BRONX BOOKS TO GROW ON
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Hey everyone! My friends and I are working with the Melrose School PS/MS 29 , located in the South Bronx to increase their education and training in technology. We are building an app with the middle school students to increase communcation with the parents and teachers and creating after school programs to encourage creative problem solving and teaching the kids to code.
But the building blocks for all those programs is based on one thing: reading.
The Melrose School, is looking for sponsors to help young children in Kindergarten through 3rd grade build their own home libraries. These libraries will afford students the opportunity to share the love of reading with their families and be exposed to read-alouds on a more regular basis.
Students in low-income neighborhoods often have lower academic achievement rates largely because they do not have the resources needed to succeed. With this program, students will be able to build their own library of books that interest them.
The Books To Grow On pilot program was launched in 2013 in the First Grade classrooms at PS/MS 29. It was a huge success as shown by parent surveys, and student growth. That year, first graders jumped an average of 7 reading levels, with 72% of general education students reading at least at the 2nd grade level.
After the second year of the program, 77% of general education first grade students were reading at or above grade level by June, as compared to 38% in September. The second graders who were in the second year of the program maintained 72% of students reading at or above grade level.
You can learn more about the program HERE
Every dollar we raise goes directly to books for the kids - every single dollar. The money we raise will fund the rest of the classes in the school, so please join me in supporting this great initative and help inspire the next generation of technologist in the Bronx!
Thanks!
But the building blocks for all those programs is based on one thing: reading.
The Melrose School, is looking for sponsors to help young children in Kindergarten through 3rd grade build their own home libraries. These libraries will afford students the opportunity to share the love of reading with their families and be exposed to read-alouds on a more regular basis.
Students in low-income neighborhoods often have lower academic achievement rates largely because they do not have the resources needed to succeed. With this program, students will be able to build their own library of books that interest them.
The Books To Grow On pilot program was launched in 2013 in the First Grade classrooms at PS/MS 29. It was a huge success as shown by parent surveys, and student growth. That year, first graders jumped an average of 7 reading levels, with 72% of general education students reading at least at the 2nd grade level.
After the second year of the program, 77% of general education first grade students were reading at or above grade level by June, as compared to 38% in September. The second graders who were in the second year of the program maintained 72% of students reading at or above grade level.
You can learn more about the program HERE
Every dollar we raise goes directly to books for the kids - every single dollar. The money we raise will fund the rest of the classes in the school, so please join me in supporting this great initative and help inspire the next generation of technologist in the Bronx!
Thanks!
Organizer
Keith Klain
Organizer
New York, NY
