer students to the program based on reading and math testing scores. The Club’s Education Director will work with these students to reach grade-level reading and math skills, as well as make sure Vermillion families are closely engaged with their students’ success and are supported with transportation opportunities, mental health services, and healthy food options.

Tutoring is currently held at the new site of Boys & Girls Club of Vermillion - the former Austin Elementary School.