As noted in a new report from WTSP, more than 150 ninth-grade students from five Pinellas County schools are being rewarded this year for improving their grades, literacy levels and overall GPA through the 13th Annual Paid for Grades program, a performance-based literacy initiative created and funded by Clearwater fintech company Chargebacks911.
WTSP News Channel 10, commonly known as “10 Tampa Bay,” is the CBS-affiliated television station serving the Tampa Bay area. The station broadcasts from studios on Gandy Boulevard in St. Petersburg and provides local news, weather, traffic, and sports coverage for more than 5 million people in the Central Florida region.
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Founded by Chargebacks911 CEO Monica Eaton, Paid for Grades incentivizes student achievement through a unique but simple formula: improve your GPA and readability levels, maintain strong attendance and good behavior, and get rewarded for the effort.
“Each year I’m amazed by not only the resiliency and perseverance that these ninth graders show, but how they carry themselves once the program is over,” Monica says. “Word is getting around of Paid for Grades’ impact, and we’re fortunate enough to have the program spread to two more schools — East Lake and Seminole High Schools — in the last two years. We hear the feedback from these schools and know students need these incentives and motivations now more than ever.”
