We are so excited to welcome two fellows and six interns this summer at New Haven Reads. Our fellows and interns are a staple for our summer sessions and enrichment clubs. They tutor several students each week and help run our clubs at our different locations.
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We’re so proud of our students! New Haven Reads has been empowering students with literacy for 25 years, and the strength and impact of the program continues to speak for itself through the success of our students.
Learn more about our students success, 25 years of NHR and what we’ve been up to below.
We had a wonderful time at the The Elm City Freddy Fixer Parade. Our staff and volunteers handed out almost 1,200 books along the parade route! It was the most books we’ve ever given away at the parade. It was amazing to see so many familiar faces. We look forward to the parade every year and are already looking forward to next year!
Over the past decade, the Annual Conference of The Reading League has become the definitive gathering for educators, leaders, researchers, and literacy advocates. Our Education Director Hayley and Assistant Education Director Lisa both attended The Summit.
Lisa had this to say about her time at The Summit:
“The Education Team is incredibly fortunate to have the chance to attend this two-day conference. The topic of study this year was data and assessment, which the Education Team and site staff regularly use to tailor a student’s tutoring program at New Haven Reads.
As a commitment to our students and their families, Ms. Hayley and I are frequently invited to attend PPT and 504 meetings to offer perspective and share data with our school partners. To date, we have attended over 35 school-based support meetings for our students–and that number grows each week.
It is no secret that students lose a significant amount of instructional time to assessment at school–particularly this time of year with the SBA and year-end testing. While growth data is essential to monitoring student mastery, it is an important balancing act. You never want to sacrifice the quality of a student’s intervention with the time-sink that can come with testing and data collection. The primary objective of this conference involved getting the most out of the data we collect without sacrificing instructional time.
One of my biggest take-aways from The Reading League Summit was how to hone in on individual student data and fold it into our approach with their tutoring program. We already use our own formative assessment within the student’s individual plans to gauge effectiveness along the way. When we attend special support meetings at the schools, we glean additional data that can strengthen our approach with our students. I definitely appreciated the new perspectives from TRL’s panelists, and I am confident that we will be able to even more effectively collaborate with our students’ support teams, caregivers, and tutors.”
Thank you to everyone who celebrated with us!
Over 200 people joined us last night at our 25th anniversary celebration. We enjoyed food from The Big Green Truck and music by Fernanda Franco. Thank you to everyone who joined us and to all our amazing sponsors that helped make our event possible.
If you were unable to make our celebration, you can view our video and digital program below.
Check out our 25th anniversary video here.
Check out our digital program here!
Event Sponsors
Literacy Hero
Literacy Partner
Literacy Supporter
Literacy Advocate
Thank you to everyone who celebrated with us!
Over 200 people joined us last night at our 25th anniversary celebration. We enjoyed food from The Big Green Truck and music by Fernanda Franco. Thank you to everyone who joined us and to all our amazing sponsors that helped make our event possible.
Read all about the evening in the Arts Council article here.
Check out our digital program here!
Event Sponsors
Literacy Hero
Literacy Partner
Literacy Supporter
Literacy Advocate
When and why did you first start volunteering with NHR?
I started volunteering this past summer because I love to teach and couldn’t think of a more important skill to help teach than reading, which is such a fundamental and important skill in all areas of life. I also love to be around kids, and New Haven Reads is a great place to meet some amazing kids.
What keeps you coming back?
I think seeing the progress made by my students and their willingness to learn keeps me coming back. It is amazing to see how bright the students are and how quickly they pick things up. I also love the enthusiasm for reading that my students possess. Caleb immediately grabs a book when he arrives, even before our session starts, and immediately begins reading. He even sometimes wants to use part of choice time to read! Both of my students are also incredible at games-I thought I was a good chess player until I played Mathias!
What is your favorite book? As a child and now?
As a child, my favorite books were the Magic Tree House series. I loved how they transported you across time to every corner of the world and allowed learning history to feel like an adventure! Now, my favorite book is Moneyball by Michael Lewis, which details how a baseball team used statistics to build a winning team despite not having the resources of other teams. I love math and sports, and this book was a great way to see how the two can come together.
Everything starts with literacy. Our Impact Starts With YOU!
We had an incredible year of expansion, growing our programs with new locations. Our students and tutors were busy working together and building reading skills. We are also extremely excited to be celebrating 25 years of sharing the joy and power of reading! Read all about successful winter, our amazing donor spotlight about Doug Hausladen, and more in our Winter 2025 Newsletter below.
Big change starts with small action. If you are looking to make a difference in the world, the best place to begin is right here, in our very own community. Help us make New Haven a better place for our children.
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