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Overview
The San Francisco Bay Area is the birthplace of Reading Partners. Over the years, Reading Partners has grown from operating its reading centers in one school on the Peninsula to operating in over twenty schools throughout San Francisco, the East Bay, the Peninsula, the South Bay and the North Bay.
Each on-campus reading center operates in in a converted classroom or a library. Every reading center is staffed by a Reading Partners Site Coordinator to work with the school staff, understand student needs, and guide volunteer tutors.
In 2011-12 in the San Francisco Bay Area, Reading Partners will:
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Offer one-on-one tutoring to over 1,500 students
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Recruit 1,700 active volunteer tutors
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Serve 33 partner schools
View Reading Partners Bay Area Centers in a larger map View Reading Partners Bay Area Centers in a larger map |
North BaySausalito/Marin CitySan FranciscoPortolaPotrero Hill Bayview Noe Valley Mission Cow Hollow East BaySan LeandroSan Pablo Oakland N Fruitvale Oakland S Fruitvale North Oakland PeninsulaSan MateoRedwood City Mountain View Atherton Menlo Park South BaySanta ClaraDowntown San Jose South Downtown SJ South East San Jose |
Reading Partners Central Office:
Sobrato Center for Nonprofits528 Valley Way
Milpitas, CA 95035
Phone: 408.945.5720
Fax: 408.516.8516
Reading Partners Oakland Office:
106 Linden St., #202Oakland, CA 94607
Phone: 510.444.9800
Fax: 510.444.9801
Reading Center Calendars
Staff
Regional Directors:NICHOLE GANGITANO
Regional Director, Silicon Valley
Nichole Gangitano joins Reading Partners after spending several years in the early care and education field, primarily focusing on early literacy intervention with preschool age children. From working one-to-one as an AmeriCorps tutor to overseeing the largest Jumpstart program in the nation, Nichole brings a large range of program management experience. Nichole has a BA in Child and Adolescent Development and a Master’s in Public Administration focusing in Nonprofit Administration both from San Francisco State University. Email Nichole: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
DESIREE PEREZ-BARAHONA
Regional Director, Bay Area
Desiree received her BA in Child Development with a Multiple Subject Teaching Option from California State University Los Angeles. Always wanting to be part of a community building team, she worked for the City of Los Angeles Commission for Children, Youth and Families and the Department of Neighborhood Empowerment before earning her Multiple Subject Teaching Credential and teaching sixth through eighth grade English and History. She joined Reading Partners in 2008 as the Site Director at Washington Accelerated School in Pasadena. Email Desiree: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Regional Board
San Francisco/East Bay/Marin:
April E AbeleJenni Bartlett
Danielle Broude
Stacey Hastings
Laura Huddleston
Ritu Nagpal
Katie Shattuck
Sharon Tetlow
Caroline Weinstein
Silicon Valley:
Ashu AgrawalMichelle Cale
Kim Carpenter
Ethel Chen
Joan Karlin
Michael Liou
Katherine Morris
Suzy Papazian
Carla Haakma
Principal
Los Arboles Elementary School
In California, 88% of fourth-graders from low-income communities are reading below grade level.2007, NAEP
On average, students jump an entire grade level in reading skills after only 30 hours of Reading Partners tutoring.Based on pre and
post assessment
“When a child gets these skills his world is totally altered.”Michael Lombardo
Executive Director
Reading PartnersKelly Lasky
Third-Grade Teacher
Berkley Maynard Academy
Oakland, CAChristine Gibson
Volunteer
College StudentBernie Purcell
Volunteer
RetireeAustin Ashcraft
Volunteer
College StudentPatty Davis
Volunteer
Working ProfessionalBenjamin Salas
Third-Grade Teacher
Belle Haven Elementary
Menlo Park, CAJudie Fernandez
Volunteer
Retiree
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