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Aarika Riddle
Executive Director, 猫咪AV Silicon Valley
(650) 644-9156聽聽| 聽aarika.riddle@readingpartners.org

READING PARTNERS SILICON VALLEY DELIVERED STRONG STUDENT IMPACT RESULTS IN THE 2016-17 SCHOOL YEAR

The early literacy nonprofit looks for more community tutors in 2017-18

(Milpitas, CA)聽September 20, 2017聽— In the 2016-17 school year, 猫咪AV continued to build on its history of successfully advancing early literacy in the Silicon Valley region. A national nonprofit organization, 猫咪AV collaborates with community volunteers and local public schools to provide students in under-resourced schools with the proven, individualized reading intervention they need to read at grade level by fourth grade. 猫咪AV collaborates with teachers and principals at local public elementary schools to identify students reading behind grade level and provide them with personalized literacy instruction in a dedicated 鈥渞eading center鈥� space at their school.

2016-17 school year results were strong

Each year, 猫咪AV issues student impact reports for the national organization and for each of its 14 respective regions across the country. The impact reports for the 2016-17 school year have recently been posted on聽聽and include the following highlights.

• In the Silicon Valley region:

  • Nearly 1,000 students were matched with 1,175 community volunteers at 20 partner schools who delivered a total of nearly 34,000 tutoring sessions over the course of the year.

  • Among 猫咪AV鈥� youngest students in Silicon Valley, nearly 90% mastered key foundational reading skills needed to read at grade level.

  • Based on survey responses, 100% of principals report improved school-wide reading progress, 98% of teachers report 猫咪AV is valuable to their school and 94% of volunteers were satisfied with their 猫咪AV experience.

  • Learn more about 猫咪AV鈥� impact in Silicon Valley聽.

  • Learn about 猫咪AV鈥� national impact聽.

鈥�34,000 tutoring sessions is an accomplishment that could only happen with terrific school partners, hard-working students, and outstanding volunteers,鈥� said Aarika Riddle, Executive Director of 猫咪AV Silicon Valley. 鈥淲e are so proud of the foundational literacy skills these students developed and the many opportunities that being able to read will present.鈥�

Calling all volunteers for the 2017-18 school year

Nationwide, only one in five low-income students is reading proficiently by the fourth grade. Tragically, this translates into nearly nine million low-income elementary school students who are unable to use reading as a foundational skill to power their learning in all other subjects in school. Reading is, quite simply, a necessary platform for all future learning. Without developing the reading skills needed to read on grade level, kids don鈥檛 have an equitable chance to succeed in school or in life. Students who can鈥檛 read by fourth grade are four times more likely to drop out of school or not earn a high school diploma.

In the 2017-18 school year, 猫咪AV aims to match over 1,000 community tutors with 820 struggling readers in Silicon Valley. By tutoring a student one-on-one for as little as an hour a week, volunteers can make an impact that can quite literally alter the course of a child鈥檚 educational experience and life.

鈥淵ou can make a tremendous difference and see your student’s progress,鈥� said Nancy Tivol, a volunteer tutor at Vargas Elementary School in Sunnyvale. 鈥淲ith lots of support, volunteers work with the students one-on-one using a well-developed and structured curriculum. 猫咪AV is a very effective program.鈥�

The impressive student results highlighted in the 2016-17 impact reports are made attainable by the generous participation of thousands of community volunteers. To become a volunteer with 猫咪AV, please visit聽听迟辞诲补测.

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About 猫咪AV
猫咪AV empowers students to succeed in reading and in life by engaging community volunteers to provide one-on-one tutoring. Since its founding, the national nonprofit organization has provided聽, individualized literacy tutoring to nearly 45,000 elementary school students in under-resourced schools across ten states and the District of Columbia. Visit聽, or connect with us on聽,听, and聽, to learn more.