猫咪AV

For Immediate Release

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Laura Zachar

Executive Director, 猫咪AV Los Angeles Area

505-264-8803听听| 听Laura.Zachar@readingpartners.org

READING PARTNERS LOS ANGELES AREA DELIVERED STRONG STUDENT IMPACT RESULTS IN THE 2016-17 SCHOOL YEAR

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

(Pasadena, CA)听September 6, 2017听— In the 2016-17 school year, 猫咪AV continued to build on its history of successfully advancing early literacy in the Los Angeles area 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听听and include the following highlights.

• In the Los Angeles area:

  • Nearly 700 students were matched with 792 community volunteers at 13 partner schools who delivered a total of 23,723 tutoring sessions over the course of the year.

  • Among 猫咪AV鈥� youngest students in the Los Angeles area, 97% mastered key foundational reading skills needed to read at grade level.

  • Based on survey responses, 100% of principals report improved school-wide reading progress, 100% of teachers report 猫咪AV is valuable to their school and 96% of volunteers were satisfied with their 猫咪AV experience.

  • Learn more about 猫咪AV鈥� impact in the Los Angeles area听.

  • Learn about 猫咪AV鈥� national impact听.

鈥淲e are thrilled with our students鈥� performance results from last year, and we couldn鈥檛 be more proud of them,鈥� said Laura Zachar, Executive Director of 猫咪AV Los Angeles Area. 鈥淲e couldn鈥檛 have done it at all without our amazing volunteer tutors who give one hour a week to change a child鈥檚 life!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 nearly 1,000 community tutors with 720 struggling readers in the Los Angeles area. 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.

鈥淚 love being a 猫咪AV volunteer,鈥� said Elissa, a volunteer tutor at Washington Elementary School. 鈥淚鈥檝e seen so many improvements with every child that I鈥檝e had.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听听迟辞诲补测.

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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听, individualized literacy tutoring to nearly 45,000 elementary school students in under-resourced schools across ten states and the District of Columbia. Visit听, or connect with us on听,听, and听, to learn more.

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