Día del Niño & Día del Libro Celebration!
April 26, 2010 by Rob
Filed under BLOG, Literacy, Mountain View
On a beautiful Sunday afternoon (4/25), Castro Elementary, Open Door Church (Mountain View) and Reach Potential Movement celebrated Día del Niño (Day of the Child), a holiday celebrated around the world, especially in Latin countries and a newer holiday: Día del Libro (World Book Day). Approximately 1000 kids, youth and adults enjoyed a ”Reading Brings [...]
Reading Volunteers Needed!
“30 hours of tutoring helps the typical student advance one grade level in their reading… what a difference you can make!” (readingpartners.org) San Miguel Elementary in Sunnyvale is looking for members in our community who can devote ONE HOUR a week to assist teachers in improving the early literacy skills of 1st grade students who [...]
The Gift of Time
A few days ago I (Rob) was given a huge gift by three principals of three Title One (over 50% low income students) elementary schools in Northern California. Despite the challenges they each experience in educating more students with limited resources, each principal gave me the costly gift of their time which allowed me to [...]
“Bookshelf in Every Home” Project
November 12, 2009 by Rob
Filed under BLOG, Literacy, Mountain View
“Bookshelf in Every Home” Project Launch! As we have listened to educators in local low income schools, the need we have heard most dramatically is literacy… especially early literacy efforts to empower parents before their children fall one to two grades behind in reading. RPM’s response is our “Bookshelf in Every Home” Project, in which [...]
