猫咪AV

For Immediate Release

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Margie Thirlby
Executive Director, 猫咪AV Colorado
206.992.5512聽聽| 聽margie.thirlby@readingpartners.org

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

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

(Denver, CO)聽September 5, 2017聽— In the 2016-17 school year, 猫咪AV continued to build on its history of successfully advancing early literacy in the Colorado 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 Colorado region:
  • 556 students were matched with 738 community volunteers at 9 partner schools who delivered a total of 22,796 tutoring sessions over the course of the year.
  • Among 猫咪AV鈥� youngest students in Colorado, 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, 99% of teachers report 猫咪AV is valuable to their school and 95% of volunteers were satisfied with their 猫咪AV experience.
  • Learn more about 猫咪AV鈥� impact in Colorado聽.
  • Learn about 猫咪AV鈥� national impact聽.

鈥溍ㄟ銩V Colorado had a fantastic 2016-17 school year,鈥� said 猫咪AV Colorado鈥檚 Executive Director, Margie Thirlby. 鈥淚n addition to exceeding our key programmatic and fundraising goals, we are thrilled to welcome a new school partner during the 2017-18 school year: Joe Shoemaker. As we prepare for our program launch on September, we are thrilled to welcome both new and returning tutors to our organization and host our 2nd Annual聽Fundraiser on聽October 12聽at the Denver Botanic Gardens.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 794 community tutors with 580 struggling readers in Colorado. 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.

David Klibaner, an attorney in Denver and third year 猫咪AV鈥� tutor at Dora Moore School, is excited to return for the school year: 鈥淚 believe that 猫咪AV is a program that will better society through the students we are helping,鈥� concluded Klibaner. 鈥淗elping kids achieve reading proficiency is better for everyone and benefits all of us. 猫咪AV has given me more hope for the future and our future generations.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.