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Over the last few weeks, you may have seen yellow school buses filled with children pull up to the Rayburn House Office Building, U.S. Department of Education, or the U.S. Department of Transportation. It can only mean one thing:
Horton's Kids tutoring has kicked off for the school year!
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| Participants play word games with their tutors to help boost their literacy skills. |
Three times a week, participants meet with trained volunteers who help them finish their homework and improve their reading skills. This approach is an important part of the reason why children in Horton's Kids are twice as likely to graduate from high school.
We're always looking for ways to make tutoring even better. This year, we're excited to announce some changes to increase the effectiveness of our program:
1. Social-Emotional Learning
There's more to success than academics. We're introducing new activities to help kids develop skills like self-awareness and responsible decision-making that are essential in school and daily life.
2. Deep Dive into Novels
Reading chapter books helps kids develop retention skills, perseverance, and empathy for characters. This year, we have new lesson plans and rewards to help kids stick with a novel and read it from beginning to end.
3. New Assessments
We're using a more sophisticated evaluation system to measure our participants' progress. This way, we can tailor tutoring to a child's unique needs and make sure they have the targeted interventions they need to stay on track.
And, of course, we're keeping some of our favorite lesson plans and games -- which helped 93% of our tutoring participants increase their literacy scores last year!
Thank you to our dedicated volunteer tutors for making all of this possible! We're excited for another fun and productive year of learning and growing together.
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