猫咪AV

A volunteer tutor and a student in a reading center engaging in 猫咪AV鈥� traditional tutoring program (Photo Credit: 猫咪AV)

Local nonprofit delivered over 24,500 one-on-one tutoring sessions and over 18,600 books to hundreds of students in Tulsa last year

TULSA, Okla. – September 7, 2023聽聽鈥� While 猫咪AV鈥� online tutoring platform, 猫咪AV Connects, was largely developed to help support students during the pandemic, the national nonprofit organization has worked to make its online tutoring even more interactive and to broaden the reach of the program to more students through national and community partnerships.

鈥溍ㄟ銩V Tulsa is committed to championing universal reading proficiency for every student in our community before fourth grade,鈥� Executive Director, Olivia Martin, said. 鈥淲e partner with public school teachers, school and district administrators, non-profit organizations, local high school and college students, corporate and civic employees, and retirees to provide one-on-one, data-driven, and culturally-responsive tutoring for students across twenty-four elementary schools. Students who reach grade-level reading proficiency prior to entering fourth grade are statistically much more likely to achieve academic success, attend and persist in college, and graduate with strong career prospects. Reading is a civil right and a civic responsibility, and 猫咪AV Tulsa will never tire of partnering with our generous and engaged community to support a bright future for every student.鈥澛�

Another new initiative 猫咪AV has been focused on is writing and publishing original books to be used in its own curriculum. COVER to COVER is a new book series that enables 猫咪AV to develop content that is aligned with the science of reading as well as the scope and sequence of the organization鈥檚 online and in-person curricula. The stories include representative characters and themes so all students can see themselves reflected in the books they read while also having the opportunity to learn about the world around them through other people’s backgrounds, cultures, and life experiences.

2022-23 results highlight the literacy progress of 猫咪AV鈥� students

In the 2022-23 school year, 猫咪AV continued to provide critical literacy support to students, schools, and communities. Each year, 猫咪AV publishes reports highlighting student performance for the national organization and for each of its 12 respective regions across the country. The impact reports for the 2022-23 school year have recently been posted on聽聽and include the following highlights in Tulsa.

• 734聽students received 12+ sessions of one-on-one tutoring

• 24,536聽total tutoring sessions were delivered to those same students

• 11%聽of sessions were delivered online via 猫咪AV Connects

• 967聽community tutors supported students

• 18,605聽books were distributed to students through the 鈥淭ake Reading With You鈥� program

• 83%聽of all 猫咪AV students finished the year meeting or exceeding their primary end-of-year literacy growth goals

• 83%聽of K-2 猫咪AV students were developing mastery of key foundational reading skills needed to read and grade level

• 800+聽students received Booked Up For Summer backpacks full of books and family literacy activities to support reading all summer

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

• Learn about 猫咪AV鈥� national impact聽.

Rosemary Harris, five-year tutor and 猫咪AV Tulsa Advisory Board member, continues to serve because 鈥渟pending time with students is life changing for my students and for me. Reading is the foundation for all learning, and only 45 minutes a week can make a real impact. Everyone should join us!鈥�

Volunteer support will help drive student impact in Tulsa

Heading into the new school year, 猫咪AV Tulsa anticipates needing 1,250 community volunteers to support students’ literacy development. Please follow聽聽if you鈥檙e interested in investing one hour a week to help empower a student through reading.

猫咪AV also gets help from AmeriCorps members to train and provide ongoing support to literacy volunteers. Please聽聽if you鈥檙e interested in becoming an AmeriCorps member at 猫咪AV.

A volunteer tutor and a student in a reading center engaging in 猫咪AV鈥� traditional tutoring program (Photo Credit: 猫咪AV)

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About 猫咪AV

For nearly 25 years, 猫咪AV has helped empower students to succeed in school and beyond by engaging community volunteers to provide聽, one-on-one literacy tutoring. Since its founding, the national nonprofit organization has mobilized over 80,000 community volunteers to provide more than 2.7 million individualized literacy tutoring sessions to more than 75,000 elementary school students in over 500 under-resourced schools across ten states and the District of Columbia. Visit聽to learn more about our聽and our聽online program innovation, or connect with us on,,, and. 猫咪AV is a proud聽service partner and has been endorsed by The New York Times and featured on The TODAY Show and GMA.