Project READ December
Story Hours
Over 200 Project READ
learners, tutors and families came together to celebrate this successful
semester of tutoring, learning and community service at our two annual Gift-Making Workshops & Story
Hour Celebrations, held at the downtown library and Fair Oaks School .
Educational Musicians, Lori and RJ, of Cotton Candy Express kicked the evening
off with a festive sign-along that got everyone in a celebratory mood.
As the crowd enjoyed the puppet show, staff secretly ferried
moms, dads, aunties and uncles over to our Secret Shopping Room, where
volunteers had displayed a beautiful arrangement of brand new books, games, and
puzzles. These amazing donations ranged from infant board books, puzzles, art
books and chapter books, truly ensuring that there be a meaningful and relevant
gift for each individual. As the kids
enjoyed the music, adults "shopped" for gifts for the whole family,
thus ensuring that every Project READ family enjoy the gifts of reading and
learning this holiday season! The parents were exuberant in their expressions
of gratitude and we thank all who made this holiday brighter for these
families! Meanwhile, the students caught the spirit of giving as they
participated in five crafts specifically designed to be gifts and keepsakes.
Over twenty Junior
League, community and Hands On Bay
Area volunteers were on hand to help parents shop and students create their
gifts for friends and family, helping to ensure a truly magical holiday season
for our community.
Project
READ 2014 Highlights:
FLIC 2014
Highlights:
Learner Hours:
Average Daily
Attendance: 35 youth learners
Average
Monthly Attendance: 90 youth learners
Tutor Statistics:
Active
Teen/Preteen Tutors: 90
Total
Tutoring Mentoring Hours (Teen/Preteen): 2,005 hrs
Active
Community/Junior League FLIC Tutors (Adult): 40
Sequoia Awards: A scholarship program that recognizes
local seniors for their contribution to their community through volunteerism.
Paul Chaves
(FLIC Teen Tutor)
Lizette
Cuevas (KIP Teen Tutor)
Chelsea
Lollar (FLIC Teen Tutor & former Learner)
Audrey
Poltrorak (FLIC Teen Tutor)
Kayte Toscano
(FLIC Teen Tutor & former Learner)
Viridiana
Caracheo (FLIC Teen Tutor & former Learner)
Summer FLIC
Close to 30 K-4th
graders were paired with 30 Teen
Tutors during our week-long summer program. The theme of the week this year
was California, so students learned about history, facts and geography related
to California.
Backpack Give Away: In August 245 students attended our two
Back-to-School Story Hour events where we distributed over 200 backpacks filled
with much-need school supplies.
Pilot Programs:
Family Literacy Instructional Center
Summer Enrichment Days
This summer
we launched Summer Enrichment Days,
where the Junior League partner with us to offer 7 weeks of summer services to
over 25 Prek through middle school
students. Summer Enrichment Days
consisted of Book Clubs, art, science and cooking projects all done in small
groups alongside adult and teen tutors.
Game
Night!
This pilot program was created to help address expressive language issues we
have been seeing more frequently in recent months. Students are teamed up in
groups of 4-5 with an adult tutor as the facilitator, playing games based on
age and ability level. Many
of our games are focused on expressive and receptive language. This type of
game play will help improve/foster fluency, articulation, speech, vocabulary
development, auditory recall and synthesis, and community building.
Awards/Grants/Recognition:
Our three year-service
grant with the Junior League of Palo Alto-Mid Peninsula was extended to a
fourth year, an extraordinary honor due to a strong community partnership and
commitment to Project READ’s mission of a literate community. Additionally, Project
READ was granted $10,000 for continued and extended services within FLIC.
FIP 2014
Highlights:
• We had 29 new pairs start in the FIP
program in 2014.
• Eight FIP pairs celebrated meeting
3+ years.
• The Sequoia SAFE/Project READ
collaborative program started its second year and was awarded a $3,000 grant
for the 2014-2015 school year.
• The Sequoia SAFE tutors calculated
146 hours of community service for the Fall semester.
KIP 2014
Highlights:
Over 30% of the KIP teen tutors were once KIP learners in the
program.
Volunteer teen tutors completed over 1699 hours of community service
tutoring in the KIP program.
Project READ teen tutors received college scholarships in
recognition of their outstanding community service at the Sequoia Awards.
Celebrating the Gift
of Time...
Project READ’s Kids In Partnership teen tutors completed
over 500 hours of community service
tutoring in the KIP program during the Fall 2014 semester! Their time has been
well-spent tutoring the little elementary students.
Adult 2014 Highlights
Community Adult
·
300 served between one-on-one tutoring and Story
Hours
Community FFL
·
100 served between one-on-one tutoring and Story
Hours
Adult-Inmate (San Mateo County only)
·
423 prisoners served
o
151 inmates served in one-on-one, dual
interventional tutoring
o
58 inmates served in Tutor Training
o
214 inmates served in small group instruction
·
100 books sent to children of
inmate-participants in Fathers N’ Families and Mothers N’ Families program
Inmates received:
·
540 class sessions
·
over 11,450 instructional hours
o
3,250 hours of one-on-one, dual-intervention
tutoring
o
7,000 hours of small group instruction (Poetry,
Fathers N’ Families, Mothers N’ Families, Creative Writing, Goal-Directed
Workshops, Book Club)
o
1,200 hours of Tutor Training instruction
·
Average Reading growth for participants of
one-on-one tutoring: 3.5 levels in 6 months
·
GED-
waiting on results for Office of Ed on number of PR learners who earned GED
Adult-Inmate (w/ prison program included)
·
652 prisoners served
o
above # + 196 from prison program
·
over 13,140 instructional hours
o
above # + 1,690 hours from prison program
·
Average reading growth: 5.5 levels in 6 months
(prison program)
