Jemicy Students collect more than $1400 in two weeks for tutoring program
Jemicy School’s Lower Middle School recently conducted a Penny War, the purpose of which was to raise money to donate to The Dyslexia Tutoring Program, which provides tutoring services to students in Maryland, especially those in Baltimore City.
Each group, JE through Y, competed to collect the most pennies, while at the same time, trying to sabotage the others by adding larger coins or bills. Math classes built lessons around counting the coins at the end of the two-week competition period.
The school, located in Owings Mills, raised a total of $1422.87. The winner of Penny Wars was C Group, with a collection totaling $378.67. Marcy Kolodny, head of The Dyslexia Tutoring Program (and a former Jemicy development director), was presented with a check on the LMS Campus and thanked the students for their efforts and worthy mission.
About Jemicy School
Jemicy School, founded in 1973, provides a highly individualized, flexible, and challenging education for above-average to gifted college-bound students with dyslexia or other related language-based learning differences. A recognized leader in the field of education, Jemicy is the first school in the country to be accredited by the International Dyslexia Association. Jemicy educates students between the ages of six and eighteen on two campuses. The Lower and Middle School and the Upper School are each based in Owings Mills, Maryland just a short distance from one another. For more information, please visit www.jemicyschool.org.