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Overview
The San Francisco Bay Area is the birthplace of Reading Partners. Over the years, Reading Partners has grown from operating its reading centers in one school on the Peninsula to operating in over twenty schools throughout San Francisco, the East Bay, the Peninsula, the South Bay and the North Bay.
Each on-campus reading center operates in in a converted classroom or a library. Every reading center is staffed by a Reading Partners Site Coordinator to work with the school staff, understand student needs, and guide volunteer tutors.
In 2011-12 in the San Francisco Bay Area, Reading Partners will:
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Offer one-on-one tutoring to over 1,500 students
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Recruit 1,700 active volunteer tutors
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Serve 33 partner schools
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North BaySausalito/Marin CitySan FranciscoPortolaPotrero Hill Bayview Noe Valley Mission Cow Hollow East BaySan LeandroSan Pablo Oakland N Fruitvale Oakland S Fruitvale North Oakland PeninsulaSan MateoRedwood City Mountain View Atherton Menlo Park South BaySanta ClaraDowntown San Jose South Downtown SJ South East San Jose |
Reading Partners Central Office:
Sobrato Center for Nonprofits528 Valley Way
Milpitas, CA 95035
Phone: 408.945.5720
Fax: 408.516.8516
Reading Partners Oakland Office:
106 Linden St., #202Oakland, CA 94607
Phone: 510.444.9800
Fax: 510.444.9801
Carla Haakma
Principal
Los Arboles Elementary School
In California, 88% of fourth-graders from low-income communities are reading below grade level.2007, NAEP
On average, students jump an entire grade level in reading skills after only 30 hours of Reading Partners tutoring.Based on pre and
post assessment
“When a child gets these skills his world is totally altered.”Michael Lombardo
Executive Director
Reading PartnersKelly Lasky
Third-Grade Teacher
Berkley Maynard Academy
Oakland, CAChristine Gibson
Volunteer
College StudentBernie Purcell
Volunteer
RetireeAustin Ashcraft
Volunteer
College StudentPatty Davis
Volunteer
Working ProfessionalBenjamin Salas
Third-Grade Teacher
Belle Haven Elementary
Menlo Park, CAJudie Fernandez
Volunteer
Retiree
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