Impact of Colorado’s Children’s Literacy Center felt in classroom and on football field
Tutoring organization serves 15 locations across state, and helped one student play pro football
By JAMES BURKY | [email protected] | The Denver Post
October 25, 2019 at 8:00 am
Paul Browning is living his dream of playing professional football thanks to the Children’s Literacy Center.
Children's Literacy Center donates books to fight illiteracy in Colorado
By: Suzie Ziegler
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - We sat down with program manager of the Pikes Peak Region and spokesperson from the Children's Literacy Center Sandy McGraw to discuss their mission to improve literacy in Colorado.
McGraw tells us that in Colorado there are 27,000 children in third grade alone reading below their grade level.
Summer Reading Enrichment Programs Keep Kids Sharp
By Reagan Foster
June 5th, 2019
The days are getting longer and the sun shines most of the time. Trees are in leaf, the grass is green and if it rains on the occasional afternoon, that’s OK … it’s just a way to beat the heat that is inevitably going to get stifling.
Literacy Project yields positive results in La Junta
By Bette McFarren / La Junta Tribune-Democrat
Posted May 13, 2019 at 12:01 AM
The Children’s Literacy Project, under the direction of Sylvia Rocha, came to a successful conclusion this year in both Primary School and Intermediate School, all students having made measurable gains in basic skills.
Literacy Center gets local kids hooked on reading
Literacy Center gets local kids hooked on reading
24 October, 2018
By PAT HILL [email protected]
There’s nothing like a dog to get kids to enjoy reading — and to be driven to excel. That’s how it is in Woodland Park at the Children’s Literacy Center.
A recent visit to the center, where the satellite location is the Woodland Park library, has kids excited about reading with Brandy, the Golden Retriever therapy dog, as the listener, true or not.
Children's Literacy Center receives generous gift of donated books for Book Lover's Day
Aug 29, 2018 Updated Sep 5, 2018
The Arena Athletic Performance Center’s Trevor and Kitsen Goldberg donated boxes of books collected at their National Book Lover’s Day promotion to Ann Sulley from the Children’s Literacy Center. The Arena is an athletic training facility for athletes of any age and sport. The Children’s Literacy Center, a free one-on-one tutoring program, depends on donations from Colorado communities. Photo courtesy of Kitsen Goldberg
Kickoff barbecue for the La Junta Literacy Project
La Junta Tribune-Democrat
By Bette McFarren
Posted Aug 7, 2018
Retired teachers rally to support new program
Help a child read by volunteering with the Children's Literacy Center
TRI-LAKES LIFE
Help a child read by volunteering with the Children’s Literacy Center
BY ELIZABETH EDEN
With fall approaching and new schedules and routines being set, I wanted to take a moment to tell you about an amazing opportunity for you to give back to our Tri-Lakes community in a simple yet deeply impactful way: reading with a child.