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Media Advisory: SAUSD Launches “Read Santa Ana Read” to Increase Literacy
Community Volunteers Tutor First Graders Remotely through Online Tutoring Program
(Santa Ana, CA) – With the goal of every child reading at grade level by the end of the third grade, the Santa Ana Unified School District, with the partnership of Innovations for Learning, and the support of Orange County United Way, will launch “Read Santa Ana Read,” a volunteer program supporting nearly 250 first graders at reading during the 2015- 2016 school year. “For 30 minutes once a week, volunteers from the community can help a child learn to read without ever leaving their desk. Through an online tutoring program, Tutormate, volunteers will be able to interact with our students remotely from their computers and tablets and tutor and encourage them to become strong readers,” said, Michelle Rodriguez, Ed.D. Assistant Superintendent of Teaching and Learning of the Santa Ana Unified School District. Continue reading