by Sarah Gaikwad | Aug 3, 2017 | Organization Updates
Dear Community Partner: We are pleased to announce that Lead to Read KC has received its own 501c3 designation, positioning us to even better serve Kansas City students who are living in compromised socioeconomic situations. Lead to Read KC will be expanding its board...
by Sarah Gaikwad | Oct 14, 2016 | Organization Updates
Ellen Donaldson is our new School Engagement Coordinator. She will be working closely with teachers and volunteers to facilitate reading sessions. Her entire thirty year teaching career was spent in the Grandview School District educating first and second graders. She...
by Sarah Gaikwad | Oct 14, 2016 | Organization Updates
We are excited to have added many new Readers & community partners to the Lead to Read KC team this fall. Across Kansas City we have 48 classes in 12 partner schools, bringing our actual total number of Readers to 899. We say, it’s one Reader at a time that makes...
by Sarah Gaikwad | Oct 14, 2016 | Organization Updates
Keeping up with Lead to Read KC’s growth is exciting and challenging! We are working as fast as we can, but we have to admit, some days it feels a little like Lucy and Ethel in the chocolate factory. We laugh, but the reality is our growth is out pacing our funding....
by Sarah Gaikwad | Jun 12, 2016 | Organization Updates, Testimonial
Lead to Read KC began using a very simple, but statically reliable survey, during it’s pilot year. This survey is still conducted on students in the program. The survey, found here, is administered by the teachers before the first Lead to Read session. At the end of...
