In Kenosha County, two out of three third graders cannot read proficiently. This is a crisis for our community and is a statistic that YOU can help reverse.
The Readers Are Leaders Program began as a three-year pilot program at McKinley Elementary between 2014-2018 with an average of 65 tutors working with 45 students.
During the 2018-2019 school year, students collectively went up 764 reading levels as a result of the time volunteers spent working with students.
Entering its eighth program year, in partnership with Kenosha Unified School District, the program aims to engage 100+ tutors with students across four schools, including Brass, Forest Park, McKinley, and EBSOLA. In the last year, students and tutors read together for roughly 800 hours, and we hope that with your help we can exceed these numbers for the 2023-2024 school year.
Since the tutoring program began, volunteers have given more than 8,500 hours to the students.
Students benefit from participation in the Readers Are Leaders program by helping students get the skills they need to succeed as life-long learners and beyond.
