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Our schools have a widening achievement gap, which will never be closed if we do not address it. You can be part of the change by becoming an iRead• iCount(R) volunteer this spring. It's just one hour a week for seven weeks to help change a child's life.
If we want a prepared future workforce, we must build the foundation now. It will take the community's help to make this foundation strong. Your involvement as a volunteer in the iRead• iCount(R) program is crucial in building this foundation and shaping our children's future.
Strong literacy and math skills are an economic development tool and an anti-poverty, anti-violence strategy for our community. Most importantly, strong literacy and math skills create opportunities for our youngest residents.
The iRead ● iCount(R) Program puts volunteers in elementary school classrooms for one hour per week to work with the students with the greatest needs to improve reading and math skills. This spring semester, Champaign Unit 4 and Urbana Unit 116 schools are doing the iRead Program to help kindergarten and first-grade students with basic literacy this spring. As a volunteer, you will be fully trained in a short and thorough training session.
Program Dates: March 19 - April 26, 2024
Application Deadline: February 9, 2024
The need for volunteers is great. Please sign up today and forward this to your friends, family and co-workers!
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