Better Basics Inc.

Filing Period

Jul 1, 2012 to Jun 30, 2013

Signed

Nov 14, 2013

Return Version

2012v2.1

Gross Receipts

$1,748,921

Mission

Major Activities

Activity 2

The Reading Intervention program provides focused, research-based instruction to struggling readers and targets students that read below grade level. In order to improve student reading skills, a qualified and trained Better Basics teacher works with students in small groups, three times per week, to provide individual attention to struggling readers. In conjunction with the teacher-led small group instruction, Better Basics volunteers also provide additional students one-on-one mentoring in reading on a weekly basis. In the 2012-2013 school year, our Reading Intervention programs that were delivered during the school day and after school served 364 students with more than 50 volunteers and 24 teachers. On average, participating students increased their reading skills and comprehension by six book levels.

Activity 3

The MORE program encourages fourth-grade students to read for pleasure by providing students access to a library of age-appropriate books for classroom use. Children are encouraged to participate in the program and are rewarded with books and other incentive prizes correlating to milestones reached by the students. Teachers allow students to read selections from the MORE library and to complete book reports to demonstrate and help improve reading comprehension. Students earn a book for every book report that is completed, up to two books per week, throughout the program, allowing them to develop personal home libraries. The MORE program is responsible for putting thousands of books into the homes of students every year, and often a MORE prize book is the first book a student has ever owned. In the 2012-2013 school year, nearly 1,700 fourth-grade students were served in the Better Basics MORE program. Classroom volunteers report that students read more than 21,700 books, and students were rewarded with more than 24,400 books for their home libraries. Volunteers provided more than 4,680 hours of support to students in the MORE program.

Filer

EIN

63-1106040