At Sawyerville JumpStart, rising Greensboro Elementary School Kindergarten students attend a 4-week, half-day summer program designed to get them ready for their first year of school.
2025 JumpStart successes include: 2025 JumpStart successes
29 students 29 students, our highest enrollment , highest to date to date
Continued partnership with United partnership with United Way of West Alabama Way of West Alabama
Pre- and post-testing facilitated and post-testing facilitated by UWWA by UWWA
4 teachers 4 , all local to GES , GES
With exposure to a real school real school setting, like learning to walk through setting, like learning to through a cafeteria line, follow routines, and a cafeteria follow and interact with peers, students built peers, students confidence and familiarity before and before their first day their first
Juniors and seniors from Greensboro High School are paired with a young adult or collegeaged mentor with the goal of creating lasting relationships between mentees and mentors and helping prepare students for life after high school.
At Person2Person, young people from all over the state are invited to learn about and discuss race relations in Alabama. Participants learn about the history of race in our state, explore present-day social justice efforts, and discern as Christians—how to actively promote racial healing today.
In honor of Leslie Manning, who served as the Director from 2008-2016, Sawyerville is proud to offer an educational scholarship for former campers and counselors from Hale County, AL. This scholarship fund supports former participants as they work towards a degree in higher education or professional certification.
