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In Reading...there is Power!
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"Keep reading. It's one of the most marvelous adventures that anyone can have."
~Lloyd Alexander
The Reading Power school year is off to another successful start and the 'marvelous adventures' keep rolling in as we meet our wonderful new students, grow our program, and add more dynamic, caring volunteer tutors to our team. Thank
you
to everyone who makes Reading Power possible each year.
~Rebecca Mullen, MSEd, Executive Director of Programs
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Teaching children to read since 2003!
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New this Year
Beulah Park: We doubled our program at Beulah - adding 4 tutoring stations and second grade students (in addition to tutoring first grade students).
Forrestal:
We have added a second classroom to our Forrestal program. Now we are able to tutor more second grade students in addition to tutoring kindergarten and first grade students.
Green Bay:
In November, we began our pre-kindergarten pilot program at Green Bay Early Childhood Center. We are excited to pilot this program for our youngest readers!
We are always recruiting additional volunteers. Please, tell your friends and family about Reading Power and arrange a site-visit for possible new tutors. Check us out online (
www.readingpowerinc.org
) and fill out our tutor application. Additional
trainings will be scheduled.
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Forrestal
Green Bay
North
Beulah Park
Goal = 235 Students
Tutors = 200
Professional Staff = 7
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Welcome to our board of directors,
Dr. Peter Fisher!
Reading Power is honored to welcome Dr. Peter Fisher to our board of directors.
Dr. Fisher is a professor of education at National Louis University where he has taught graduate classes in literacy education for over 25 years. He has published numerous articles on vocabulary instruction and working with struggling readers and is a coauthor of several books, including The Complete Guide to Tutoring Struggling Readers-Mapping Interventions to Purpose and the CSS. Dr. Fisher commented, "I have been impressed by the effects of the Reading Power program on young readers, and the commitment of the volunteers who work with them."
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Wednesday, December 2 is Reading Power night at
The Mustard
Seed
Fair Trade Shop (
202 E.
Westminster, Lake Forest)!
Co
me shop from 4:00-7:00 p.m. for unique holiday gifts while you enjoy some wine & ch
eese.
A portion of the proceeds from all purchases will be
donated to Reading Power.
Artisans from developing countries are paid a fair price for their work.
Shop, have fun, and visit with your RP friends!
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Our poet, Promise, and her tutor,
Bev Jones |
Reading Power recognized National Poetry Day earlier this month featuring a Reading Power poem by our budding, student poet, Promise Speed. Thank you for your creative, touching poem, Promise:)!
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This is an exciting time for Reading Power. There is magic happening in our classrooms. Our students are excited to be learning and developing relationships with the tutors. Our tutors love the opportunity to teach and learn from each other. Tutor, Janet Behnke, said it best when she exclaimed, "I just love it, love it, love it!" I
extend my thanks to the Reading Power team--staff and tutors-- for continuing to deliver our excellent program to our many Reading Power students. We give thanks, as always, to our many generous donors who make Reading Power possible.
Please consider joining us as a tutor or donating to support our students.
~Kathy McFarland, PhD, CEO, Chairman, and Tutor
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"I am very happy with the Reading Power program and volunteers. They have made
a huge impact on my children."
~Reading Power Parent
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Reading Power Board of Directors
:
Kathy McFarland, PhD, Chairman,
Jim Chomko,
Kathleen Cowie,
John Davidson,
Peter Fisher, PhD, Mary Jane Hender, EdD,
Todd Litzsinger,
Melinda Mooney, Beverly Raudabaugh, Betsy B. Rosenfield,
Frank Sibley, Nancy Smith, CPA,
Tad Alexander Walgreen,
and Rev. Dr. Gordon Butcher, Emeritus
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