Students struggling in school this year may get an extra boost thanks to a $10,000 grant awarded by the Lowell Community Fund to establish the Reading Corps in Lowell elementary schools. The Reading Corps is the AmeriCorps tutoring program and will bring eight tutors to the district to help up to 275 students from age three to third grade.
The program is made possible through Hope Network, and a press release with all the details is below. Thank you to Hope Network and the Lowell Community Foundation for providing this extra support to local students!
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., August 30, 2017 – Hope Network is pleased to announce it has been awarded a $10,000 grant from the Lowell Community Foundation to implement Reading Corps, an AmeriCorps tutoring program, part of Michigan Education Corps, in Lowell Area Public Schools.
The grant will provide for eight AmeriCorps tutors who will serve up to 275 children age three to grade three attending Bushnell Curiosity Corner Pre-K, Alto Elementary, Bushnell Elementary, Murray Lake Elementary, and Cherry Creek Elementary School.
More than 58,000 Michigan students are failing to reach basic levels of literacy and more than 73,000 students don’t have a fundamental grasp of basic mathematics. Michigan Education Corps exists to change that through Reading Corps and Math Corps. Michigan Education Corps tutors use evidence-based reading and math interventions in a highly impactful, individualized manner, and operate in public schools across Michigan—from Muskegon to Flint, Grand Rapids to Greenville.
“We are grateful to the Lowell Community Foundation for this generous grant which will support students in Lowell Area Public Schools”, said Holly Windram, PhD., Executive Director of the Michigan Education Corps at Hope Network. “Together we will be able to provide literacy tutoring for almost three hundred children so they can reach their literacy goals.”
Michigan Education Corps ensures students age three through grade three struggling with reading and math receive tutoring in their own school, five days per week, over the course of the school year. Tutors identify each child’s unique challenges, and create a tutoring schedule to help them catch up to their peers. Studies consistently show if a student is proficient by the time they reach the third grade, the future looks a whole lot brighter for them — from high school, to college, to future employment. For more information, please visit http://mieducationcorps.org/.
About Hope Network
Right now, more than 60 million people in the U.S. suffer from physical, mental, or social barriers that impact the way they live. One million of them live here in Michigan. That’s larger than the population of Detroit. A majority have fallen through the cracks and aren’t receiving the care they deserve. At Hope Network, we are advocates for those people.
For 50 years, Hope Network has provided neuro-rehabilitation, behavioral health, developmental, and support services that give people a chance to overcome life’s challenges. We do this because we believe every person was created to live life to the fullest. Whether someone needs intensive therapy, a ride to an appointment, or any one of our many community support services, we’re ready to serve. The results are countless stories of recovery, restoration, and Hope. For more information about Hope Network, visit www.hopenetwork.org.
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