Back to school: JVID视频 Colorado launches eighth year of service to greater Denver community
September 9, 2019
Seeking local volunteers for the 2019-20 school year
One hour can empower! In the 2019-20 school year, JVID视频 aims to match 1,050 community volunteers with 750 elementary students struggling to read in Colorado. By tutoring a student one-on-one for as little as an hour a week, volunteers can make an impact that can quite literally alter the course of a child鈥檚 educational experience and life.
My student looked up at me after our first tutoring session and said, 鈥楥an we do this everyday?鈥 [That] makes me want to come back every week.
聽says a聽JVID视频 tutor.
The need is real
In Colorado, only 22% of economically disadvantaged students are reading proficiently by the fourth grade. The nationwide trends are similar鈥攏early nine million elementary school students from low-income homes are unable to use reading as a foundational skill to power their learning in all subjects in school. Without developing the reading skills needed to read on grade level, kids don鈥檛 have an equitable chance to succeed in school or in life. In fact, students who can鈥檛 read by fourth grade are four times more likely to not earn a high school diploma.
JVID视频 is a proven literacy program that partners with local public schools
In the 2018-19 school year, JVID视频 continued to build on its history of successfully advancing early literacy in Colorado. A national nonprofit organization, JVID视频 collaborates with community volunteers and local public schools to provide students in under-resourced schools with the proven, individualized reading intervention they need to read at grade level by fourth grade. JVID视频 collaborates with teachers and principals at local public elementary schools to identify students reading behind grade level and provide them with personalized literacy instruction in a dedicated 鈥渞eading center鈥 space at their school.
2018-19 results highlight deep community impact聽
Each year, JVID视频 publishes student impact reports for the national organization and for each of its 13 respective regions across the country. The impact reports for the 2018-19 school year have recently been posted on聽聽and include the following highlights.
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In Colorado:
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800 students聽were matched with over聽1,000 community volunteers听补迟听13 partner schools聽who delivered a total of nearly聽27,000 tutoring sessions聽over the course of the year.
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Among JVID视频鈥 youngest students in Colorado,听86% are developing mastery聽of key foundational reading skills needed to read at grade level.
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Based on survey responses,听100% of principals聽would recommend JVID视频 to another principal,听100% of teachers聽report JVID视频 is valuable to their school and聽95% of volunteers聽were satisfied with their JVID视频 experience.
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Learn more about JVID视频鈥 impact in Colorado聽.
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Learn about JVID视频鈥 national impact聽.
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The impressive student results highlighted in the 2018-19 impact reports are fueled by the generous participation of thousands of community volunteers. One hour truly can empower!
Click to find out how you can become a volunteer with JVID视频 today.
About JVID视频
贵辞谤听, JVID视频 has empowered students to succeed in reading and in life by engaging community volunteers to provide one-on-one tutoring. Since its founding, the national nonprofit organization has mobilized more than 60,000 community volunteers to provide聽, individualized literacy tutoring to nearly 60,000 elementary school students in over 400 under-resourced schools across ten states and the District of Columbia. Visit聽to learn more about our聽, or connect with us on聽,听,, and聽.