Reading Partners is a volunteer-based program that assists students (PreK-4) in Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools in acquiring reading skills and increasing their enjoyment of literature.

The Need

• If a child has not learned to read by the end of third grade, he or she is at risk for all future academic achievement, for high school graduation, and for successful employment.
   
• At least 75% of today’s jobs require at least a ninth-grade reading level

• One-on-One Readers - spend 30 minutes a week providing individual reading assistance
• Classroom Readers - spend 30 minutes twice a month reading aloud to a classroom of students

• Submit a Volunteer Registration Form and someone will contact you soon!

ORIENTATIONS:

There will be a Reading Partners Orientation for new volunteers every Thursday in January from 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. at PENCIL, 421 Great Circle Rd, Suite 100. Contact Ann Johnston to sign up at 242-3167 x 232 or ajohnston@pencilfd.org.

• 2009 Annual Report
• 2009 Interim Report
• 2008 Annual Report

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