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Media Advisory: Reading Partners to be Awarded Mountain View Mayor's Award
11/10/2008
WHAT: Reading Partners is being recognized for its outstanding contribution to the Mountain View community in the educational category for its work at Mariano Castro Elementary School. Reading Partners' volunteers at Mariano Castro help over 80 struggling young readers who have fallen behind get back on the road to reading proficiency.
WHO: Reading Partners, formerly YES Reading, is California’s fastest growing children's literacy nonprofit organization. Reading Partners trains community volunteers to teach reading on a one-on-one basis to struggling young readers and partners with underserved schools to integrate tutoring into the student's regular school day. Reading Partners is located in 12 Bay Area schools and serves over 500 children.
Making a Difference, One Student at a Time
09/26/2008
Los Angeles Schools Take Advantage Of New, Community-Based Tutoring Program
Contact: Kim Acker
650-269-2888
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Los Angeles, CA - September 26, 2008 – When Steve McCray, the principal at Lawndale’s William Green Elementary School, learned that his students would be assigned specially trained tutors to help them improve their reading skills this year, he was overjoyed. “Reading is the key to every subject in school,” says McCray. “This program fits perfectly with what we’re doing in the classroom already. So many kids need extra support, and this program allows them to get it.”
Three Los Angeles area schools – the Washington Accelerated Elementary School in Pasadena, the William Green Elementary School in Lawndale, and Aspire Clarendon Charter Elementary School in Huntington Park – will all be receiving free tutoring services through Reading Partners this year. Reading Partners is a San Francisco-based children's literacy non-profit organization that is now expanding its operations to include Los Angeles. The organization trains community volunteers to tutor struggling young readers, and partners with underserved schools to integrate individual tutoring into the student's regular school day.
California Schools Use Volunteers to Help Boost Test Scores
09/05/2008
Local Tutors Help Schools Triple API State-Mandated Growth Targets
Contact: Kim Acker
650-269-2888
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Milpitas, CA – September 5, 2008 – When Aaliyiah Smith arrived in Ms. Natalie Baird’s fifth-grade classroom at Berkley Maynard Academy last fall, "She wouldn’t raise her hand to participate in class, and she wasn't doing her homework at all,” says Baird.
Aaliyiah was one of 45 children at Berkley Maynard Academy referred to a program run by Reading Partners, the Bay Area’s fastest growing children’s literacy nonprofit organization. Reading Partners trains community volunteers to tutor struggling young readers, and partners with underserved schools to integrate individual tutoring into the student's regular school day.
YES Reading Changes Name to Reading Partners and Announces Outstanding 2007-2008 Results
08/13/2008
Struggling students more than double reading gains with Reading Partners program
Contact: Kim Acker
650-269-2888
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Milpitas, CA—August 13, 2008-- YES Reading, a Bay Area children’s literacy nonprofit , announced its new name today—READING PARTNERS –– as they reported that children enrolled in the 2007-2008 program more than doubled their reading gains. The key to Reading Partners’ success is a powerful program that is easy to implement for community volunteers. Reading Partners equips community volunteers, not only to read aloud with a child, but to actually teach reading skills. Teachers and principals are so pleased with the results—the average student will advance an entire grade level in reading skills with just 30 hours of one-on-one tutoring--that they willingly release their students twice a week during regular class time to work with a Reading Partners volunteer. Results are documented based on pre and post assessments.
With 88% of fourth graders in low-income communities reading below grade level, Reading Partners’ vision is to equalize the literacy divide between children in low-income communities and their more affluent neighbors. Starting in 1999 at Belle Haven Elementary in East Menlo Park, the program has grown to serve over 500 children in ten high-need elementary schools throughout the greater Bay Area.
YES Reading Elects Nina Simosko to Board
07/25/2008
SAP Senior Executive Brings Business and Education Expertise to Board
Contact: Kim Acker
650-269-2888
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MILPITAS, CA. - YES Reading, a local non-profit organization dedicated to empowering children through literacy, today announced the election of Nina Simosko, Global Chief Operating Officer for SAP’s Education organization, to its board. "The global perspective on education that Nina brings will be an invaluable asset as we gear up for the nationwide rollout of our program,” said YES Reading’s CEO, Michael Lombardo. “We're thrilled to have the benefits of her experience to guide us through this period of rapid growth.”
