About Gridstone Inc
Mission Statement: We focus on making the maximum positive effort for our community by offering food distribution services, free educational tutoring and Advance Learning for students K-12, STEM Boot Camps, parental advocacy workshops and community resource fairs to connect families to federal and local resources. Our members and volunteers provide the momentum that helps us affect change. Using data driven models, we provide solutions that make a long-lasting difference.
Programs:
Gridstone Inc - Math, English and STEM Advanced Learning Program
ACHIEVE ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE
Our Math, English and STEM Advanced Learning Program is growing and there are so many youths within Kern County that deserve the educational assistance to keep them academically competitive. To ensure their success, we added Artificial Intelligence and sport activities. Our goal is to raise funds to provide food and refreshments for students, transportation to CSUB, 90 chrome books, STEM modules, school supplies, and much more that will support and enhance our efforts in providing effective resources for youth within Kern County for our Math, English and STEM Advanced Learning Summer Program. Our summer program currently has more than 130 students enrolled.
Our team has observed and performed statistical analysis pertaining to K-12 academic performances. Kern County is currently performing the worst in California Assessments out of all counties in California and their performances are forecasted to continue to decline. Our Advanced Learning Program assists At-Risk student’s competency levels in Math and English with the goals of preparing students academically for the upcoming academic school year and/or helping students to increase their competency to their current grade level.
Summary of what our program includes:
- Math and Reading Intervention
- AI Literacy
- STEM Modules
- Entrepreneurship Training
- Culinary training
- Fitness Challenge activities
