Dream big. Take risks. Don’t be afraid to fail. Challenge authority. Give back to pull others forward. Those were among the takeaways presented to 64 Mumford High School ninth-graders during a leadership day event Tuesday at Baker College’s Auburn Hills campus.
Second Annual All Seasons Art Exhibition
Storybook Soiree
Chapman House in Rochester, Friday, April 28th, 2017 at 5:30 p.m.
Our experience shows, the teachers are the heroes in the educational system that gets rolled out in poverty. Most already know that the teachers have large class sizes and lack of resources.
The American Educational System is a great one. Unfortunately, it is rolled out at the social and economic level of the community it serves.
When 23rd District Court Judge Geno Salomone dreamed of bringing every pupil in the Taylor Public Schools up to standard reading levels by the third-grade, he dreamed big. His dream resulted in the creation, in 2011, of the Taylor Reading Corps.
Beyond Basics is a 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to delivery of student-centered pre K-12 reading and literacy-enrichment programs. We get children reading at grade level in six weeks.
Beyond Basics is a metro-Detroit-based free literacy program that incorporates one-on-one reading coaches, book clubs, tutoring and reading buddies to bring underperforming students up to grade level.
In an effort to improve reading scores in the Taylor School District, Beyond Basics, a Southfield-based literacy nonprofit, is partnering with Taylor Reading Corps, a Taylor-based organization that recruits and trains a network of volunteers to enhance learning opportunities in the school district.
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