CHESTERTOWN — Radcliffe Creek School has been awarded a $100,000 grant from the Kathy and Jerry Wood Foundation to support needs-based scholarships for students.
RCS, which opened in the fall of 1996, is a K-8 private school in Chestertown that focuses on students with learning differences.
According to a news release, more than half of Radcliffe Creek School’s student body receives some form of financial aid each year.
This year alone, according to the news release, more than $526,000 in assistance has been committed to help families in need whose children have learning differences such as dyslexia, dysgraphia and ADHD.
Head of School Peter Thayer said in the Jan. 24 news release: “Many of our students haven’t succeeded in traditional learning environments and need the small class sizes, daily interventions and customized instruction we provide here at RCS every day. However, accessing our services can be an enormous challenge for area families, who never expected to send their children to a private school. The generosity of the Kathy and Jerry Wood Foundation to provide this substantial support for scholarships will be a life-changing gift for many families. We are profoundly grateful to the Wood Foundation for making a Radcliffe education possible for these children.”
The Annapolis-based foundation was established in 2006 through the wills of the late Kathy and Jerry Wood.
According to its website, the Kathy and Jerry Wood Foundation awards one-time grants to organizations that offer “innovative educational approaches.”