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MLK Day of Service at McClure Elementary School
ORGANIZATION: Joyful Readers
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Joyful Readers is excited to partake in this year's Martin Luther King Jr., National Day of Service and invites YOU to lend a helping hand! For the past 25 years, more than 700,000 volunteers have honored Dr. King’s legacy by participating in community service projects throughout the country. This year, we're hosting an MLK Day of Service at Alexander McClure Elementary School in the Hunting Park section of Philadelphia.
Together we'll support the students and families of McClure Elementary by leading a literacy-themed carnival for children in the community and painting literacy-themed murals throughout the school. Not a good painter? No worries - we sketch everything out and provide you with a paint-by-numbers experience to make sure everything looks good at the end of the day.
Please note that our volunteer opportunities for MLK Day are only open to adults and teenagers 14 years of age or older. If you'd like to bring your younger children with you, they're welcome to participate in the literacy-themed carnival. All volunteers must register themselves individually to participate. Don't delay - spots will fill up fast!
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About Joyful Readers
Location:
1712 S 16th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19145, US
Mission Statement
Joyful Readers is committed to helping Philadelphia students gain the literacy skills they need to become successful, confident, and joyful readers! Joyful Readers’ mission is to ensure that Philadelphia students gain the foundational reading skills they need to succeed. Our vision is that all students who struggle with reading will have an effective tutor who can support them in their school.
Description
School-aged children are in crisis. According to the PA Department of Education’s Pennsylvania System of School Assessment, just 29.1% of Philadelphia 3 rd graders could read on grade level in 2022. Systemically under-resourced schools, staggering rates of poverty and deep poverty, substandard instructional practices, and the legacy and continued presence of structural racism have all contributed to inequitable and unacceptable educational outcomes for Philadelphia youth.
Longitudinal studies provide a grim truth about what happens when students can’t read proficiently in elementary school: they rarely catch up. When students can’t read proficiently, they fall behind academically and become disconnected from school. Over time, reading difficulty compounds, leaving students unable to connect to written course materials in middle and high school, leading to lower rates of high school graduation and college attendance and persistence.
Joyful Readersbrings full-time AmeriCorps tutors directly into Philadelphia public schools to provide daily, intensive reading tutoring to students. Tutors serve in small teams in elementary schools for a full school year. They work with the same 22 students each and every day in both 1-on-1 and small group formats. Using research-based, high-quality curriculum endorsed by teachers and experts alike, students gain the literacy skills critical for success in school, at work, and in their daily lives.
CAUSE AREAS
Children & Youth,
Community,
Education & Literacy
WHEN
Mon Jan 15, 2024
08:30 AM - 01:00 PM
WHERE
600 West Hunting Park AvenuePhiladelphia, PA 19140
(40.015125 ,-75.13753 )
DATE POSTED
January 4, 2024
SKILLS
GOOD FOR
N/A
REQUIREMENTS
- Must be at least 14
- 8:30 am - 1:00 pm