Allen County Education Partnership D/B/A Project Reads

Filing Period

Jul 1, 2010 to Jun 30, 2011

Signed

Nov 11, 2011

Return Version

2010v3.2

Gross Receipts

$426,967

Mission

Major Activities

Activity 2

Learn United is a community-wide volunteer campaign to close the third grade reading achievement gap within 10 years. During the 2010-2011 school year, 246 active Learn United Classroom Buddy volunteers assisted hundreds of students each day in the 14 Learn United schools; in addition, 223 Learn United Real Men Read volunteers read monthly to 2nd and 3rd grade classrooms in East Allen and Fort Wayne Community School districts.

Activity 3

Project READS is an after school tutoring program with a Language Arts focus designed for first through third grade students. Volunteers of all ages work with students one hour each week, developing their literacy skills by making reading fun and interesting. In addition to large group reading sessions, volunteers practice letter recognition and beginning sounds with younger students and support older students as they read for content and develop writing skills. Skills assessments are conducted at the beginning and end of the program year to measure achievement gains. Student participants receive new books, incentive prizes, and a graduation gift at the end of the year if applicable. Twelve tutoring sites are located throughout Allen County, Indiana, and are open Monday through Thursday during the school year. 154 students were assisted in their literacy studies through Project READS during the 2010-2011 program year.

Filer

EIN

35-1823402