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In July we partnered with the Glenwood Public Library and held a summer reading club for  our students  in K-5th grade. Reading is one area that all of the students struggle in.  In K-2nd grade students “Learn to Read,” and then in 3rd grade and beyond students are expected to “Read to Learn.”
If students do not have a firm grasp on the basics of reading there is a significant gap that continues to grow.
                For 4 weeks each student had an individual Reading Buddy at Grace on Tuesdays for an hour of reading. We then went as a group to the
Glenwood Library and participated in a reading-themed activity for the second hour.
              We ended the month with an ice-cream party and a “Tutoring Store”where the students could purchase fun school supplies with “Tutoring Bucks” that they had earned with each book they read during the month of July. 
           Last week as I was taking a walk around Glenwood, one of the students joined me and asked, “Ms. Suzanne, do you think we can have Reading Club EVERY Tuesday next summer?” When I heard a student ask for more reading time, I knew that it was indeed a success! J
 
The Glenwood Tutoring Program exists to break cycles of poverty and hopelessness in the lives of families in Glenwood and surrounding neighborhoods.