Planning for Summer Literacy Gains

Dallas Afterschool is Gearing up to Impact More Students over the Summer

After four successful years of partnering to make the Tackle Summer Slide (TSS) program possible, Dallas Afterschool is preparing for yet another successful year. And, thanks to some additional funding, we are expanding our summer literacy efforts to impact even more students! Over 1,500 more students will now have the opportunity to increase literacy skills this summer, instead of experiencing the typical two months of learning loss. This will more than double the number of students served!

Over the past two years, about 1,000 students were collectively impacted through TSS. Out of these, 70% did not experience summer learning loss. Even better, over 50% of students gained two months of literacy! With a track record like this, we can't wait to share our results at the end of the summer.

A MESSAGE FROM OUR CEO

Christina K. Hanger

As the school year draws to a close, out-of-school time providers are busy working to ensure they can keep children engaged over the summer. As you can imagine, it is no different for Dallas Afterschool. Our team is hard at work planning and coordinating expanded literacy programming to ensure all students in Dallas have the opportunity to continue their academic progress over the summer. This is a huge effort, but it is also a big part of why Dallas Afterschool exists. Our work helps afterschool and summer programs have more impactful programming with higher quality. By working together , we are able to make a bigger impact on children in our community.

Thank you for your commitment to high quality out-of-school time programming! We appreciate your continued support.