Reading Tutors Needed In Silicon Valley, South Bay (Could Be Ideal Endeavor for Your New Year!)

News and photo from Reading Partners, a national nonprofit organization dedicated to providing individualized literacy tutoring to more than 10,000 elementary school students in under-resourced schools.

---

Silicon Valley, CA -- Reading Partners, a national nonprofit that trains community volunteers to provide students with proven, individualized reading support urgently needs more community members to join its efforts.

The literacy organization has been providing proven volunteer-led, one-on-one reading support to under-resourced public elementary schools since 1997. The program seeks to serve more than 1,300 students in 25 schools in Silicon Valley, but 395 students are waiting to be matched with a volunteer reading partner tutor.

According to the Annie E. Casey Foundation, in 2015 only 21% of fourth graders from low-income families are reading at grade level. Without reading, kids won’t have an equitable chance to succeed.

“I cannot say enough about the experience of tutoring with Reading Partners,” says Nicole Johnson, Executive Director of Reading Partners Silicon Valley. “The bond you build with your student tutoring them on a weekly basis is an irreplaceable experience- both for you and the child. We can move the needle for these kids- all it takes is time and our easy-to-follow curriculum to make a measurable impact.”

Reading Partners Silicon Valley is looking for volunteers to commit to at least an hour a week to work individually with children who struggle with reading at one of 25 schools in across Silicon Valley:

Redwoood City School District, Redwood City:

○ Fair Oaks Elementary School 2950 Fair Oaks Ave., Redwood City

○ Garfield Elementary School 3600 Middlefield Rd., Menlo Park

○ Hawes Elementary School 909 Roosevelt Ave., Redwood City

○ John Gill Elementary School 555 Avenue del Ora, Redwood City

○ Roosevelt Elementary School 2223 Vera Ave., Redwood City

○ Selby Lane School 170 Selby Lane, Atherton

○ Taft Elementary School 903 Tenth Ave. Redwood City

Ravenswood City School District, Menlo Park:

○ Belle Haven Elementary School 415 Ivy Dr., Menlo Park

○ Willow Oaks Elementary School 620 Willow Rd., Menlo Park

Mountain View Whisman School District, Mountain View:

○ Mariano Castro Elementary School 505 Escuela Ave., Mountain View

Sunnyvale Elementary School District, Sunnyvale:

○ Bishop Elementary School 450 North Sunnyvale Ave., Sunnyvale

○ Ellis Elementary School 550 E Olive Ave., Sunnyvale

○ Lakewood Elementary School 750 Lakechime Dr., Sunnyvale

○ San Miguel Elementary School 777 San Miguel Ave.. Sunnyvale

○ Vargas Elementary School 1054 Carson Dr., Sunnyvale

Alum Rock Unified School District, East San Jose:

○ Cesar Chavez Elementary School 2000 Kammerer Ave., San Jose

○ Horace Cureton Elementary School 3720 East Hills Dr., San Jose

○ San Antonio Elementary School 1721 E. San Antonio St., San Jose

Franklin-McKinley School District, South San Jose:

○ Robert F. Kennedy Elementary School 1602 Lucretia Ave., San Jose

Mount Pleasant Elementary School District, East San Jose:

○ Mount Pleasant Elementary School 14275 Candler Ave., San Jose

○ Robert Sanders Elementary School 3411 Rocky Mountain Dr., San Jose

○ Valle Vista Elementary School 2400 Flint Ave., San Jose

Milpitas Unified School District, Milpitas:

○ Alexander Rose Elementary School 250 Roswell Dr., Milpitas

New Haven Unified School District, Union City:

○ Alvarado Elementary School 31100 Fredi St., Union City

○ Searles Elementary School 33629 15th St., Union City

Visit www.readingpartners.org to learn more.