Students are EXCITED about reading
Positive experience provided by 1:1 relationships
Students are motivated, engaged and interested in reading
Any type of reading that we can get our kids to do is great (reading, listening and discussing)
Adding to the excitement of reading
Practicing reading fluency
Students get experience reading aloud
*Feedback provided to Lead to Read via 2015-16 Mid Year Review
Sometimes, a chance meeting on a flight can lead to a long-time, meaningful volunteer experience.
Reading Mentor and teacher share their experiences with Lead to Read KC.
Lokesh Ravichandran, Staff Software Developer with DST, is the Site Coordinator for Garfield Elementary. He has been instrumental in the growth and success of our team there. Today at Garfield we have 120 DST Readers – many of whom Lokesh has personally recruited!