Media Advisory: Reading Partners to be Awarded Mountain View Mayor's Award
11/10/2008
WHAT: Reading Partners is being recognized for its outstanding contribution to the Mountain View community in the educational category for its work at Mariano Castro Elementary School. Reading Partners' volunteers at Mariano Castro help over 80 struggling young readers who have fallen behind get back on the road to reading proficiency.WHO: Reading Partners, formerly YES Reading, is California’s fastest growing children's literacy nonprofit organization. Reading Partners trains community volunteers to teach reading on a one-on-one basis to struggling young readers and partners with underserved schools to integrate tutoring into the student's regular school day. Reading Partners is located in 12 Bay Area schools and serves over 500 children.
Making a Difference, One Student at a Time
09/26/2008
Los Angeles Schools Take Advantage Of New, Community-Based Tutoring ProgramContact: Kim Acker
650-269-2888
This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Los Angeles, CA - September 26, 2008 – When Steve McCray, the principal at Lawndale’s William Green Elementary School, learned that his students would be assigned specially trained tutors to help them improve their reading skills this year, he was overjoyed. “Reading is the key to every subject in school,” says McCray. “This program fits perfectly with what we’re doing in the classroom already. So many kids need extra support, and this program allows them to get it.”
Three Los Angeles area schools – the Washington Accelerated Elementary School in Pasadena, the William Green Elementary School in Lawndale, and Aspire Clarendon Charter Elementary School in Huntington Park – will all be receiving free tutoring services through Reading Partners this year. Reading Partners is a San Francisco-based children's literacy non-profit organization that is now expanding its operations to include Los Angeles. The organization trains community volunteers to tutor struggling young readers, and partners with underserved schools to integrate individual tutoring into the student's regular school day.
California Schools Use Volunteers to Help Boost Test Scores
09/05/2008
Local Tutors Help Schools Triple API State-Mandated Growth TargetsContact: Kim Acker
650-269-2888
This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Milpitas, CA – September 5, 2008 – When Aaliyiah Smith arrived in Ms. Natalie Baird’s fifth-grade classroom at Berkley Maynard Academy last fall, "She wouldn’t raise her hand to participate in class, and she wasn't doing her homework at all,” says Baird.
Aaliyiah was one of 45 children at Berkley Maynard Academy referred to a program run by Reading Partners, the Bay Area’s fastest growing children’s literacy nonprofit organization. Reading Partners trains community volunteers to tutor struggling young readers, and partners with underserved schools to integrate individual tutoring into the student's regular school day.
YES Reading Changes Name to Reading Partners and Announces Outstanding 2007-2008 Results
08/13/2008
Struggling students more than double reading gains with Reading Partners programContact: Kim Acker
650-269-2888
This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Milpitas, CA—August 13, 2008-- YES Reading, a Bay Area children’s literacy nonprofit , announced its new name today—READING PARTNERS –– as they reported that children enrolled in the 2007-2008 program more than doubled their reading gains. The key to Reading Partners’ success is a powerful program that is easy to implement for community volunteers. Reading Partners equips community volunteers, not only to read aloud with a child, but to actually teach reading skills. Teachers and principals are so pleased with the results—the average student will advance an entire grade level in reading skills with just 30 hours of one-on-one tutoring--that they willingly release their students twice a week during regular class time to work with a Reading Partners volunteer. Results are documented based on pre and post assessments.
With 88% of fourth graders in low-income communities reading below grade level, Reading Partners’ vision is to equalize the literacy divide between children in low-income communities and their more affluent neighbors. Starting in 1999 at Belle Haven Elementary in East Menlo Park, the program has grown to serve over 500 children in ten high-need elementary schools throughout the greater Bay Area.
YES Reading Elects Nina Simosko to Board
07/25/2008
SAP Senior Executive Brings Business and Education Expertise to BoardContact: Kim Acker
650-269-2888
This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
MILPITAS, CA. - YES Reading, a local non-profit organization dedicated to empowering children through literacy, today announced the election of Nina Simosko, Global Chief Operating Officer for SAP’s Education organization, to its board. "The global perspective on education that Nina brings will be an invaluable asset as we gear up for the nationwide rollout of our program,” said YES Reading’s CEO, Michael Lombardo. “We're thrilled to have the benefits of her experience to guide us through this period of rapid growth.”
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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