成人快播

成人快播 Charlotte is celebrating its end of the school year in a BIG way. As we complete our second full year, we鈥檝e made tremendous strides to serve our school partners and the Charlotte community through programming and community engagement.

As a pilot program, we served four schools, and in 2016-2017, we grew our school base to six schools. During this school year, 成人快播 Charlotte served eight school partners including 聽Joseph W. Grier Academy, Oakdale Elementary, John Motley Morehead STEM Academy, Nathaniel Alexander Elementary, Sterling Elementary, Stoney Creek Elementary, Sugar Creek Charter, and Tuckaseegee Elementary. Because our Title I schools are stationed primarily in remote locations and need additional resources, 成人快播 has answered the call in supporting approximately 300 students this year in kindergarten through fourth grades as a second-tier one-on-one intervention with an emphasis on foundational reading skills: letter recognition, vocabulary, phonemic awareness, comprehension, and fluency.

To date, over 80 percent of our students have met their growth goals and have been served by a robust number of tutors. With the help of this volunteer support, students have increased confidence, are actively engaged in the reading lesson, make connections to their personal experiences, are eager to take books home to build their personal library, and demonstrate a growth mindset. These measurables strengthen reading skills and confidence as noted by one of our principals and Americorps team members below:

Principal Cheryl Turner at Sugar Creek Charter School states, 鈥淢y teachers comment on the confidence of their students when it comes to reading.鈥� Turner recognizes the growth of the students particularly from where they started at the beginning of the year.

Site Coordinator Thomas Keeter expresses, 鈥淚n working with student Amaree, he always wanted challenging words to spell, and was always excited to read and learn about the topic we were focusing on in the curriculum. He was eager to learn more.鈥�

Site Coordinator Kat Reyes shared, 鈥淪tudent Cesar came out of his shell. At the beginning, he wouldn鈥檛 say a word, but by the end he was openly answering questions during the tutor read aloud and smiling whenever he improved during fluency. His confidence in reading improved as he was able to read more and more words during fluency.鈥�

Literacy Lead Clara Kress mentioned, 鈥淎 special moment was when student Kinsley was able to tell me what 鈥榮equence of events鈥� and 鈥榮ummary鈥� were in the same lesson. She struggled with comprehension, but she is doing so much better than when we first started working together.鈥�

For these growth experiences, we celebrated the wonderful work of our students and volunteers and the mutual bonds that they鈥檝e shared toward their reading goals. Plus, we invited families to experience their child鈥檚 achievements and meet the wonderful people who have invested time with their son or daughter. Thankfully, over 450 attendees joined these festive occasions and special moments at our individual reading centers.

To make sure that reading continues and is applicable over the summer break, backpacks filled with books which were donated by tutor volunteers, individual supporters, and community partners like the Art Institute of Charlotte, Charlotte Mecklenburg Library, Pediatric and Adolescent Dentistry (Warner Robbins, GA), Power 98鈥檚 Level Up and Learn Book Drive, Steps N Motion Dance Studio, and more.

Additional highlights that captured our year consisted of Brand Awareness and Community Engagement:

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With these opportunities, we were able to capitalize on broad awareness and engagement to increase our volunteer presence to support our students.

Finally, we鈥檇 like to thank our Americorps team members who鈥檝e dedicated a year of service to our organization and the Charlotte community. They carry 成人快播鈥� core values (Reading Matters, Big Challenges Are Our Thing, Volunteers Get Results, Data Drive Decisions, Together We Are Better, Laughter Keeps Us Going) to heart.