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 Now is the time to make sure every child in Lafayette, Acadia and St. Martin parishes becomes a reader.
Children learn to
read in the early-grade years so they can read to learn throughout the
rest of their lives. A missed opportunity to read
at grade level by the fourth grade could set an individual’s quest for
learning
back permanently. You can help by volunteering to be a United Way
Reader.
Volunteers provide much-needed reading practice time in conjunction with
classroom teachers for one hour per week for a 10-week time period. And they're making a difference. More than 250 students in 17 schools were helped by 167 United Way Readers last year - and 80% of those students improved their overall reading scores.
The good news is most struggling readers can learn to read if
given additional help in the early grades. That is why United Way of Acadiana
is focused on increasing awareness on how you can provide reading and literacy
support to children at risk of falling behind as a United Way Reader.
Opportunities are available in Lafayette, Acadia and St. Martin parishes.
Lafayette Parish
- Grades: First and second grade.
 - Schools: Katherine Drexel, S. J. Montgomery, Plantation Elementary,
Woodvale, Live Oak, Broadmoor, Charles Burke, Carencro Heights, Ridge
Elementary, Westside Elementary, J. W. Faulk, Ossun Elementary, Duson Elementary or Prairie
Elementary.
- Reading opportunities: Times TBD for the 2012-13 school year.
- Training: Aug. 21 from 10-11 a.m. at United Way of Acadiana, 215 E. Pinhook Road, Lafayette.
Acadia Parish
- Grades: First and second grade.
 - School: Ross
Elementary, 1809 W. Hutchinson Avenue in Crowley; and Martin Petitjean
Elementary, 4039 Crowley-Rayne Highway in Rayne; North Crowley
Elementary, 820 West 15th St., Crowley; and Church Point
Elementary, 415 East Lougarre St., Church Point.
- Reading opportunities: Times TBD for the 2012-13 school year.
- Training: Aug. 21 from 2-3 p.m. at the Acadia Parish School Board office’s media meeting room, 2402 N. Parkerson Ave., Crowley.
St. Martin Parish
- Grades: First and second grade.
 - Schools: Early Learning
Center, 1004 Martin Luther King Drive, St. Martinville, 70582, and St. Martinville
Primary School, 716 North Main Street, St. Martinville, 70582
- Reading opportunities: Times TBD for the 2012-13 school year.
- Training: Feb. 21 from 2-3 p.m. at the St. Martin Parish Early Learning Center, 1004 Martin Luther King Drive, St. Martinville.
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