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Reading Partners and Whattheworldneeds.org celebrate Two 4 One Partnership with Melissa Joan Hart
Reading Partners Monday, 24 October 2011 00:00
Melissa Joan Hart from ABC Family’s Melissa and Joey will read the children’s book You & Me when WhatTheWorldNeeds.org celebrates its Two 4 One partnership with Reading Partners at the private red carpet launch party at Hart’s Sherman Oaks store, SweetHarts, on Saturday, November 5, 2011.
You & Me is the first product offering from WhatTheWorldNeeds.org, an online marketplace whose ethical product offerings support education through their Two 4 One campaign. The book encourages children from ages one to eight to celebrate their unique qualities and embrace their differences through the use of exciting graphics and text. Chancellor Walcott stressed the importance of reading and doing well in school to the elementary school students.
Photos from the event:
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
