Education roundup: Canton school gets grant to help close education gap due to COVID-19 closures

The Golden Key Center for Exceptional Children recently received a grant from the Sisters of Charity Foundation of Canton to provide extended-year education to students of The Golden Key, according to a news release. The Golden Key provides education and intervention to students with autism and developmental disabilities.

The Golden Key developed The Gap Program when its team’s research found its students’ education and functional skills had a greater slide due to the COVID-19 shutdown. This slide was a bigger concern with the unique education learning styles and breaks that occurred during the 2020-2021 academic year. The Gap Program allows each student of The Golden Key to attend a half-day, once-a-week, specialized session for eight weeks either one-on-one or in small groups. The half-day session for each student includes academics, intervention, arts program, life skills and general living skills.

The Gap Program, funded by the Sisters of Charity Foundation of Canton, began June 7 and will continue through Aug. 6 from 9 a.m. to noon from Monday through Thursday. Golden Key Center for Exceptional Children is a nonprofit, non-public, accredited, charter school.

Foundation still accepting applications for student loans

The Canton Student Loan Foundation still is accepting applications for low-interest loans for Stark County graduates. The loans have no fees, and the student’s loan does not accrue interest while they are in their studies.

Eligible candidates must be a graduate of a Stark County high school, have and maintain term and cumulative GPAs of at least 2.0, and be a full-time student (12 credit hours or more per term). Loans are available for undergraduate coursework and expenses. Current borrowers only are eligible to apply for graduate school loans. Students may borrow a maximum of $12,000 for undergraduate studies. An additional $8,000 can be borrowed for graduate school programs.

For more information, check cantonstudentloan.org, or contact 330-493-0020 or info@cantonstudentloan.org. To access the online application, go to cantonstudentloan.org/online-application.

Area student awarded one of nine Case Farms scholarships

Kiowa Looney of Wooster has been awarded one of nine scholarships to children of Case Farms employees through the J. Leroy Cook Memorial Scholarship Program. He is the son of Jeff Looney at the Massillon feed mill. He is attending Ashland University, majoring in business administration.

The nine scholarships totaled $31,500. To date, Case Farms has awarded $204,500 in college scholarships to 67 children of its employees through the program, which was established in 2006 by Case Farms founder Thomas Shelton. The award honors longtime Case Farms employee Leroy Cook, a former senior vice president of operations at the company.

Walsh University gets grant to address behavioral health needs

Walsh University’s School of Behavioral and Health Sciences has been awarded a $1.9 million federal Health Resources and Services Administration grant to create a program to address the behavioral health needs in underserved populations of Northeast Ohio, according to a news release.

The new Counselors & Occupational Therapists Professionally Engaged in the Community Program aims to increase the regional behavioral health workforce in high-need populations and high-demand areas through inter-professional education and training between two of Walsh’s master’s level programs, Occupational Therapy and Counseling & Human Development. The four-year grant will enhance both those programs through inter-professional education and training for students, faculty, and clinical supervisors.

This article originally appeared on The Repository: Education roundup: Canton school gets grant to help close education gap due to COVID-19 closures

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